Stories By Charles Solomon
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Anime
‘Okko’s Inn’: A Healing Escape to a Haunted Hotel
March 29, 2019***This review originally appeared in the April ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 289)*** Based on...
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Anime
‘I Want to Eat Your Pancreas’: A Five-Hanky Romance with an Unforgettable Title
March 22, 2019I Want to Eat Your Pancreas Directed by Shin’ichirō Ushijima Aniplex, ABC Animation, Fathom Studios Based...
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Shorts
Artful Trilogy: Studio Ponoc’s ‘Modest Heroes’
January 4, 2019***This article originally appeared in the February ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 287)*** Studio Ponoc...
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Anime
A Space-Age Saga Returns in ‘Zillion: The Complete Series’
January 2, 2019Zillion: The Complete Series + OVA Funimation: $64.98 9 discs, DVD and Blu-ray Only five episodes...
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Features
‘Never-Ending Man’ Paints an Insightful Picture of Hayao Miyazaki
December 14, 2018***This article originally appeared in the January ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 286)*** Kaku Arakawa’s...
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Features
‘Mirai’: Adventures in Time Travel with Mamoru Hosoda
November 13, 2018***This article originally appeared in the December ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 285)*** In the...
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Features
Shinbo’s ‘Fireworks’ Lights Up U.S. Theaters This Week
July 6, 2018Producer Genki Kawamura discusses the making of this time-bending animated feature. By Charles Solomon At a...
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Home Entertainment
‘My Hero Academia’ Now Enrolling Young Superheroes!
July 4, 2018***This review originally appeared in the June/July ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine*** My Hero Academia: Season...
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Television
FLCL: The Return of the Alien
June 11, 2018Director Kazuto Arai delivers two new seasons of the intriguing and colorful FLCL anime series, which...
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Anime
Digimon Adventure tri.: Digital Pets for the Big Screen
February 11, 2018Digimon Adventure tri. director Keitaro Motonaga discusses his epic six-feature undertaking. Created in 1997, the...
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Features
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales: Fantastic Fables from France
January 1, 2018Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert’s hand-drawn feature The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales offers plenty...
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Features
Meet the Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
December 17, 2017Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert’s hand-drawn feature The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales offers plenty...
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Festivals and Events
‘Dear Basketball’: An All-Star Team-Up
October 22, 2017NBA legend Kobe Bryant taps animation icon Glen Keane to animate him for the short Dear...
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Features
‘In This Corner of the World’ Could Be Strong Oscar Contender
August 13, 2017Sunao Katabuchi focuses on the ordinariness of one Japanese couple’s lives as the specter of war...
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Anime
30 Years, 30 Great Anime Titles
June 19, 2017Japan’s animation output is prolific and essential, full of a world’s worth of the most diverse...
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Features
Dreams, Made Real
November 13, 2016The chance to work with Studio Ghibli lured acclaimed short-film maker Michael Dudok De Wit into...
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Anime
A Satisfying Return
November 15, 2015After 17 years away, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ delivers big time fun for fans of...
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Anime
Full Genre Mash-Up
October 12, 2015Full Metal Panic blends familiar tropes with new twists and wildly shifts moods over three engaging...
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Anime
The Anime Income Gap
December 21, 2014While American animation heroes are above money problems, Japan’s struggle to scrape by in modern economy....
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Anime
Review: ‘Hal – The Movie’
September 29, 2014Hal – The Movie Funimation: $29.98, DVD/Blu-ray combo pack The popular new mini-feature Hal plays like...
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