Kumamon & Japanese “Weak Mascots”
I can’t quite recall the first time I came across these beings, but I remember seeing flashes of these “Mickey Mouse failures” on TV when I first came to Japan, their unbalanced figures waddling about, […]
Japan
Anime Mirai Project – Anime Film Review @ Scotland Loves Anime Festival
The Anime Mirai Project was a screening of series of 4 short anime films screened at the Scotland Loves Anime Film Festival at the Edinburgh Filmhouse. Anime Mirai is translated as ‘The Future of Animation’ […]
Anime Shorts – Anime Film Review @ Scotland Loves Anime Festival
The Anime Shorts programme at Scotland Loves Anime involved the screening of 2 films – Tokyo Marble Chocolate and Mass Effect: Paragon Lost. Calling this screening ‘Anime Shorts’ may have been a misnomer as Mass […]
Anime Review: Berserk – The Golden Age Arc – Film 2: Battle for Doldrey – Anime Film Review @ Scotland Loves Anime Festival
The second part of the Berserk trilogy was screened along with Part 1 at the Scotland Loves Anime Film Festival. Part 3 was not screened but the Producer Fuko Noda and Character Designer Naoyuki Ondai […]