Charles Solomon

Editor

Internationally known animation historian and critic, Charles Solomon has written over 15 books books including Enchanted Drawings: The History Of Animation, The Art of Disney’s Frozen, The Making of Peanuts Animation, and Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Disney Beauty and the Beast .

Articles By Charles Solomon

ANIME REVIEW: “Kiss Him, Not Me: The Complete Series”

Like Ouran High School Host Club (2006), the teen romcom Kiss Him, Not Me (2016), plays off the distaff equivalent of the harem comedy. Based on the award-winning 2013 manga by Junko, the Japanese title Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda literally means “What’s the Point of Me Getting Popular?” High school junior Kae Serinuma (voice by […]

ANIME REVIEW: “Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge”

Phantom Rouge, the second “Hunter x Hunter” movie, debuted at number one in Japan in 2013. It opened on 257 screens, earning ¥456,779,000: about US $5,143,930 then, an impressive sum for an opening weekend there. The title is pronounced “Hunter Hunter” Yoshihiro Togashi, who created the original manga in 1998, said he came up with […]

ANIME REVIEW: “Yamada-kun and the 7 Witches”

A featherweight supernatural romantic farce, Yamada-kun and the 7 Witches (2015) turns the conventions of the popular anime genre of the harem comedy topsy-turvy. The original manga by Miki Yoshikawa, which sold almost four million copies, has been made into a live action series, as well as an animated one. Students at Suzaku High dismiss […]

ANIME REVIEW: “All Out!! Part 1”

In sports anime, the shortest guy on the team is usually the most enthusiastic— aspiring volleyball star Hinata in Haikyu and champion swimmer Nagisa in Free are so excited about competing, they don’t worry about their size. Kenji Gion (voice by Stephen Sanders), the hero of the broadcast series All Out!! (2016), hates being short. […]

ANIME REVIEW: “The Morose Mononokean”

We don’t really have a word in English that corresponds to the Japanese yokai. They aren’t ghosts as we think of them; nor do they correspond to Western demons or ogres. Their appearance is often monstrous, but they’re not all huge or ugly. Yokai can be grotesque, hideous, funny-looking or even attractive. There doesn’t seem […]

Charles Solomon

Editor

Articles By Charles Solomon

ANIME REVIEW: “Kiss Him, Not Me: The Complete Series”

ANIME REVIEW: “Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge”

ANIME REVIEW: “Yamada-kun and the 7 Witches”

ANIME REVIEW: “All Out!! Part 1”

ANIME REVIEW: “The Morose Mononokean”

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