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A pair of acclaimed anime films received nominations for the International Animated Film Society's 43rd annual Annie Awards . Up for consideration in the new Best Animated Feature-Independent category are Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast and Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There . …Read more »
Mirai—the latest acclaimed anime film from director Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, Summer Wars)—recently made its U.S. theatrical debut, and there’s still time to see it for yourself. The next set of showings are scheduled for this week, with subtitled screenings …Read more »
Over the last few years, the Tokyo International Film Festival has been devoting a lot of energy to anime: the festival has hosted auteurs like Hideaki Anno ( Evangelion ), Yoshiyuki Tomino ( Gundam ) and Mamoru Hosoda ( The Boy and the Beast ). …Read more »
For three years in a row, the Tokyo International Film Festival has honored an anime director with a series of retrospectives and talk events based around that director’s filmography. Two years ago, it was Evangelion ’s Hideaki Anno ; last year, Mobile Suit Gundam creator …Read more »
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival is, well, pretty much what it sounds like: a yearly award show that bestows prizes on the best anime of the year. The nominations for best anime of the year are out for this year’s TAAF. Let's check out who …Read more »
Funimation is celebrating the upcoming US theatrical run of Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast with the acquisition of the director's first original anime film , 2006's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time . A home video release is planned for this summer, which …Read more »
On this final day of 2015, forgive us one more best-of list, won’t you? This time, it’s from the guys over at Anime Anime, who have asked their readers to rank the top ten anime films of 2015. And just what did they choose? 10. …Read more »
Yesterday we posted about the reveal of the next anime movie from Mamoru Hosoda , the acclaimed director behind The Girl Who Leapt Through Time , Summer Wars , and more. Bakemono no Ko ( The Boy and the Beast ) is scheduled to premiere …Read more »
The anime films of Mamoru Hosoda officially have a new home. The first four films from the acclaimed director are joining 2018’s Mirai and 2021’s Belle at GKIDS, which now has North American distribution rights for Hosoda’s full catalog. The deal spans 2006’s The Girl …Read more »
Readers of Otaku USA have probably noticed more articles about popular anime and manga getting turned into stage plays. It’s not your imagination that these plays are increasing. Adapting anime and manga to stage is becoming big business there, and there’s interest in expanding their …Read more »
It’s been exactly 10 years since the Japanese premiere of Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children anime film, which hit theaters in Japan on July 21, 2012. To mark the occasion, Studio Chizu shared a memorial illustration by animation director Takaaki Yamashita and art director Hiroshi Ohno. …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s new movie BELLE will become available for American audiences this winter when GKIDS releases it dubbed and subbed. In the meantime, the insert song “Kokoro no Soba ni” (translated as “Beside the Heart”) is available to listen to on YouTube. It’s sung by …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda is getting a short-term exhibit of his work at the “Studio Chizu Exhibition at animate ONLYSHOP” located in the Yokohama Vivre building. But even if you’re not local or unable to travel, you can visit the exhibit digitally on July 15. YouTuber and …Read more »
BELLE, the next theatrical film from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, The Boy and the Beast), is set to premiere in Japan on July 16, and more cast members have been revealed in the weeks leading up to its debut. The latest to make …Read more »
We just learned that a bunch of anime titles are in possible contention for this year’s Academy Awards. Meanwhile, the Japanese version of the Oscars, the Japan Academy Film Prize, have revealed the nominees for Animation of the Year. These films are up for the …Read more »
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