Mamoru Hosoda, director of Summer Wars , Wolf Children and The Boy and the Beast , is working on a new film to be released in May 2018, Variety reports. The film is called Mirai , and it’s about: “a 4-year old boy who is …Read more »
Shirobako 's thinly-veiled portrayal of Hideaki Anno. Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Oshii, Hideaki Anno, Satoshi Kon: these names are among the select few considered the all-time greats of anime direction. But what exactly makes an anime director great? That question attracted hundreds of responses on Japanese …Read more »
For three years in a row, the Tokyo International Film Festival has honored an anime director with a series of retrospectives and talk events based around that director’s filmography. Two years ago, it was Evangelion ’s Hideaki Anno ; last year, Mobile Suit Gundam creator …Read more »
There’s an interesting new piece up at Variety for anyone interested in why, in the minds of many critics, Japan’s theatrical output in recent years has lacked a certain spark. Variety writer Brett Bull tackles the quandary of the “production committee” system, in which many …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda is back. The director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time , Summer Wars and Wolf Children ’s first film in three years, The Boy and the Beast ( Bakemono no Ko ), premiered this past weekend in Japan and proceeded to take …Read more »
The Boy and the Beast , the highly-anticipated new film from director Mamoru Hosoda ( Wolf Children ) is set to hit some theaters in the States in February, with others to follow in March, according to theater listings. It’ll be Hosoda’s first film to …Read more »
Fans of director Mamoru Hosoda ( Summer Wars , Wolf Children ), will be jumping for joy with the news his next film has been announced. It’s called The Boy and The Beast ( Bakemono no Ko ) and is set to be released in …Read more »
As OUSA readers are well, well aware, Hayao Miyazaki retired last year. From directing anime films, at least. For a retired guy, Miyazaki is supposedly pretty busy, working on a new manga about Japan’s “warring states period.” But no more movies, he says. So NTT …Read more »
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