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The Color Within : Q&A with Director Naoko Yamada

Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at the…

The Colors Within Demonstrates the Advantages Offered by Animation to Depict Keenly Humanist Dramas

©Courtesy of GKIDS Honestly, in recent years, Japanese anime has delivered some of the smartest and most realistic on-screen depictions of teenagers. Amongst filmmakers of any variety, few represent teen life with as much sensitivity as Naoko Yamada. She addressed school bullying in A Silent Voice : The Movie and young love in Tamako Love…