Your Name (2016): Characters, English Dub Cast, and Analysis
Your Name (Official) is an animated feature directed by Makoto Shinkai, released in 2016. Here, I want to revisit the characters and English voice cast of Your Name,…
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Your Name (2016): Synopsis, Ending, and Interpretations
Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. (Official) was released in 2016. By then, I had seen Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Centimeters…
Your Name (2016): Why Mitsuha and Taki Meet Again
Some viewers of Makoto Shinkai#8217;s Your Name. say it should have ended when Mitsuha and Taki pass each other on the pedestrian bridge. The ending is not universally…
Your Name (2016): The Mayor’s Evacuation Order and a Body-Swapping Theory
Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name (Official) was released in 2016, three years after The Garden of Words. I remember looking forward to it enormously. I could not see it…
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021): Synopsis and Character Interpretations
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time(Official) is the 2021 conclusion to the Evangelion series, overseen by chief director Hideaki Anno. How does this film bring a quarter-century-long story…
Evangelion: Asuka’s Punch in 3.0 and Her Farewell in 3.0+1.0
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) is an animated film overseen by chief director Hideaki Anno. I still remember seeing it on opening day, from the front…
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 (2021) and Princess Mononoke: Shinji Finally Finds Mari
Hideaki Anno#8217;s Evangelion series reached its conclusion with Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (Official) in 2021. Hayao Miyazaki#8217;s Princess Mononoke (Studio Ghibli Official), released in 1997, helped…
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021): What Was It Ultimately About?
March 8, 2021 was the day Evangelion ended. Since the TV series first aired, it had fascinated, delighted, and bewildered us. With Thrice Upon a Time, it finally…
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021): Thoughts After an Opening-Day Viewing
The Rebuild of Evangelion series ended on March 8, 2021. It felt like the end of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time was also the end of the…
Weathering with You (2019): Characters, English Voice Cast, and Analysis
Weathering with You (Official Website) is Makoto Shinkai#8217;s 2019 animated feature. Here I revisit the characters and English voice cast of Weathering with You, exploring their appeal and…
Weathering with You (2019): Synopsis, Analysis, and Character Map
Weathering with You (Official Website) is Makoto Shinkai#8217;s 2019 animated feature. It arrived amid high expectations after the extraordinary success of Your Name. Although it did not match…
Wonka (2023): Synopsis, the Chocolate Cartel, and Willy’s Disruptive Dream
Wonka (Official Website) is a fantasy musical directed by Paul King, released in the United States on December 15, 2023. It follows the younger Willy Wonka, the character…
Weathering with You (2019): Hodaka’s Cheek Wound and Run, Melos!
Having considered the history of the weather maidens and the meaning of “We#8217;re gonna be OK,” I now want to look at Hodaka#8217;s final run in Weathering with…
Weathering with You (2019): What Does “We’re Gonna Be OK” Mean?
In the previous article, I considered the history of the weather maidens and read Weathering with You (Related article) as a story about the beauty of falling. Read…
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005): Synopsis and Wonka’s Search for a Successor
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Official Website) is a fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, released in the United States on July 15, 2005. Based on Roald Dahl#8217;s…
Weathering with You (2019): The Weather Maiden and the Joy of Falling
Weathering with You (Official Website) is a feature-length animated film directed by Makoto Shinkai, released in 2019. After the enormous success of Your Name., expectations were high. It…
Summer Wars (2009): Characters, English Dub Cast, and the Jinnouchi Family
Summer Wars (Official Website) is a 2009 animated feature directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Here, I look back at the characters and English voice actors of Summer Wars, considering…
Summer Wars (2009): Synopsis, Ending, and Family Analysis
Summer Wars (Official Website) is a feature-length animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, released on August 1, 2009. It earned 1.65 billion yen at the box office (reference:…
Summer Wars (2009): Why Sakae Supported Wabisuke—A Reading of Her Phone Calls
Summer Wars (Official Website) is a feature-length animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, released in 2009. I remember going to see it with a friend when I was…
Totoro and Spirited Away: Memory, Forgetting, and Growing Up
In Hayao Miyazaki’s films, memory seems to be more than an accumulation of information. It is nourishment that settles beneath consciousness, forming the soil in which a personality…