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The 11 Best Global Pandemic Movies
BY The Editors
Locked down during coronavirus? Tired of Hollywood? Check out these top international pandemic movies, streaming links included.
The 11 Best Japanese Movies of 2019
BY Anthony Kao
Cinema Escapist reveals the top Japanese movies of 2019, across genres like romance, anime, sci-fi, action, drama, and more.
Review: “Promare” Challenges Animation’s Constraints Through A World On Fire
BY Elizabeth Li
Studio Trigger’s theatrical debut is equal parts a visual marvel and a boisterous shout for the West to catch up with Japanese animation.
The 16 Best Japanese Romance Movies
BY Anthony Kao
Want to watch a Japanese romance film? Easily choose from our curated selection of live action and animated hits.
Review: Yamato (Japan, 2005)
BY Anthony Kao
Commissioned a week after Pearl Harbor in 1941, the battleship Yamato is a fitting metaphor for the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire during...