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From "8½" to "Day for Night" to "Dolemite Is My Signature," movie history is full of filmmaking. The latest addition to this self-referential genre is Tsutomu Mizushima's "Shirobako the Film," an anime about the blood, sweat and beers that brought an animated film on screen. It is the sequel to the television series "Shirobako," which aired from 2014 to 2015 and focused around Aoi Miyamori (voiced by Juri Kimura), a newly minted production assistant at the fictional Musashino Animation who, along with the viewer, discovers the ins and outs of how anime is produced from scratch to screen — and all the speed bumps that pop up along the way. Since canceling an in-progress sequence, the film opens four years later, with the great Musashino Animation a shadow of its former self. With the studio floundering, one of its executives comes to Miyamori with a bold plan: make an original theatrical film to be completed in less than a yea...

Anime film hits theaters on May 29, live action on August 14 Toho MOVIE's official YouTube channel has released a 30-second collaboration clip featuring the new video of Io Sakisaka ( Ao Haru Ride )'s romance shoujo manga Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare / Love Me, Love Me Not . Serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret from June 2015 to May 2019, the manga released 12 volumes of tankobon. His English version Love Me, Love Me Not , publisher VIZ Media presents the tale of his first volume as: "Fast friends Yuna and Akari are complete opposites — Yuna is an idealist, while Akari is a realist. When lady-killer Rio and the naive Kazuomi join their ranks, love and friendship become complicated!" Toshimasa Kuroyanagi ( Say I Love You ) directs the anime film adaptation of the manga at A-1 Pictures ( Oreimo, Sword Art Online ) on a screenplay by Erika Yoshida ( Tiger & Bunny ). It will be released in Japan on May 29, 2020. Then will follow the live-action f...

MullenLowe partnered with Danish director Mads Broni and Passion Animation Studios to create an anime-inspired advertisement for one of UK's favorite restaurant chains, Wagamama. Called Bowl to Soul, it's based on the brand's affiliation with Japanese food and its founding philosophy that food not only feeds our heart, it "feeds our soul." The ad shows this by demonstrating Wagamama food's restore sensation. Upon taking her first taste, the ad's heroine tumbles into a magical land filled with streaming ramen rivers, ondulating coriander fields and spice fireworks. That doesn't sound bad. And it's a good way to appeal to those of us who haven't appreciated the magic of "your food will come out when it's ready." Created by a mixture of hand-drawn and computer-illustrated artwork, the film brings together a wide range of modern, diverse images and characters, each frame being a unique illustration influenced by anime art. Mu...

It's a Japanese word for film or comic book animation. It features large doe-like eyes. It features vivid characters and bright graphics. It could be a comic book used to attract youth and adult audiences. An anime may feature complex and sophisticated episode-forming storylines. The genre may be horror stories, martial arts, ninjas, romance. It could be space ships and robots fantasy. Animations have been around for a while. They were invented in 1917. Their growth has gradually progressed into today's doe-like animation. The anime art style originated in Japan in 1960. But it later spread to many parts of the twentieth century. Today, anime distribution is carried out by TV broadcasting, internet and house media. It's classified into genres targeting a wide range of niche audiences. Anime blends cartography, narrative, graphic art, and other innovative techniques. This focuses more on realism and camera effects than gesture animation. Anime is hand-drawn and cons...

Around 90 percent is crap, according to Sturgeon's Policy. Probably closer to 99.9% for anime. Much is meaningless, over whimsical, and/or uncomfortably aggressive and pervasive. Yet, like every other genre, some utter gems are concealed among the refuse that needs to be loved by all. Here are 11 anime classics that you should certainly take the chance to purchase in Australia. Below are 11 anime classics that every movie buff should see — from vintage Ghibli Studio to modern masterpieces like The Tale Of The Princess Kayuga . Grave Of The Fireflies After a World War II bombing, two orphaned children struggle to survive in Japanese countryside, feeling their countrymen's helplessness and indifference. In desperation, hunger and sorrow, these children's lives are fragile, but inspiring is their spirit and love. Wolf Children Hana was bright and beautiful, and her future was endless. She met a man who became a wolf and they formed a family. Hana loved ...

Spider-Man : One of last year's best animated surprises was definitely in Spider-Verse. It boasted an immaculate mix of heart and laughter, not to mention some stunning visuals and an excellent soundtrack, grabbed nearly $400 million worldwide and shocked Isle of Dogs for the Academy Award. So when it came to making a Spider-Man , the question quickly changed from "if" to "when?""While we don't know much about the highly awaited sequel yet, it seems that Sony's gears are now starting to pick up steam. That's because this afternoon the studio took Twitter to officially confirm the follow-up, even announcing its release date. Please see below: April 8, 2022 🕷 #SpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/FC5nVIuciB — Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (@SpiderVerse) November 1, 2019 As thrilling as this news is, fans will know that Spider-Vers 2 isn't the only thing spawned from the animated classic. We've also heard that, at some point, sever...

Anime isn't known for American box office success, and when there are successes they appear to be Studio Ghibli fare, Pokemon movies, and other family-friendly features. More mature anime seems to get small releases and thus little chance for blockbuster success. However, Japanese animated films for teenagers and grown-ups are growing at the box office thanks to specialty event-style distribution. FUNimation Entertainment's latest release, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising , premiered domestically last Wednesday and reportedly first-placed the box office, grossing $2.5 million on its opening day. The manga adaptation had reached a domestic total of $8.5 million by Sunday, including the official opening-weekend $5.1 million, ranking fourth. Showing at only 1,260 theaters, the movie had the second-best per-screen average of all small theater releases. Heroes Rising is My Hero Academia's second feature. In the fall of 2018, FUNimation released My Hero Academia: Two Hero...

As part of its ongoing "Behind the Mac" initiative, Apple has launched a new ad in Japan featuring clips from popular anime shows using its MacBook range. 30-second montage of prominent anime scenes like Your Name, Weathering With You, Mr. Osomatsu, Gridman, New Game! And The Wonderland includes Yoshiho Nakamura's hit, "I am Shujinko." Apple makes the most of its bragging rights by demonstrating how prevalent its computers have become in popular culture. We still often joke about how odd it is to see someone not use Mac in a movie. It's not just a Mac commercial, as the ad shows both AirPods and EarPods.

Epic pirate adventure One piece may get Netflix's first-ever live-action adaptation, but the incredibly long-running Eiichiro Oda manga still marks a big milestone on the anime side of things. For over 900 episodes released over the 20-year series (officially recorded last October), Monkey D. Luffy's fans and his motley crew know that the voice cast has plenty of war stories from their seven-seas tenure. That means that when voice actors Brina Palencia (Tony Tony Chopper) and Colleen Clinkenbeard (Luffy) sat down at the C2E2 2020 anniversary panel— while marking the return of the Funimation One PIece dub— it wasn't hard to spread an ear to what they had to say. "We recently made special features of the 20th anniversary" about how One Piece came to America, Clinkenbeard said. She produces the special features on Funimation films, and she explained she had to go deep into One Piece's history for this epic interview-laden mini-doc to be released on a s...

A scene from a popular 1988 Japanese animated movie that famously predicted Tokyo would win the right to host the 2020 Olympics on Friday over a potential cancelation of the games. A scene from Akira's 2019 movie shows a signboard counting down the days until the Olympics. The sign reads "147 Days Until The Games" and invites people to endorse a successful event. Below, someone graffitied, "Just cancel!” とうとうその日がやってきた #AKIRA #147日 #中止だ中止 pic.twitter.com/MfHDbTf9g9 — じん＠武漢 (@jin00001) February 27, 2020 With Friday marking exactly 147 days until the opening ceremony on July 24, and discussing the possibility of canceling games due to the coronavirus as the epidemic spreads in Japan, the subject "Just cancel it!"Trends top of Japanese Twitter. The cyberpunk animated film, set in a post-apocalyptic Neo Tokyo, is considered one of the most influential anime and science-fiction films of all time, and has influenced properties from The Matrix t...

Anime is certainly something that attracts a wide range of fans, but it's also an acquired taste for many people as others may be interested but still don't know enough about it, while others don't completely enjoy the way stories are told or not on board with the animation that goes into each project. Like anything in show business, anime is a product that some people like and others dislike for their own reasons, but as GeekTyrant's Tommy Williams stated, Netflix is taking their interactions with Japanese anime very seriously at this point as their anime menu has steadily grown over the past few years. Most people see this as a positive move as it encourages the network to be more inclusive and allows new stories to appear on the web for anime fans and those who may be interested but aren't sure what they want to see. While I can say personally that I'm not the biggest fan of anime, I can also say that as a storyteller it's something that has caught o...

Netflix revealed that its first partnership with Production I.G., Sol Levante, would finally be on streaming on March 23. Sol Levante was initially scheduled to launch last fall, but delays were likely caused by difficulties faced with the groundbreaking 4 K HDR animation technology. The project is considered highly experimental, so production problems were planned. According to Netflix's innovative development developer, Haruka Miyagawa, the entire production consisted of test rounds, new ideas and team input to develop and improve the process of drawing a 4k HDR anime. The team is basically writing the book on how this type of project will be made, and this groundbreaking work has generated much excitement among both anime fans and film buffs. SOL LEVANTE: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR So far, nothing has been revealed about Sol Levante's plot in traditional Netflix fashion, but the tiny behind - the-scenes glimpses shown reveal stunning talent and beautiful art. Netfl...