Category: Animation

Filmmaker Shunji Iwai Goes Anime Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s Hana and Alice was a charming and heartfelt movie about two schoolgirls crushing on the same boy. The 2004 live-action …

Studio Ghibli’s Goro Miyazaki’s Attempt At Television What happens when Studio Ghibli and director Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill) venture outside the comfortable confines of hand-drawn animation …

Childish Crushes & Mysterious Penguins Penguin Highway sees an inquisitive fourth grader investigating the mysterious appearance of penguins in his hometown during summer vacation, leading to an unforgettable adventure …

Heartwarming & Charming Barnyard Animal Tales Creators behind the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine strike creative gold once again with the charming The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales. …

A Kawaii Ghostly Anime With Real Heart We may never see the likes of Studio Ghibli ever again depending on Miyazaki’s  growing age and remaining ambition, but the beloved …

Former Studio Ghibli Talent Create An Anthology Founded on the ashes of Studio Ghibli, anime producer Yoshiaki Nishimura’s Studio Ponoc (Mary and The Witch’s Flower) experiments with new short …

Miyazaki’s Haunting Rumination On Man Versus Nature Over 144,000 hand-drawn animation cels created Princess Mononoke’s intricate world and made its compelling characters come to life on the screen. The …

Dazzling Artistic Visuals & Pedestrian Storytelling From Brazil comes this uniquely animated children’s movie more likely to please fawning adult critics than actual children used to the more refined …

The Legion of Super-Heroes By Bruce Timm For years Bruce Timm has talked about making an animated Legion of Super-Heroes movie in DC’s direct-to-video line. Limited sales expectations for …

Look out! Here comes a reference disc On the surface, Into the Spider-Verse is that typical comic book movie. Super villain Wilson Fisk creates a doomsday device, Spider-Man finds …

Satoshi Kon’s Memorable Anime Masterpiece Acclaimed director Satoshi Kon’s debut film Perfect Blue was a revelation for Western audiences when it premiered in 1997. It almost immediately started earning …

Finely Crafted Anime Spin-off To Sound! Euphonium From the creators of A Silent Voice! comes a heart-felt and sincere drama set in high school. Liz and the Blue Bird …