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Over the weekend the anime series Japan Sinks 2020 won the Jury Award for TV Series at France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. This is the biggest and longest-lasting animation film festival on the globe. Masaaki Yuasa and Science SARU were behind the 10-episode series, …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa’s Japan Sinks 2020 anime series recently made its debut on Netflix, but it’s not going to be the final stop for the saga. The latest update on the Science SARU production has the 10-episode series being compiled into a full-length feature film, which …Read more »
A series about a disaster hitting Japan in 2020, huh? Seems a little on the nose. Of course, Japan Sinks 2020, the latest series from Eizouken director Masaaki Yuasa, was greenlit long before Coronavirus began to sink its teeth into Japan. For one, it still …Read more »
Japan Sinks: 2020 is an upcoming Masaaki Yuasa series about Japan going through tough times in the year 2020 (unlike real life, right?). Today we got a fresh look at the series with a key visual, and learned that the series is set to hit …Read more »
Already caught up on this season’s hottest anime? It may be time to take the plunge into Japanese live-action TV shows. I get it, some of you may be leary to jump to live-action based on the reputation it gets. Aside from the Netflix live …Read more »
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is a part of the Japanese government, and it has revealed who it’s rewarding for the 2020 “Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Fine Arts Recommendation Awards.” The Cabinet Minister Award in the media fine arts category went …Read more »
After having massive success with producing anime like The Seven Deadly Sins and Beastars, Netflix is looking to make more anime. According to Deadline, the streaming service just inked deals with the Japanese anime companies NAZ, Science SARU, MAPPA, and with the South Korean company …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa’s anime movie INU-OH has been shown in a number of film festivals, including the Venice Film Festival in 2021. It hits Japanese theaters tomorrow, and GKIDS just revealed that it will be coming to American theaters August 12. The movie is based on …Read more »
ComicSmart, Inc., a Japanese manga company, is expanding. It has revealed that it’s started up the digital animation studio Qzil.la. If you’re wondering how to pronounce that, it’s the same as the Japanese word for “whale,” which is “kujira.” Shun Fukudome from Production I.G, whose …Read more »
The government of Japan bestows the Medal with Purple Ribbon on “individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.” This autumn, they’ve giving it to Masaaki Yuasa. Yuasa has been in the anime business for a long time. He began as …Read more »
Tokyo Broadcasting System (a.k.a. TBS) and Netflix have inked a deal to work on three new shows together. But with Netflix involved, the shows will be released internationally and not just in Japan. They’re doing a live-action Japan Sinks – People of Hope, which will …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa, the director of DEVILMAN crybaby and Japan Sinks: 2020 has been hard at work on INU-OH, the movie adaptation of the novel Heike Monogatari: INU-OH no Maki. The movie was supposed to come out this year, but now it’s set to debut in …Read more »
The concept of “media mix” projects is nearly as old as anime itself, encompassing everything from early adaptations of Japan Sinks to the mere existence of Sanrio. But in the 21st century, it takes on a whole other meaning: music-centric projects designed from day one …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa (Devilman Crybaby, Japan Sinks: 2020) may have retired as the boss at Science Saru, the studio he co-founded, but he’s still hard at work on Inu-Oh, his latest theatrical film. Now we’ve learned North American fans will be able to get their peepers …Read more »
Yesterday we posted about acclaimed director Masaaki Yuasa retiring from his anime studio, Science SARU. Yuasa co-founded the studio with producer Eunyoung Choi back in 2013, and now Choi is officially stepping up to the position of CEO. According to Choi—who thanked Yuasa for all …Read more »
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