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Hayao Miyazaki’s early work Shuna’s Journey finally received an English release, thanks to graphic novel publisher First Second Books. Alex Dudok de Wit, who has written a book about Grave of the Fireflies published by the British Film Institute, worked as the translator. He spoke …Read more »
We just learned from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which anime are qualified to be nominated for Best Animated Feature Film. All of these anime movies had to have played in a major U.S. metropolitan area sometime this year. So which films …Read more »
Plans have slightly changed for the U.S. streams of the Tatami Time Machine Blues, which were recently announced as streaming on Disney+ starting today, November 9. Now those listings are no longer on Disney+ in the U.S., as Hulu has revealed that it will be …Read more »
NOISEMAN SOUNDINSECT, an anime short from 1997 that brought together some of the industry’s top talent, is streaming for free on YouTube until November 18. That’s thanks to Studio 4°C, the studio which originally produced the short. NOISEMAN SOUNDINSECT, which runs 15 minutes, was directed …Read more »
Disney+ premiered the Tatami Time Machine Blues anime in Japan on September 14, but we’re still waiting for it in the United States. That wait is almost over, thankfully, because the streaming service has revealed plans to add the TV anime for U.S. subscribers on …Read more »
INU-OH, the surreal and musically-inspired new anime movie by Masaaki Yuasa, mixes a historical setting with sometimes-modern music. After speaking with singer and lead voice-over actor Avu-chan, Otaku USA was able to speak with the film’s composer, Otomo Yoshihide. Yoshihide talked about using classical instruments, …Read more »
Tomorrow marks the premiere of the first episode of the Tatami Time Machine Blues anime on Disney+ in Japan, making now a fantastic time to see how it all begins. The official channels came through with a peek at the super stylish opening movie, so …Read more »
Avu-chan, the star of Masaaki Yuasa’s musical anime movie INU-OH, is a musician associated with the bands Queen Bee and Gokumontō Ikka. With INU-OH hitting American theaters on August 12, Otaku USA interviewed Avu-chan about playing the lead, how music can help lives, and what …Read more »
Tomona is a blind biwa priest who is haunted by the ghost of his dead father. And this isn’t the most unusual thing in the movie. Inu-Oh is musical surrealism, with trippy imagery set with memorable songs. Tomona’s life changes when he meets the titular …Read more »
With the Chainsaw Man anime just around the corner, we’re looking for stopgaps to get us to the big day. We’ve offered up some anime recs before for fellow fans, but there’s one prime title that beats them all hands down: Devilman. The Go Nagai masterwork seems to …Read more »
The English editions of Sumito Oowara’s Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! manga continue from Dark Horse Manga, which is officially set to release volume 5 on April 5, 2023. The next volume is currently up for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well …Read more »
The Fantasia International Film Festival started on July 14 and will continue until August 3, but they’ve already announced that some otaku titles have won awards. INU-OH by Masaaki Yuasa (based on the novel Heike Monogatari: INU-OH no Maki — translated as Tales of the …Read more »
One of the upcoming anime series exclusive to Disney+ is Tatami Time Machine Blues, the sequel to The Tatami Galaxy, which was created by Tomihiko and Makoto Ueda with illustrations by Yusuke Nakamura. According to the latest update from the official Twitter account, the series is …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa’s anime movie INU-OH has been shown in a number of film festivals, including the Venice Film Festival in 2021. It hits Japanese theaters tomorrow, and GKIDS just revealed that it will be coming to American theaters August 12. The movie is based on …Read more »
Director Masaaki Yuasa’s Inu-Oh anime film is almost upon us, with the Japanese theatrical date locked in for May 28. The updated take on the historical legend looks as stylish as one would expect from Yuasa, and a new trailer shows more of its beautiful …Read more »
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