Masaaki Yuasa has every right to take it easy. The director pumped out back-to-back films in 2017 (The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl and Lu Over the Wall) and followed them up with the year’s most talked about anime, Devilman Crybaby, this spring. But …Read more »
Director Masaaki Yuasa dives into the questions surrounding our very existence in Kaiba. No viewer familiar with the works of Masaaki Yuasa could mistake the director’s preoccupation with the human body. Whether it’s a fascination with bodies in motion—of the long and lithe physique of …Read more »
Fans of Masaaki Yuasa now have a date to look forward to for his latest theatrical feature. Following up on its English premiere as an official selection of Sundance 2018, GKIDS announced plans to screen Lu Over the Wall in theaters across the U.S. on …Read more »
I never would have guessed that in the year 2018 the first anime title to generate a frenzied otaku reaction would be the latest revival of a Go Nagai classic from the early 1970s as interpreted by historically polarizing and noncommercial auteur Masaaki Yuasa, but …Read more »
I still can’t get over how one of the most popular and beloved anime titles of 2018 is one from Masaaki Yuasa of all people. For those wowed by the aesthetic of DEVILMAN Crybaby who are curious to see how much further their mind can …Read more »
We’ve been telling everyone who’ll listen that Masaaki Yuasa is one of the greatest anime directors working today, and he’s proven us right again with Devilman Crybaby, the Netflix original series that’s got everybody talking. Now it’s been announced you can do some talking to …Read more »
85-year-old anime scenario writer Masaki Tsuji has had his hands in some real classics, including the original 1972-1973 anime adaptation of Go Nagai’s Devilman manga. He didn’t just write a handful of scripts for the series, he wrote 36 episodes out of the 39-episode run, …Read more »
Good news for fans of anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa: both of the director’s 2017 films have been licensed for distribution in North America. The distributor with the good sense to snap up both Night is Short, Walk On Girl and Lu Over the Wall was …Read more »
It’s finally time for another look at Devilman crybaby, which gives renowned director Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game, Ping Pong the Animation) a shot at Go Nagai’s classic manga. The official website went up with some new content ahead of the anime’s January 5, 2018 debut, …Read more »
Those Ottawans know what’s up. The Ottawa International Animation Festival has awarded Masaaki Yuasa’s Night Is Short, Walk on Girl with its grand prize for feature films. Yuasa’s other 2017 film, Lu Over the Wall, was also nominated for the award, making it the first …Read more »
Yep, it's more Netflix news, but you'll be seeing plenty of that! This time, however, it's a new trailer for DEVILMAN crybaby , the upcoming Devilman anime directed by Ping Pong the Animation and Mind Game 's Masaaki Yuasa. Needless to say, we're pumped for …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 »
One of next year's hyped anime projects is Devilman Crybaby , which has acclaimed director Masaaki Yuasa ( Mind Game , Ping Pong ) at the helm at Science SARU. It's not coming to Netflix until spring 2018, but we got another preview in the …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa is back. The visually-inventive auteur behind anime like Mind Game , Kemonozume and Kick-Heart had a busy 2014, directing the series Ping Pong , helming episodes of Space Dandy and Adventure Time and founding his own animation studio, Science Saru. What followed was …Read more »
Netflix has an original Devilman anime series planned, but that's not even the best part. The kicker is that it's coming from anime studio Science SARU and director Masaaki Yuasa ( Mind Game , Ping Pong the Animation ), with Code Geass ' Ichiro Okouchi …Read more »
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