Think of Japanese animation and you probably have a very particular style in mind right away. Yutaru Kobo’s The Girl From The Other side, which screened at Fantasia 2022, is a very different beast. Based on the manga by Nagabe, it builds on the distinctive look found therein to create something suggestive o0f Arthur Rackham illustrations brought to life, with just a hint of the work of Edmund Dulac. It is breathtakingly beautiful – hard to look away from, in fact. So beguiling is the effect that it’s easy to drift through most of it before noticing that there is very little story. This is all about mood.
It’s set in a world very different from our own, perhaps in its future. Society has broken down and the surviving humans have retreated to a place known simply as Inside, guarded by soldiers who wear metal plate armour and wield old.
It’s set in a world very different from our own, perhaps in its future. Society has broken down and the surviving humans have retreated to a place known simply as Inside, guarded by soldiers who wear metal plate armour and wield old.
- 7/18/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Initially a 10-minute short based on the “Totsukuji no Shojo” manga by Nagabe, “The Girl from the other Side” is now presented in feature form of 70 minutes, again by Yutaro Kubo and Satomi Maiya, and animation by Wit Studio.
“The Girl from the Other Side” is screening on Fantasia International Film Festival
The story takes place in a world split in half: the city, where humans live in safety, and the forest, where dangers in the form of demons whose touch transmit their curse are lurking all over. One day, as trouble at the border results in a tragedy, one of these creatures finds a young girl among the bodies, Shiva, the sole survivor of the massacre that took place just before. With great care not to touch her, the beast assumes the role of her guardian, setting up a household for them in an abandoned village. She calls him...
“The Girl from the Other Side” is screening on Fantasia International Film Festival
The story takes place in a world split in half: the city, where humans live in safety, and the forest, where dangers in the form of demons whose touch transmit their curse are lurking all over. One day, as trouble at the border results in a tragedy, one of these creatures finds a young girl among the bodies, Shiva, the sole survivor of the massacre that took place just before. With great care not to touch her, the beast assumes the role of her guardian, setting up a household for them in an abandoned village. She calls him...
- 7/17/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Fantasia International Film Festival will be roaring back into theatres to celebrate its 26th edition with a dynamic in-person program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 15 through August 3, 2022. Fantasia remains a leading showcase in North America for the wildest, weirdest, and most worthwhile releases in Japanese anime and live-action manga adaptations, and the festival is proud to announce the first of its 2022 selections. All animated films are nominated for Fantasia’s prestigious Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation.
A dark and monstrous creature becomes the guardian of an innocent human child in the affecting gothic anime fairy tale The Girl From The Other Side, co-directed by rising talents Yutaro Kubo and Satomi Maiya. The pair world-premiered their short film adaptation of Nagabe’s cult manga at Fantasia 2019, and with this feature film, they bring the elegant, enigmatic tale of Shiva and Teacher to the screen once again.
A dark and monstrous creature becomes the guardian of an innocent human child in the affecting gothic anime fairy tale The Girl From The Other Side, co-directed by rising talents Yutaro Kubo and Satomi Maiya. The pair world-premiered their short film adaptation of Nagabe’s cult manga at Fantasia 2019, and with this feature film, they bring the elegant, enigmatic tale of Shiva and Teacher to the screen once again.
- 5/7/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
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