This week marked the arrival of Masaaki Yuasa’s INU-OH anime film on Blu-ray, coming just after the feature missed the chance to compete in this year’s Academy Awards. While it may not be up for an Oscar, INU-OH deserves all the praise it’s gotten over …Read more »
The 80th Golden Globe Awards were held on Tuesday, bringing plenty of accolades along with the potential for a big anime win. Masaaki Yuasa’s INU-OH anime film was one of the features up for the Best Motion Picture — Animated category, but the award ended …Read more »
If you’re in Los Angeles next week, this should be a lot of fun. The Landmark Westwood will be showing Masaaki Yuasa’s film INU-OH, and that’s not all: the screening will feature an appearance by the director himself and a live biwa performance by Yukihiro …Read more »
Acclaimed anime director Masaaki Yuasa is up for some big time recognition for his latest feature, Inu-Oh. The movie has officially been nominated in the Best Motion Picture – Animated category of the 80th Golden Globe awards, which will air on January 10, 2023 on …Read more »
We just learned from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which anime are qualified to be nominated for Best Animated Feature Film. All of these anime movies had to have played in a major U.S. metropolitan area sometime this year. So which films …Read more »
INU-OH, the surreal and musically-inspired new anime movie by Masaaki Yuasa, mixes a historical setting with sometimes-modern music. After speaking with singer and lead voice-over actor Avu-chan, Otaku USA was able to speak with the film’s composer, Otomo Yoshihide. Yoshihide talked about using classical instruments, …Read more »
Avu-chan, the star of Masaaki Yuasa’s musical anime movie INU-OH, is a musician associated with the bands Queen Bee and Gokumontō Ikka. With INU-OH hitting American theaters on August 12, Otaku USA interviewed Avu-chan about playing the lead, how music can help lives, and what …Read more »
Tomona is a blind biwa priest who is haunted by the ghost of his dead father. And this isn’t the most unusual thing in the movie. Inu-Oh is musical surrealism, with trippy imagery set with memorable songs. Tomona’s life changes when he meets the titular …Read more »
The Fantasia International Film Festival started on July 14 and will continue until August 3, but they’ve already announced that some otaku titles have won awards. INU-OH by Masaaki Yuasa (based on the novel Heike Monogatari: INU-OH no Maki — translated as Tales of the …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa’s anime movie INU-OH has been shown in a number of film festivals, including the Venice Film Festival in 2021. It hits Japanese theaters tomorrow, and GKIDS just revealed that it will be coming to American theaters August 12. The movie is based on …Read more »
Director Masaaki Yuasa’s Inu-Oh anime film is almost upon us, with the Japanese theatrical date locked in for May 28. The updated take on the historical legend looks as stylish as one would expect from Yuasa, and a new trailer shows more of its beautiful …Read more »
The Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, which will occur July 14- August 3, is going to show some anime. First up is The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún, which will be making its Canadian debut. INU-OH from Masaaki Yuasa will make …Read more »
A new trailer has arrived for Masaaki Yuasa’s INU-OH anime film, which adapts Hideo Furukawa’s 2017 novel Heike Monogatari Inu-Oh no Maki. The world premiere of the film—described as a rock opera—was held at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in September 2021, and now …Read more »
A new teaser trailer has arrived for the long-awaited final film from director Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!). The new preview for INU-OH is available in 60- and 30-second versions, and you can dive into both below ahead of the film’s …Read more »
Acclaimed director Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) has one more anime film ready to go before retirement, and INU-OH looks like a fantastic sendoff. The Science SARU production is currently set for a Summer 2022 debut in Japan, and the latest …Read more »
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