@ASIFA-Hollywood The nominations for the 51st Annie Award have been announced, the ceremony is considered the Oscars of the animation world, Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and a Heron” and Makoto Shinkai’s “Suzume no Tojimari” has been selected as the best feature category. “Nimona,” Netflix‘s sci-fi fantasy about a disgraced knight and a shape-shifting teenager, led…
@Invisible Nation The 30th Slamdance Film Festival has announced its complete 2024 lineup, including 32 features, 75 shorts and five episodic titles. Slamdance will take place in-person at Yarrow Hotel in Park City and in Salt Lake City, Utah from Jan. 19-25, and online screenings will be offered on the Slamdance Channel from Jan. 22-28. Oscar-winner…
Bona Film Group, a studio based in China, has extended its deal with the U.S.-based TSG Entertainment Finance to invest in several Hollywood productions, including new titles in the Avatar and Deadpool franchises. The deal, which was inked on New Year’s Eve, has been described as an extension of an arrangement Bona and TSG has…
© 2022 “Suzume” Film Partners The anime publisher, Crunchyroll has officially announced the release of Makoto Shinkai’s coming of age fantasy animated feature “Suzume” in a limited-edition Blu-ray set, including a 60-page art book, four art cards, and a director’s commentary. Listed below are the complete special features included in the limited edition and standard edition:…
2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces 91 Projects Selected for the Feature Films, Episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for 40th Edition All Eyes on Independents In-Person and Online Ticket Packages and Passes Currently On Sale; Individual Ticket Sales Begin January 11 Top L–R: Girls State, Seeking Mavis Beacon, The American Society of Magical Negroes, Layla. Center L–R:…
Sweet Home is a South Korean web series starring Song Kang, Lee Jin-wook, and Lee Si-young. Based on the Naver webtoon of the same name by Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan, which recorded over 2.1 billion net views. The first season was released on Netflix on December 18, 2020. The second season was released on…
China-set family drama Stonewalling, which was co-directed by husband-and-wife team Ryuji Otsuka and Huang Ji, won best narrative feature at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Awards this year. The honor comes after the feature premiered at the Venice Film Festival and also won best film in the Hong Kong Film Festival’s Young Cinema Competition Stonewalling also…
Viva Pictures has acquired the North American rights to the cutting-edge Chinese 3D animation film, “Deep Sea.” The film, which has been making a very successful festival run, first premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Other festivals include Tribeca Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, Melbourne International…
Recently, I had a chance to sit down with one of the most well known and prolific illustrators and mecha designers in Japan, Shigeto Koyama. His professional career spans from the “Evangelion” movies, “Promare,” “Kill la Kill,” “Gurren Lagann,” “Star Wars : Visions” and Disney’s “Big Hero 6.” This time, he brought his comprehensive “experiment” in New York, which is called,…
presents a special screening of the eagerly anticipated Godzilla Minus One © 2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. November 28, 2023, 7:00 pm JAPAN SOCIETY (333 E. 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues) New York (November 9, 2023) – Japan Society is honored to announce a special public preview screening of Takashi…
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