“Weathering with You” dealt with the price for happiness Faith Orcino January 13, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Reviews Images courtesy of GKIDS. Director Makoto Shinkai and his creative team follows their hit film “Your Name.” with a new movie from that universe, “Weathering with You”. The film will be showing...
SDAFF 2019 Shorts Review Part 3 – “Shorts: Temp Life” Faith Orcino January 10, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of SDAFF. "To Each Your Sarah" Director Kim Deokgeun's film "To Each Your Sarah" follows a woman as she begins work in her hometown processing facility. She wants to be called...
SDAFF 2019 Shorts Review Part 1 – “Shorts for Shorties” Faith Orcino January 9, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of SDAFF. While many of the films in the San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) are for older audiences, the event brings a special showcase catered to kids called “Shorts for...
SDAFF 2019 – “Fly Me To The Saitama” is a wild ride around Tokyo Faith Orcino January 8, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of San Diego Asian Film Festival. Fans of J-rocker GACKT got a chance to see the singer take the spotlight in Director Hideki Takeuchi's 2019 film "Fly Me To The Saitama."...
SDAFF 2019 – “To the Ends of the Earth” searches for one’s place in the world Faith Orcino January 8, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of San Diego Asian Film Festival. San Diego Asian Film Festival brought over the latest of Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, "To The Ends of the Earth". Young Yoko is far from home...
SDAFF 2019 – “Hit Me Anyone One More Time!” gives the worst a chance to be the best Faith Orcino January 7, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of San Diego Asian Film Festival. Koki Mitani's film "Hit Me Anyone One More Time!" presented a unique political comedy. Organizer Pacific Arts Movement showed it for the first...
SDAFF 2019 – “Can’t Stop the Dancing” gives a blessing in the form of a curse Faith Orcino January 6, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of San Diego Asian Film Festival. Director Shinobu Yaguchi's latest film "Can't Stop the Dancing" brought the "Pop!" in San Diego Asian Film Festival's Asia Pop! 2019 lineup with...
SDIFF 2019: “Parasite” brings prey and predators to a unique hunting ground Faith Orcino November 18, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of NEON and CJ Entertainment. This year's San Diego International Film Festival showed the 2019 Palme d'Or recipient, "Parasite". This film from South Korean director Bong...
Anime California 2019: Kohei Hattori Interview Faith Orcino October 31, 2019 Articles, Conventions, Events, Interviews Photos taken by Faith Orcino Thanks to organizers at Anime California, I spoke with Kohei Hattori, a Japanese musician that seemed always traveling to many venues to perform around the world. Q:...
“How to Treat Magical Beasts: Mine and Master’s Medical Journal” – Manga does its best to keep the magic alive Faith Orcino October 28, 2019 Articles, Manga, Reviews Seven Seas Entertainment added “How to Treat Magical Beasts: Mine and Master’s Medical Journal” to its collection of fantasy titles, bringing mangaka Kaziya’s unique story of conservation to...
