Article Archives: 2013
Let's Film This: 'Fullmetal Alchemist' December 30, 2013
Done right, a live-action 'Fullmetal Alchemist' could be a 'Lord of the Rings'-sized hit
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Why There Will Be No 'Next Miyazaki' December 23, 2013
It's a mistake to use Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli as a yardstick for other anime creators -- and not despite their greatness, but because of it
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'Last Exile: Fam The Silver Wing': Fly Me To The Moon December 16, 2013
Steampunk, science fiction, fantasy -- does everything need a singular label? This show freely spans all those things, somehow without contradiction
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Cheap Thrills Or Lofty Boredom? December 09, 2013
How a 'good-bad' movie (and a 'bad-good' one) changed my thinking about Makoto Shinkai, 'Tekken: Blood Vengeance', and my own critical standards
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'AKIRA' At 25 December 02, 2013
How the anime that created an English-speaking audience for anime still divides those very same audiences decades later
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'Angel's Egg': Mood Indigo December 01, 2013
Mamoru Oshii's enigmatic meditation on faith is an emotional work, not just an intellectual one
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'Berserk': Rebooted But Not Yet Reborn November 25, 2013
For all its flaws, the original 'Berserk' anime had a gritty power the remake somehow lacks
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'My Neighbor Totoro': Miyazaki's Arcadia November 18, 2013
On seeing My Neighbor Totoro's childhood paradise on earth through adult eyes
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'Wolf Children': A Mother's Work November 11, 2013
Mamoru Hosoda's story about two of the greater agonies a mother and a wife could endure is impeccably observed and emotionally true
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Just Like Me: The Otaku Protagonist October 28, 2013
Why a growing number of anime feature otaku as a protagonist, for reasons greater than audience identification alone
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The Spinoff Film Problem October 21, 2013
Why no feature-film spinoff of an anime series is ever going to work as more than a distraction
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