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'An Invitation From A Crab': Dreamland Hyperspace December 31, 2018
panpanya's English-language debut rubs shoulders comfortably with the likes of 'Nichijou' for slice-of-life strangeness, but swathed in a far darker atmosphere
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'The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl': To The Break Of Dawn August 24, 2018
Masaaki Yuasa's dizzying mini-epic begins as boy-seeks-girl and ends by circumnavigating entire universes of possibility
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'Animerama: Cleopatra': God Of Manga Meets Queen Of Nile July 20, 2018
The second of Tezuka's 'Animerama' productions for adults works best as a showcase for Tezuka's imaginative visuals, less so as a story or even as a spoof of Hollywood excess
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'Animerama: A Thousand And One Nights': Tezuka's Erotic Follies July 13, 2018
The first of Osamu Tezuka's experimental trilogy of animated films for adults is a fascinating time capsule that swerves between visionary and puerile
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'Kyōsōgiga': And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird? July 07, 2018
Buddhist lore, supernatural slapstick action, and domestic drama all combine to make this idiosyncractic instant classic
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'Bakumatsu Taiyōden'/'Sun In The Last Days Of The Shogunate': Grifter's Paradise June 23, 2018
All but unseen by Western audiences, this breezy, bracing 1957 comedy cross-sections Japanese society at a turning point, for both fast laughs and wise insights
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'Gintama' (2017): The Fact That Elizabeth Is Played By A Guy In A Suit Is A Feature, Not A Bug March 17, 2018
Fans, this is about as on-target an adaptation of 'Gintama' to a live-action production as you're going to get -- but everyone else, don't walk in cold
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