Online RPG Final Fantasy XIV is celebrating its 10th anniversary with some real-life events in Japan that sound, well, pretty awesome. The events will feature both fireworks and music from the game. Or, as the official site explains it: FINAL FANTASY XIV 10th ANNIVERSARY FIREWORKS …Read more »
Hot on the heels of its theatrical run, the Fireworks anime film—which comes from producer Genki Kawamura (Your Name.), chief director Akiyuki Simbo (Puella Magi Madoka Magica), and director Nobuyuki Takeuchi—is coming home. The acclaimed feature will be available in the U.S. and Canada this …Read more »
The latest movie from producer Genki Kawamura, who recently made a major splash with the hit anime film your name., is getting ready to hit US theaters. Fireworks is a sci-fi-tinged tale of star-crossed teenage romance, and tickets are available now for a special three-day …Read more »
GKIDS is bringing director Nobuyuki Takeuchi and chief director Akiyuki Shinbo’s anime film adaptation of Shunji Iwai’s Fireworks drama to theaters in the U.S. on July 3, and a new English-subtitled trailer is here to preview the feature. Fireworks has producer Genki Kawamura attempting to …Read more »
Fireworks (or, if you’re into really long titles, Fireworks: Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?), the 2017 anime adaptation of the Shunji Iwai short film, is coming to U.S. theaters courtesy Gkids. The film will be shown in a series of …Read more »
Live-action adaptations of manga and anime are common—the reverse, not so much. The live action-to-anime adaptation is a rare beast indeed, but one that seems to be of particular interest to popular indie director Shunji Iwai, who, in 2015, used animation to create a prequel …Read more »
Though Shunji Iwai is a relative newcomer to the world of anime, he’s one of Japan’s most beloved independent filmmakers. Now the auteur behind films like Love Letter , Swallowtail Butterfly and All About Lily Chou-Chou is bringing his classic short film Fireworks, Should We …Read more »
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