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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 »
The Tokyo International Film Festival is underway, and like last year, the festival has decided to showcase anime as a part of its lineup. Last year the festival featured the films of Hideaki Anno, and this year, the spotlight is on the long-running Gundam franchise. …Read more »
After a ten-year hiatus, Godzilla is suddenly finding himself pretty busy. First came the 2014 Gareth Edwards-directed Hollywood version, then the upcoming Japanese reboot from Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. Now it’s been announced Godzilla will face off against King Kong for the first time …Read more »
Anime News Network's ANNCast podcast recently had some folks from FUNimation on the show, and of course the topic of the long-awaited Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo release was brought up. Everyone wants to know when to expect it, and according to FUNimation the …Read more »
Shinji Higuchi, the director and special effects master whose live-action Attack on Titan adaptation hit theaters this past weekend, is set to co-direct a new Godzilla movie, the first made in Japan in 12 years, with Evangelion director Hideaki Anno. With filming set to get …Read more »
You may recall that last year the Tokyo International Film Festival hosted a retrospective of works by Evangelion director Hideaki Anno (check out our coverage here ). The program was a hit, apparently, because this year the festival is doubling down on the anime thing. …Read more »
It's real: in order to commemorate both the 40th anniversary of Japan's Sanyo railway line, and the 20th anniversary of Neon Genesis Evangelion 's original broadcast date, West Japan Railway Company (JR West) is developing a Unit 01-themed version of their series 500 Shinkansen (bullet …Read more »
Despite the fact that most people would never want it to really happen, it's hard not to get at least a little curious about what director Michael Bay ( Transformers , Bad Boys , etc.) would do to Hideaki Anno's Neon Genesis Evangelion anime. Thankfully, the …Read more »
Don't get too alarmed now, but anime is dying! Well, that's how Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno sees it, at least. Anno spoke with Russian news agency RIA Novosti , giving the industry about five to twenty years before it collapses. While Anno doesn't …Read more »
Recently we got word from director Hideaki Anno himself that though Evangelion 4.0 is in the works, it probably won’t be coming out anytime soon. But that won’t stop the merchandising! The word this week is Schick, those razor guys, are teaming up with Evangelion …Read more »
We previously posted pics of the cast of the Attack on Titan film in some bold poses, but Japanese morning show ZIP! has the first footage from the pair of live-action films. Get an idea of how director Shinji Higuchi's adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga …Read more »
I haven't had a chance to catch up on all the Animator Expo shorts, but it was worth jumping ahead to the latest, which briefly brings Neon Genesis Evangelion into the world of full CG animation. For those just joining us, the Japan Animator Expo …Read more »
Legendary anime director and recent retiree Hayao Miyazaki is keeping busy. Aside from working on a pet project manga, helping out on Hideaki Anno’s Animator Expo, and winning lifetime achievement Oscars, Miyazaki also been volunteering once a week to clean up Fuchi no Mori, a …Read more »
This week the Tokyo International Film Festival teamed up with the World Cosplay Summit for a live show featuring some of the world’s best cosplayers. The World Cosplay Summit, a yearly cosplay contest held in Nagoya, attracts contestants from 22 participating countries. 44 of the …Read more »
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