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5 Centimeters Per Second, the Makoto Shinkai anime from 2007, is getting a live-action film adaptation in Japan. The film will be released in fall 2025. The movie will star Hokuto Matsumura, a member of the group SixTONES, who played Sota in Shinkai’s film Suzume. …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai, director of 5 Centimeters Per Second , Children Who Chase Lost Voices and other films with similarly long titles has directed a 30-second commercial promoting a currently under-construction terminal at Vietnam’s No Bai Airport. It’s being built by Japanese firm Taisei, for whom …Read more »
Fans of one-man anime movie monster Makoto Shinkai found an unexpected present under the tree this year. Shinkai, the director of Voices of a Distant Star, 5 Centimeters Per Second, and Children Who Chase Lost Voices announced via his official website on Christmas Eve that …Read more »
Crunchyroll CEO, Kun Gao, appeared as a guest on the latest ANNCast, where he made an announcement regarding his company's latest endeavor: DVDs. Primarily known for streaming, Crunchyroll is branching out with their first DVD release, 5 Centimeters Per Second , the 2007 film by …Read more »
It was a nice weekend for Makoto Shinkai. Your Name ( Kimi no na wa. ), the latest film by Shinkai, the director behind 5 Centimeters Per Second and The Garden of Words , had a fine opening weekend at the Japanese box office, earning …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai ( 5 Centimeters Per Second , The Place Promised in Our Early Days ) has a new film premiering in Japan on May 31, and a trailer popped up earlier this evening, offering the first look at his next project. The Garden of …Read more »
In addition to the upcoming The Garden of Kotonoha , acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai ( Voices of a Distant Star , The Place Promised in Our Early Days , 5 Centimeters Per Second ) has a new anime short coming out, and some of it …Read more »
Man, does this flick look beautiful or what? Director Makoto Shinkai ( 5 Centimeters Per Second , Voices of a Distant Star ) looks to have really outdone himself with his latest effort, Children Who Chase Lost Voices , and what was once only teased …Read more »
This coming weekend marks a very special event coming from the folks at Crunchyroll. It is, for those of you just joining the festivities, the "Third Annual Global Shinkai Day." So what does that mean? It means from March 11-13 Crunchyroll will be streaming three …Read more »
Anime fans based in or around San Francisco have something new to get pumped about, because Anime Night at the 2010 J-Pop Summit is on its way. Hosted by Crunchyroll, Anime Night will feature two screenings of a newly remastered version of Makoto Shinkai's 5 …Read more »
Last week we asked our readers to vote on what they felt was the best romance anime series and films. We’ve compiled a ranked list of the top 20 choices out of the 60+ candidates which were in the running. The results were as follows: …Read more »
The birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and us otaku are… well, let’s not kid ourselves, folks: we’re at home watching anime regardless of what’s going on outside. Still, if you want to add a bit of seasonal flair to your viewing, check out this …Read more »
I’m not a big fan of love stories, but love is one of the most useful frames for a character study. Through examining the way characters navigate their love life, we gain an understanding of who they are and what they value in life. Forget …Read more »
Anime conventions are vast, singular, beautiful, and incomprehensible, a riotous, amorphous celebration of what it is to be a fan of Japanese cartoons and comics. And across North America, from sea to shining sea, there’s no anime convention as vast as Anime Expo, the longest-surviving …Read more »
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