The Oscars are this weekend, celebrating another year in film. Over the years, the Academy Awards have honored short and long animated features — and once in a while, an anime title lands in its ranks! But how many have you seen? If you’re curious …Read more »
Mirai, the latest film from Mamoru Hosoda, failed to capture the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards Sunday. It was a surprise to few who had been reading the tea leaves (i.e. social media) the last few weeks. Many Academy members …Read more »
One good U.S. theatrical run deserves another, especially when the movie in question happens to be up for an Academy Award. Mamoru Hosoda’s MIRAI may be the only anime film recognized in the Best Animated Feature category, but it’s doing its all to garner some …Read more »
It’s anyone’s guess as to whether Mamoru Hosoda’s Mirai will win at the Academy Awards, but this weekend, the film pulled in another impressive distinction. The 2018 film won for Best Animated Independent Feature at the Annie Awards, the long-running animation awards from the International …Read more »
It’s time to see if anime has a chance at earning another Oscar, because Mamoru Hosoda’s latest is officially in the running for the 91st annual Academy Awards. Mirai is among the nominees for the Best Animated Feature category, an honor it shares with the …Read more »
Mirai—the latest acclaimed anime film from director Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, Summer Wars)—recently made its U.S. theatrical debut, and there’s still time to see it for yourself. The next set of showings are scheduled for this week, with subtitled screenings …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s latest film, Mirai, is hitting American theaters soon, and in anticipation, GKIDS is streaming a few new clips of the film’s English-language dub. The English cast includes: Victoria Grace (Mirai) Jaden Waldman (Kun) John Cho (Mirai’s father) Rebecca Hall (Mirai’s mother) Daniel Dae …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Fathom Events Mirai marks another critically-acclaimed film from director Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, Summer Wars), whose latest feature was chosen as an official selection at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. This dazzling feature about family ties and what makes us who …Read more »
A new trailer is here for Mamoru Hosoda’s MIRAI anime film, which will kick off a limited theatrical run in U.S. theaters on November 29. Ahead of that, the latest preview focuses on the English dubbed version, featuring the voice talents of Daniel Dae Kim, …Read more »
In addition to the previously announced North American screenings, GKIDS has some big plans for director Mamoru Hosoda’s latest. MIRAI, also known as Mirai no Mirai in Japan, is officially set to screen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. GKIDS …Read more »
The next movie from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (The Boy and the Beast, Summer Wars) is Mirai of the Future, which is coming to Japan on July 20 with an international release to follow. In the meantime, TOHO shared a new trailer featuring more footage along with a …Read more »
If you’re anything like us, it might’ve slipped your mind Mamoru Hosoda, the director behind Summer Wars, The Boy and the Beast et al. was hard at work on a new film. Thankfully, a new trademark filing reported this week has reminded us the mastermind …Read more »
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 »
There’s been a lot of talk about the future of the anime industry lately, a lot of it doomy and gloomy. Many of the masters of the medium are retiring or dying with no clear heirs to step up and replace them, wages and working …Read more »
3331 Arts Chiyoda, a multi-purpose modern art museum close to Akihabara, Tokyo, has been the sight of a few anime-related exhibitions over the years, including a huge Katsuhiro Otomo retrospective back in 2012. Last week, it hosted a pretty amazing exhibition dedicated to two recent …Read more »
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