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Mamoru Hosoda’s 2015 film The Boy and the Beast is being turned into a musical. The Boy and the Beast musical will be produced by Hosoda’s Studio Chizu and the Shiki Theatre Company, and will premiere in April 2022 in Tokyo. The musical will bring …Read more »
While we wait for the latest anime film from director Mamoru Hosoda, one of his previous hits is making a comeback in an unexpected way. A musical adaptation has been announced for Hosoda’s 2015 feature Bakemono no Ko, AKA The Boy and the Beast, with …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Mamoru Hosoda has been delighting anime fans with instant classics for years, from 2006's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time to 2010's Summer Wars and 2012's Wolf Children . Now his latest anime film The Boy and the Beast is finally getting ready …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda is back. The director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time , Summer Wars and Wolf Children ’s first film in three years, The Boy and the Beast ( Bakemono no Ko ), premiered this past weekend in Japan and proceeded to take …Read more »
FUNimation is getting ready for the U.S. theatrical debut of Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast anime film with some new information. First up, following up on our previous post , the film is now set to open in select theaters in the United …Read more »
The Boy and the Beast , the highly-anticipated new film from director Mamoru Hosoda ( Wolf Children ) is set to hit some theaters in the States in February, with others to follow in March, according to theater listings. It’ll be Hosoda’s first film to …Read more »
We reviewed Mamoru Hosoda's latest film , The Boy and the Beast , back in July, and it's been going strong in Japan all the while. In the month since it was released on July 11, The Boy and the Beast has attracted three million …Read more »
FUNimation kicked off the weekend by announcing its acquisition of The Boy and the Beast , the latest anime film from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda ( Wolf Children , Summer Wars ). In an agreement with Gaumont International, FUNimation landed exclusive rights to theatrical, digital, …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda, director of Summer Wars , Wolf Children and The Boy and the Beast , is working on a new film to be released in May 2018, Variety reports. The film is called Mirai , and it’s about: “a 4-year old boy who is …Read more »
The hype train for the new Mamoru Hosoda film, The Boy and the Beast , is chugging along at full steam. And speaking of chugging, the latest ad for the film features its main characters gulping down some Green Dakara, a Japanese drink brand. The …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki just won a Golden Globe for The Boy and the Heron, the first time an anime has received such an award. The next question many people are asking: can The Boy and the Heron, or another anime movie, take home an Oscar? The …Read more »
Ascendant Animation debuted the official English dub trailer for The Titan’s Bride, the series of boys’ love anime shorts based on the manga by ITKZ. In addition to dubbed footage, the trailer includes the premiere of the English version of the “Those Who Shout Love …Read more »
There’s an interesting new piece up at Variety for anyone interested in why, in the minds of many critics, Japan’s theatrical output in recent years has lacked a certain spark. Variety writer Brett Bull tackles the quandary of the “production committee” system, in which many …Read more »
Now this is cool. As we mentioned of our review of The Boy and the Beast , the new Mamoru Hosoda ( Wolf Children , Summer Wars ) film, one of the film’s primary locations is Shibuya, the real-life Tokyo ‘hood famed for its shopping, …Read more »
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