Kenji Kamiyama’s Tolkien anime movie The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will hit the big screen this December, and it will include voice work from renowned British actor Christopher Lee. It makes sense, seeing that Lee was Saruman in the live-action …Read more »
It will still be a little more than a year before the movie Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim hits theaters on April 12, 2024. However, the anime movie will have an early screening at the Annecy Festival this June. The movie …Read more »
Author and journalist Roland Kelts’ new book The Art of Blade Runner: Black Lotus is a beautiful coffee table book of artwork from the titular anime. Blade Runner: Black Lotus itself is part of the Blade Runner franchise, and was directed by Shinji Aramaki and …Read more »
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, the animated film helmed by Kenji Kamiyama and set in the Lord of the Rings universe, now has a release date. It’s set to hit theaters on April 12, 2024. That’s the word from Warner Bros …Read more »
Eien no 831 (The Eternal 831) is set to premiere on January 30. Now we’ve got a fresh look via a new trailer that previews two of its original songs. The songs are the opening, “Kingyo Beach” by KanoeRana, and the theme song “Hitohira no …Read more »
The official website for the new anime from Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) has revealed some new information. In addition to the visual above, the site announced plans for the Eien no 831 (The Eternal 831) anime to premiere on Japanese …Read more »
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, the CG continuation of Stand Alone Complex, came out last year on Netflix. Now it’s been re-edited into a compilation film that’s set to hit theaters in Japan on November 12. Its title is Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable …Read more »
Ghost in the Shell: SAC (Stand Alone Complex) director Kenji Kamiyama is hard at work with multiple projects, including a new feature-length anime that was teased back in November 2020. Titled Eien no 831, there’s still a lot we have to learn about the anime, …Read more »
The long-promise Star Wars anime is getting closer! Star Wars: Visions will be coming soon to Disney+, and it’s got some serious heavy hitters involved. Even if you don’t know their names, you definitely know their work. Here are some of the anime luminaries we’re most excited …Read more »
A new Lord of the Rings movie has been revealed, but this time it’s an anime film directed by none other than Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East). The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim …Read more »
Want a look at the latest anime films out of Japan? Make your way to Texas. This year’s Dallas-based AnimeFest will host screenings of some of 2017’s biggest theatrical releases, like Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Short, Walk on Girl and Lu Over the Wall …Read more »
Ancien and the Magic Tablet (known in Japanese by the less clunky Hirune Hime , or “Nap Princess”), the latest film from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama, is a veritable grab-bag of current Japanese buzzwords, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, …Read more »
© 2017 Ancien and the Magic Tablet Production Committee We’re about a month from the Japanese release of Hirune Hime , also known as Ancien and the Magic Tablet , the new original anime film from director Kenji Kamiyama ( Eden of the East , …Read more »
Heads up: contains some Eden of the East spoilers As we know from grade school in the U.S., a democracy is rule by the people. So how about a gerontocracy? Is that a state ruled by the old (the geriatric)? This fancy-pants term comes up …Read more »
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