Potato commits Hara Kiri in awesome Japanese anime

Zolton Contributor

By Zolton in Video on Thursday 19 August 2010

Bizarre? You betcha. From the weird files of the Dai Mahou Touge anime show comes this twisted tale of a humble potato who defies the intervention of his vegetable friends to skin himself to ruin. Yes, yes, we agree. Japanese cartoons rule.

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Appleseed Ex Machina

Xavier Toby Reader Find

By Xavier Toby in New Film on Thursday 16 April 2009

This Japanese anime feature is likely part of a series with similar storylines or animation, but that’s irrelevant because this superb film stands apart from the mass of recently released full-length anime movies in terms of story, character and animation. The ending does feel a little rushed, but that seems a problem common to many anime features, and apart from that small flaw, this film takes an inspired idea and cleverly realises it.

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