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Animation is Film Review: ghost - end of night feels like it will never end

This weekend, Animation is Film (my favorite film festival) is in full swing at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It's always a fantastic event, full of great movies, Q&As, panels, shorts showcases, the whole shebang. It's always great to be in packed theaters full of enthusiastic animation lovers who are eager to check out the latest, greatest animation from around the world. This year's slate is expectedly fantastic, and I'm excited to catch a few movies that I haven't had the chance to see already. Last night, I started off the fest with a 9pm (very late for me, a guy who works East Coast hours) screening of Shingo Natsume's first original feature-length anime movie, ghost - end of night . Of the movies I'm catching at this year's edition, it was the one I knew the least about. I've heard the title, and that was about it. I'm not familiar with Natsume's work (the mention of his series  Sonny Boy got a huge cheer when it was mention...

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