Review: From Up on Poppy Hill
The non-fantasy based Studio Ghibli films are pretty limited. In fact if we rule out My Neighbors the Yamadas considering its animation style and ...
Tag: Anime
NYC: Hayao Miyazaki retrospective 4/5-4/7 and 4/12-4/14
We all know Hayao Miyazaki is a master of his craft, and if you live in New York, you’re in for a real ...
Trailers
Trailer: Short Peace (Japanese)
Color me surprised. Katsuhiro Otomo’s Short Peace is something I only learned about this morning, and after watching the brief trailer I’m more than ...
Trailers
Trailer: From Up on Poppy Hill
Two years after its Japanese premiere, From Up on Poppy Hill is getting prepped for a US release this March. A few days ...
Posters for Studio Ghibli’s two 2013 films
The Studio Ghibli retrospective in New York City is entering its final week now. As that draws to a close, we’re getting a ...
Kickstart the Princess Mononoke stage adaptation
Back in September we reported on a stage adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke, which is being put on by the Whole Hog ...
Grave of the Fireflies returning to theaters in 2013
Grave of the Fireflies will return to theaters next year to commemorate its 25th anniversary. This theatrical re-release is thanks to GKIDS, the ...
Princess Mononoke being adapted for stage in London
Talk about ambitious. The London-based Whole Hog Theater company is adapting Princess Mononoke into a stage play, which will be performed next year. ...
Storyboards from Albert Hughes’s live-action Akira remake
The live-action remake of Akira has been kind of dead since the beginning of 2012 due to script/budget issues. Recently, some storyboard art ...
Trailers
Trailer: From Up on Poppy Hill
From Up on Poppy Hill is the newest full length movie to come out of Japanese animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli. Based on a ...
Voltron still coming together
See what I did there? Because it’s a giant robot composed of smaller robots? During Comic-Con producer Robert Kopla reminded everyone that Josh ...
Reviews
Japan Cuts Review: Gyo
[For the month of July, we will be covering the New York Asian Film Festival and the (also New York-based) Japan Cuts Film ...