Keiichi Hara, the director behind Colorful and Miss Hokusai, has given the world the first glimpse at this next project. The visual, depicting a young woman with a bicycle walking through a passageway, was revealed at the Tokyo International Film Festival, which is celebrating Hara …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 »
Last fall, GKIDS presented a North American theatrical run for director Keiichi Hara's Miss Hokusai anime film. Now it's time to start looking forward to the home video release, which Amazon currently has listed for March 7. Miss Hokusai will be available on DVD and …Read more »
Japan’s Edo Period marked the unification of the country, the moving of the capital from Kyoto to Edo (modern day Tokyo) and most importantly, the end of a long period of internal warfare. This all led to a new level of prosperity for the merchant …Read more »
A nice bit of news for Keiichi Hara ( Summer Days with Coo , Colorful ). The director’s latest effort, Miss Hokusai , has won the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Miss Hokusai , which was released in Japan in May, …Read more »
Hoorah! The trailer for Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai , the upcoming anime film based on the life of O-Ei Katsushika, daughter of the famed Japanese artist Hokusai, has been released. Miss Hokusai is being animated at Production I.G ( Ghost in the Shell ) and is …Read more »
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