Sunao Katabuchi, the director behind In This Corner of the World and Blue Lagoon, is working on a new film. That’s the word from Contrail, a new animation company launched by Katabuchi and others who worked on Corner. Contrail has been tweeting about Katabuchi’s new …Read more »
When you think of the last decade of modern anime films, which features strike you as the most impressive? Japanese survey site Rankingoo aimed to find the answer by polling 10,314 people between the age of teenagers and 60-year-olds, with the only major stipulation being …Read more »
Director Sunao Katabuchi’s In This Corner of the World is four years old. The historical drama won the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Animated Film, and Katabuchi took to Twitter to discuss his thoughts on the movie’s anniversary. In a translation provided by …Read more »
Ibaraki, a prefecture north of Tokyo, can now lay claim to anime fame. It’s the site of a movie theater that has played the 2016 film In This Corner of the World for 1,000 days with no break. The theater has enjoyed the support of the film’s …Read more »
The heartbreaking anime adaptation of Fumiyo Kouno’s award-winning In This Corner of the World manga is a must-see film, and even those who have already watched it will want to do so again when it returns to theaters later this year. The official website announced …Read more »
Last year, it was announced the hit 2016 film In This Corner of the World would be getting an extended version with new scenes. Today, it was announced that new version will hit Japanese theaters this December, and feature approximately 30 minutes of new footage. …Read more »
Fans of the touching 2016 film In This Corner of the World, including yours truly, were somewhat skeptical that the upcoming live-action series adaptation could bring the same magic and nuance as the movie (not to mention the original manga). But this piece of news …Read more »
In This Corner of the World, one of 2017’s most acclaimed anime features, will soon be available for steaming on Netflix. The film will hit Netflix in the U.S., Canada, Japan and other countries and territories March 15. Directed by Sunao Katabuchi and partially funded …Read more »
The official nominees for the 2018 Academy Awards were announced today, and the list is a bit of bummer for anime fans: no Japanese films made the cut. The films nominated in the Animated Feature Film category are The Boss Baby, The Breadwinner, Coco, Ferdinand …Read more »
In This Corner of the World, the touching tale of life in Hiroshima before and during World War II, will be getting an extended version, it was announced Sunday. The announcement was made at an event celebrating the film’s release one year ago. Since then, …Read more »
Shout! Factory Films and Funimation Films have teamed up to bring Sunao Katabuchi's critically-acclaimed In This Corner of the World anime film to U.S. cinemas starting on August 11. Plans are in place for both English subtitled and dubbed screenings, and a new trailer is …Read more »
In This Corner of the World , the critically-acclaimed 2016 film about life in wartime Hiroshima, will be released in the States August 11, and Shout! Factory has offered up a new English-language trailer in anticipation. Shout! Factory will release the film August 11 in …Read more »
Good news for those interested in last year’s highly-acclaimed historical anime film In This Corner of the World : the manga on which the film is based is getting an English release. In This Corner of the World , which is about the life of …Read more »
Shout! Factory partnered up with London-based distributor Animatsu Entertainment to secure the North American rights for Sunao Katabuchi's acclaimed In This Corner of the World anime film. Shout!'s license includes theatrical, video on-demand, digital, broadcast, and home video rights for U.S. and Canada, and they'll …Read more »
For Japanese film fans, the annual top 10 list by movie magazine Kinema Junpo is a big deal. The twice-monthly magazine, which started publication in 1919, is one of country’s most respected, and their top 10 list is arguably more prestigious than Japan’s version of …Read more »
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