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Over the past few years, the organizers of the Tokyo International Film Festival have been adding one of Japan’s biggest cultural exports, anime, to the mix, featuring films and talks with directors including Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hideaki Anno. This year, TIFF also rolled out a …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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Fans of director Mamoru Hosoda ( Summer Wars , Wolf Children ), will be jumping for joy with the news his next film has been announced. It’s called The Boy and The Beast ( Bakemono no Ko ) and is set to be released in …Read more »
Sad news for Japanese film fans. It’s been reported today that legendary actor Bunta Sugawara has died from liver cancer at the age of 81. Bunta Sugawara was most famous for starring in Battles Without Honor and Humanity , a series of films about yakuza …Read more »
Photo credit: yasa_ Seichi Junrei means “pilgrimage” in Japanese, and it’s a phrase that’s been taken on by otaku throughout Japan to describe their visits to real-life locations used as anime settings. These otaku pilgrimages have taken fans to places as diverse as Hakone, the …Read more »
Another reason for residents of the Southland to go about their day humming Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.”: 2014’s LA EigaFest will host the American premieres of both the live-action Lupin III and Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno films. You lucky dogs. The 4th annual LA …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of Eiko Kadono's Kiki's Delivery Service fantasy novels—most known for the Studio Ghibli anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki—is coming to Japanese theaters on March 1. We've seen some footage in the past, and now website Crank In!! has some fresh stills …Read more »
Last year, we interviewed American anime industry veteran Patrick Seitz about his experiences working on shows like Monster , Hetalia and more (you can read that interview here ). Well, it’s one year later, and we had the opportunity to deluge Patrick with another round …Read more »
Whoa. You read that right: our little biweekly e-mail newsletter just turned one year old. I’d give myself a pat on the back here in Tokyo, readers, but it’s the middle of August and that’d just cause my shirt to stick. Seriously, the weather here …Read more »
FUNimation had a handful of titles to announce at this past weekend's Otakon in Baltimore, MD. In addition to more recent fare like the remaining episodes of the Fairy Tail anime (up to 175), FUNimation also rescued a few licenses, including that of Cowboy Bebop …Read more »
Last week, we brought you a transcript of Mamoru Hosoda's public Q&A session on Wolf Children at the New York International Children's Film Festival. We were also able to get some one-on-one time with the famous anime director to discuss things in further detail. Q: …Read more »
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