Tsukamoto Nightmare Detective Reviews & World-Class Japanese Batman Anime

Michael McCaskey mccaskem at georgetown.edu
Mon Jun 30 16:33:52 EDT 2008


There is indeed a favorable Midnight Eye review of Nightmare Detective, by Nicholas Rucka:

http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/nightmare-detective.shtml

There's also a very good set of favorable ND review essays in French, by Romain Le Vern, with nice visuals, at:

http://www.dvdrama.com/rw_fiche-9802-.php

In addition, there's a review at the same site of Batman: Gotham Knight, the new Japanese-US anime in 6 parts, review written by "PitouWH," including a lot of good still photos.

The six parts were each directed and produced by Japanese anime experts, but the original stories were written by Americans (not sure about the scripts). This film will be released shortly in the US and France, but it looks as if it was available to critics in France as early as February. 

http://www.dvdrama.com/film-27969-batman-gotham-knight.php

The six parts are:

1) Have I got a Story for You

réalisé par Shojiro Nishimi
produit par Eiko Tanaka (Studio 4°C)
écrit par Josh Olson

Où l'on découvre la chance qui peut parfois venir en aide aux talents de Batman, au travers du regard de plusieurs enfants.

2) The Dark Knight

réalisé par Futoshi Higashide
produit par Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Production I.G.)
écrit par Greg Rucka, sur une idée de Jonah Nolan

Alors que Gotham est précipitée dans les flammes, la peur et l'hostilité de la police à l'égard du Dark Knight se renforcent...

3) Field Test

réalisé par Hiroshi Morioka
produit par Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Production I.G.)
écrit par Jordan Goldberg

Découvrez l'arsenal dont dispose Batman, des gadgets ultra-sophistiqués qui ne seraient cependant rien sans le sens de la justice de celui qui les utilise.

4) In Darkness Dwells

réalisé par Yasuhiro Aoki
produit par Masao Maruyama (Mad House)
écrit par David S. Goyer

Killer Croc est de retour, forçant Batman à plonger dans les égoûts de Gotham pour l'arrêter. Tandis que l'Epouvantail rôde dans les parages...

5) Working Through Pain

réalisé par Toshiyuki Kubooka
produit par Eiko Tanaka (Studio 4°C)
écrit par Brian Azzarello

Retour sur le début de l'entraînement de Bruce Wayne alors qu'il n'est pas encore tout à fait Batman, une formation à laquelle participera une mystérieuse indienne, Cassandra, qui lui apprendra comment transcender ses limites physiques et spirituelles.

6) Deadshot

réalisé par Yoshiaki Kawajiri
produit par Masao Maruyama (Mad House)
écrit par Alan Burnett

Batman affronte un tueur professionnel spécialisé dans les armes à feu, Deadshot, un maniaque forçant le Dark Knight a emprunter le même chemin tordu que lui s'il veut pouvoir l'arrêter...

Is Greg Rucka, who wrote the story for Episode 2), by chance in any way related to Nicholas Rucka, who reviewed Nightmare Detective for Midnight Eye?

There's also a long review, with many outstanding photos, of the live action Batman film Dark Knight, which will be released in the US in late July, and in France in August. Even though this one really has nothing to do with Japanese film, the URL is:

http://www.dvdrama.com/news-27585-the-dark-knight-l-attente-monstrueuse-.php

Michael McCaskey
Georgetown Univ.






----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:56 am
Subject: RE: Zizek

> I agree, most definitely. There are familiar elements, but 
> Tsukamoto puts his own spin on it. Compared to other attempts by 
> independent, distictive directors to craft mainstream films (Alien 
> Resurrection springs to mind, since Tsukamoto has expressed an 
> interest in that series) , Nightmare Detective is undoubtedly 
> superior. I'd also say it's the best Japanese horror films of the 
> past few years, and I really can't wait for the sequel. I 
> certainly wouldn't have expected Tsukamoto to helm a mainstream 
> horror franchise- it's good to see he retains his capacity to 
> surprise. 
> Jim.
> 
> http://www.flipsidemovies.com
> http://jimharper.blogspot.com
> 
> -> PS
> > There was an earlier posting re Tsukamoto's "Nightmare
> Detective," and it is available in US DVD form, 2008, ISBN 1-594-
> 45000-5.
> It's really pretty good, in my opinion, though many plot elements are
> familiar ones. You may well have reviewed it already.
> > Tsukamoto has finished the sequel, and that should be released 
> soon, if
> not already.
> > 
> > http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/11480
> 
> 
> 
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