When people think of Asian animated films, Studio Ghibli often comes to mind first. With iconic films like My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away, the studio has become synonymous with high-quality animation and captivating storytelling. However, Asia’s animation industry is vast and diverse, with many other studios and filmmakers contributing unique and innovative works that deserve recognition. This article explores the rich landscape of Asian animated films beyond Studio Ghibli, highlighting some of the most remarkable productions from different countries.
The Rise of South Korean Animation
South Korea has become a significant player in the global animation industry, producing a variety of films that cater to both domestic and international audiences. One standout is Leafie, A Hen into the Wild (2011), directed by Oh Sung-yoon. This film, based on a popular Korean children’s book, tells the story of a hen who dreams of freedom beyond the farm. Its success...
The Rise of South Korean Animation
South Korea has become a significant player in the global animation industry, producing a variety of films that cater to both domestic and international audiences. One standout is Leafie, A Hen into the Wild (2011), directed by Oh Sung-yoon. This film, based on a popular Korean children’s book, tells the story of a hen who dreams of freedom beyond the farm. Its success...
- 8/28/2024
- by Peter Adams
- AsianMoviePulse
UK distributor Anime Limited and Germany’s Plaion Pictures have acquired UK, France, Italy and Germany rights to the catalogue of Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda.
Three titles have been newly acquired by the two companies: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars and Wolf Children. Plaion Pictures has also picked up The Boy And The Beast for Germany and Italy.
The films join two further Hosoda titles on the slates of Anime and Plaion: Oscar-nominated Mirai, and his most recent film, 2021’s Belle.
The companies are working on a ‘World of Mamoru Hosoda’ theatrical season, releasing one of the...
Three titles have been newly acquired by the two companies: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars and Wolf Children. Plaion Pictures has also picked up The Boy And The Beast for Germany and Italy.
The films join two further Hosoda titles on the slates of Anime and Plaion: Oscar-nominated Mirai, and his most recent film, 2021’s Belle.
The companies are working on a ‘World of Mamoru Hosoda’ theatrical season, releasing one of the...
- 6/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-nominated Swiss animator Claude Barras (“My Life as a Zucchini”) will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Locarno Kids Award given to personalities credited with infusing younger generations with a love for cinema.
Barras’ beloved stop-motion film “Life as a Zucchini,” about an orphaned boy who lives in a foster home, played at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2016, and went on to be nominated for best animated feature at the Oscars and secured distribution in over 50 territories.
Barras’ more recent work “Sauvages,” about an orangutan fighting to save the forests of Borneo with his friends, will travel to Locarno after premiering positively at Cannes earlier this month.
“Sauvages” will play on the prominent Swiss fest’s 8,000-seat Piazza Grande on Aug. 13 with the director in tow.
“Claude Barras is one of the great shapers of the contemporary collective imagination,” said Locarno’s artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro in a statement.
Barras’ beloved stop-motion film “Life as a Zucchini,” about an orphaned boy who lives in a foster home, played at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2016, and went on to be nominated for best animated feature at the Oscars and secured distribution in over 50 territories.
Barras’ more recent work “Sauvages,” about an orangutan fighting to save the forests of Borneo with his friends, will travel to Locarno after premiering positively at Cannes earlier this month.
“Sauvages” will play on the prominent Swiss fest’s 8,000-seat Piazza Grande on Aug. 13 with the director in tow.
“Claude Barras is one of the great shapers of the contemporary collective imagination,” said Locarno’s artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro in a statement.
- 5/28/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Anime is bigger than ever. With dedicated streaming services such as Crunchyroll enjoying a meteoric rise, rivals Netflix and Prime Video getting in on the action with their own dedicated selection, and even Disney – the arbiter of western animation – now boasting a growing number of exclusive anime series on Disney+, the availability and popularity of Japanese animation has never been greater.
Yet it's in film where anime has enjoyed the biggest boom, with the likes of Your Name and Miss Hokusai heralding a new era of excellence in animation, adding to a canon of definitive works such as Akira and My Neighbour Totoro. But with decades of brilliance to choose from, getting started on anime – or just choosing what to watch for movie night – can be daunting.
We've plucked out the best of the best to get you started, with a selection that highlights the medium's rich diversity of genres and styles,...
Yet it's in film where anime has enjoyed the biggest boom, with the likes of Your Name and Miss Hokusai heralding a new era of excellence in animation, adding to a canon of definitive works such as Akira and My Neighbour Totoro. But with decades of brilliance to choose from, getting started on anime – or just choosing what to watch for movie night – can be daunting.
We've plucked out the best of the best to get you started, with a selection that highlights the medium's rich diversity of genres and styles,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Kamen
- Empire - Movies
Gkids has announced the acquisition of North American rights to Mamoru Hosoda’s entire film catalog.
Hosoda’s films include “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” “Wolf Children,” “Mirai” and “Belle.”
Gkids’ President David Jesteadt said, “One of Gkids’ earliest distribution projects was the theatrical release of ‘Summer Wars,’ when Mamoru Hosoda had already cemented his position as one of the most exciting animation directors. We were honored to deepen our relationship with the release of his two latest films, ‘Mirai’ and ‘Belle,’ and are excited to now be able to showcase the full breadth of Hosoda’s ambitious storytelling across his film catalog, featuring some of the most acclaimed and successful Japanese animated films of all time.”
Hosoda’s six features have all been nominated for, and five have been awarded, the Japan Academy Prize for “Animation of the Year.” He also landed an Oscar nomination for 2018’s “Mirai...
Hosoda’s films include “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” “Wolf Children,” “Mirai” and “Belle.”
Gkids’ President David Jesteadt said, “One of Gkids’ earliest distribution projects was the theatrical release of ‘Summer Wars,’ when Mamoru Hosoda had already cemented his position as one of the most exciting animation directors. We were honored to deepen our relationship with the release of his two latest films, ‘Mirai’ and ‘Belle,’ and are excited to now be able to showcase the full breadth of Hosoda’s ambitious storytelling across his film catalog, featuring some of the most acclaimed and successful Japanese animated films of all time.”
Hosoda’s six features have all been nominated for, and five have been awarded, the Japan Academy Prize for “Animation of the Year.” He also landed an Oscar nomination for 2018’s “Mirai...
- 3/18/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Crunchyroll is continuing to expand its cinematic offerings on its streaming service with the addition of more titles it has recently released theatrically, including That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond, The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, and Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island. Additionally, a few titles that have never been available to stream outside of Japan will also be available on Crunchyroll, including Free! -the Final Stroke- Part 1 and 2, To Every You I’ve Loved Before, and To Me, The One Who Loved You.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond is a stand-alone story that takes place after the second season of the popular fantasy adventure anime series it is based on, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, which is adapted from the best-selling light novel of the same name. The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond is a stand-alone story that takes place after the second season of the popular fantasy adventure anime series it is based on, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, which is adapted from the best-selling light novel of the same name. The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie...
- 4/21/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Oscar-winning French director Luc Jacquet (“March of the Penguins”) will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Locarno Kids Award celebrating a film personality who has brought the magic of movies to younger audiences.
“Luc Jacquet’s gaze has followed the perspective of the plant and animal kingdoms through his many voyages to the Antarctic or into forests both remote and close to home,” the Swiss festival dedicated to indie cinema said in a statement. It pointed out that this year’s prize “goes to a filmmaker who has consistently conveyed a powerful ecological message to younger generations of cinema lovers.”
The French biologist and filmmaker has made hugely popular nature documentaries such as “Penguins,” watched by more than 25 million people worldwide since its 2006 release, and “Once Upon a Forest” in 2013 and “Ice and the Sky” (2015). He also helmed a fiction feature “The Fox & the Child” (2007).
Jacquet...
“Luc Jacquet’s gaze has followed the perspective of the plant and animal kingdoms through his many voyages to the Antarctic or into forests both remote and close to home,” the Swiss festival dedicated to indie cinema said in a statement. It pointed out that this year’s prize “goes to a filmmaker who has consistently conveyed a powerful ecological message to younger generations of cinema lovers.”
The French biologist and filmmaker has made hugely popular nature documentaries such as “Penguins,” watched by more than 25 million people worldwide since its 2006 release, and “Once Upon a Forest” in 2013 and “Ice and the Sky” (2015). He also helmed a fiction feature “The Fox & the Child” (2007).
Jacquet...
- 4/18/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been an interesting year for cinema thus far, and that won’t be slowing down in April.
There’s Leonor Will Never Die (7 April) – a meta love letter to Filipino cinema, led by the marvellous Sheila Francisco – and also Lola (7 April), a Second World War time travel drama whose low budget shows that you can do impressive things with very little. Albert Serra’s Pacifiction (21 April) is an intoxicating descent into danger and, as with the Spanish filmmaker’s previous films, it may be divisive, but demands to be seen – even if just to form your own opinion.
Ben Affleck directs and stars in Air (7 April), which follows Nike’s revolutionary partnership with a young Michael Jordan. Affleck’s receiving some of the best reviews of his career for the film. Meanwhile, grisly horror Evil Dead Rise (21 April) has generated word-of-mouth hype since its premiere at South by Southwest.
There’s Leonor Will Never Die (7 April) – a meta love letter to Filipino cinema, led by the marvellous Sheila Francisco – and also Lola (7 April), a Second World War time travel drama whose low budget shows that you can do impressive things with very little. Albert Serra’s Pacifiction (21 April) is an intoxicating descent into danger and, as with the Spanish filmmaker’s previous films, it may be divisive, but demands to be seen – even if just to form your own opinion.
Ben Affleck directs and stars in Air (7 April), which follows Nike’s revolutionary partnership with a young Michael Jordan. Affleck’s receiving some of the best reviews of his career for the film. Meanwhile, grisly horror Evil Dead Rise (21 April) has generated word-of-mouth hype since its premiere at South by Southwest.
- 4/1/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Crunchyroll continues to expand its cinematic collection with hot new titles arriving this September for the first time on the anime streaming service, including the blockbuster hit Jujutsu Kaisen 0, the prequel movie to the critically acclaimed anime series Jujutsu Kaisen, as well as one new movie each Thursday.
The film from Toho Animation, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, is based on Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Jump Comics / Shueisha), the prequel manga to the popular series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. The film was distributed by Crunchyroll in the US and select international markets, receiving over 34M at the North American box office, with a total 166M worldwide.
Classic titles such as Mamoru Hosoda’s critically acclaimed The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Fuminori Kizaki’s Afro Samurai: Resurrection starring Samuel L. Jackson, Masahiro Andō’s Sword of the Stranger, and Naoyoshi Shiotani’s Psycho-Pass Sinners of the System film trilogy...
The film from Toho Animation, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, is based on Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Jump Comics / Shueisha), the prequel manga to the popular series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. The film was distributed by Crunchyroll in the US and select international markets, receiving over 34M at the North American box office, with a total 166M worldwide.
Classic titles such as Mamoru Hosoda’s critically acclaimed The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Fuminori Kizaki’s Afro Samurai: Resurrection starring Samuel L. Jackson, Masahiro Andō’s Sword of the Stranger, and Naoyoshi Shiotani’s Psycho-Pass Sinners of the System film trilogy...
- 9/3/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
"Beauty and the Beast" truly is a tale as old as time, and has been retold in countless ways, like the Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton TV series of the same name, the Fran Drescher comedy "The Beautician and the Beast," the teen rom-drama "Beastly," or even in an episode of "Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater." Recently, legendary Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda delivered "Belle," a magnificent animated sci-fi fantasy film that thrusts the tale out of the world of old and into the techno future.
The story takes place in the not-so-distant future where the internet has evolved into a legitimate virtual reality called U, where avatars are created by users' scanned biometric information. A teenager named Suzu creates an avatar named Belle who becomes a pop superstar, but everything changes when her virtual concert is interrupted by the seemingly undefeatable fighter The Dragon (or "The Beast"), who she quickly becomes infatuated with.
The story takes place in the not-so-distant future where the internet has evolved into a legitimate virtual reality called U, where avatars are created by users' scanned biometric information. A teenager named Suzu creates an avatar named Belle who becomes a pop superstar, but everything changes when her virtual concert is interrupted by the seemingly undefeatable fighter The Dragon (or "The Beast"), who she quickly becomes infatuated with.
- 8/12/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)
The Movie: "Belle"
Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max
The Pitch: Mamoru Hosoda, the Academy Award-nominated director of films like "Mirai," "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time," "Wolf Children," and the single best episode of "Digimon Adventure," wowed audiences at Cannes with his latest film, "Belle" — which received a 14-minute standing ovation. The sci-fi musical takes place in a world where the internet has grown to become a massive virtual reality called...
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The Movie: "Belle"
Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max
The Pitch: Mamoru Hosoda, the Academy Award-nominated director of films like "Mirai," "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time," "Wolf Children," and the single best episode of "Digimon Adventure," wowed audiences at Cannes with his latest film, "Belle" — which received a 14-minute standing ovation. The sci-fi musical takes place in a world where the internet has grown to become a massive virtual reality called...
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- 8/11/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Celebrating all things anime with attendees at the Sixth Annual Crunchyroll Expo this weekend in San Jose, CA, Crunchyroll, the global leader in bringing the ultimate anime experience to audiences around the world, shared many exciting announcements during its Industry Panel today, which included announcements of new show acquisitions, exclusive first looks, fan favorite movies coming to the streaming service, and more.
Announcements kicked off with a thrilling update that Crunchyroll will be rolling out the red carpet to welcome some of the most beloved anime in cinema history to its platform, including the sci-fi cult classic Akira directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, the fantastical modern romance your name. from director Makoto Shinkai (Suzume no Tojimari; Weathering With You), as well as director Mamoru Hosoda’s critically acclaimed catalog The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast. Fans will start to see new movies launching on Crunchyroll every Thursday,...
Announcements kicked off with a thrilling update that Crunchyroll will be rolling out the red carpet to welcome some of the most beloved anime in cinema history to its platform, including the sci-fi cult classic Akira directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, the fantastical modern romance your name. from director Makoto Shinkai (Suzume no Tojimari; Weathering With You), as well as director Mamoru Hosoda’s critically acclaimed catalog The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast. Fans will start to see new movies launching on Crunchyroll every Thursday,...
- 8/7/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Photo: ‘Wolf Children’ Ever since I was born, dogs and wolves have always been an obsession of mine. To this day, I joke that if any piece of media has a wolf in it, it’s automatically a ten out of ten for me. Therefore, when I came across this film as a child, I truly loved it because it focuses on werewolves growing up and coming to terms with who they are as people but I never understood the true message because I was so young. ‘Wolf Children’ has always been one of my favorite films of all time because duh, werewolves! But also, the music and animation are so beautiful it reminds me of a Studio Ghibli film. Now that I’m older, I understand the true message of the story and what it means to grieve while still raising children that are “different” while never giving up...
- 7/28/2022
- by Ayana Hamilton
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Fathom Events presents Betty White: A Celebration in 1,529 locations nationwide, a one-day-only special event on Monday honoring the actress who died Dec. 31 just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. The star-studded reflection on White’s life and career, which had already been set by filmmakers Steven Boettcher and Mike Trinklein to celebrate her centennial Jan. 17, will run three showtimes at 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm.
As for weekend openings, a pair of solid documentaries and two dramas — about memory loss and global apocalypse by pink gas — debut in a frame where there isn’t much new. Distributors are carefully weighing expansion for award hopefuls already out amid the ongoing surge in Omicron and ahead of Oscar nods Feb. 8.
Newcomers include Magnolia Pictures’ drama Italian Studies in seven theaters including New York and LA, and on demand. Directed by Adam Leon it stars Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner,...
As for weekend openings, a pair of solid documentaries and two dramas — about memory loss and global apocalypse by pink gas — debut in a frame where there isn’t much new. Distributors are carefully weighing expansion for award hopefuls already out amid the ongoing surge in Omicron and ahead of Oscar nods Feb. 8.
Newcomers include Magnolia Pictures’ drama Italian Studies in seven theaters including New York and LA, and on demand. Directed by Adam Leon it stars Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner,...
- 1/14/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
"Belle" comes to us from Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, and today we've got the entire opening scene. When you can pull your eyes away from the first image (and I expect to see cosplay pics on my Twitter if you dress like this), you have to watch. It's a stunning video, and it's out there to tease the film hitting theaters and IMAX on January 14, 2022. The film will be subtitled and dubbed.
"Belle" comes to us from Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda, creator of "Mirai," "Wolf Children," Summer Wars," and "The...
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"Belle" comes to us from Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda, creator of "Mirai," "Wolf Children," Summer Wars," and "The...
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- 1/13/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
At this stage of his career, I think it's pretty safe to say that Mamoru Hosoda has firmly established himself as one of the best contemporary Japanese animation directors. He's also no stranger at the Sitges Film Festival, where he has won four Anima't Awards (the festival award for animated movies) for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2009), Wolf Children (2012) and Mirai (2018). So it's only natural that, considering those precedents, Hosoda's latest film is one of his most eagerly anticipated. The story of Belle is that of Suzu, a shy teenager who lives in a small mountain village with her father. Suzu is unable to cope with her mother's loss, who died when she was just a child in...
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- 1/12/2022
- Screen Anarchy
At this stage of his career, I think it's pretty safe to say that Mamoru Hosoda has firmly established himself as one of the best contemporary Japanese animation directors. And he's also no stranger at Sitges, where he has won four Anima't Awards (the festival award for animated movies) for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2009), Wolf Children (2012) and Mirai (2018). So it's only natural that considering those precedents, Hosoda's latest film is one of this Sitges' Festival most eagerly anticipated films. The story of Belle is that of Suzu, a shy teenager who lives in a small mountain village with her father. Suzu is unable to cope with her mother's loss, who died when she was just a child...
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- 10/11/2021
- Screen Anarchy
In a sad blow, the Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) has announced it will cancel its in-cinema screenings given the current Covid situation in the city.
The festival, always designed as a hybrid event, will continue nationally on Miff Play, with the festival securing an additional 30 titles for the platform. These include some direct-from-Cannes titles such as The Hill Where Lionesses Roar, La Civil, Rehana Maryam Noor and Babi Yar, and Australian films Ablaze, Chef Antonio’s Recipes for Revolution, Little Tornadoes and Paper City.
However, some of the festival most anticipated films, including local films such as Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, intended as the Opening Night Gala, and Justin Kurzel’s Nitram are not available on the service.
As regional Victoria is no longer in lockdown, the festival’s regional season will proceed, with required changes to the line-up to be advised through local operators.
The festival, always designed as a hybrid event, will continue nationally on Miff Play, with the festival securing an additional 30 titles for the platform. These include some direct-from-Cannes titles such as The Hill Where Lionesses Roar, La Civil, Rehana Maryam Noor and Babi Yar, and Australian films Ablaze, Chef Antonio’s Recipes for Revolution, Little Tornadoes and Paper City.
However, some of the festival most anticipated films, including local films such as Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, intended as the Opening Night Gala, and Justin Kurzel’s Nitram are not available on the service.
As regional Victoria is no longer in lockdown, the festival’s regional season will proceed, with required changes to the line-up to be advised through local operators.
- 8/10/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Festival will give Hosoda’s Cannes title ‘ Belle’ a Piazza Grande screening.
The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda with its new Locarno Kids Award, aimed at filmmakers with a track record of drawing young spectators to the cinema, at its 74th edition (August 4-14).
To mark the event the festival will screen the filmmaker’s latest feature Belle on the Piazza Grande on August 9. The feature animation revolves around a shy high-school student who becomes a sensation in a popular virtual-reality world.
The film arrives fresh from Cannes where it premiered in the Cannes Premiere section.
The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda with its new Locarno Kids Award, aimed at filmmakers with a track record of drawing young spectators to the cinema, at its 74th edition (August 4-14).
To mark the event the festival will screen the filmmaker’s latest feature Belle on the Piazza Grande on August 9. The feature animation revolves around a shy high-school student who becomes a sensation in a popular virtual-reality world.
The film arrives fresh from Cannes where it premiered in the Cannes Premiere section.
- 7/26/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The world premiere of “Belle”, the latest animated feature film from award-winning director Mamoru Hosoda, was met with cheers and a fourteen-minute standing ovation following its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on Thursday July 15th – the seventh longest in the festival’s history. Critics responded with enthusiasm on Twitter following the premiere, with Phil de Semlyen calling it “a dazzling cyber fairy-tale”, and Robbie Collin adding that “there is usually one film per Cannes that emotionally bulldozes me, and this year Belle was it.”
Anime Limited, Europe’s premiere distributor for Japanese animation, will be releasing “Belle” in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France.
“Belle”, the journey of a shy and self-conscious teenager finding herself through the avatar of a world famous virtual singer, is a film that reaches beyond borders both on and off the screen with a creative team showcasing the calibre of global talent in modern animation.
Anime Limited, Europe’s premiere distributor for Japanese animation, will be releasing “Belle” in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France.
“Belle”, the journey of a shy and self-conscious teenager finding herself through the avatar of a world famous virtual singer, is a film that reaches beyond borders both on and off the screen with a creative team showcasing the calibre of global talent in modern animation.
- 7/20/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Animated fantasy “Belle” will receive its World Premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on Thursday July 15th in the Cannes Premiere section, joining an exciting line-up which includes new films from Andrea Arnold, Gaspar Noé, Mathieu Amalric and Oliver Stone. This is the first official selection for a film by Hosoda at the festival. Anime Limited, Europe’s premiere distributor for Japanese animation, will be releasing “Belle” in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The film is written, directed, and produced by the celebrated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda whose previous works include “Mirai”, “The Boy and the Beast”, “Wolf Children”, “Summer Wars”, “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time”, among other classics.
Anime Limited previously distributed “Mirai,” the previous film from Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, in the UK, France, and Ireland. After debuting at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, “Mirai” went on to receive a nomination for “Best Animated Feature...
The film is written, directed, and produced by the celebrated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda whose previous works include “Mirai”, “The Boy and the Beast”, “Wolf Children”, “Summer Wars”, “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time”, among other classics.
Anime Limited previously distributed “Mirai,” the previous film from Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, in the UK, France, and Ireland. After debuting at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, “Mirai” went on to receive a nomination for “Best Animated Feature...
- 7/6/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Gkids’ latest acquisition Belle, from acclaimed filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda and his company Studio Chizu, is an Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival and will make its world debut in the Cannes Premiere section on Thursday, July 15. This marks the Hosoda’s second invitation to Cannes. His first, Mirai, made its debut at Director’s Fortnight in 2018 before going on to receive an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Feature. Gkids will release Belle theatrically in North America in both its original Japanese language and a new English dubbed version this winter, and will qualify the film for 2021 awards consideration. “Following the selection of my previous film ‘Mirai’ for the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, I am honored that ‘Belle’ has been selected for the Première section of the Official Selection. It is extremely rare for an animated film to be selected for the Festival de Cannes, and...
- 7/6/2021
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Animation film “Belle” by the Japanese director Hosoda Mamoru will join the Cannes Film Festival lineup.
The festival said Sunday that “Belle” will have its world premiere in the Cannes Premiere section and play on Thursday July 15.
” ‘Belle’ is the film that I’ve always dreamt to create and that I can make today thanks to the culmination of my previous films,” said Hosoda. “In this one, I explore romance, action, and suspense as well as deeper themes such as life and death. I hope that it will be a big entertaining show.”
The story follows a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters U, a virtual world of 5 billion members and where she has become Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature and they embark on a journey of adventures,...
The festival said Sunday that “Belle” will have its world premiere in the Cannes Premiere section and play on Thursday July 15.
” ‘Belle’ is the film that I’ve always dreamt to create and that I can make today thanks to the culmination of my previous films,” said Hosoda. “In this one, I explore romance, action, and suspense as well as deeper themes such as life and death. I hope that it will be a big entertaining show.”
The story follows a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters U, a virtual world of 5 billion members and where she has become Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature and they embark on a journey of adventures,...
- 7/4/2021
- by Patrick Frater and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Director Mamoru Hosoda: 'Belle is the film I’ve always dreamt to create' Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda’s latest animated film Belle has just been added to the Cannes Film Festival selection and will be presented for its world premiere during the 74th edition in the Cannes Premiere section.
Following Wolf Children (2012), The Boy And The Beast (2015), and Mirai (2018), it is the first official Selection for Mamoru Hosoda.
Mamoru Hosoda: 'I explore romance, action, and suspense as well as deeper themes' Photo: Photo Laurent Koffel Belle is the third animation film presented this year at the Festival after the already announced Ari Folman’s Where Is Anne Frank? and The Summit Of The Gods by Patrick Imbert.
The film tells the story of Suzu, an insecure teenager living in a small town in the mountains with her father… in real life. Because...
Following Wolf Children (2012), The Boy And The Beast (2015), and Mirai (2018), it is the first official Selection for Mamoru Hosoda.
Mamoru Hosoda: 'I explore romance, action, and suspense as well as deeper themes' Photo: Photo Laurent Koffel Belle is the third animation film presented this year at the Festival after the already announced Ari Folman’s Where Is Anne Frank? and The Summit Of The Gods by Patrick Imbert.
The film tells the story of Suzu, an insecure teenager living in a small town in the mountains with her father… in real life. Because...
- 7/4/2021
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
There are a few things that appear in almost every Mamoru Hosoda movie: a stirring examination of parenthood, a bittersweet romance, and a furry husband. Hosoda, the filmmaker behind 2018’s Oscar-nominated Mirai and anime masterpieces like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Wolf Children, is back to his old tricks with Belle, a digital spin on Beauty and the […]
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- 6/17/2021
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Paris-based sales and co-production company Charades has closed deals for all major Western territories on “Belle,” the anticipated animation feature from Oscar-nominated Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda (“Mirai”) and Studio Chizu.
Following GKids’s pick up for North American rights, Charades has unveiled a raft of sales to high-profile international distributors for “Belle,” including Anime Limited in the U.K., Wild Bunch in France, A Contracorriente in Spain, Koch Media in Italy and German-speaking territories, and Selmer in Scandinavia. Other deals were inked with Bf Distribution in Latin America, Acfc for Czech Republic, Exponenta in Russia and Baltics. Charades also sold the movie to Troy Lum’s new banner Kismet in Australia and New Zealand. It marks Kismet’s first acquisition.
The size of deals closed on ‘Belle’ underscores both the international status of Hosoda and the rising popularity of Japanese anime.
“Hosoda is the only Japanese animation director today capable...
Following GKids’s pick up for North American rights, Charades has unveiled a raft of sales to high-profile international distributors for “Belle,” including Anime Limited in the U.K., Wild Bunch in France, A Contracorriente in Spain, Koch Media in Italy and German-speaking territories, and Selmer in Scandinavia. Other deals were inked with Bf Distribution in Latin America, Acfc for Czech Republic, Exponenta in Russia and Baltics. Charades also sold the movie to Troy Lum’s new banner Kismet in Australia and New Zealand. It marks Kismet’s first acquisition.
The size of deals closed on ‘Belle’ underscores both the international status of Hosoda and the rising popularity of Japanese anime.
“Hosoda is the only Japanese animation director today capable...
- 6/16/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Gkids has acquired North American distribution rights to Belle, the latest animated film from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda and Japan’s Studio Chizu. A winter theatrical release is in the works for the pic, which represents a re-team of the distributor, Hosoda and Studio Chizo after 2018’s Mirai, which scored an Oscar nomination.
Hosoda, whose credits also include The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time wrote and directed Belle. It centers on Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself until one day she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature and they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love in...
Hosoda, whose credits also include The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time wrote and directed Belle. It centers on Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself until one day she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature and they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love in...
- 6/14/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Belle,” Hosoda Mamoru’s highly anticipated animated feature has been picked up by Gkids for release in North America.
The Studio Chizu-produced coming of age tale will release in Japan next month. Gkids says it will release ‘Belle” theatrically in both its original Japanese language and an English dubbed version this winter, and will qualify the film for 2021 awards consideration.
Nippon Television handles rights sales for the film in Asia. Paris-based sales company Charades is representing the film in other international markets.
The story follows a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters U, a virtual world of 5 billion members and where she has become Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature and embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love, in their quest to become who they truly are.
The Studio Chizu-produced coming of age tale will release in Japan next month. Gkids says it will release ‘Belle” theatrically in both its original Japanese language and an English dubbed version this winter, and will qualify the film for 2021 awards consideration.
Nippon Television handles rights sales for the film in Asia. Paris-based sales company Charades is representing the film in other international markets.
The story follows a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters U, a virtual world of 5 billion members and where she has become Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature and embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love, in their quest to become who they truly are.
- 6/14/2021
- by Patrick Frater and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Indie distributor Gkids has acquired North American distribution rights for Mamoru Hosoda‘s new animated feature, Belle, from Japan’s Studio Chizu.
The film — described as a fantastical and contemporary thematic story of one girl’s growth in the age of social media — is an original story written and helmed by Oscar-nominated Mirai director Hosoda, whose previous features also include The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Hosoda produced Belle with Studio Chizu co-founder Yuichiro Saito.
Belle follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world ...
The film — described as a fantastical and contemporary thematic story of one girl’s growth in the age of social media — is an original story written and helmed by Oscar-nominated Mirai director Hosoda, whose previous features also include The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Hosoda produced Belle with Studio Chizu co-founder Yuichiro Saito.
Belle follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world ...
- 6/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Indie distributor Gkids has acquired North American distribution rights for Mamoru Hosoda‘s new animated feature, Belle, from Japan’s Studio Chizu.
The film — described as a fantastical and contemporary thematic story of one girl’s growth in the age of social media — is an original story written and helmed by Oscar-nominated Mirai director Hosoda, whose previous features also include The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Hosoda produced Belle with Studio Chizu co-founder Yuichiro Saito.
Belle follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world ...
The film — described as a fantastical and contemporary thematic story of one girl’s growth in the age of social media — is an original story written and helmed by Oscar-nominated Mirai director Hosoda, whose previous features also include The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Hosoda produced Belle with Studio Chizu co-founder Yuichiro Saito.
Belle follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world ...
- 6/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Nobody would think that Belle is a country bumpkin like you." Charades, French distributor of this film, has released a new trailer for Belle from acclaimed, award-winning Japanese animation director Mamoru Hosoda. We've already posted a few Japanese trailers for this already, and it's expected this will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this summer. The animated adventure is about a teenage girl who lives between modern-day Japan and a virtual world called "U." The story follows her as she makes a new friend and "embarks on a journey of adventures and love both in their quest of becoming who they truly are." With a voice cast including Kaho Nakamura, Kenjirô Tsuda, Mamoru Miyano, Kôji Yakusho, Toshiyuki Morikawa, and Ryô Narita. I'm really looking forward to this! As magical as ever from Hosoda. Jump in. Here's the first international trailer (+ ...
- 6/3/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of our most-anticipated animations of the year comes from Mamoru Hosoda, the acclaimed auteur behind The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, and most recently, the Oscar-nominated Mirai. He’s now returning with Belle, which is set for a July release in Japan and now the first full trailer has debuted.
Belle follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature. Together, they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love, in their quest of becoming who they truly are.
“Belle is the movie that I have always wanted to create and I am...
Belle follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature. Together, they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love, in their quest of becoming who they truly are.
“Belle is the movie that I have always wanted to create and I am...
- 6/2/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Toho in Japan has unveiled the first official trailer for the new film titled Belle made by acclaimed, award-winning Japanese animation director Mamoru Hosoda. The short title is just Belle (perhaps a reference to Beauty and the Beast), but the film's full Japanese title is Belle: The Princess of Dragons and Freckles and it's currently set to tour in Japan this summer. The film is about a teenage girl who lives between modern-day Japan and a virtual world called "U." The story follows her as she makes a new friend and "embarks on a journey of adventures and love both in their quest of becoming who they truly are." This trailer asks a lot of questions - who is she, why is she so popular, why does she have to hide her face, who are these bad guys? I'm very ...
- 4/2/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After delivering such acclaimed films as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, and most recently, the Oscar-nominated Mirai, director Mamoru Hosoda is returning this year with his latest animation.
Set for a summer release in Japan, Belle tells the story of a 17-year-old student from a rural village named Suzu who enters a virtual world of five billion online members. She becomes Belle, a world-famous singer, and embarks on an adventure with a mysterious creature. Ahead of the release, the first teaser and poster have arrived.
“Belle is the movie that I have always wanted to create and I am only able to make this film a reality because of the culmination of my past works,” Hosoda tells Variety. “I explore romance, action and suspense on the one hand, and deeper themes such as life and death on the other. I expect this...
Set for a summer release in Japan, Belle tells the story of a 17-year-old student from a rural village named Suzu who enters a virtual world of five billion online members. She becomes Belle, a world-famous singer, and embarks on an adventure with a mysterious creature. Ahead of the release, the first teaser and poster have arrived.
“Belle is the movie that I have always wanted to create and I am only able to make this film a reality because of the culmination of my past works,” Hosoda tells Variety. “I explore romance, action and suspense on the one hand, and deeper themes such as life and death on the other. I expect this...
- 2/22/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"Who is she?" Charades in France has unveiled the first teaser trailer for the new film titled Belle made by acclaimed, award-winning Japanese animation director Mamoru Hosoda. The short title is just Belle (perhaps a reference to Beauty and the Beast), but the film's full title is Belle: The Princess of Dragons and Freckles and it's currently set to open in Japan this June. This one is about a teenage girl who lives between modern-day Japan and a virtual world called "U." The story follows her as she makes a new friend and "embarks on a journey of adventures and love both in their quest of becoming who they truly are." No voice cast is confirmed yet, and this teaser is only 30 seconds long but it looks magnificent already. Here's the teaser trailer (+ poster) for Mamoru Hosoda's Belle, direct ...
- 2/18/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Director Mamoru Hosoda, founder of production house Studio Chizu, has brought us some very compelling and imaginative anime films during the latest years like “The Boy and The Beast” and “Wolf Children”, and even techno-savvy “Summer Wars”, that had a strong family presence in the background. “Mirai” is no exception in facing yet another aspect of family life and it takes it further exploring what makes one and ultimately, what makes us the way we are.
“Mirai” is screening at Anime Film Festival 2019
Kun is a happy boy. He has young and dynamic parents, owns a lovely dog Yukko and lives in a funky modernist house, designed by his architect dad, complete with an enclosed garden. He also has a playroom all for himself that he likes to fill with train sets, which he loves and whose names he knows by heart.
But this idyllic order of things will be...
“Mirai” is screening at Anime Film Festival 2019
Kun is a happy boy. He has young and dynamic parents, owns a lovely dog Yukko and lives in a funky modernist house, designed by his architect dad, complete with an enclosed garden. He also has a playroom all for himself that he likes to fill with train sets, which he loves and whose names he knows by heart.
But this idyllic order of things will be...
- 9/5/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The brand new Anime Film Festival is taking place on Saturday 7th September in London’s West End, with a programme of visually stunning and captivating films from Japan which will keep keen anime fans, as well as families and younger audiences, spellbound.
Anime Film Festival was created by Reuben Ramanah, an avid anime fan who has long felt that, despite its strong following in the UK, anime is rarely given the spotlight it deserves in cinemas here. Working with a team of close friends adept in digital marketing and partnering with Picturehouse cinemas, an exciting festival has been created that has already received the backing of Manga UK and Anime Limited as well as creative support from YouTuber Beyond Ghibli and Picnic Animation Studio.
Festival Programme
Mirai (2018) by Mamoru Hosoda
From acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda comes “Mirai”, a daringly original story of the importance of family across generations, and...
Anime Film Festival was created by Reuben Ramanah, an avid anime fan who has long felt that, despite its strong following in the UK, anime is rarely given the spotlight it deserves in cinemas here. Working with a team of close friends adept in digital marketing and partnering with Picturehouse cinemas, an exciting festival has been created that has already received the backing of Manga UK and Anime Limited as well as creative support from YouTuber Beyond Ghibli and Picnic Animation Studio.
Festival Programme
Mirai (2018) by Mamoru Hosoda
From acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda comes “Mirai”, a daringly original story of the importance of family across generations, and...
- 8/22/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Director Mamoru Hosoda, founder of production house Studio Chizu, has brought us some very compelling and imaginative anime films during the latest years like “The Boy and The Beast” and “Wolf Children”, and even techno-savvy “Summer Wars”, that had a strong family presence in the background. “Mirai” is no exception in facing yet another aspect of family life and it takes it further exploring what makes one and ultimately, what makes us the way we are.
“Mirai” is screening at the 27th Art Film Fest Kosice
Kun is a happy boy. He has young and dynamic parents, owns a lovely dog Yukko and lives in a funky modernist house, designed by his architect dad, complete with an enclosed garden. He also has a playroom all for himself that he likes to fill with train sets, which he loves and whose names he knows by heart.
But this idyllic order of...
“Mirai” is screening at the 27th Art Film Fest Kosice
Kun is a happy boy. He has young and dynamic parents, owns a lovely dog Yukko and lives in a funky modernist house, designed by his architect dad, complete with an enclosed garden. He also has a playroom all for himself that he likes to fill with train sets, which he loves and whose names he knows by heart.
But this idyllic order of...
- 6/15/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
by Nathaniel R
If Americans outside of the subculture of anime enthusiasts know anything about Japanese animation it's generally only related to Studio Ghibli. That legendary studio has been mostly dormant these last few years considering the on-again / off-again retirement of Hayao Miyazaki. It's long past time that American audiences start familiarizing themselves with other giants of the huge Japanese industry. One such artist is Mamoru Hosoda of Studio Chizu. The filmmaker, just 51, has already directed four films which won the Japanese equivalent of the Best Animated Feature Oscar: The Girl Who Lept Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast. He's yet to break through with Oscar but his latest feature, Mirai, is eligible this year and was among the nominees at the Golden Globes. It remains to be seen whether Mirai can repeat that trick to become an Oscar nominee but we're hopeful.
We...
If Americans outside of the subculture of anime enthusiasts know anything about Japanese animation it's generally only related to Studio Ghibli. That legendary studio has been mostly dormant these last few years considering the on-again / off-again retirement of Hayao Miyazaki. It's long past time that American audiences start familiarizing themselves with other giants of the huge Japanese industry. One such artist is Mamoru Hosoda of Studio Chizu. The filmmaker, just 51, has already directed four films which won the Japanese equivalent of the Best Animated Feature Oscar: The Girl Who Lept Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast. He's yet to break through with Oscar but his latest feature, Mirai, is eligible this year and was among the nominees at the Golden Globes. It remains to be seen whether Mirai can repeat that trick to become an Oscar nominee but we're hopeful.
We...
- 1/11/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
This article about “Mirai” first appeared in TheWrap Magazine’s Oscar Nominations Preview issue.
Mamoru Hosoda knows that he is maintaining a dying tradition. For decades, animators have built worlds for their characters to inhabit using hand-painted backgrounds, and he has been loyal to that tradition. But the inexorable transition to digital is coming, as the director of “Mirai” knows well.
“I have been creating animation films using paper and pencil, paper and paint, but the situation in Japan has been changing rapidly,” Hosoda said in an email interview. “‘Mirai’ could actually be the last film I create with paper and paint. But when you think about the history of Western art when the photograph was invented, painters faced a challenge of what it meant for them to paint. In the same way, I would like to acquire new ways to express my art.”
Also Read: 'Mirai' Film...
Mamoru Hosoda knows that he is maintaining a dying tradition. For decades, animators have built worlds for their characters to inhabit using hand-painted backgrounds, and he has been loyal to that tradition. But the inexorable transition to digital is coming, as the director of “Mirai” knows well.
“I have been creating animation films using paper and pencil, paper and paint, but the situation in Japan has been changing rapidly,” Hosoda said in an email interview. “‘Mirai’ could actually be the last film I create with paper and paint. But when you think about the history of Western art when the photograph was invented, painters faced a challenge of what it meant for them to paint. In the same way, I would like to acquire new ways to express my art.”
Also Read: 'Mirai' Film...
- 1/7/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Four-year-old Kun is an only child — this is, until his parents bring home a baby sister named Mirai (the Japanese word for future) and the boy gets rattled by the new addition to the household. Not much there for a full-length feature film … or so you’d think. Except you are in the presence of Japanese animation artist Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, Summer Wars), who again transforms the seemingly conventional into a magic carpet ride of time and memory. It makes all the difference.
Released in an English-dubbed version, Mirai...
Released in an English-dubbed version, Mirai...
- 11/29/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Mamoru Hosoda on ‘Mirai,’ His Influences, and Why Powerful Men Don’t Make for Interesting Characters
Since his 2006 breakthrough feature The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, anime director Mamoru Hosoda has delighted audiences across barriers of age, gender and nationality with his brightly animated, colorful fantasies. Collaborating for years with the prestigious Studio Madhouse to produce industry-leading digital 2D animation in subsequent films such as Summer Wars and Wolf Children, Hosoda expanded in 2011 to his own Studio Chizu, directing, writing and producing animated features entirely under his own jurisdiction and fully establishing him as an industry heavyweight.
His family-friendly yet sometimes bittersweet tales of magic, science fiction, and modern life are rich with crowd-pleasing sentimentality, romance, and spectacle, but behind this populist predilection exists a painstaking formal command of the medium which has warranted comparisons with the auteurs of Studio Ghibli and even whispers of Oscar consideration (a Hollywood insiders’ circle no Japanese animator without the supporting PR muscle of Disney has thus far been able...
His family-friendly yet sometimes bittersweet tales of magic, science fiction, and modern life are rich with crowd-pleasing sentimentality, romance, and spectacle, but behind this populist predilection exists a painstaking formal command of the medium which has warranted comparisons with the auteurs of Studio Ghibli and even whispers of Oscar consideration (a Hollywood insiders’ circle no Japanese animator without the supporting PR muscle of Disney has thus far been able...
- 11/28/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda’s latest film Mirai has received its share of praise, and for the English version of this Japanese flick he’s enlisted the voices of John Cho, Rebecca Hall, and Daniel Dae Kim.
The narrative centers on Kun (Jaden Waldman), a 4-year-old who feels left out after the birth of his [...]
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The narrative centers on Kun (Jaden Waldman), a 4-year-old who feels left out after the birth of his [...]
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- 11/12/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
"But how do I get home?" GKids has debuted another official Us trailer for the animated film Mirai, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in Directors' Fortnight this year. This new trailer features an English-language dub, to compliment the other two Us trailers with the original Japanese voices. The latest film by master Japanese animation filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda, the film is a delightful adventure following a young Japanese boy living with his parents. His life is disrupted by the arrival of a newborn baby girl, named Mirai, which his parents bring home one day. He soon after discovers a magical garden in his home which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras. He's guided by his younger sister from the future. The English-language voice cast includes John Cho, Rebecca Hall, and Daniel Dae Kim. Enjoy. Here's the new English-language ...
- 11/9/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the popular hits at the second annual Animation Is Film Festival, “Mirai,” from famed Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (who was admitted into the Academy this year), could deliver GKids’ 11th feature nomination.
“Mirai” marks Hosoda’s most personal movie yet about family. The enchanting, time-traveling fantasy about a four-year-old boy jealous of his baby sister is also unique for animation. “The story is about a secret garden showing the secrets of their family, and that was inspired by western children’s literature,” said Hosoda.
“We learn about the family tree through different methods,” he added. “On the other hand, unlike children’s stories, it’s not a fable with a lesson to be learned, other than children understanding the importance of experiencing family.”
“Mirai” (named for the sister) was inspired by personal experience. When Hosoda and his wife first brought home their newborn, the three-year-old son gave his sister a suspicious look.
“Mirai” marks Hosoda’s most personal movie yet about family. The enchanting, time-traveling fantasy about a four-year-old boy jealous of his baby sister is also unique for animation. “The story is about a secret garden showing the secrets of their family, and that was inspired by western children’s literature,” said Hosoda.
“We learn about the family tree through different methods,” he added. “On the other hand, unlike children’s stories, it’s not a fable with a lesson to be learned, other than children understanding the importance of experiencing family.”
“Mirai” (named for the sister) was inspired by personal experience. When Hosoda and his wife first brought home their newborn, the three-year-old son gave his sister a suspicious look.
- 10/22/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Family is an important theme for Japanese animation director Mamoru Hosoda, and his new film, “Mirai,” is no exception. The film, one of his most intimate, is about a young boy who comes to terms with becoming a big brother when his parents bring home his new baby sister, something Hosoda’s family experienced not too long ago.
“Mirai” will have its North American premiere this weekend, Oct. 19-21, at the Animation Is Film Festival at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Hosoda will be on hand for Friday’s premiere and over the course of the weekend for screenings of some of his other films that the festival is highlighting, including “Summer Wars,” “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” “Wolf Children,” and “The Boy and the Beast.”
Hosoda answered some of Variety’s questions about his work and influences.
Our critic called “Mirai” your most personal film yet. What...
“Mirai” will have its North American premiere this weekend, Oct. 19-21, at the Animation Is Film Festival at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Hosoda will be on hand for Friday’s premiere and over the course of the weekend for screenings of some of his other films that the festival is highlighting, including “Summer Wars,” “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” “Wolf Children,” and “The Boy and the Beast.”
Hosoda answered some of Variety’s questions about his work and influences.
Our critic called “Mirai” your most personal film yet. What...
- 10/18/2018
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Director Mamoru Hosoda, founder of production house Studio Chizu, has brought us some very compelling and imaginative anime films during the latest years like “The Boy and The Beast” and “Wolf Children”, and even techno-savvy “Summer Wars”, that had a strong family presence in the background. “Mirai” is no exception in facing yet another aspect of family life and it takes it further exploring what makes one and ultimately, what makes us the way we are.
Kun is a happy boy. He has young and dynamic parents, owns a lovely dog Yukko and lives in a funky modernist house, designed by his architect dad, complete with an enclosed garden. He also has a playroom all for himself that he likes to fill with train sets, which he loves and whose names he knows by heart.
Mirai is screening at the BFI London Film Festival
But this idyllic order of things...
Kun is a happy boy. He has young and dynamic parents, owns a lovely dog Yukko and lives in a funky modernist house, designed by his architect dad, complete with an enclosed garden. He also has a playroom all for himself that he likes to fill with train sets, which he loves and whose names he knows by heart.
Mirai is screening at the BFI London Film Festival
But this idyllic order of things...
- 10/16/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
"She's your sister. You have to protect her." GKids has unveiled a new official trailer for the animated film Mirai, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in Directors' Fortnight earlier this year. The latest film by master Japanese animation filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda, the film is a delightful adventure following a young Japanese boy living with his parents. His life is disrupted by the arrival of a newborn baby girl, named Mirai, which his parents bring home one day. He soon after discovers a magical garden in his home which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras. He's guided by his younger sister from the future. The voice cast includes Haru Kuroki, Moka Kamishiraishi, Gen Hoshino, Kôji Yakusho, Kumiko Asô, and Yoshiko Miyazaki. It's an adorable, whimsical, fun little animated film. Give it a whirl. Here's the official Us trailer ...
- 9/27/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai” will open the second Animation Is Film Festival, slated for Oct. 19-21 at Hollywood’s Tcl Chinese Theatre. Hosoda will attend the screening, which will be the North American premiere of the film, which debuted in Cannes.
“Mirai” is also among the initial films in competition announced by the festival, produced by independent animation distributor GKids in partnership with animation festival Annecy, Fathom Events and Variety.
Other competition titles hail from all over the world and include “Another Day of Life,” “Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles,” “Funan,” “I Want to Eat Your Pancreas,” “Okko’s Inn,” “Pachamama,” “Penguin Highway,” “Ruben Brandt, Collector,” “Seder-Masochism,” and “Tito and the Birds.”
The Animation Is Film jury will once again be presided over by Variety chief film critic Peter Debruge, who will be joined by Warner Animation Group Evp Allison Abbate, NBA star and now Oscar winner Kobe Bryant,...
“Mirai” is also among the initial films in competition announced by the festival, produced by independent animation distributor GKids in partnership with animation festival Annecy, Fathom Events and Variety.
Other competition titles hail from all over the world and include “Another Day of Life,” “Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles,” “Funan,” “I Want to Eat Your Pancreas,” “Okko’s Inn,” “Pachamama,” “Penguin Highway,” “Ruben Brandt, Collector,” “Seder-Masochism,” and “Tito and the Birds.”
The Animation Is Film jury will once again be presided over by Variety chief film critic Peter Debruge, who will be joined by Warner Animation Group Evp Allison Abbate, NBA star and now Oscar winner Kobe Bryant,...
- 9/19/2018
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Indie distributor Gkids will open its animated feature awards contender, Mirai, on Nov. 30, in both its original Japanese language and a new English dubbed version.
The film, which premiered last spring at Cannes in the Directors' Fortnight section, was made by Japan's Studio Chizu and was written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, the helmer behind The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
Mirai is a time-traveling story that follows four-year-old Kun, whose life is turned upside down when his baby sister, Mirai, is born.
Upcoming releases from Gkids — whose films ...
The film, which premiered last spring at Cannes in the Directors' Fortnight section, was made by Japan's Studio Chizu and was written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, the helmer behind The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
Mirai is a time-traveling story that follows four-year-old Kun, whose life is turned upside down when his baby sister, Mirai, is born.
Upcoming releases from Gkids — whose films ...
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