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Featured Spotlight Director Mamoru Oshii is one of the legends of anime, from unforgettable movies like Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer to certified game-changers like his 1995 adaptation of Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell . The Patlabor series stands equally tall among good company, …Read more »
June 20 saw the Japanese premiere of the new Ghost in the Shell film ( Kokaku Kidotai: Shin Gekijou-ban ), but an all-night event in Shinjuku on June 19 hosted a (slightly) early look at the film, a Ghost in the Shell marathon, and reflections …Read more »
Congrats are order for Japanese film stars Rinko Kikuchi and Shota Sometani. It was announced the pair got married on Sometani’s official website January 1. Rinko Kikuchi is best-known in the States for her roles in Pacific Rim and Babel , for which she was …Read more »
In celebration (or lament) of the release of Mamoru Oshii's Garm Wars: The Last Druid , we decided to revisit his "Kerberos Saga" by pulling two of Daryl Surat's stories on the subject out of the vault from way back in 2008. For all the …Read more »
This story was originally published in the April 2008 issue of Otaku USA Magazine. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade is the finest Mamoru Oshii film not actually directed by Mamoru Oshii. Although Oshii wrote the screenplay and established the universe, it’s the first (and only) film …Read more »
Fans of Mamoru Oshii, the director of anime classics like Ghost in the Shell and Patlabor , are split into two distinct groups: those who like his live-action work and those who don’t. Oshii’s been working in live-action for years, but his real-life films are …Read more »
To know Patlabor is to love Patlabor . It was never a huge hit over here in the States, but the fans the real robot / police procedural show does have are pretty passionate about it. Patlabor, which began life as an original video series …Read more »
It's not such a bad time to be a Patlabor fan, is it? Not only did Maiden Japan announce the license of the Mobile Police Patlabor OVAs back in January, but they also recently added the entire 47-episode TV series, with plans to release it …Read more »
If Mamoru Oshii is hyper-opinionated and Hayao Miyazaki is a sacred cow, then where does that leave Revolutionary Girl Utena & Mawaru Penguindrum creator Kunihiko Ikuhara? Mad scientist? Narcissist? Brain in jar? I kid, I kid. I love Ikuhara’s work, and after taking a long …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 »
Between Birdy the Mighty: Decode and having designed the new Vocaloid character Gumi—aka “Megpoid” due to her voice being provided by Megumi Nakajima, best known for being Ranka Lee in Macross Frontier —Yuuki Masami has experienced a sort of popularity resurgence within the last few …Read more »
While you shouldn't get too excited over that headline, you should at least get somewhat excited, because Cyborg 009 is coming back! That's an entirely true statement, despite the fact that they'll only be coming back in a brief burst of CG courtesy Production I.G. …Read more »
In the small pool of prominent anime directors, Mamoru Oshii seldom requires introduction. In a medium largely defined by a narrow set of frequently parroted visual tropes, his geometrical compositions, calculated pacing and obsession with basset hounds are in a league of their own. For …Read more »
It was revealed last month that voice actor Atsuko Tanaka, best known for playing Major Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, had died at the age of 61. Now White Cine Quinto, a movie theater in Shibuya, Tokyo, is paying tribute to …Read more »
It’s been a long and fun road for the Urusei Yatsura reboot, which just ended its 46-episode run in Japan. To mark the occasion, the official website and social accounts shared one last visual to thank fans for watching. The anime’s main voice cast members, …Read more »
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