Search Results for: Kenji Kamiyama
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 »
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 »
Where would we be without legendary manga author and illustrator Shotaro Ishinomori, whose 75th birthday was on the 25th? We wouldn’t have Kamen Rider , the transforming, motorcycle-riding superhero manga and TV series still running in various incarnations today. We wouldn’t have Cyborg 009 , …Read more »
It’s been a rather Mamoru Oshii-influenced week, with the premiere of 009 Re:Cyborg , directed by Oshii protege Kenji Kamiyama, and the successful backing of Kick-Heart , the short on which Oshii is consulting. The veteran director of classics like Ghost in the Shell and …Read more »
At this point, director Kenji Kamiyama has pretty much become the filmmaking equivalent to a cover band for Mamoru Oshii. Between constantly hiring Oshii mainstay Kenji Kawai to do his musical scores and a penchant for inserting complex real world politics and, lately, religious allusions, …Read more »
It will still be a little more than a year before the movie Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim hits theaters on April 12, 2024. However, the anime movie will have an early screening at the Annecy Festival this June. The movie …Read more »
Information has been released on the cast of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, the anime movie adaptation stemming from J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. Miranda Otto, who played Éowyn in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, is back to play the …Read more »
Not only did we recently get some fresh news about Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno’s Shin Ultraman movie, but we also got a surprise announcement about Netflix’s Ultraman CG anime. The second season just had its worldwide streaming debut on April 14, and it’s already …Read more »
Blade Runner: Black Lotus is just a few days away. Soon, we’ll get to see another window into the world of the enduring sci-fi universe. And while we don’t fully know what’s ahead, one thing is certain: the staff is spot on. Blade Runner has …Read more »
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… the 1982 cult classic Blade Runner turned into anime by the directors of Ghost in the Shell… Yup, it’s happening. Blade Runner: Black Lotus is set to hit screens November 13 on Adult Swim and Crunchyroll. Here’s the …Read more »
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, the CG continuation of Stand Alone Complex, came out last year on Netflix. Now it’s been re-edited into a compilation film that’s set to hit theaters in Japan on November 12. Its title is Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable …Read more »
If you were a fan of the recent CG-animated Ultraman anime on Netflix, you have a worldwide release of Ultraman season 2 to look forward to in the not-too-distant future. As revealed during this week’s Anime Ultraman Season 2 Kickoff Event that was held in …Read more »
Jason DeMarco co-created the Toonami block for Adult Swim back in 1997, which eventually led to him becoming Adult Swim’s senior vice president and head of anime and action series. But DeMarco’s résumé is getting longer, as he’s becoming the senior vice president in the …Read more »
Ghost in the Shell: SAC (Stand Alone Complex) director Kenji Kamiyama is hard at work with multiple projects, including a new feature-length anime that was teased back in November 2020. Titled Eien no 831, there’s still a lot we have to learn about the anime, …Read more »
The long-promise Star Wars anime is getting closer! Star Wars: Visions will be coming soon to Disney+, and it’s got some serious heavy hitters involved. Even if you don’t know their names, you definitely know their work. Here are some of the anime luminaries we’re most excited …Read more »
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