Yeon Sangho becomes with his sophomore feature (after the equally blistering King of Pigs) one of the masters of contemporary adult animation.

A sensitive Chinese animated feature on the Holocaust: A Jewish Girl in Shanghai.

The Indian feature film on the Mahabharata hero Arjun is a welcome, if incomplete portrayal of a nation and its own, distinctive codes.

The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki by Mamoru Hosoda is a well-studied but lifeless experiment on identity and the motive of the feral child.

From Up on Poppy Hill is deeply rooted in Japanese traditions -in fact, so deeply that it almost suffocates.

Colorful by Keiichi Hara makes the soul incarnation issue a tale of moral transformation, and is daring enough to visualize both sides of the moral coin.

The new film by the Japanese Masayuki Kojima and Madhouse presents a clearly defined story of responsibility (and soemtimes true love) between a boy and a dog.

Studio Ghibli, the birthplace of Miyazaki's films, presents an animated film based on a British fantasy novel.

What dreams are made of.

Animation for adults, and an impossible friendship.