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Mamoru Oshii and Koji Morimoto, two of anime’s most lauded creators, have teamed up for an animated ad for Kenwood. The ad, called “Connected,” is for Kenwood’s voice assistant-powered wireless earphones. Yes, there is a basset hound involved. Says Morimoto’s office: We made a promotional …Read more »
Legendary animator and director Koji Morimoto will be co-directing the Italian-Japanese co-production Shinku, it was announced this weekend. Shinku, which will be co-produced by Okayama Prefecture-based studio Machiken, expands on the stop-motion film Red Hands created by Francesco Filippi, who will co-direct with Morimoto. The film …Read more »
Koji Morimoto. If you don’t know the name, well, you probably should. One of Japan’s premier animators, Morimoto is the director of shorts like The Animatrix ’s “Beyond,” Memories ’ “Magnetic Rose” and Noiseman Sound Insect , and key animator on dozens of brilliantly-animated films …Read more »
Ask us at Otaku USA HQ what our favorite anime studio is, and on days when we’re feeling arty and experimental, we’ll definitely answer “Studio 4°C.” The studio, founded by producer Eiko Tanaka and animator Koji Morimoto and named after the temperature at which water …Read more »
It’s no secret that Studio 4°C is one of our favorite anime studios. They made Mind Game , you know. And now Anime Expo’s announced that they’ll be playing host to Eiko Tanaka, founder of the studio and producer on everything from Memories to Tekkonkinkreet …Read more »
The "smart" in this equation refers to Studio 4ºC's anime anthology, Genius Party , which includes work from a slew of directors, including Atsuko Fukushima, Shoji Kawamori, Shinji Kimura, Yoji Fukuyama, Hideki Futamura, Masaaki Yuasa, Shinichiro Watanabe, Mahiro Maeda, Koji Morimoto, Kazuto Nakazawa, Shinya Ohira, …Read more »
A date has been set for the new AnimEigo Blu-ray release of the Megazone 23 OVA trilogy collection. All three entries, which started with the groundbreaking Megazone 23 in 1985, will be available in a single set on November 12, 2024. Features for the trilogy …Read more »
NOISEMAN SOUNDINSECT, an anime short from 1997 that brought together some of the industry’s top talent, is streaming for free on YouTube until November 18. That’s thanks to Studio 4°C, the studio which originally produced the short. NOISEMAN SOUNDINSECT, which runs 15 minutes, was directed …Read more »
Ten years ago, on August 24, 2010, anime director Satoshi Kon died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 46. In his short life, Kon became one of the most celebrated auteurs in anime history. He directed the films Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers …Read more »
One of the greatest tragedies in anime history is the untimely death of director Satoshi Kon. In his relatively short career, spanning just four feature films and one TV series, Kon produced a remarkable body of work, showcasing an intelligence and consistency of vision that …Read more »
The website for Under the Dog , the Masahiro Ando-directed anime short that raised $878,000 via Kickstarter back in September, posted its first update in months on January 22 – and it appears Under the Dog has undergone a major shakeup. The update, from producer …Read more »
Katsuhiro Otomo likes to take his time. The legendary artist and anime director, best known for his magnum opus Akira , took almost 15 years between that film and his next major work, Steamboy . So fans of Otomo take note whenever he’s involved in …Read more »
To commemorate Berserk Golden Age Arc III ’s June 19 release on Blu-ray, a special all-night movie marathon of Studio 4°C’s films was held June 21 at the Shinjuku Wald 9 Cinema, followed by a talk with a few of the directors and producers from …Read more »
Ah, Macross . One of the great titans of Japanese animated science fiction, this space opera about jet planes that fly in outer space, transform into robots, and fire swarms of missiles amidst a backdrop of interspecies warfare and love triangles involving pop music idol …Read more »
Michael Arias is the director of Tekkonkinkreet . He's also the first American (or foreigner, for that matter) to direct a feature-length anime movie in Japan. Although Tekkon is Arias's directorial debut, the Japan resident of 15 years has long been active behind the scenes …Read more »
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