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I really hope "The Boy and the Heron" get released soon on Blu-Ray with right region code so I can watch it 😊

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We're looking forward to picking up a copy ourselves. Incredible film. So different for Miyazaki in so many ways, but incredible.

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I was surprised that War is Over won, it didn't seem that strong to me. Animation was good, as you'd expect from Weta, but outside of that I just didn't think it was very good. Would have personally given it to either 95 Senses or Our Uniform

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Such a legend. Ive literally been reading the first dragon ball at night before bed. When the news broke of his passing I was super bummed. And also curious why the manga gods took Tezuka and Toriyama San so early.

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His presence has been such a given for so long that it's kind of shocking to think it won't be there anymore. It really felt like Toriyama was only in the middle of his career -- like there were many more years ahead for him. He had a ton of projects underway and it seemed like he was entering a whole new era. But the mark he made while he was alive is undeniable.

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This was something I needed to hear today. I’d had no idea if Yamamura until now.

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Thanks Jason. He's someone whose work we love but don't cover often enough. Highly recommend his film A Country Doctor -- if we hadn't seen that all those years ago, we might not be writing about animation this way now.

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