reviews

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Anime Review – The Secret World of Arrietty

Yonebayashi Hiromasa, director. Miyazaki Hayao and Niwa Keiko, script.  Kari-gurashi no Arrietti.  Translated as The Secret World of Arrietty, subtitled DVD.  Studio Ghibli, 2010. Come into the Garden . . . Pamela Gossin When the creative team at Studio Ghibli takes us into the world of The Borrowers, it is in many […]

Cover of A Drifting Life by Tatsumi Yoshihiro

Manga Review – A Drifting Life

Tatsumi Yoshihiro.  A Drifting Life. Ed. Adrian Tomine.  Trans. Taro Nettleton.  Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2009. Tatsumi Yoshihiro.  Gekiga hōryū.  2 Volumes.  Tokyo: Seirinkōgeisha, 2008. Ryan Holmberg Since A Drifting Life has been out now for over two years in North America, over a year in France, over two in Spain, and over three in […]

Anime Review – Summer Wars

Hosoda Mamoru, director.  Samaa uōzu, 2009.  Translated as Summer Wars, subtitled DVD.  NTV/Funimation, 2011. Real World, Virtual World: One World is Enough for All of Us Jonathan E. Abel Summer Wars is like that pop song you can’t shake from your system.  At first it is subtle, even a bit annoying, like every other […]