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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved review – sword, sorcery and smartphones
21+ hour, 27+ min ago (524+ words) Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved review " sword, sorcery and smartphones'The Guardian Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved review " sword, sorcery and smartphones Those not up to speed on the…...
All You Need is Kill review – time loop anime offers giant alien flower for Groundhog Day with mechs
1+ week, 1+ day ago (599+ words) New version of the sci-fi day-on-repeat sees a perplexed duo repeatedly battle monstrous plants but leaves you feeling as bored as the protagonist appearsThe second film adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's 2004 eponymous novel, this new one is considerably inferior to Edge…...
Samurai review: Japan’s lethal warrior class are shown in all their sexy, demonic glory
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (787+ words) Samurai review: Japan's lethal warrior class are shown in all their sexy, demonic glory'The Guardian Samurai review: Japan's lethal warrior class are shown in all their sexy, demonic glory Japan's pre-modern warrior elite can't still be alive inside the suits…...
Pikachu and pals go wild: Pokémon theme park opens in Tokyo
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (606+ words) Pikachu and pals go wild: Pok'mon theme park opens in Tokyo'The Guardian Pikachu and pals go wild: Pok'mon theme park opens in Tokyo From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to Pok'Park Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike…...
It’s already yesterday again: the 20 best time-loop movies – ranked!
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (286+ words) From commuters reliving disaster to teens stuck in deja vu " the time-loop movie turns repetition into revelation. We round up the best of this oddly resilient subgenre An Italian-Spanish remake of Groundhog Day, with a cynical nature presenter doomed to…...
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! review – trippy anime adapted from Japanese folk dives into virtual reality popworld
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (577+ words) Emojis explode all over the screen in this hyperactive adaptation of a Japanese folk tale about a princess who has run away from the moonNever has a film been more deserving of an exclamation mark at the end of the…...
Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (739+ words) Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power An animated drama featuring hordes of carnivorous fiends might not sound like classic box office fodder, but that's exactly what…...
Japan ‘One Piece’ singer stopped mid-performance as Japan-China relations sour
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (258+ words) Axing of Maki Otsuki performance in Shanghai the latest in a spate of cancelled cultural events involving Asia's two biggest economies Japanese "One Piece" singer Maki Otsuki was forced to halt her performance on stage in Shanghai, her management said,…...
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution review – spectacular if baffling anime is out to thrill and bewilder
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (610+ words) Remix of old and new material from TV series includes tremendous battle sequences but there's an awful lot of lore for new viewers to catch up withHere's an unusual proposition: a film that opens with a kind of super-edit, cutting…...
The Simpsons has a long, weird love affair with video games
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (252+ words) The Fortnite tie-in is only the latest in a longstanding relationship between The Simpsons and video games, showing how the hit sitcom has survived as a cultural icon Available on: Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox, PC, Mac Estimated playtime: Possibly forever, in…...