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This week saw the Japanese government cancel the State of Emergency early in 39 prefectures throughout Japan, with the exception of Tokyo Capital Region, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, and Hokkaido. Just prior to that, select movie theaters in 11 prefectures announced plans to reopen, and there …Read more »
Every year, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival asks anime fans to vote on the best anime of the previous year. Today the results, which came from a total of 551,491 ballots, were released. Without further ado, here are the winners: Best Film: Weathering With You …Read more »
A cool video popped up on YouTube the other day. It’s a chart that cycles through the years 2001 to 2019, showing the box office gross of anime films in Japan as time goes by. The chart is largely in Japanese, but thanks to illustrated …Read more »
This year’s Oscars may have snubbed anime and excluded any potential titles from an official nomination, but at least the Japan Academy Awards got it right. The Japan Academy Film Prize Association announced its nominees for this year’s 43rd Japan Academy Prize, including five anime …Read more »
June 21, 2019 marked the premiere of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away anime film in China, which waited 18 years for it to hit theaters. The movie was released in 9,000 theaters across the country, and it went on to earn 488 million …Read more »
Back in October, it was announced that four anime films had been submitted for potential nominations ahead of this year’s 92nd Academy Awards. As the months went on, Weathering With You came out as the frontrunner, but it missed its shot at being nominated in …Read more »
Even the best in the business have to tip their hat to the competition at some point, and it’s always interesting to see what movies end up impressing fellow directors. In the case of Makoto Shinkai—who is still riding high on the success of his …Read more »
Mirai, the latest film from Mamoru Hosoda, failed to capture the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards Sunday. It was a surprise to few who had been reading the tea leaves (i.e. social media) the last few weeks. Many Academy members …Read more »
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