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If you’ve been looking forward to seeing director Masaaki Yuasa’s latest anime film in theaters, you’ll soon get your chance if you live in the United States. GKIDS and Fathom Events have teamed up for a special one-night event that brings Ride Your Wave to …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave anime film may not have made waves of its own at the Japanese box office, but it’s more than making up for it in critical acclaim. The latest accolades to add to the list come from Canadian film festival Fantasia Fest, which gave the …Read more »
If you’ve been looking forward to director Masaaki Yuasa’s acclaimed Ride Your Wave anime film, GKIDS has you covered theatrically. The distributor locked down the North American rights for the feature, with a theatrical release planned for early next year. This marks GKIDS’ fourth Yuasa film release, …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa’s latest, Ride Your Wave, is riding high with a win at the Shanghai International Film Festival. The film was awarded the festival’s Golden Goblet Award for Best Animated Film June 24. The festival’s jury praised the film for its “excellent balance of animation, color …Read more »
The anime movie The Colors Within (a.k.a. Kimi no Iro in Japanese) did really well at LA’s Animation Is Film festival over the weekend. For starters, it received its North American debut at the festival. Then, in terms of awards, it took home the Audience …Read more »
Today’s the day: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is on Netflix! This most recent adaptation of the beloved graphic novel series brings back lots of big players from the original film. Combined with Science SARU—the studio behind Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! and DEVILMAN crybaby—that’s a massively impressive roster. …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 »
If your parents get on your case for watching that “pointless anime stuff,” here’s an article for them. An 18-year-old man in Japan has credited knowledge gained from watching anime for helping stop a fire from getting out of control. According to the article from …Read more »
In 2021, 27 animated movies were submitted for Oscar consideration, including six anime movies: Earwig and the Witch, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, Lupin III THE FIRST, ON-GAKU: Our Sound, Ride Your Wave, and A Whisker Away. Today the …Read more »
The nominees for the 48th Annual Annie Awards have been revealed, and some of them are anime. The Annie Awards is specifically set up for animated movies and shows. In the Best Indie Feature category, Ride Your Wave from Masaaki Yuasa (who just won an …Read more »
Six different anime movies have been submitted for Oscar consideration: Earwig and the Witch, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, Lupin III THE FIRST, ON-GAKU: Our Sound, Ride Your Wave, and A Whisker Away. In total, 27 films are vying …Read more »
The August 2020 issue of Otaku USA magazine is in the hands of readers as we speak, bringing with it a white-hot cover story on My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. The latest big screen outing for one of the most popular anime series of the …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa‘s name is closely associated with Science SARU, the anime studio he and producer Eunyoung Choi co-founded together in 2013. In a move that’s far from an April Fools’ Day joke, though, Yuasa revealed that he has stepped down as president and representative director …Read more »
Despite the hype building up to its June 21 opening in Japanese theaters, Masaaki Yuasa’s latest anime film didn’t make the splash it needed to in its first box office weekend. Ride Your Wave was released in 299 theaters across Japan, and it closed out the weekend …Read more »
Every year, France’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival features a special program devoted to the animation of a selected country. This year, for the first time in 20 years, that country is Japan. That’s the word from an Annecy press conference held in Tokyo today. …Read more »
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