Lost in the Reel's video review for Suzume My love for writer/director Makoto Shinkai runs deep. The incredible filmmaker has, time and again, crafted some of Japan's most dazzling and awe-inspiring anime features. When I was in high school, I was beginning to expand on my adoration for
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night is in many ways a successor to the previous anime film. It finally ties up some loose ends from Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night, while at the same time giving Asuna a new adventure to embark on. With
One Piece Film: Red is one of the greatest anime films ever made. Not just for One Piece fans, but for anime lovers in general. This anime film is truly One Piece (and by extension Eiichiro Oda) at its finest. Really, this anime film is as epic and full of feels as this key art suggests. One Piece
Lost in the Reel's video review for Inu-Oh In 2017, I saw a little film called The Night is Short, Walk on Girl and fell in love. Though I haven't seen any of director Masaaki Yuasa's other works, that film alone made me excited to check out his newest creation Inu-Oh. IndieWire has called
The Deer King is an anime film that gives us a look at what would happen if you crossed Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and Lone Wolf and Cub. The last of which was one of the main inspirations for The Mandalorian, by the way. I would think The Wolf King is a more
Lost in the Reel's video review of The Deer King When I first heard about The Deer King when it premiered last year at the Annecy International Film Festival... It immediately soared to the top of my most anticipated animated movies list. It is helmed by the Assistant Director of Spirited
DC Studios is branching out. Instead of following the normal comic-book movie playbook, we're getting a movie based on the Batman villain, Clayface. Clayface is an interesting look at what we can do when a comic-book villain gets humanized a bit. The film stars Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, an
"The Debut" turns a comedy that pokes fun at the sincerity of the local stage and elevates it to a fascinating character study of a woman on the edge. While still being hilarious.
The 2026 reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth shows us that friendship is quite powerful in the magic department in Ep. 4 "Our Battle". It's a lesson from My Little Pony, but it's quite applicable to this anime too. Our trio of heroines will need that power, since this is their bloodiest battle to date.
