Search Results for: Mamoru Oshii
This should interest anyone that fancies action and anthologies in equal parts. Mamoru Oshii, famed director of classics like Ghost in the Shell , is overseeing a live-action project known as Kiru ~ Kill along with three other directors, another of which is Kenta Fukasaku …Read more »
A second teaser trailer has arrived for the new Urusei Yatsura TV anime, which has JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure studio david production bringing Rumiko Takahashi’s classic manga to the screen. The teaser introduces two more cast members, including Maaya Uchida (Catarina Claes in My Next Life …Read more »
Anyone who writes science fiction has to worry about the present overtaking their futuristic fantasies. It’s particularly true for a franchise like Ghost in the Shell, which is over 30 years old (the first chapter of the manga came out in April 1989) and has …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 »
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 »
Mamoru Hosoda, director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2010), and the first two Digimon movie shorts (1999-2000), appeared at the New York International Children’s Film Festival on March 9, 2013 to present his newest animated feature, Wolf Children , and …Read more »
With all the hubbub surrounding the live-action Hollywood Ghost in the Shell —which will have been out for a bit and thoroughly critiqued by the masses by the time you read this—it’s easy to forget about Mamoru Oshii’s anime film sequel to the original, Ghost …Read more »
Shirobako 's thinly-veiled portrayal of Hideaki Anno. Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Oshii, Hideaki Anno, Satoshi Kon: these names are among the select few considered the all-time greats of anime direction. But what exactly makes an anime director great? That question attracted hundreds of responses on Japanese …Read more »
We're officially just a few days away from the live-action Ghost in the Shell movie, so we'll finally be able to judge it for ourselves this Friday. Paramount hasn't stopped hyping it up, though, and the latest promotions include a "final trailer," a "Major's Apartment" …Read more »
Before the live-action Hollywood Ghost in the Shell movie comes out, we'll be able to revisit Mamoru Oshii's classic 1995 anime film that inspired it. Funimation and Lionsgate are bringing the first Ghost in the Shell movie back to 110 U.S. theaters for a limited …Read more »
At the event in Tokyo November 13 that saw the release of the first trailer for the live-action Ghost in the Shell , stars Scarlett Johansson and Takeshi Kitano appeared alongside director Rupert Sanders for a chat about the making of the movie. That was …Read more »
We're finally done with the quick clips, because Paramount Pictures is here with the first full trailer for the live-action Ghost in the Shell movie. Watch as Scarlett Johansson introduces the footage, which looks very visually faithful to Mamoru Oshii's 1995 anime film adaptation, below. …Read more »
In keeping with the tradition of super-short clips, the latest preview of the live-action Ghost in the Shell movie is another blink and you'll miss it affair. Still, it manages to include a quick sample of the Major's thermoptic suit, as Scarlett Johansson makes a …Read more »
If there’s one thing that anime sorely lacks, it is weirdness. And I’m not talking about the kind of weirdness that is the hallmark of spectacularly crazy anime like M.D. Geist or Crystal Triangle (weird only because of the haphazard approach to plot construction), or …Read more »
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