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A brand new trailer is here for Mamoru Hosoda’s Scarlet anime film, which aims to light up cinemas in Japan starting on November 21, followed by U.S. showings on December 12. The new preview lined up nicely with “Summer Wars Day” in Japan, commemorating the …Read more »
Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF), the new animation film festival launching this year in Nagoya, will feature a retrospective centered around director Mamoru Hosoda, it was announced today. The section, titled Director Focus, will feature several films by the director, including The Girl …Read more »
As if director Mamoru Hosoda weren’t busy enough prepping his latest film, Scarlet, he’s somehow found time to write his first novel. The book is called The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: A Novel based on the Animated Film, and it’s, believe it or not, …Read more »
Scarlet, the upcoming film from Mamoru Hosoda and his first since 2021’s Belle, has just revealed its leads. The titular Scarlet will be played by Mana Ashida, while the character Hijiri will be played by Masaki Okada. A new poster revealed today shows the two …Read more »
Following up on the December 2024 announcement, a teaser trailer is here for Mamoru Hosoda’s next anime film, Scarlet. Known as Hateshinaki Scarlet in Japan, the film is due out on November 21, 2025—with U.S. screenings to follow on December 12—and you can see a …Read more »
GKIDS is expanding its 4K UHD anime offerings with the announcement of two classic Mamoru Hosoda films. A series of new issues is getting ready to begin with the 4K UHD home video debut of Summer Wars (2009) and Wolf Children (2012), with the former …Read more »
Stidio CHIZU and director Mamoru Hosoda—known for Summer Wars, Wolf Children, BELLE and other acclaimed films—have officially revealed their next project. Scarlet, known as Hateshinaki Scarlet in Japan—is set to premiere sometime in winter 2025. Details are light, but Hosoda says this one is based …Read more »
Believe it or not, Mamoru Hosoda’s Summer Wars is 15 years old! The film was released in 2009 to huge acclaim, and is still considered one of the director’s best. Now there’s a new commercial airing in Japan (and on YouTube) celebrating the 15th anniversary …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 »
It’s been exactly 10 years since the Japanese premiere of Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children anime film, which hit theaters in Japan on July 21, 2012. To mark the occasion, Studio Chizu shared a memorial illustration by animation director Takaaki Yamashita and art director Hiroshi Ohno. …Read more »
BELLE takes inspiration from the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, but it’s put into the modern world. Teenage Suzu has been struggling emotionally since a tragedy in her early childhood, but when she becomes “Bell” on the virtual platform U, things turn around for …Read more »
The US premiere of Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE anime film is right around the corner on January 14, and GKIDS is getting ahead of the event with a look at the opening. The latest trailer has arrived to preview the movie’s first three minutes, including the …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 »
Director Mamoru Hosoda is riding high off the success of his latest film, BELLE, but that didn’t stop him from recommending some other essential anime you absolutely have to see. During Saturday’s “The Most Useful School in the World” program, Hosoda ran through a list …Read more »
BELLE director Mamoru Hosoda recently appeared to throw some shade at Hayao Miyazaki, but a recent survey put Hosoda in competition with Your Name director Makoto Shinkai, not Miyazaki. Japanese company 1Screen questioned survey respondents whether they liked Mamoru Hosoda’s or Makoto Shinkai’s films more. …Read more »
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