Death Note film gets kickass director
If you’re not aware the American adaptation of Death Note, a manga about a kid finding a book that magically kills people when ...
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Trailers
First trailer for Mamoru Hosoda’s next anime film, The Boy and The Beast
Mamaro Hosoda’s films are always triumphs of animation. Known for Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and even The Digimon Movie, his films have a ...
Trailers
First trailer for Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Apocalypse
Yakuza, vampires, Takashi Miike and Yayan Ruhian from The Raid and Raid 2? You’re sold, I know, but there’s also a really weird ...
Trailers
Here’s the US Trailer for Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There
Since Studio Ghibli is still stuck in purgatory, and haven’t announced a new feature since all of that financial weirdness reared its ugly ...
Reviews
Tribeca Review: The Birth of Sake
At a certain point in Erik Shirai’s documentary The Birth of Sake, it becomes apparent that the film isn’t just about the art ...
First trailer for Dragonball Z: Fukkatsu no F features a golden Frieza
I don’t think I’ve ever talked about it here, but Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods was one of the funnest animated films I ...
Newest Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends trailer is on fire
I’m not a huge anime or manga fan (I’ll stick to One Piece thank you very much), but I really dug Rurouni Kenshin ...
Reviews
Review: The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata is one of the directors out of Studio Ghibli that seems to be less discussed by fans in the west. Takahata ...
Japan’s Godzilla to return as Toho announces new film
Big news (get it?) out of Japan today as Toho, the wonderful folks behind every Godzilla film that used large rubber suits has announced ...
Dark Side of the Sun film series playing at New York’s Japan Society
New York’s Japan Society is awesome. I love the annual Japan Cuts film festival, and while it’s definitely their biggest film-related event, there’s ...
NYCC: So… someone made “sexy” female Freddy vs. Jason figurines
You know what I’ve never once thought? “There should be female versions of Freddie Krueger and Jason Vorhees!” And even if I had, ...
Trailers
Trailer for final Rurouni Kenshin film, The Legend Ends
Although we’ll never get a proper release here in the states, I can’t stop covering the Rurouni Kenshin films. After seeing the first ...