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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...

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...

The first teaser trailer for Rurouni Kenshin's live action movies ' long-awaited "final chapter" has been relesed! It also includes appearances of beloved characters like Kamiya Kaoru, Sagara Sanosuke, Takani Megumi, and Myojin Mahiko, plus Kenshin himself. Based on the popular manga of Watsuki Nobuhiro, the live action film series of Rurouni Kenshin began in 2012, producing two sequels. The new films will mark six years since last title release, Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends . Rurouni Kenshin : The Final opens in Japanese cinemas on Jul. 3, with The Beginning on Aug. 7.

Anime movie Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector , the latest installment in the Psycho-Pass franchise, is scheduled to be screened in Japanese cinemas for only two weeks from March 27! It will also be broadcast exclusively through Amazon Prime in Japan and abroad. The first TV anime produced by Production I.G. In 2012, Season 2 followed in 2014, and the film was also released in 2015. A film trilogy entitled Sinners of the System was premiered in 2019. Set in a world in which the "Sibyl System" can predict crime ahead of time, Psycho-Pass 3: The First Inspector will follow the TV anime from Season 3 as Shindou Arata and Kei Mikhail Ignatov continue their investigations. Psycho-Pass 3: The first inspector will be in Japanese cinemas for two weeks from March 27. It will also be streamed exclusively through Amazon Prime, both in Japan and abroad.

The announced new Tamako Market project is Tamako Love Story , a brand-new film that distributor Shochiku is opening on April 26. The title change reflects a change from the earlier television version, in which the romance elements had been minimal. The main staff will remain the same at Kyoto Animation , including director Naoko Yamada , head scriptwriter Reiko Yoshida , and character designer Yukiko Horiguchi . The five main cast members are all returning from the television version: Aya Suzaki , Atsushi Tamaru, Yuki Kaneko , Juri Nagatsuma , and Yurie Yamashita . The official website for the film will open on Thursday.

The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's Silver Spoon farming manga began streaming the first full trailer and the second teaser trailer on Saturday. The trailers feature the Japanese musical duo Yuzu's theme song "Hidamari." The full trailer opens in English with the narrator labeling the main character Yūgo Hachiken as the world's "true savior." When Hachiken meets a pig he will raise, he thanks the pig in advance for its service that he assumes will last for his three years at an agricultural high school in Hokkaido. The teacher responds, "What are you saying? We're shipping it in the fall." Many of Hachiken's classmates are from farming families, but Hachiken is from the city and is not used to farm life. The video ends with Hachiken apologizing for splashing someone in the face with an sprayer. Sexy Zone band member Kento Nakajima plays the main character Yūgo Hachiken who mutte...

A long two years ago, a live-action Attack on Titan film was announced. We didn't know much more than it's happening and Tetsuya Nakashima was directing. Studio Toho finally gave the world an update, saying the film will be released in 2015 and instead of Nakashima directing the flick, Shinji Higuchi will be helming the film. Higuchi is best known to us as one of the founders of Gainax, but also has directed the 2012 film The Floating Castle and headed up special effects for several Gamera films. The Internet is already abuzz with discussion over the film. Arama translated a number of discussion points from 2ch and other places. Some of the topics included how to handle the seemingly multi-national cast, how the writing will shape up versus some other recent anime and manga film adaptations, and who would be the ultimate Mikasa. We'll fill you in as more details arrive, but now that we've got something to look forward to, who do you hope to see in the...

The K Project has listed its movie premiere to hit July 12th 2014, bringing a new character with the announcement, a bishounen of course, violet-haired, carrying a sword, and fitting right in with the homo club. Although its been about a year since the anime ended, the K-Project’s formula hasn’t changed one bit, seemingly because it works so well to entice the target audience. Nothing gets fujoshis more hyped than an ambiguous key visual with generic English phrases written in nearly illegible Engrish type accompanying a feminine male character with an outdated weapon.

The staff of the upcoming live-action Rurouni Kenshin sequel films have revealed images of Yusuke Iseya as Aoshi Shinomori and min Tanaka as Nenji Kashiwazaki/Okina, two members of the Oniwabanshu. Aoshi Shinomori  Nenji Kashiwazaki/Okina The rest of the cast includes: Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya Munetaka Aoki as Sanosuke Sagara Yuu Aoi as Megumi Takani Ryunosuke Kamiki as Sōjirō Seta Yosuke Eguchi as Hajime Saitō Tatsuya Fujiwara as Makoto Shishio Kazufumi Miyazawa as Toshimichi Ōkubo Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Hirobumi Itō Kaito Ōyagi as Yahiko Myōjin Maryjun Takahashi as Yumi Komagata Ryōsuke Miura as Chō Sawagejō The blog on Satoh's official website additionally posted on Wednesday that the staff are currently filming the final scene for both films. The blog also posted a new image of Satoh as Kenshin. The two new films, which will cover the Kyoto arc from Nobuhiro Watsuki's original historical action manga, wi...

The Japanese film site Cinema Cafe began streaming the full trailer for the live-action film of Yomi Hirasaka's Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) light novel series on Wednesday. The trailer features the theme song "Hitotsu Dake" (Just One) by the three-member band Kera Kera. Hirasaka and Buriki's original Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai light novels revolve around Kodaka Hasegawa (Kōji Seto) — a half-Japanese/half-British transfer student whose delinquent-like blonde hair and fierce eyes scare people.  Kodaka and a seemingly perpetually sullen girl named Yozora Mikazuki (Kie Kitano) decide to form Rinjinbu, a club for misfits who want to make friends. The two are eventually joined by five others. Mio Otani plays Sena Kashiwazaki, a beautiful girl who treats her male admirers like slaves but has never had any female friends.  Sara Takatsuki (Otomen, GTO, Daily Lives of High School Boys...

The official Attack on Titan website announced that Shinji Higuchi (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gamera) will direct the upcoming live-action film adaptation of the popular manga series. In addition, Yuusuke Watanabe (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Gantz) is writing the script. He is also working with film critic Tomohiro Machiyama and series creator Hajime Isayama for the said scripts. Isayama is also present at business meetings for the film and has offered ideas on the scripts and characters. The casting for the series is currently underway. The filming begins in summer 2014 and is planned for a 2015 release. TOHO will produce and distribute the film.