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Way back in February we ran a story about how the The Wind Rises , Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, is coming out on July 20th. That’s soon (we’ll have a review here, of course, so watch out for it)! We also noted that Miyazaki was …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 »
Has Japan been bombarded by enough Evangelion merchandise? No way, Jose, says Evangelion copyright holder studio Khara, for whom Eva continues to be a golden goose regardless of the critical reaction to the films themselves. April 24th will see the latest deluge of Evangelion products, …Read more »
The roundtable listens intently to Consul-General Tadahiko Yamaguchi’s speech Last month in Denver, Colorado, academics, industry leaders and fans alike met up for SANA, the Summit for Anime in North America, an event organized to ponder just why anime has the appeal it does in …Read more »
From Up on Poppy Hill is Studio Ghibli’s latest feature and the highest grossing box office hit in Japan in 2011. It’s the second film directed by Goro Miyazaki ( Tales From Earthsea ), son of Hayao Miyazaki, and it was shown in the U.S. …Read more »
Wolf Children is Mamoru Hosoda’s third full-length feature (and the third to premiere in the U.S. at the New York International Children’s Film Festival) and it continues his streak of artistically superior works of animation that also happen to be real crowd-pleasers. As good as …Read more »
You might know Mamoru Oshii as the director of Ghost in the Shell , The Sky Crawlers , and Patlabor 2: The Movie . You might also know him as the most opinionated man in the industry, with a regularly updated blog on Nico Nico …Read more »
While Akihabara is sold to the west as the anime capital of Tokyo, the truth is a little more complex. While Akihabara caters to both Japanese otaku and foreign shoppers interested in anime and comics, there’s relatively anime actually produced there. The majority of actual …Read more »
2012. A historical year that brought us a pivotal presidential election, the (non) end of the world as we know it, and, most importantly, the the launch of Otaku USA e-news, the free (!) bi-weekly newsletter full of news, reviews, interviews and event reports straight …Read more »
As I sit down to write this, the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall , is currently playing in movie theaters worldwide, and a lot of people who enjoyed that movie (which is a LOT of people) are now rather interested in watching more James Bond …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of films such as Spirited Away , Ponyo and Princess Mononoke was recently awarded a Person of Cultural Merit honor by the Japanese government. The honor is awarded annually to 15 individuals who have made a significant …Read more »
For the last ten years, Studio Ghibli (who really need no introduction, but just in case: Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro ) have been holding exhibitions at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art. This year, the studio invited famed anime director Hideaki Anno ( …Read more »
A young college student falls for a quiet, mysterious boy in class. They spend time together, growing closer, until one day he reveals his secret: he’s half-wolf, able to transform at will. Instead of being afraid, the girl, Hana, embraces his difference, and soon they …Read more »
Four years ago, back in 2008, first-time anime series director Sayo Yamamoto debuted with Michiko and Hatchin , a phenomenal television show with solid characterization and a distinct visual and aural style that in my mind seemed like a no-brainer for US release. I was …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA we take a look at the original “green jacket” Lupin the Third television series, scheduled for US release in June 2012 courtesy of Discotek Media. Several of the original 23 TV episodes were directed by eventual Studio Ghibli …Read more »
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