Jujutsu Kaisen 0 review – sorcerer anime series gets a spectacular prequel
This masterful coming-of-age tale sees the process of coming to terms with past traumas through a horror-fantasy lensIn a world where malicious thoughts and dark memories can morph into fearsome...
View ArticleThe Spine of Night review – a heady concoction of steampunk and flower power
This watchable American animation draws on Japanese anime, but it’s best to ignore the muddled plot and let the striking imagery wash over you This animated feature is written and directed by Philip...
View ArticleIn praise of iyashikei: why we love soothing anime where nothing happens
Too tired to enjoy stressful telly after work? Perhaps you need slow anime, where the drama might be someone forgetting their umbrellaWestern screenwriting tradition says that conflict is the heart of...
View ArticlePompo: The Cinephile review – anime love letter to movie-making
Takayuki Hirao’s animated feature is set in the fictional Nyallywood, where a B-movie producer in pigtails and a sailor dress takes on a serious-minded film about ageing, art and lossBoth the glamour...
View ArticleFruits Basket: Prelude review – heartrending anime series gets the ending no...
A laboured recap and unsettling romance frustrates a potentially engrossing plot in a coda that might be offputting to newcomers and the fanbase alikeA coda to a hugely popular manga and anime series,...
View ArticleThe Deer King review – Studio Ghibli graduates take on dystopian deer tamer saga
Two grandees of Japanese animation adapt a Nahoko Uehashi fantasy novel that covers too much ground to take flightA key animator on numerous classics including Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Your...
View ArticleFortune Favours Lady Nikuko review – unflinching anime tale of puberty blues
Director Ayumu Watanabe navigates the growing pains of a young girl, coping with life on a houseboat with her embarrassing mum and the tragicomic dramas of school lifeCompared to the cosmically grand...
View ArticleDragon Ball Super: Super Hero review – eye-candy anime is gloriously mesmeric
The immensely popular franchise is back with a cast of brightly coloured characters in a world of bad guys with outrageous quiffsA big hit domestically where the whole Dragon Ball Super manga book/TV...
View ArticleInu-oh review – medieval anime rock opera rips Noh theatre a new one
Masaaki Yuasa’s showstopping animation reframes the classical performance style as a world of rock gods and cavorting dancersAnime maverick Masaaki Yuasa’s 14th-century rock opera gets off to the most...
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View ArticleEternal 831 review – anime thriller stops all the clocks with a superpower
In Kenji Kamiyama’s drama, a boy discovers that he can halt time when emotionally stirred and that terrorists are exploiting the same powerKenji Kamiyama writes and directs this diverting anime...
View ArticleThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond review –...
This visually striking fantasy will require familiarity with the source material – and a love of slimeThis anime movie spin-off is the latest instalment of a popular existing property: That Time I Got...
View ArticleThat Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond review –...
This playful tale about an ogre samurai, a poisoned queen and a demonic pool of talking slime has a lot of confusing lore for the uninitiated to catch up onThis high-spirited anime feels like having...
View ArticleSword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night review – dungeon-crawler...
The latest outing from the multimedia franchise finds its heroes still trapped inside an RPG, where they learn lessons about cooperationOnline trolls, squabblers and that scourge of MMORPG,...
View ArticleSuzume review – Makoto Shinkai’s charming modern Alice in Wonderland
The Your Name director’s mythic and comic new animation is an absorbing, intriguing and bewildering workHere is the new animation from the Japanese film-maker Makoto Shinkai, whose 2016 fantasy Your...
View ArticleWhat fresh misogynist hell is this? Why a new ‘maid’ cafe is causing a ruckus...
I assumed an establishment where young women dress as maids and perform submissively would be a den of depravity. The truth may be more complicatedLet’s play a quick round of a game I just invented...
View ArticleManga-nifique! How France became obsessed with Japanese anime
In the 1970s, giant robot cartoons sparked a love affair with French fans (including Emmanuel Macron) – now the country is the world’s largest manga importer, and home to a new Murakami filmYou might...
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