ChaO is a most fascinatingly bizarre anime film. It's one of the newest anime films from Studio 4°C (Berserk: Golden Age Arc, Children of the Sea, All You Need Is Kill), features Toei Company as the distributor, and with Yasuhiro Aoki as the director. As for the anime film itself: it seems to be
I suspect most readers here will not have heard of To You in the Beyond. To be honest, this is the first I've heard of it as well. This is apparently the anime film adaptation of the hit Japanese coming-of-age novel by Akiko Abe. This particular author actually won the 22nd Japan Booksellers' Award
Regulars here might recall that a short while ago, we got the news about what was going to be the opening theme song for the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe anime film. That opening song will be "Snooze" by SZA, as we will see when we finally see this anime film in
Whoever Steals This Book is a very new anime film that you may not have heard of, but it's one that looks like it deserves much attention indeed. It's the anime adaptation of the 2020 novel of the same name by Nowaki Fukamidori, which also later received a manga adaptation in 2021. The entire
Fans of the classic romance manga and anime Fruits Basket will readily recall the name Kyoko Honda. As the late mother of series protagonist Tohru Honda, she was a fascinating posthumous character with a most colorful past as an ex-gang member. Alas, we only get to see bits and pieces of that past
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway was one of the most popular entries into the Gundam franchise when this anime film made its debut back in June 11, 2021 in its home nation of Japan. Largely because it was one of the highest quality entries in the Gundam franchise, with critics praising it for its
Magic Knight Rayearth gives our heroine trio a stroll through some noticeably magical woods in Ep. 3 "All in the Same Boat". Fantasy fans will be fully aware of the fact that magical woods are a staple in such stories. What this episode does though is use a trip through the magical woods to help
Once in a generation, a film comes along that redefines how we think about movies. Something so incisive, so singular, it can only be understood from the moment it is consumed rather than informed by anything previously accomplished. You Can See Everything is that kind of work. A masterpiece in
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.
