"Love, it's a story between two human beings so if you can't think of the other, it's possible it won't work."
NANA: two girls with the same name, on the same train, meet and fall into each other's lives. The drama, love and pain that blossom from their meeting ensues in a timely manner, unfolding in bouts of emotion before the viewer's very eyes. The beauty of the anime starts with it's characters who are woven so intricately - each of them individuals with intriguing backstories, trauma and completely different lives. Alongside the beautifully created characters, throughout the anime there are many references to Vivienne Westwood fashion, which makes NANA stand out as a punk love story for the ages. That's what NANA is about, whether you interpret the love between Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu as romantic or platonic, the anime discusses the importance of love and friendship within our lives. The true matter that intertwines these characters however isn't fashion or love, it isn't even friendship - it's music. The husky, unique vocals of Anna Tsuchiya as Nana Osaki create a wonderful listening experience, and the songs 'rose' and 'zero' are undoubtedly the stand out tracks of the anime. The story that unfolds between two battling bands shows the complexity of relationships, as complications and heartbreak unfold between our very eyes, between performances and recordings. Full of funny moments and dramatic plotlines, a tale of music, found family and a masterclass in character creation, NANA is truly one of the greatest animes to ever bless the screen.
Joan Is Awful: Black Mirror episode is every striking actor’s worst nightmare
“A sticking point of the near-inevitable Sag-Aftra strike is the potential that AI could soon render all screen actors obsolete. A union member this week told Deadline: ‘Actors see Black Mirror’s Joan Is Awful as a documentary of the future, with their likenesses sold off and used any way producers and studios want. We want a solid pathway. The studios countered with ‘trust us’ – we don’t.’ ...
“If a studio has the kit, not to mention the balls, to deepfake Tom Hanks into a movie he didn’t agree to star in, then it has the potential to upend the entire industry as we know it. It’s one thing to have your work taken from you, but it’s another to have your entire likeness swiped.
“The issue is already creeping in from the peripheries. The latest Indiana Jones movie makes extensive use of de-ageing technology, made by grabbing every available image of Harrison Ford 40 years ago and feeding it into an algorithm. Peter Cushing has been semi-convincingly brought back to life for Star Wars prequels, something he is unlikely to have given permission for unless the Disney execs are particularly skilled at the ouija board. ITV’s recent sketch show Deep Fake Neighbour Wars took millions of images of Tom Holland and Nicki Minaj, and slapped them across the faces of young performers so adeptly that it would be very easy to be fooled into thinking that you were watching the real celebrities in action.
“Unsurprisingly, Sag-Aftra members want this sort of thing to be regulated, asking for their new labour contract to include terms about when AI likenesses can be used, how to protect against misuse, and how much money they can expect from having their likenesses used by AI.”