“The search for the kidnapped Yuna leads Van, Sae, and Hohsalle to the sacred Fire Horse Town, an Aquafa settlement that resisted Zol's conquest. As Hohsalle struggles to find the cure for mittsual, Van wonders why he, a man who lost everything, was chosen to survive the deadly disease. Before long, he'll find the answers he's been looking for, as destiny beckons him and Yuna ever forward…Caught in the throes of political warfare and a fight against fate, will Van be able to reunite with Yuna and bring peace to the land?” (Yen Press)
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“The Deer King” manga adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi's original novel started excitingly with its oversized volume one release. Notably, the manga did a spectacular job of world-building under Taro Sekiguchi's art. In its second and final volume, the question of whether it is...
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“The Deer King” manga adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi's original novel started excitingly with its oversized volume one release. Notably, the manga did a spectacular job of world-building under Taro Sekiguchi's art. In its second and final volume, the question of whether it is...
- 2/6/2024
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Photo: ‘The Deer King’ Background and Summary There’s no doubt ‘The Deer King’ is an adapted novel. It wanders into every possible corner of its highly-developed world like Tolkien prose. Every ridge, every tree, every flower; the animal skin huts of the pastoral tribes to the cobblestone streets of the capital city. They’re each part of a tapestry that unfolds slowly but sumptuously. Every still is like a page of a Patrick Rothfuss novel, endowed with a natural musicality and beauty. The film is adapted from a series of Japanese fantasy novels by Nahoko Uehashi running from 2014 to 2017. Sound like a tall task for a two-hour movie to cover? It is - Deer King’s most glaring problem is the breadth of its world, at least for a single film. It renders the first fifteen minutes of the film crucial to understand yet impossibly dense with detail, as...
- 8/2/2022
- by Patrick Lynott
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Two grandees of Japanese animation adapt a Nahoko Uehashi fantasy novel that covers too much ground to take flight
A key animator on numerous classics including Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Your Name, Masashi Ando teams up with Masayuki Miyaji, another Studio Ghibli veteran, to co-direct this sprawling adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi’s fantasy novel series. This long-awaited endeavour, however, lacks the directorial deftness that has elevated their previous credits.
Stretching itself thin to cover the lengthy source material, The Deer King is laden with meandering, expository details. A tale of conflict between the Aquafa and the Zol peoples as a plague rages runs parallel to a spiritual journey towards healing. After breaking out of prison, Van, an enslaved Aquafa resistance fighter, finds the loss of his wife and child softened by Yuna, an orphaned toddler whom he rescues during his escape. Though bitten by the same rabid dogs that spread the deadly disease,...
A key animator on numerous classics including Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Your Name, Masashi Ando teams up with Masayuki Miyaji, another Studio Ghibli veteran, to co-direct this sprawling adaptation of Nahoko Uehashi’s fantasy novel series. This long-awaited endeavour, however, lacks the directorial deftness that has elevated their previous credits.
Stretching itself thin to cover the lengthy source material, The Deer King is laden with meandering, expository details. A tale of conflict between the Aquafa and the Zol peoples as a plague rages runs parallel to a spiritual journey towards healing. After breaking out of prison, Van, an enslaved Aquafa resistance fighter, finds the loss of his wife and child softened by Yuna, an orphaned toddler whom he rescues during his escape. Though bitten by the same rabid dogs that spread the deadly disease,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
With a proud reputation of raising the profile of the greatest auteurs in Japanese animation, Anime Limited are delighted to announce that they are bringing to the big screen the directorial debut of a man who has made his name doing the same. Masashi Ando worked as Chief Animation Director on landmark films from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s legendary Princess Mononoke to the modern day sensation Your Name, and now his fantasy epic The Deer King will carve its own legend in selected cinemas nationwide from 27th July 2022.
A film that’s been years in the making but is all the more resonant today, The Deer King is the story of an ancient people caught in the midst of a pandemic. When the dreaded Black Wolf Fever returns to ravage the land, old political scars draw new blood when two opposing nations have different plans for the man...
A film that’s been years in the making but is all the more resonant today, The Deer King is the story of an ancient people caught in the midst of a pandemic. When the dreaded Black Wolf Fever returns to ravage the land, old political scars draw new blood when two opposing nations have different plans for the man...
- 6/7/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Gkids today announced that its upcoming animated feature The Deer King, from directors Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, will hit theaters nationwide in July. Fan preview events of the Japanese-language version will be put on in cinemas nationwide on July 13th, in partnership with Fathom Events, with previews of the English-language version to take place the following day.
In addition to the full feature, preview audiences will view a special introduction from Ando, exclusive to the Fathom Events screenings. These events will be followed by a limited theatrical release in select markets nationwide starting July 15th.
The Deer King is a fantasy epic marking the directorial debut of veteran animator Ando, whose work on such landmark films as Spirited Away, Paprika and Your Name helped shape the world of modern animation. It’s set in the aftermath of a brutal war and follows former soldier Van, who toils in a...
In addition to the full feature, preview audiences will view a special introduction from Ando, exclusive to the Fathom Events screenings. These events will be followed by a limited theatrical release in select markets nationwide starting July 15th.
The Deer King is a fantasy epic marking the directorial debut of veteran animator Ando, whose work on such landmark films as Spirited Away, Paprika and Your Name helped shape the world of modern animation. It’s set in the aftermath of a brutal war and follows former soldier Van, who toils in a...
- 5/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Japanese animation studio Production I.G. has been no stranger to critical hits over the past decade, with the likes of “Miss Hokusai” and “A Letter to Momo” both being well received. The studio returns in 2021 with the release of “The Deer King”, a fantasy epic adapted from the acclaimed novel series by Nahoko Uehashi. The film, helmed by directors Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, is an ambitious, grand, and timely endeavour that marks another success for the studio.
The Deer King is screening at Camera Japan
The Zols and Aquafans live together in relative peace after years of war, yet this harmony is threatened by the return of an Aquafan “curse”, the mittsual plague. The illness, which is spread by vicious dogs and only targets Zols, rips through a Zol-controlled mine that leaves only two survivors, the Aquafan warrior, Van, and a young orphan, Yuna. The two take refuge...
The Deer King is screening at Camera Japan
The Zols and Aquafans live together in relative peace after years of war, yet this harmony is threatened by the return of an Aquafan “curse”, the mittsual plague. The illness, which is spread by vicious dogs and only targets Zols, rips through a Zol-controlled mine that leaves only two survivors, the Aquafan warrior, Van, and a young orphan, Yuna. The two take refuge...
- 9/26/2021
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
The Fantasia International Film Festival announces a massive new assortment of feature films for its 25th edition, along with details on scheduled panels, talks, tributes, special events, and our esteemed juries. On top of our impressive virtual slate of films, all geo-locked to Canada, and in addition to our globally accessible streamed events, the upcoming festival will also feature a limited number of in-person screenings in Montreal.
Fantasia begins August 5th with the World Premiere of Quebec zombie feature Brain Freeze— following the August 4th special event screening of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad in celebration of the festival— and ends on August 25th with newly announced closing film, Takashi Miike’s hotly-anticipated The Great Yokai War – Guardians.
Takashi Miike Closes Out Fantasia 2021 With The Great Yokai War – Guardians
The honour of Closing Film belongs to the great Takashi Miike, a constant yet always surprising presence in the festival’s long history.
Fantasia begins August 5th with the World Premiere of Quebec zombie feature Brain Freeze— following the August 4th special event screening of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad in celebration of the festival— and ends on August 25th with newly announced closing film, Takashi Miike’s hotly-anticipated The Great Yokai War – Guardians.
Takashi Miike Closes Out Fantasia 2021 With The Great Yokai War – Guardians
The honour of Closing Film belongs to the great Takashi Miike, a constant yet always surprising presence in the festival’s long history.
- 7/24/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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