In The Boy and the Beast, a young runaway, Ren, stumbles from regular old humanity into a beast world, where he becomes the apprentice to a cranky bear-like master named Kumatetsu. They are, suffice to say, an odd couple. Many physical and emotional battles to be waged across two hours. Director Mamoru Hosoda is the heir apparent to Miyazaki, perhaps […]
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Come what anime
Matt Rawle hopes to brings Japanese culture to Barrington Street, but not by opening up a new sushi place. His Japanese culture shop, Hibiki Anime Shop (location TBA), will focus on anime and manga products, everything from figurines to posters to DVDs. “I know when I was growing up, I would have killed for there […]
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Meet your manga
Running a convention dedicated to Japanese animation and comics comes with a lot of responsibilities. Top of the list is warning the locals. When the Westin Nova Scotian was secured as the location for Halifax’s first-ever anime con, convention chair Lissa Pattillo decided it was important to let the hotel’s staff know what they’d be […]