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Geek It! Anime Review: Inuyashiki (2018)

May 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

From the animation studio that brought you Kids on the Slope, Yuri on Ice, and In This Corner of the World, we have high expectations of MAPPA studios to produce another masterpiece. And boy, did INUYASHIKI (2018) deliver. Meet Ichiro Inuyashiki. Old, friendless, and distant from his uncaring [...]

Geek It! Anime Review: Domestic Girlfriend

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Love is a universal concept that makes the world go round. For most cases, love can be rosy, magical, and glorious. Yet, in some cases, love can also be complicated, challenging, and agonising as well. Crushes, unrequited love, reciprocated love … each scenario comes with unexpected and [...]

Film Review: La La Land

February 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

Directed by Damien Chazelle (GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH, WHIPLASH), LA LA LAND is a love letter to Hollywood that has magically danced its way through viewers’ hearts. Starring Hollywood darlings Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, La La Land could do no wrong in our eyes. With many [...]

Geek It! Anime Newsbyte: One Week Friends live-action film debuts first trailer

December 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

Anime live-action films is the latest craze in Japan, and joining the queue is Isshuukan Friends which is based on Matcha Hazuki’s manga series One Week Friends. For those who haven’t heard of One Week Friends, the plot revolves around high school student, Yuki, who wants to be [...]

[DVD] Film Review: Phoenix (2014)

September 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

From the director of Jerichow (2008) and Barbara (2012), Christian Petzold’s PHOENIX is a hauntingly exquisite film that sees a former prisoner of Auschwitz concentration camp revived from the dead. With a penchant for psychodramas, Petzold’s Phoenix deals with his favourite [...]

[DVD] Anime Review: Wolf Girl and Black Prince

August 3, 2016 // 2 Comments

Welcome to this shoujo story about a girl who hates a boy, and the boy hates the girl. Sounds familiar? No, this isn’t your typical Pride and Prejudice story. This is the story of WOLF GIRL AND BLACK PRINCE. Just like any high school student, Erika simply wants to be accepted by her peers. So [...]

[DVD] Anime Review: HaNaYaMaTa

June 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

HaNaYaMaTa. The original Love Live: School Idol Project complete with a group of friends dancing and singing together — just not in the way you expected it to be. Fourteen-year-old Naru Sekiya is an average girl who is obsessed with fairytales. Surrounded by peers who are musicians and [...]

[DVD] Anime Review: Blue Exorcist

April 29, 2016 // 1 Comment

Fifteen-year-old Rin Okumura has been ostracised from society ever since he was a young boy. His superhuman strength and short temper intimidate those around him, resulting in casualties and mysterious occurrences. As Rin engages in an unwanted fight with the local bully, blue flames engulf him [...]

Geek It! Anime Film Newsbyte: New trailer for YOUR LIE IN APRIL live-action film

April 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

Unanimously dubbed as one of Japan’s best romance-drama series in recent years, YOUR LIE IN APRIL will be making its live-action debut on the cinematic screen much to the delight of anime fans. Your Lie in April tells the inspiring and heart-breaking story of piano prodigy Kosei Arima. [...]

Anime Film Newsbyte: ONLY YESTERDAY returns to Australia and NZ for limited screening in May

April 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

From Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata (GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA) and general producer Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY, THE WIND RISES), Studio Ghibli’s ONLY YESTERDAY is returning to Australia and New Zealand for a limited time from May 5th. Only [...]