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There’s a new Kunihiko Ikuhara project on the way. That’s the word from director Ikuhara himself, who participated in a New York Comic Con Metaverse chat this weekend. Ikuhara said that he’s “working on my next work right now” during the panel, a retrospective looking …Read more »
Way Out Truth be told I was a late convert to the church of anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara, and even now consider myself something of a skeptic. While I’ve since come to appreciate his unbridled artistry and technique as well as his utterly unique narrative …Read more »
Sarazanmai, the latest series from Kunihiko Ikuhara (Utena, Penguindrum) is set to hit the Noitamina programming block April 2019. Now we’ve got some more details on the series, including character designs and a synopsis. The series, an original work by Ikuhara, centers around a group …Read more »
The Takakura siblings—triple protagonists of Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Mawaru Penguindrum—have inherited a broken world. As heirs to the leaders of the Kige terrorist group that bombed Japan’s subway lines some 16 years ago, they have been left little by their vanished parents’ beyond their onerous reputations …Read more »
Director Kunihiko Ikuhara—who previously lit up our world with series like Revolutionary Girl Utena , Mawaru Penguindrum , Yurikuma Arashi , and episodes of Sailor Moon —has something new in the oven. While there aren't currently any details on the project itself, anime studio Mappa …Read more »
It was bound to happen. After having as much fun as we did with the previous all-anime bonus issue of Otaku USA magazine, we're back with a new one, appropriately titled Anime USA . The issue is in stores now, and can also be ordered …Read more »
FUNimation is preparing to roll out the second phase of its Broadcast Dubs program for the current season, so that means it's time for more English dub cast announcements. One of the latest to get the treatment is Kunihiko Ikuhara's Yurikuma Arashi , the dub …Read more »
Yurikuma Arashi , the latest anime series by Sailor Moon and Revolutionary Girl Utena director Kunihiko Ikuhara, will be available to stream alongside its Japanese airing thanks to FUNimation. The series has been added to FUNi's winter 2015 simulcast lineup , and you can read …Read more »
Let no one accuse Kunihiko Ikuhara of being boring. The director, who masterminded Revolutionary Girl Utena and Penguindrum , directed a decent chunk of Sailor Moon and has a pretty wicked sense of fashion, never fails to crank the weirdness up to 11. So we’re …Read more »
If Mamoru Oshii is hyper-opinionated and Hayao Miyazaki is a sacred cow, then where does that leave Revolutionary Girl Utena & Mawaru Penguindrum creator Kunihiko Ikuhara? Mad scientist? Narcissist? Brain in jar? I kid, I kid. I love Ikuhara’s work, and after taking a long …Read more »
Out of all the recent license announcements, one question remained on the minds of many: Where the hell is Mawaru Penguindrum ? Well, Sentai Filmworks answered that question this weekend with the announcement of the Brain's Base animated series, with plans for a release on …Read more »
This weekend marks the premiere of the first of two RE:cycle of the PENGUINDRUM compilation anime films in Japanese theaters, celebrating the series’ 10th anniversary. Now that the first one is out in the wild, it’s time to look ahead to the second, which got …Read more »
The Mawaru PENGUINDRUM anime is getting ready to come back in a big way, with the RE:cycle of the PENGUINDRUM anime film previously announced for an April 29 opening in Japan. While we wait for Kunihiko Ikuhara’s project to bring its re-edit of the 24-episode …Read more »
Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Mawaru Penguindrum anime has a compilation film on the way, and the official 10th anniversary account shared the first teaser trailer and a new key visual for the project. In addition to revealing an April 29, 2022 opening, the teaser announced a title …Read more »
Crunchyroll added a fan-favorite series to its anime catalog this week with the introduction of Revolutionary Girl Utena. The TV anime—directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara (Mawaru Penguindrum, Sarazanmai)—is now available on the streaming service for members located in the United States and Canada. Here’s how Crunchyroll …Read more »
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