It’s important to know from the start that the anime movie Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is eventually going to a place of warm acceptance, but it’s a long, awkward, and often cruel journey to get there.

The story follows a preteen girl named Kikuko who lives in a boat home with her mother — the titular Nikuko. It’s a coming-of-age story that effectively holds to its grounded premise, telling the ...

A gleaming and delightful anime with a large appetite for tenderness and laughter, director Ayumu Watanabe’s mother-daughter saga “Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko” boundlessly adores its titular character ...

For many fans of the genre, over-the-top action is the norm for mainstream anime, but Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, from animation studio Studio 4°C and director Ayumu Watanabe, is another example of ...

The summer edition of JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles’ Movie & Bites series will feature the animated film, “Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko” on Saturday, July 26. The story follows the relationship between Nikuko ...