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A thousand-year dream arrives after 10 Sunao Katabuchi established himself as the bona fide successor (but not imitator) to his old mentor, the late Isao Takahata of Studio Ghibli fame, with 2016’s In This Corner of the World. The extended edition, In This Corner (And …Read more »
Mai Mai Miracle (or, to literally translate the Japanese title, Mai Mai Shinko and the Millennium-old Magic ) could have been a Studio Ghibli film. Like Isao Takahata’s I Can Hear the Sea and Only Yesterday , Mai is a nostalgic film with a slightly …Read more »
Shout! Factory partnered up with London-based distributor Animatsu Entertainment to secure the North American rights for Sunao Katabuchi's acclaimed In This Corner of the World anime film. Shout!'s license includes theatrical, video on-demand, digital, broadcast, and home video rights for U.S. and Canada, and they'll …Read more »
It was just about nine days ago that we first posted about MAPPA and production company GENCO's efforts to crowdfund the In This Corner of the World anime film. Well, it's officially been successfully funded in that time, having reached its goal of over ¥20million …Read more »
The 2010 New York International Children’s Film Festival offered U.S. premieres of three Japanese animated features from 2009— Summer Wars , Oblivion Island , and Mai Mai Miracle —all shown in subtitled 35mm prints to sold-out houses of parents and enthusiastic children of all ages. …Read more »
Grimoire of Zero develops complicated relationships in the heat of a witchcraft clash for the ages. For the Kingdom of Wenias, the threat of magic is actually a fairly recent phenomenon. Despite the fact that witches have been a contentious presence for some time, it …Read more »
Shout! Factory Films and Funimation Films have teamed up to bring Sunao Katabuchi's critically-acclaimed In This Corner of the World anime film to U.S. cinemas starting on August 11. Plans are in place for both English subtitled and dubbed screenings, and a new trailer is …Read more »
Say “Hiroshima” to someone from the west and someone from Japan, and you’re likely to conjure up two very different mental images. For most people in America, Hiroshima is synonymous with a single moment: 8:15 am, August 6, 1945, the world’s first use of a …Read more »
To understand why production studios like TRIGGER, which featured in the previous all-anime issue, and MAPPA, which I have the distinct honor and pleasure to write about right now, matter in the grand scheme of anime production, it is imperative to understand the circumstances behind …Read more »
Animation studio MAPPA and production company GENCO revealed on Monday the crowdfunding site for their film In This Corner of the World ( Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni ). Based on a manga by Fumiyo Kono ( Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms …Read more »
A Letter To Momo (2011) had its American premiere in a digitally projected English-subtitled showing on March 3, 2012 at the IFC Center in Manhattan as part of the New York International Children’s Film Festival. It was produced by Production I.G. and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura, …Read more »
The 2011 New York International Children’s Film Festival offered U.S. premieres of two Japanese animated features from 2010— Welcome to the Space Show and Time of Eve , both shown via digital projection in Japanese with English subtitles. One is a whimsical children’s journey through …Read more »
Normally my goal is to avoid theaters that are explicitly loaded with children at all costs, but I may have to make an exception for some of the showings at this year's New York International Children's Film Festival. In association with New York-Tokyo, NYICFF is …Read more »
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Daryl Surat
Edward Gamlin
Joseph Luster
Brian Camp
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Matt Schley
Ink
