InAniTAY-OfficialbyDoctorKev·Mar 20Mamoru Hosoda’s Scarlet — Anime Movie ReviewSay what you will about Mamoru Hosoda’s career, unlike his contemporary in modern anime movie directing, Makoto Shinkai, he can’t be…
nanashi_natsuzaka·Nov 9, 2025Japan Fucking News:3.Went to the Japan Premiere of Endless Scarlet (Serious Mode Today)When you think of Japan?
Offscreen Rites·Oct 17, 2025Fresh Takes｜The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006): What We Don’t Say, and When We Don’t Say ItWhat does it mean to avoid a conversation by leaping through time? And what does it mean when the film never makes you answer for it?
Offscreen Rites·Sep 5, 2025Fresh Takes｜Summer Wars (2009): The Algorithm Meets the AncestorsA digital world collapses, and an old house stands firm — this is where the future returns to its roots.A response icon1A response icon1
DoctorKev·Mar 29, 2024Anime Dad — How Mamoru Hosoda’s Films Speak to MeBack in 2022, I wrote a series of detailed reviews of Mamoru Hosoda’s anime movies. It’s hard to believe it’s been over two years since…
University of Florence·Feb 20, 2024Lost in communication: The relationship between hikikomori and virtual reality in Japanese animeFrom Firenze University Press Journal: Aisthesis
The Anime Psychologist·Apr 6, 2023Finding Yourself in “U”: The Quest for Authenticity in Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime (Belle)“Let me hear it The voice you are trying to hide Let me see it The heart that’s hidden”
Brendan Foley·May 17, 2022Blu-ray Review: Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLEWhile there are obvious examples of optimism and idealism to be found in science fiction, I think it’s fair to say that the speculative…
InAniTAY-OfficialbyDoctorKev·Mar 24, 2022Mamoru Hosoda Retrospective: The Boy and the BeastWe’re almost there! One more movie after this (Mirai) and I’ll have fulfilled my promise of covering all of Mamoru Hosoda’s previous films…
