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Netflix movie review: My Oni Girl – Japanese fantasy anime by A Whisker Away co-director is frustratingly familiar

2/5 stars Striving to be a people-pleaser can leave your own life empty and unsatisfied. This is the lesson learned by high-schooler Hiiragi in A Whisker Away co-director Tomotaka Shibayama’s …

Director Makoto Shinkai Gets Career Exhibit at Academy Museum

by Ron Morgan

Since 1998, Makoto Shinkai has grown to become one of Japan’s most celebrated creators in the animation space thanks to works like Weathering With You, Your Name, and 2022’s Suzume …