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Geek It! Anime Spotlight: CtrlGeekPod’s Best Anime Films and Series of the Decade 2010-2019 (Part 2)

January 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Looking back at the decade 2010-2019, we saw a booming decade for animation. Whether it be shonen anime or magical girl or anime with super long names, Japanese pop-culture fans are no doubt living the best otaku life. And what better way to celebrate the past decade than a wrap-up of our [...]

Geek It! Anime Film Review: Starlight Promises

September 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

In an attempt to imitate Your Name and its success, STARLIGHT PROMISES is XFLAG’s latest anime movie project that promises great potential. Directed by Kazuya Murata (A.I.C.O. Incarnation, Eureka Seven, Code Geass), Starlight Promises is about an overdue encounter between two friends. With [...]

Animation Film Review: Your Name (2016)

December 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

For many decades, Hayao Miyazaki holds the honourable title of being the king of animation. So when YOUR NAME makes its mark on the industry gaining similar success to Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, we must question: is it time for Miyazaki to pass the torch onto the next generation of [...]

Geek It! Anime Newsbyte: First look at Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Your Name’ film

December 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

From the internationally acclaimed director of 5 Centimeters Per Second and The Garden of Words, Makoto Shinkai returns with another stunning film that is set to take away your breath in an instant. Titled ‘Your name’ or ‘Kimi no na ha’, the story focuses on a pair of high [...]