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I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

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— Daren Wise, Tokyo

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Ces 5 anime d’horreur vont vous donner des sueurs froides pour Halloween

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Cette année, pour Halloween, on laisse les slashers américains au placard et on file au Japon. Au programme : cinq anime pour frissonner autrement.

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