Lonely Castle in the Mirror is playing in select American theaters June 21 and 22. In the fantasy film, adolescent Kokoro is terrified of going to school, and finds a mirror to a castle where other children are dealing with the same school phobia. Director …Read more »
Lonely Castle in the Mirror, the upcoming anime based on the novel by Mizuki Tsujimura, has revealed some new info, including a trailer and other details. The film will be directed by Keiichi Hara (Miss Hokusai, The Wonderland). It’s being animated at A-1 Pictures. It’ll …Read more »
ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio has another feature-length anime film on the way to cinemas in the United States and Canada. This time it’s The Wonderland, known as Birthday Wonderland in Japan, the latest film from Miss Hokusai and Colorful director Keiichi Hara. Based on the story “The Mysterious Journey from the Basement” …Read more »
The latest film from Keiichi Hara (Miss Hokusai), Birthday Wonderland, is set to hit Japanese theaters April 26. To get the word out, Warner Bros Japan is streaming a clip from the film featuring the characters Zan Gu (Keiji Fujiwara) and Doropo (Akiko Yajima). Birthday Wonderland (which …Read more »
Keiichi Hara, the director behind Colorful and Miss Hokusai, has given the world the first glimpse at this next project. The visual, depicting a young woman with a bicycle walking through a passageway, was revealed at the Tokyo International Film Festival, which is celebrating Hara …Read more »
Japan’s Edo Period marked the unification of the country, the moving of the capital from Kyoto to Edo (modern day Tokyo) and most importantly, the end of a long period of internal warfare. This all led to a new level of prosperity for the merchant …Read more »
A nice bit of news for Keiichi Hara ( Summer Days with Coo , Colorful ). The director’s latest effort, Miss Hokusai , has won the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Miss Hokusai , which was released in Japan in May, …Read more »
Hoorah! The trailer for Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai , the upcoming anime film based on the life of O-Ei Katsushika, daughter of the famed Japanese artist Hokusai, has been released. Miss Hokusai is being animated at Production I.G ( Ghost in the Shell ) and is …Read more »
“Congratulations! You’ve won our lottery! You may be one who died with a great sin, BUT, we’re going to give you a second chance, you lucky soul!” Thus begins Colorful , a new film based on an award-winning 1999 novel and directed by Keiichi Hara, …Read more »
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