Anno and Hikawa speak at an earlier panel at TIFF. Acclaimed director Hideaki Anno of Evangelion fame held a special panel entitled, “Anno and Hikawa’s Collection of Showa TV Manga Openings” at movie theater Wald 9 in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on November 8. …Read more »
Reviewing a film that's so far out of your normal range, whose target audience is so obviously not you , is an interesting challenge. That's the task at hand as I sit down to write about the new film from Kyoto Animation, Tamako Love Story …Read more »
Lovable robot cat Doraemon is dipping his toes in something new for the 80th anniversary of his creator. Stand by Me Doraemon will be the first 3D CG-animated film in the franchise, and it's currently scheduled to be released in Japan next summer. Takashi Yamazaki …Read more »
Why is the animation quality of the Ghost in the Shell franchise evolving in reverse? The original Ghost in the Shell film, released in 1994, was and remains a stunning, fluid piece of animation with both characters and backgrounds alike packed with detail, nuance and …Read more »
“Anime Bancho,” the experimental Youtube Channel started by CoMix Wave Films at the end of 2012 scored a direct hit with Inferno Cop , a terrifying frappe of absurdist humor and non-sequitors that, like gdgd Fairies and Straight Title Robot Anime , seemed to be …Read more »
Most well known for his inimitable 1989 film, Tetsuo: The Iron Man , director Shinya Tsukamoto could definitely be called a visual powerhouse. Though his latest theatrical effort—the third in the Tetsuo series, Tetsuo: The Bullet Man —has been met with mixed critical appraisal, Tsukamoto …Read more »
There's a brand new trailer out for Capcom's Super version of their popular brawler, and it features animation by GONZO, a studio known for its productivity despite inconsistent quality. I personally thought the Studio 4ºC-animated endings for Street Fighter IV were incredibly lackluster, and this …Read more »
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