Mirai no Mirai — I See Crying Children in Your Future
Seems I always have to take a pee during Hosoda Mamoru’s bad movies. The first “bad” Hosoda flick I saw was Summer Wars, which resulted in me ducking out in the middle to take a leak. With Mirai no Mirai, I held out until the end credits to...
Raised by Beasts: Bakemono no Ko
Hosoda Mamoru blew me away with his first original work–Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo–a story of love between two youngsters made bittersweet through the film’s science fiction premise. The manner in which he managed to mix SF and complex human emotion made Tokikake a work that really stood out in...
Ookami Mimi Mode: Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
To tell you the truth, I really didn’t want to see Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki. Between Summer Wars being not that great, the ads for this film boldly announcing that “This summer, Hosoda Mamoru will put a big smile on every Japanese person’s face!” and the animal...