Blue Giant is certainly one of the more musical anime films in existence. It's no wonder. This 2023 musical drama anime film adaptation of the 2013 manga of the same name by Shinichi Ishizuka is all about a boy and his love of jazz. This deceptively simple premise for a story earned the manga
Lost in the Reel's video review for Unicorn Wars Unicorn Wars is the type of adult animated film that rarely sees the light of day. A co-production from Spain and France; touted by many as a mix of Happy Tree Friends and Apocalypse Now... this cartoon cacophony will certainly not be for
New Gods: Yang Jian wants to be an epic animated Chinese martial art fantasy film. It really does. Unfortunately, all it has going for it are some pretty visuals and nicely choreographed fight scenes in the first half of the film. It never rises above mediocrity due to a long-winded, confusing, and
Lost in the Reel's video review for Goodbye, Don Glees! GKIDS, one of my favorite distributors of international animation, is back with another limited engagement this September, with… Goodbye Don Glees! The studio has had a jam-packed year full of ups-and-downs, with huge hits and major
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
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
Lost in the Reel's movie review for Pompo: The Cinephile What film geek hasn't dreamt of getting the chance to make their passion project and to stand up at the Academy Awards to receive recognition for their work? Pompo takes this dream and weaves a narrative that fulfills all of those
We've had haunted house movies. Sure, but have we had a haunted van movie? That's what Passenger amounts to at its most distilled form. This is a horror movie about a demonic force (the opposite of Saint Christopher) that has been chasing and killing travelers for hundreds of years. Basically, the
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm jumps right into some bloody action with a new second cours in Ep. 13 "Daikyo and Shokyo". And just two weeks after the conclusion of the first cours to boot. We certainly didn't have long to wait before we see the bloody conclusion to the action-packed ending of Ep. 12.
