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The Boy and the Heron won "Best Animated Feature" at the Golden Globes last night.

The next batch of Pokemon Horizons episodes to air on CBBC begins at 17:05 on 15th January.

In this year's BAFTA longlist, "The Boy and the Heron" is up for 'Film Not in English Language' and 'Animated Film'. https://www.bafta.org/film/longlists-2024-ee-bafta-film-awards

Sorry for reviving such an old thread (did I really create this over a decade ago? Indeed, have I really been writing here for over a decade?) but here is a new idea for a song based on a Kunts track about Prince Andrew, and a certain rather smutty magical girl show that’s just come out: “Magia...

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Collectors Edition - second hand for £28.

Three anime films have been nominated in this year's London Critics' Circle Film Awards. Both The Boy and the Heron, and Suzume are up for "Animated Film of the Year". The Boy and The Heron is also nominated for "Foreign-Language Film of the Year". The First Slam Dunk is up for the "Technical...

The first Astro Boy anime aired in 1963, the second in 1980 and the third in 2003. The cancelled Tokyo Babylon 2021 series would also have had a long gap if it was made, as the OVA ended in 1994.

New review of The Boy and the Heron in The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/20/the-boy-and-the-heron-review-hayao-miyazaki

It's certainly been a problem for a while. I remember the subject of disability coming up in CLAMP's 1990s manga Tokyo Babylon, where a blind man tells lead character Subaru that Japan was not the best place to be disabled.

Another article praising The Boy and The Heron. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/18/best-films-of-2023-in-the-uk-no-5-the-boy-and-the-heron

You might be luck then as Suzume, as well as The Boy and the Heron, have been nominated for the Golden Globes. ETA: The Boy and the Heron is actually up for two Golden Globes. While both and Suzume are up for best animated film, Heron is also up for best original score.

The anime films in contention for this year's Oscars are The Boy and The Heron, Blue Giant, The First Slam Dunk, Lonley Castle in the Mirror, and Suzume (or The Boy and The Heron, and four others the Oscars won't consider)...

A big article about The Boy and The Heron. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231208-the-boy-and-the-heron-inside-the-dark-heart-of-studio-ghibils-latest-animated-masterpiece ETA: Another article about it in The Guardian...

The first post-Ash Ketchum series makes its UK debut in the BBC's first anime premiere in 20 years. Continue reading...

A ticket to see my local ice hockey team the Billingham Stars.

Your Name is going to gets its TV review on Film4 at 23.00 on 14th December. https://www.channel4.com/press/listings?field_channel_id=731&field_programme_tag_value=All&field_listing_date_value%5Bmin%5D=2023-12-14&field_listing_date_value%5Bmax%5D=2023-12-14 ETA: Weathering With You will be...

Only in the English dub.

And Pom Poko only got a PG rating despite the numerous references to testicles.

It appears that the series will be made available on 1st December, with TV airings going out on CBBC at 17.30 starting on 4th December. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0grjlzy

A re-release of the classic 1990s CLAMP manga following a flamboyantly-dressed solver of supernatural mysteries (who is definitely gay, despite some mutterings from ANN). Continue reading...