Tag: Satoshi Kon
Satoshi Kon’s ‘Perfect Blue’ Makes 4K Debut in Limited Collector’s Set
The groundbreaking directorial debut of anime legend Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers) is coming to 4K UHD for the first time this winter, when...
GKIDS Teases ‘Dan Da Dan’ S2 & ‘Perfect Blue’ 4K Release at Anime NYC
As the second half of Dan Da Dan prepares to spook and surprise fans, GKIDS revealed a teaser for the upcoming episodes, featuring the...
HBO Max and GKIDS Strike 20-Title Deal for Adult Animated and Live-Action Films
HBO Max and GKIDS announced today a continuation of their prolific partnership which has made the prestige streamer a top destination for U.S. viewers...
Crunchyroll Brings 2025 Ani-May Festivities Worldwide Across Retail & Streaming
Crunchyroll is kicking off the third annual Ani-May celebration with global retail, digital and streaming activations. New and exclusive products and promotions will be...
AX Cinema Nights & Iconic Events Releasing Set 2024-25 Film Slate
This season, AX Cinema Nights brings a slate of highly influential feats of anime filmmaking back to theaters: The lineup includes the 30th anniversary...
New Digital Book Presents the Art of Canceled Animated Films
Me and My Shadow, B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, Dreaming Machine, Dragon's Lair and many more promising animated feature projects that never made it to screen...
Satoshi Kon’s ‘Paprika’ Comes to LE 4K SteelBook Set in February
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the Satoshi Kon's (1963-2010) acclaimed, Jungian anime adventure Paprika will be getting a fresh restoration release for the new...
‘Tokyo Godfathers’ Returns to NorAm Theaters for 20th Anniversary
Iconic Events Releasing, a company specializing in distributing special engagement theatrical events, highlights one of anime’s most poignant and critically acclaimed films with a...
The Return of the Master: Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’
In his 2016 proposal for the film that became The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki wrote, “There’s nothing more pathetic than telling the...
AX Cinema Nights Returns with Satoshi Kon Classics, ‘Cowboy Bebop’ & ‘Ghost in the Shell’
Iconic Events Releasing is bringing the action and bold visual storytelling of anime to the big screen with a slate of upcoming nationwide theatrical...
Ghibli Art Director Nizô Yamamoto Dies Age 70
Nizô Yamamoto, an acclaimed animation art director and background artist whose warmly realistic work can be seen in many iconic Studio Ghibli films, died...
Acclaimed Films ‘Millennium Actress,’ ‘Liz and the Blue Bird,’ ‘Penguin Highway’ & More Coming to Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll continues its curation of cinema to its growing catalog this December with a fresh slate of newer and classic films, just in...
Stunning Animated Fantasy ‘The Deer King’ Sets October Home Release
The much-anticipated new animated film The Deer King is coming to Blu-ray + DVD on October 18 and to all major digital platforms on...
Exclusive: Director Masashi Ando on ‘The Deer King’ and the Lasting Appeal of 2D Animation
The lushly animated fantasy The Deer King marks the feature directorial debut of Masashi Ando (co-director with Masayuki Miyaji), one of the most respected...
Satoshi Kon’s ‘Millennium Actress’ Gets Steelbook Treatment
The captivating anime feature Millennium Actress will be released as a gorgeous new Blu-ray Steelbook from Eleven Arts and Shout! Factory on March 22,...
‘Superworm’: Meet Magic Light’s Incredible Invertebrate! (New Trailer)
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***This article originally appeared in the January '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)***
It wouldn’t be a proper holiday season without another charming animated...
Reza Riahi Discusses the Classic Persian Influences of ‘Navozande, the Musician’
***This article originally appeared in the January '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)***
Years ago, when animation director Reza Riahi was studying art and...
Peak Performance: Patrick Imbert Scales New Heights with ‘The Summit of the Gods’
***This article originally appeared in the December '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 315)***
Treacherous and historic alpinism has fascinated both documentary filmmakers and fiction...
‘Satoshi Kon, The Illusionist’: Anime Auteur in the Spotlight
***This article originally appeared in the Sept.-Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)***
"Animation doesn't have to look real, it has to feel real."...
VR at SIGGRAPH: Reliving Moments of Truth
***This article originally appeared in the August '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)***
With the SIGGRAPH confab underway August 9-13, we thought it would...
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