Better Together

Rooster Teeth pops into Toy Joy

"...monsters. She said, "A lot of RWBY fans are anime fans, and anime fans are different in what they..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Stunningly beautiful, Studio Ghibli's latest animated film is a real work of art.

"...harder look we associate with the majority of modern anime. Almost any frame of the movie can be excised..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A House DVD'd

Criterion and Rooster Teeth give you something worth wishing for

"...local machinima geniuses Rooster Teeth? Their latest creation, Americanized anime RWBY, was already inspiring fan art and cosplay when..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Adds Terry Gilliam And Metallica

Final round of films includes surprise big names

"...of Pigs, The Fake, and a major screening for anime fans: The long-awaited live action version of TV show..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Face Off Recap: Not So Super Heroes

One of the CenTex delegation goes home in week two

"...Glenn Hetrick liked it because it was unconventional and anime, and said that it spoke to him, but again,..."

Jan. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Criterion box set restores a lost corner of J-horror

"...to Takashi Miike and 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano (or, to anime fans as the Japanese theatrical distributors of Appleseed and..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Some Enchanted Evenings

Improvising wonderlands at the Hideout

"...Chihiro in the bathhouse of the gods.A young girl..."

Sept. 14, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Anonymity: Never Gonna Give You Up

Is 4chan Internet freedom's best hope?

"...The Amazing Spider-Man (and why not? This is the anime-mad 4chan we're talking about), with great power comes great..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Gay Place Goes to Comic Con Austin

What? Gays who like comics, card games, and roleplay? Shut yo' mouth!

"...began using their artistic talents and their love of anime and cosplay to enable them travel the convention circuit..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

District 13: Ultimatum

This French import is a nervy, comic action sequel that weds the sport of parkour with detective work.

"...founder Belle (who bears a striking similarity to Toei anime's spiky-haired Dragon Ball Z lead), as heroic ghetto defendant..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Open Season

The animated Open Season is long on manic energy and bathroom humor but short on real storytelling, emotion, and characters.

"...films of the Forties and Fifties or modern-day Japanese anime movies – just low-grade comic petulance), and stand back..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Tokyo Godfathers

A homeless drag queen adopts an orphan in what is, but for some violence and harsh language, old-fashioned, big-hearted entertainment in high animé style.

"...pink padded Moses basket. (The Village Voice exulted, "Ford-Inspired Anime Recasts John Wayne as Turbaned Trannie.") Hana (Umegaki) –..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Spirited Away

Spirited Away, about a young girl who is trapped between the real and the ghost-worlds, melds bits of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz with Eastern-angled spookiness and an outré sensibility that borders on the indescribable.

"...crude, and heavy-handed angular bluster of Japanese animation (or anime). Go rent any of the last five or so..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Stephen Harrigan cozies up to Shakespeare for a Texas tragedy

"...films, go to www.sundancechannel.com.New to the Tube The Japanese anime series Hamtaro premieres in the U.S. on the Cartoon..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

New on DVD

Rhino Video, packager of subcultural phenomena, a few months ago released Battle of the Planets / Gatchaman DVDs that include episodes of Asian anime series Gatchaman and corresponding episodes of its surreal American knockoff, Battle of the Planets.

"...tuning in. We were stuck on Gatchaman, an innovative anime that managed to crystallize every major "team" cliché of..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Jason Henderson

Super Troopers

"...a drug ring whose identifying stamp is an Afghan anime monkey -- “Afghanistanimation,” they call it -- but outside..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I Like Anime, 'Chronicle'..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column

Blood: The Last Vampire

"...and instead opts to stretch the possibilities of traditional anime. Blood's effectiveness lies in the fact that its characters..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Screens Review by Jason Henderson

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

"...not much more than your typical slice of Japanese anime. The story -- something about a battle occurring in..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

"...classic Disney style than the edgy, squared look of anime characters, particularly for the villains), and production design that..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Lies

"...steady output of wildly popular and socially accepted X-rated anime and live-action nightmares such as Takao Nagaishi's studiously offensive..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Antitrust

"...on Winston? And what's up with Rachael Leigh Cook's anime-sized peepers? Antitrust is never short of questions like these,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Samurai X: Trust

"...Directed by: Various. ADV films, the Texas-based anime distributor, presents a video screening of one of their..."

Oct. 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Samurai X: Betrayal

"...Directed by: Various. ADV films, the Texas-based anime distributor, presents a video screening of one of their..."

Oct. 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Princess Mononoke

"...watch Princess Mononoke, the English version of the 1997 anime Mononoke Hime by master of the form, Hayao Miyazaki...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Review by Sarah Hepola

Species II

"...woman in sight, popping tentacles like some wild Japanese anime demon and ushering in his ominously silent, newborn progeny..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation '98

"...fellas!), and the aforementioned The Booby Trap explains why anime characters are always doing that “h'ohhh!” thing (evidently just..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ghost in the Shell

"...Mamoru Oshî's Ghost in the Shell -- the latest “anime” feature to receive a theatrical release these shores --..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Rooster Teeth Announces RWBY Vol 8 Date

Plus new game with WayForward and Arc System Works

"...series, Red vs. Blue, and now the studio's blockbuster anime-influenced show gets a release date for volume 8. Yup,..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

RTX at Home Rethinks the Fan Community Space

Rooster Teeth's massive annual gathering moves to online

"...success stories like the groundbreaking Red vs. Blue, American anime RWBY, HBO Max's gen:LOCK, and dozens more shows and..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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