More Monogatari anime has arrived, and while it’s not an actual TV or movie project, it does come in the form of a nicely animated promotional video for the Bakemonogatari manga adaptation by Oh! great. The 16th compiled volume launched in Japan on Thursday, and …Read more »
We’re always excited to see what studio Shaft and master director Akiyuki Shinbo whip up next. This time around, it’s Pretty Boy Detective Club, or Bishonen Tanteidan. The series, based on the novels by Nisio Isin (Monogatari) is set to hit airwaves in 2021. The …Read more »
Shaft, the anime studio behind many fan favorites, has been hired by the Tokyo district of Ikebukuro. The studio is creating a promotional video that’s meant to appeal to anime fans from both inside and outside Japan. The full video is set to premiere January …Read more »
Live-action adaptations of manga and anime are common—the reverse, not so much. The live action-to-anime adaptation is a rare beast indeed, but one that seems to be of particular interest to popular indie director Shunji Iwai, who, in 2015, used animation to create a prequel …Read more »
Though Shunji Iwai is a relative newcomer to the world of anime, he’s one of Japan’s most beloved independent filmmakers. Now the auteur behind films like Love Letter , Swallowtail Butterfly and All About Lily Chou-Chou is bringing his classic short film Fireworks, Should We …Read more »
While the look and feel of an anime series is largely defined by its director, writer, character designer and the rest of the cast and crew, it’s also undeniable that each anime studio has its own distinctive stamp. With that in mind, Japanese site Gakumado …Read more »
Fans of Madoka Magica : check it out. SHAFT, the studio behind Magica (and not to be confused with the black private dick who’s a sex machine to all the chicks) is in the works on another magical girl series. The new production, titled Magical …Read more »
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