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're in the era of liminal spaces, folks. Movies like Skinamarink, Backrooms, and Exit 8 have all proven that audiences, especially younger audiences, can't get enough of them. it Ends brings us really two liminal spaces in one movie. The film tells the story of four friends who are getting
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger feels like a movie that’s selling itself as something deeper than it ultimately is. There’s an expectation that we’re going to get this grand story about the Gallagher brothers reconciling, putting aside their differences, and coming back together for these
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia shows us the power of wisdom, for good and for evil, in the titular Ep. 10 "Wisdom". With Boraqchin showing Sitara / Fatima that she's both very crafty and utterly ruthless in her pursuit of her goals. However, for all that she is wise, she is by no means omniscient.
