The full lineup for this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival has been revealed, and it includes a bundle of anime films old and new. As for the new, the festival will screen three recent anime films under the theme “Creating Worlds with Animation.” The films …Read more »
It’s no secret ‘round this here internet that we’re huge fans of Masaaki Yuasa, the director of stuff like Tatami Galaxy, Lu Over the Wall and a little ol’ Netflix original called Devilman Crybaby. So we’re pumped to hear Yuasa will be detailing his new …Read more »
The live-action version of Fullmetal Alchemist hasn’t hit theaters in Japan yet, but a select group of fans got the first look at the film October 25 when it premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The festival also held a seminar with director Fumihiko …Read more »
Over the last few years, the Tokyo International Film Festival has been devoting a lot of energy to anime: the festival has hosted auteurs like Hideaki Anno ( Evangelion ), Yoshiyuki Tomino ( Gundam ) and Mamoru Hosoda ( The Boy and the Beast ). …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name continues to be a mega-hit in Japan and abroad (it just opened huge in South Korea), which means anybody who’s anybody in the world of Japanese cinema inevitably gets asked what they thought of it. That includes Tokyo International Film Festival …Read more »
Left to right: Akihiro Yamauchi, Isshin Inudo, Kohei Ando Shin Godzilla , which opened way back in July, is still stomping its way through Japanese theaters. “I just met someone the other day who’s seen it 50 times,” said Akihiro Yamauchi, taking the stage after …Read more »
For three years in a row, the Tokyo International Film Festival has honored an anime director with a series of retrospectives and talk events based around that director’s filmography. Two years ago, it was Evangelion ’s Hideaki Anno ; last year, Mobile Suit Gundam creator …Read more »
Over the past few years, the organizers of the Tokyo International Film Festival have been adding one of Japan’s biggest cultural exports, anime, to the mix, featuring films and talks with directors including Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hideaki Anno. This year, TIFF also rolled out a …Read more »
Garakowa -Restore the World- is a new anime film from A-1 Pictures and director Masashi Ishihama ( From the New World ) set to open in January. The film has an interesting production history: it started “D.Backup,” a story concept by independent game creators Physics …Read more »
The Tokyo International Film Festival is underway, and like last year, the festival has decided to showcase anime as a part of its lineup. Last year the festival featured the films of Hideaki Anno, and this year, the spotlight is on the long-running Gundam franchise. …Read more »
You may recall that last year the Tokyo International Film Festival hosted a retrospective of works by Evangelion director Hideaki Anno (check out our coverage here ). The program was a hit, apparently, because this year the festival is doubling down on the anime thing. …Read more »
If you’ve been watching Aoi Hono , the TV show about manga author Kazuhiko Shimamoto’s college days, you might remember a scene in which Hideaki Anno, future anime director and creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion , draws an incredibly detailed piece of animation on a …Read more »
This week the Tokyo International Film Festival teamed up with the World Cosplay Summit for a live show featuring some of the world’s best cosplayers. The World Cosplay Summit, a yearly cosplay contest held in Nagoya, attracts contestants from 22 participating countries. 44 of the …Read more »
Fans of Mamoru Oshii, the director of anime classics like Ghost in the Shell and Patlabor , are split into two distinct groups: those who like his live-action work and those who don’t. Oshii’s been working in live-action for years, but his real-life films are …Read more »
Takeshi Kitano, director of such films as Zatoichi and Sonatine , also known as Beat Takeshi, comic host of Takeshi’s Castle and star of Battle Royale , was awarded the first ever Samurai Award this week at the Tokyo International Film Festival. During his talk …Read more »
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