Time files when you’re an anime fan! One minute a show is premiering, the next it’s organizing anniversary events. And 2025 marks big anniversaries for lots of classics. It’s been ten years since One Punch Man premiered, twenty years since the infamous School Days, and a whole …Read more »
It was just earlier this month that we were sharing the news that Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano’s Angel’s Egg would be receiving a 4K remaster in Japan. This week, GKIDS went ahead and announced its acquisition of the North American rights to the 1985 …Read more »
In 2023, the Japan Society screened Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano’s anime Angel’s Egg (a.k.a. Tenshi no Tamago in Japanese) in New York City. That was the first time the 1985 OVA had an official watch in the West. But now there’s word of a …Read more »
Japan Society announced plans to host a rare screening of director Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg anime, a nebulous and gorgeous OVA that was released in 1985 and also features the work of renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D). Making the occasion even …Read more »
Sad news for fans of Hell’s Paradise, the surreal gore-fest taking the spring anime season by storm: no new episode this weekend. Those of us who are all in on the anime adaptation have a week to wait until we get to see what’s next in …Read more »
Why is it that many of the most beautiful anime films ever made are also super surreal? Maybe it’s because the directors want to go as hard as possible, and that means breaking a few brains along the way. Or maybe it’s all part of …Read more »
One of Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii's acclaimed classics is Angel's Egg , and now modern audiences and fans alike have another opportunity to watch. The ever-resurrecting Tokyopop added the film to YouTube, so you can check out the 1985 feature, which was …Read more »
Angel's Egg . Patlabor . Ghost in the Shell . Jin-roh . The Sky Crawlers . These films are all the creation of Mamoru Oshii, one of anime's most celebrated and influential directors. A thinking person's director, Oshii's films are full of religious symbolism, philosophical …Read more »
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