At this weekend’s Niconico Chokaigi convention in Chiba, Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki dropped a couple of Hayao Miyazaki knowledge bombs: one good, the other not so much. First, the good news: Miyazaki’s CG short, "Boro the Caterpillar," which was announced back in 2015, will …Read more »
Get ready to dive back into the world of Free! . The Kyoto Animation franchise about the boys of the Iwatobi Swim Club is set to get not one but three theatrical films this year, it was announced at an event yesterday. The first two …Read more »
As we reported a few days ago, Yutaka “Yamakan” Yamamoto ( Fractale , Wake Up, Girls! ) was set to announce a new anime project February 25, and the director did not disappoint. Yamamoto’s next anime project will be Twilight ( Hakubo ) a film …Read more »
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Movie PV 投稿者 pKjd Well, this is highly irregular. Not only do we have the first trailer for the The Irregular at Magic High School film, we’ve also got word that both the director and studio have changed since the TV …Read more »
If you enjoyed seeing Japan’s literary greats work together as part of a detective agency in last year’s Bungo Stray Dogs , you are in luck. A new Bungo Stray Dogs film is on its way, according to reports from an event this past weekend. …Read more »
In the history of super robots, few stand taller than Go Nagai’s Mazinger Z . Debuting in Shonen Jump way back in 1972, the franchise is still alive and kicking in the form of various spinoffs and sequels. But now the original Mazinger is back …Read more »
Concept art for the film by Syd Mead. Did you know: Hollywood planned to make a live-action Gundam film as early as 1983, long before the anime was released in any form in America? Vague rumors about the project have been circulating for years, but …Read more »
Back in July, we reported Legendary Pictures had struck a deal to create a live-action Pokemon film. Now we’ve got some more details, including the film’s director and title, which, believe it or not, involves everyone’s favorite electric-type Pokemon and his sleuthing skills. According to …Read more »
Say “Hiroshima” to someone from the west and someone from Japan, and you’re likely to conjure up two very different mental images. For most people in America, Hiroshima is synonymous with a single moment: 8:15 am, August 6, 1945, the world’s first use of a …Read more »
Hirune Hime is coming. We had kind of forgotten about this film, to be totally honest, as we haven’t heard much about it since it was announced way back in April . But we’ve got a fresh reminder courtesy a slick visual revealed today. Hirune …Read more »
Are you looking forward to the upcoming Power Rangers reboot? Depending on how you felt about previously-released promo stills and costume photos, the first teaser may or may not stoke those flames of excitement. Outside of a peek at Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa, you're …Read more »
At its core, A Silent Voice ( Koe no Katachi ), the new film from Kyoto Animation and director Naoko Yamada, is about a group of young people desperately trying, often failing, but occasionally briefly, brilliantly succeeding at following that basic but intensely difficult rule …Read more »
Matt Schley
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Joseph Luster
