The Missing

An animator – either the director or his character – has a lot to say, but not always the means to when trauma rears its ugly head.

Inu-Oh

Music gives new life to the deceased in Masaaki Yuasa’s tribute to history, performance arts and hair metal.

Plants are dragons and the past is the future in Keiichi Sugiyama’s equal parts bonkers and boring animated sci-fi.

Tired tropes and Hollywood stylings don’t do much to diminish a visually strong and entertaining Wukong origin story.

Sun Wukong dances his way to victory in Te Wei (et al)’s animated retelling of the Baigujing arc.

A young boy goes through the looking glass and ruffles more than a few feathers in Hayao Miyazaki’s probably-not-final feature.

Over thirty artists come together to tell a disjointed, but uniquely imaginative animated short.

Vampire Hunting has never been so stylish in Yoshiaki Kawajiri's horror fantasy sequel.

Goro Miyazaki uses the Earthsea name, yet fails to wield its power, in his adaptation of Le Guin’s iconic books.

Studio Ghibli’s first foray into CGI is a pale, lifeless imitation of itself.

A university student breaks out of her shell and immediately attempts to fly in Masaki Tachibana’s animated drama.

The monks face off against the most ancient of evils in this fun animated adaptation