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Michael Sinterniklaas is no stranger to the world of voice acting. Founder of New York-based recording studio NYAV Post, Sinterniklaas is well-known not just as the voice of American cartoon characters like Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) and Dean Venture in …Read more »
Theatrical anime movies don’t come out in America very often anymore, and perhaps that’s part of why they don’t really get made as much anymore compared to how things were “back in the day.” Movies require more time and money to create than television shows …Read more »
This has been a strange week or so for announcements of US properties making the animated leap. It all started with the announcement that Bioware and Funimation would be teaming up to produce an anime adaptation of the former's hit RPG, Dragon Age , which …Read more »
The 2010 New York International Children’s Film Festival offered U.S. premieres of three Japanese animated features from 2009— Summer Wars , Oblivion Island , and Mai Mai Miracle —all shown in subtitled 35mm prints to sold-out houses of parents and enthusiastic children of all ages. …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 »
Mamoru Hosoda’s anime movie BELLE is said to take place in Ochi, a small Japanese town in the Kochi Prefecture. Because of this connection, a monument of the Dragon has been placed in a local museum called the Yokogurayama Natural Forest Museum. The monument is …Read more »
The Japan Academy Film Prize Association has made some announcements. For starters, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time snagged the Popularity Award, which was an award that allows actual fans to vote. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, BELLE, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Fortune Favors Lady …Read more »
Mangaka Hiroya Oku, the creator of Gantz, took to Twitter to share really important information: the name of the man who allegedly debuted the now-infamous anime breast bounce. Oku wrote in this tweet, “The first anime animator to include a breast bounce was Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s acclaimed anime film BELLE hits theaters in Japanese with English subtitles and in English-dubbed form on January 14, 2022, and the latter version has been fully detailed. In addition to revealing the main cast, GKIDS shared a new trailer to showcase how it …Read more »
After becoming Mamoru Hosoda’s most successful film in Japan, BELLE continues to pull in honors. The latest comes from LA’s Animation is Film festival, which was host to the film’s west coast premiere on October 23. In addition to debuting, the film won the Special …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda—known for acclaimed works such as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, Boy and the Beast, and Mirai—is back with another hit, and BELLE now has a date for more theaters outside of Japan. English distributor GKIDS announced further plans …Read more »
BELLE, Mamoru Hosoda’s new film, is now officially his top grosser. The film has earned 5.87 billion yen (about $53.4 million) at the Japanese box office — that’s more than Hosoda’s Boy and the Beast, which brought in 5.85 billion. And it’s still playing in …Read more »
BELLE, the latest anime film from director Mamoru Hosoda, has confirmed its North American distribution via GKIDS. The LA-based distributor came through with a new English-subtitled trailer for the feature, lining it up for a Winter 2021 theatrical debut. GKIDS also plans to put BELLE …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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