Izumoshi Taisha [Izumo City Grand Shrine] was another spot on my list of places to visit in Japan but again the distance from Tokyo had put me off. I was reminded of it after watching Zatsu Tabi and it also happened to be near Sakaiminato so I decided to add it to my itinerary. C...

Today was the big reveal of Makoto Shinkai's next movie, "Suzume no Tojimari [Suzume's Closure]" (no official English title yet) due 2022, autumn. Earlier in the morning (JST) he had already revealed a piece of promo art. The action, road trip movie follows 17 year old girl Suzum...

In the post-apocalpyse world the cool headed, intelligent Chito and happy-go-lucky Yuuri are left to wander around a desserted city, doing their best to salvage what's left behind to survive. Animation and art isn't that impressive because it's mostly just rubble and desserted ur...