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Nov 13, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Robert Mullarkey |Richard Durrance |Xena Frailing
This review contains spoilers.
Look Back is a short film (58 minutes) based on the original manga by Chainsaw Man's Tatsuki Fujimoto and tells the tale of a popular elementary schoolgirl called Ayumu Fujino who draws 4-koma manga strips for the school paper.
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uk-anime.net | Robert Mullarkey |Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Xena Frailing
Based on the memoirs of Japanese Television personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi that were originally published in 1981; Totto-chan: The little girl at the window tells the story of Tetsuko a.k.a Totto-chan during her primary school life at the time of World War 2. As a rambunctious child Totto-chan is expelled from her primary school for being too difficult for her teachers to deal with.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly
Opening with a montage of pirate-y action, One Piece Fan Letter is a look at the world through the eyes of a bystander in the Great Pirate Era, a young girl inspired by Nami's adventures, outsmarting her Devil Fruit infused opponents with wit and style. The 24 minute special starts with the Summit War of Marineford before skipping ahead 2 years to rejoin the girl in her village on the Sabaody Archipelago as she endeavours to escape her chores and deliver a letter to her heroine.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly
While Gundam has been utilising CGI for some time, a series made entirely in that vein has been absent from the franchise until now. An ambitious collaboration with Netflix, this six part series directed by a pretty green Erasmus Bosdau (Origin Zero, Altered Carbon: Resleeved) and written by Gavin Hignight (Transformers War for Cybertron, Tekken: Bloodline) it's probably fair to say that this Gundam project wasn't exactly conceived or directed by A-List talent.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Richard Durrance |Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly
If ever a film needed better marketing, it's Transformers One. The latest in a long line of Transformers films from Paramount, the idea that it's a slapstick comedy aimed at children, as trailers suggested, was never accurate. Instead, the film is an action origin story that examines the Transformers lore with a clarity that's both unusual and welcome.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Richard Durrance |Ross Locksley |Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly
There are two things I can be a sucker for (ok there are more than two but these especially), one is a bit of Victoriana, the other is a good romance. Put them together and do them right and we it's even better.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Ross Locksley |Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly
There's been a lot of build-up for Terminator Zero on Netflix, with its big-name cast (Rosario Dawson and Timothy Olyphant being the standout draws, which is kinda funny as I'm watching the latter in another Deadwood binge). Early trailers shows that Japanese studio Production I.G. were bringing their A-game to the visuals, effortlessly capturing the dystopian, gritty feel that makes Terminator what it is. Essentially it only had fans to lose once it started airing.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Xena Frailing
Yesterday, I managed to attend to the ever so popular, often sold-out Studio Ghibli theatrical production of Spirited Away, which is currently running for a limited time only in the West End, at the London Coliseum from 30th April to 24th August.
Based on the 2001 film of the same name, the show is about a girl named Chihiro, also known as Sen (played by Kanna Hashimoto/Mone Kamishiraishi/Rina Kawaei/Momoko Fukuchi), who is moving into a new town with her parents.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
uk-anime.net | Xena Frailing |Dawfydd Kelly |Ross Locksley
From the Creators of Mary and the Witches Flower, Studio Ponoc once again has exceeded expectations for those that are too impatient to wait for another Studio Ghibli classic or have been underwhelmed by Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron (also known as How Do You Live? In Japanese)
Founded by a former lead producer of Studio Ghibli Yoshiyuki Nishimura, his Ponoc sets out to showcase the magic some feel is currently missing at Studio Ghibli.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
walesonline.co.uk | Xena Frailing |Steven Smith
A man has taken the 'Rickrolling' prank to the next level - by getting a QR code for the music video tattooed on his leg. Massimo Mancin, 32, is a big fan of Rick Astley and his song 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. But he got the tattoo on his right calf "just for fun" after seeing similar QR code designs online. Now whenever anyone holds a phone over the design it takes them to the YouTube video of the 1987 hit.
