Search Results for: Moribito
A series of Japanese novels adapted into an anime series by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama back in 2007, Moribito is now set to become a live-action series starring Haruka Ayase ( Our Little Sister ). Aside from Ayase, other …Read more »
Viz swooped in and made a new announcement today, this time concerning the rescue of the Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit license. Previously released by Media Blasters, Moribito will be making its way to Blu-ray, DVD, and the Neon Alley streaming service. The 26-episode anime's …Read more »
Starting this fall, Adult Swim will be adding another anime series to their lineup on Cartoon Network: Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit , which ran as Seirei no Moribito in Japan for 26 episodes in 2007. Moribito , for the uninitiated, is the tale …Read more »
Peter Grill is back. The second season of Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time now has a title: Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time Super Extra. That’s right, baby. Not just Super, not just Extra: both. We’ve also got word that Peter Grill will be …Read more »
More details are here for the anime film adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi’s (Moribito) Shika no O fantasy novel series, AKA The Deer King. Shika no O: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi (The Deer King: Yuna and the Promised Journey) was originally slated to premiere on …Read more »
Shika no Ō (The Deer King), the new anime film from Production I.G, has been delayed to 2021. The film was originally set to open in Japanese theaters on September 18 of this year. The announcement didn’t cite any reason for the delay, but we …Read more »
Ancien and the Magic Tablet (known in Japanese by the less clunky Hirune Hime , or “Nap Princess”), the latest film from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama, is a veritable grab-bag of current Japanese buzzwords, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, …Read more »
Animator Makiko Futaki, whose work at Ghibli spans the entirety of the studio’s filmography, has died at age 58. Futaki died of an unspecified illness on May 13. Futaki, who was born in 1957 in Osaka, began her career at Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. …Read more »
Eden of the East has had a pretty turbulent trajectory in fan consciousness. Created by Kenji Kamiyama, director of the critically acclaimed Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex and Moribito , and sporting some strong introductory episodes, it got a lot of attention when it …Read more »
Game of Thrones fan art by Joscomie [This story was original published in the June 24th, 2014 issue of Otaku USA e-News.] With the fourth season of HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones now behind us, many of us will be feeling a familiar sense …Read more »
Any fans of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex , Eden of the East and Moribito out there? Thought so. Get hype, because the director of all those fine properties, Kenji Kamiyama, is prepping a new film, his first in five years, due out …Read more »
It's kind of interesting to look at the variety of high fantasy anime out there. Considering that the whole high fantasy deal is usually a very, very western affair, you'd think that the stuff from Japan would tend to be obviously Japanese, or at least …Read more »
Somewhere in Japan, there’s a couple of men likely planning to add yet another intricate techno-thriller to their already impressive resume. Their most recent work, Eden of the East , has captured many anime fans' attention due to its intense plot and thrilling pace, which …Read more »
Given that modern Japanese culture is fairly preoccupied with the interface between fantasy and reality, fantasy—whether it involves the construction of an entire new world, as is common in Western fantasy, or simply the layering of a fantasy world along with the real world—is a …Read more »
As an otaku, or just a regular anime/manga/Japan-obsessed nerd, the holidays present a seemingly golden opportunity to introduce friends and relatives to your hobby. This is your chance to reach out to people. You are (practically) an ambassador of Japanese pop culture. Don't mess up …Read more »
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