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Tag Archives: Your Name

Sunshine Blogger Award 2016

24 Saturday Dec 2016

Posted by John Samuel in anime

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

anime, board games, Gall Force, games, Hibike! Euphonium, Kimagure Orange Road, Kimi no Na wa, Robotech, Rocket Girls, Sound! Euphonium, Your Name

sunshine-blogger-awardI’m surfacing after an intense but successful project[1] and finally noticing some blogger awards that have come my way. These are basically a fun way to prompt posts with a bit of a Q&A format, so here goes.

The first order of business is to thank the lovely Artemis over at Otaku Lounge.

The “rules”[2] here are basically: Continue reading →

Your Name (2016) with some spoilers.

24 Thursday Nov 2016

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, Movie Reviews, reviews

≈ 11 Comments

Tags

Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Garden of Words, Kimi no Na wa, Kokoro Connect, Makoto Shinkai, Your Name

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Name

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Name

The emotional response that I should have had to Your Name (aka Kimi no Na wa) lies in the gap between the knowledge of a Zeitgeist and the lived experience of it.

Your Name is probably Makoto Shinkai’s best film yet. That it’s visually spectacular goes without saying: if you’re going to see Your Name, see it on the big screen. Don’t settle for anything else.

It’s also one of the best scripted pieces Shinkai has put to film. Overall, cinematically in terms of story, sound, characterisation, and the other technical elements that go towards an excellent anime film, Your Name is simply superb.

But… Continue reading →

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