“Van resolves to fight the Zol Empire and save his homeland, only to be captured and sent to the salt mines. Then one night, a pack of wild dogs attacks the mine, trailing a mysterious and deadly disease in their wake. Van and a young girl named Yuna are the sole survivors of the disaster. But why? And where do they go from here?” (Yen Press)
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“The Deer King” is one of two adaptations of the original light novel, with the 2021 film of the same name likely to be where the majority are familiar with the title, considering the manga and light novel have just recently seen release through Yen Press. Coming to the series without reading the light novel first, which is set for future release, or having watched the film, it is hard to draw a comparison to either.
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“The Deer King” is one of two adaptations of the original light novel, with the 2021 film of the same name likely to be where the majority are familiar with the title, considering the manga and light novel have just recently seen release through Yen Press. Coming to the series without reading the light novel first, which is set for future release, or having watched the film, it is hard to draw a comparison to either.
- 9/27/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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“Bodies Bodies Bodies” (Lionsgate): A band of post-adolescent rich kids turn on each other, with violent consequences, in this wildly comic murder mystery. What’s perhaps most wickedly delightful about Halina Reijn’s satire with a body count is the way it plays out like a Gen Z Twitter fights, in real time, with weapons, proving that you can poke at internet culture even in a house where a thunderstorm has knocked out the WiFi.
Also available:
“Bullet Train” (Sony) Assassin Brad Pitt meets many, many other assassins and ne’er-do-wells on a bullet train, and they try to kill each other quickly.
“Beast” (Universal): Man-vs-Nature thriller with Idris Elba trying to protect his daughters from a very large lion intent on protecting his own territory.
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- 10/20/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
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
Masashi Ando has worked with some of the foremost filmmakers in the anime industry — Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, Makoto Shinkai. He's worked on the animation for some of the greatest anime films of all time — "Spirited Away," "Princess Mononoke," and "Your Name," to name a few. Now after more than three decades in the industry, Ando is stepping out from beneath the shadows of the great anime titans to direct a feature film of his own. But with the visually dazzling, emotionally inert, and narratively confusing "The Deer King," it seems Ando still can't escape that shadow.
Ando co-directs "The Deer King" with Masayuki Miyaji,...
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Ando co-directs "The Deer King" with Masayuki Miyaji,...
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- 7/15/2022
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
The uneven Japanese animated fantasy “The Deer King” often resembles the sort of Studio Ghibli action-adventure that made animation figurehead Hayao Miyazaki internationally famous, especially “Princess Mononoke” and “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.” “The Deer King” not only looks like those Studio Ghibli staples, but also follows a plot that recalls Ghibli-style high fantasies: two warring feudal kingdoms try either to capture or enlist Van, a resourceful ex-soldier who may or may not be immune to a devastating plague.
Comparisons between “The Deer King” and Studio Ghibli’s better known movies seem inevitable, especially given how many of this movie’s creators learned their trade as animators and animation directors at Studio Ghibli, particularly co-directors Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, and key animators Kenichi Konishi and Kenichi Yoshida. Thankfully, what works in so many Ghibli movies also mostly works in “The Deer King,” given the craft and consideration...
Comparisons between “The Deer King” and Studio Ghibli’s better known movies seem inevitable, especially given how many of this movie’s creators learned their trade as animators and animation directors at Studio Ghibli, particularly co-directors Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, and key animators Kenichi Konishi and Kenichi Yoshida. Thankfully, what works in so many Ghibli movies also mostly works in “The Deer King,” given the craft and consideration...
- 7/14/2022
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
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
The Deer King Trailer — Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji‘s The Deer King / Shika no ou (2021) U.S. movie trailer has been released by GKids. The Deer King trailer stars Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ryoma Takeuchi, Anne Watanabe, Atsushi Abe, and Hisui Kimura. Crew Taku Kishimoto wrote the screenplay for The Deer King. Michael Archacki was [...]
Continue reading: The Deer King (2021) U.S. Movie Trailer: Two Black Wolf Fever survivors Navigate a Perilous World Seeking Their Secret...
Continue reading: The Deer King (2021) U.S. Movie Trailer: Two Black Wolf Fever survivors Navigate a Perilous World Seeking Their Secret...
- 5/14/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"The disease only lets the chosen ones live." GKids has debuted the main official US trailer for the Japanese anime film The Deer King (the final English title), originally known as 鹿の王 ユナと約束の旅 in Japanese. It premiered last year and opened in Japan in the fall, now arriving in US theaters starting in July - with a special two-day event and theatrical run. The Deer King is the directorial debut of the acclaimed animator Masashi Ando. Ando has previously worked as a character designer, animation director, and key animator with the famed Studio Ghibli, and also with directors Satoshi Kon and Makoto Shinkai. Masayuki Miyaji is best known for directing the 2009 series Xam'd: Lost Memories. The fantasy film, adapted from a novel, is about a battle of empires. Shinichi Tsutsumi voices the lonely warrior Van, who survives a deadly and mysterious disease; Ryoma Takeuchi voices the genius doctor ...
- 5/11/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
If you go wild over the animation in movies like "Your Name," "Paprika," and "Spirited Away," then I highly recommend you 1) Immediately scroll down to the trailer in this article and 2) Start blocking out your July weekends. I write all of this because "The Deer King" is hitting theaters in July 2022 and it marks the directorial debut of Masashi Ando (along with co-director Masayuki Miyaji), who worked as a character designer, animation director, and key animator on those incredible movies. So if you're looking for a fantastical story paired with some killer animation, you've come to the right place.
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- 5/11/2022
- by Kaylee Dugan
- Slash Film
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
After a year-long delay due to the pandemic, the Animation Is Film festival returns this year for its fourth edition, taking place Oct. 22-24. The festival will be held, as it traditionally has been, at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood and will feature a competition lineup of the best animation films of the year, as well as other special events.
“If you look at the lineup, you’ll see that there are titles … that have played at Sundance and Cannes and Annecy, and the festival is an opportunity for everyone to see these films,” says Matt Kaszanek, director, Animation Is Film. “We’re really happy with the lineup we were able to put together this year in the strange times of 2021, so we’re really excited for the program and we hope everyone else is too.”
The festival kicks off with the North American premiere of the Netflix feature “The Summit of the Gods,...
“If you look at the lineup, you’ll see that there are titles … that have played at Sundance and Cannes and Annecy, and the festival is an opportunity for everyone to see these films,” says Matt Kaszanek, director, Animation Is Film. “We’re really happy with the lineup we were able to put together this year in the strange times of 2021, so we’re really excited for the program and we hope everyone else is too.”
The festival kicks off with the North American premiere of the Netflix feature “The Summit of the Gods,...
- 10/23/2021
- by Katie Song
- Variety 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 fourth edition of the Animation Is Film festival (Aif) returns in-person October 22-24 to the Tcl Chinese 6 in Hollywood, and will kick off opening night with the North American premiere of Netflix’s “The Summit of the Gods,” the breathtaking French 2D feature from director Patrick Imbert (“The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales”), who will do an in-person Q&a.
“The Summit of the Gods” (opening November 24 in select theaters and streaming November 30) is adapted from the popular manga and concerns a Japanese adventure photographer and mountain climber obsessed with finding a legendary climber obsessed with scaling Mount Everest.
Other highlights include the West Coast premieres of GKids’ “Belle” on October 23 and Neon’s award-winning “Flee” on October 24. “Belle” is the musical fantasy 2D reworking of “Beauty and the Beast” from Oscar-nominated anime master Mamoru Hosoda (“Mirai”), who will do an in-person Q&a. “Flee” (December 3) is the...
“The Summit of the Gods” (opening November 24 in select theaters and streaming November 30) is adapted from the popular manga and concerns a Japanese adventure photographer and mountain climber obsessed with finding a legendary climber obsessed with scaling Mount Everest.
Other highlights include the West Coast premieres of GKids’ “Belle” on October 23 and Neon’s award-winning “Flee” on October 24. “Belle” is the musical fantasy 2D reworking of “Beauty and the Beast” from Oscar-nominated anime master Mamoru Hosoda (“Mirai”), who will do an in-person Q&a. “Flee” (December 3) is the...
- 9/22/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Yoo Ah-in (Voice Of Silence), Zelda Adams (Hellbender) win acting prizes.
EuiJeong Hong’s South Korean thriller Voice Of Silence has won the 25th anniversary edition Fantasia International Film Festival’s Cheval Noir award for best film.
Hong’s film follows a mute low-level gangster tasked with taking charge of an 11-year-old kidnapped girl from a wealthy family. The jury described Voice Of Silence as “impossible to pin down, and truly idiosyncratic. Put simply, it’s unlike anything we’d seen before”.
Juried awards
In other Cheval Noir awards Yoo Ah-in who plays the mute man won best actor while...
EuiJeong Hong’s South Korean thriller Voice Of Silence has won the 25th anniversary edition Fantasia International Film Festival’s Cheval Noir award for best film.
Hong’s film follows a mute low-level gangster tasked with taking charge of an 11-year-old kidnapped girl from a wealthy family. The jury described Voice Of Silence as “impossible to pin down, and truly idiosyncratic. Put simply, it’s unlike anything we’d seen before”.
Juried awards
In other Cheval Noir awards Yoo Ah-in who plays the mute man won best actor while...
- 8/26/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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
Quebec’s Fantasia Festival has unveiled the third and final wave of titles set to screen at this year’s 25th edition and announced that Takashi Miike’s latest feature “The Great Yokai War – Guardians,” will close the festival. The world premiere of Julien Knafo’s Quebec zombie flic “Brain Freeze” will open the festival following an Aug. 4 pre-fest screening of James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad.”
“The Great Yokai War- Guardians” is the follow-up to Fantasia 2006 opener “The Great Yoki War,” and unspools in a fantasy world of Japanese demons, kaiju and pop culture references which proved a hit in Montreal the first time around.
Other key titles featured in the third wave lineup include Lee Won-tae’s “The Devil’s Deal,” his first film since “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” won Sitges’ best film award in 2019. BAFTA-winner Paul Andrew Williams’ (“Murdered for Being Different”) “Bull,” a revenge thriller,...
“The Great Yokai War- Guardians” is the follow-up to Fantasia 2006 opener “The Great Yoki War,” and unspools in a fantasy world of Japanese demons, kaiju and pop culture references which proved a hit in Montreal the first time around.
Other key titles featured in the third wave lineup include Lee Won-tae’s “The Devil’s Deal,” his first film since “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” won Sitges’ best film award in 2019. BAFTA-winner Paul Andrew Williams’ (“Murdered for Being Different”) “Bull,” a revenge thriller,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Masterclasses and special awards for Stephen Sayadian, Phil Tippett, Shunji Iwai.
Takashi Miike’s The Great Yokai War – Guardians will close Fantasia International Film Festival (August 5-25), which festival heads have turned into a hybrid event after adding a limited roster of in-person screenings in Montreal.
Japanese horror specialist Miike’s sequel to his family fantasy epic and Fantasia 2006 opener The Great Yokai War gets its international premiere and centres on a battle between Japanese monsters that will determine the fate of the world.
Paul Andrew Williams’s (London To Brighton) UK crime thriller Bull is among world premieres in...
Takashi Miike’s The Great Yokai War – Guardians will close Fantasia International Film Festival (August 5-25), which festival heads have turned into a hybrid event after adding a limited roster of in-person screenings in Montreal.
Japanese horror specialist Miike’s sequel to his family fantasy epic and Fantasia 2006 opener The Great Yokai War gets its international premiere and centres on a battle between Japanese monsters that will determine the fate of the world.
Paul Andrew Williams’s (London To Brighton) UK crime thriller Bull is among world premieres in...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
"To live on with her, I shall stay defiant!" GKids has unveiled the first official US teaser trailer for a new Japanese anime film titled The Deer King (the final English title), originally known as 鹿の王 ユナと約束の旅 in Japanese. This teaser is timed with the film's premiere at the 2021 Annecy Film Festival in France this month, and it's set to open in Japan in September later this year. No US date has been announced yet. The Deer King marks the directorial debut of the acclaimed animator Masashi Ando. Ando has previously worked as a character designer, animation director, and key animator with the famed Studio Ghibli, and also with directors Satoshi Kon and Makoto Shinkai. Masayuki Miyaji is best known for directing the 2009 series Xam'd: Lost Memories. The fantasy film, adapted from a novel, is about a battle of empires. Shinichi Tsutsumi voices the lonely warrior Van, ...
- 6/17/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Gkids has acquired North American rights to “The Deer King,” the latest feature film animated by the acclaimed studio Production I.G.
Directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji and written by Taku Kishimoto, the movie premieres in competition at the Annecy Animation Festival this week and is slated for a theatrical release in early 2022.
The sweeping fantasy epic takes place in the years following a destructive war, with the Empire of Zol controlling the land and citizens of rival Aquafa — except for the Fire Horse Territory, where wild dogs, once ridden with the deadly Black Wolf Fever, roam free. When a pack of dogs rampage through a Zol-controlled mine, they bite enslaved former soldier Van and young girl Yuna, who become the only two to survive the attack. The pair seeks out a quiet life in the countryside, but when the disease runs rampant once again, they find themselves...
Directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji and written by Taku Kishimoto, the movie premieres in competition at the Annecy Animation Festival this week and is slated for a theatrical release in early 2022.
The sweeping fantasy epic takes place in the years following a destructive war, with the Empire of Zol controlling the land and citizens of rival Aquafa — except for the Fire Horse Territory, where wild dogs, once ridden with the deadly Black Wolf Fever, roam free. When a pack of dogs rampage through a Zol-controlled mine, they bite enslaved former soldier Van and young girl Yuna, who become the only two to survive the attack. The pair seeks out a quiet life in the countryside, but when the disease runs rampant once again, they find themselves...
- 6/17/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Nippon TV represents international sales.
Gkids has acquired North American rights to Production I.G’s official Annecy selection The Deer King as the film premieres in the festival this week.
The fantasy epic takes place in the aftermath of a war as an enslaved former soldier and a young girl in a mine run by the Empire of Zol escape an attack by disease-carrying wild dogs from Aquafa, a region outside Zol’s control.
The pair seek a simple life in the countryside, however the widespread return of the disease pitches them into a struggle far larger than any one nation.
Gkids has acquired North American rights to Production I.G’s official Annecy selection The Deer King as the film premieres in the festival this week.
The fantasy epic takes place in the aftermath of a war as an enslaved former soldier and a young girl in a mine run by the Empire of Zol escape an attack by disease-carrying wild dogs from Aquafa, a region outside Zol’s control.
The pair seek a simple life in the countryside, however the widespread return of the disease pitches them into a struggle far larger than any one nation.
- 6/17/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Gkids is bringing The Deer King to North America. The animation producer-distributor has acquired rights to the Japanese-language film directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji after its premiere in competition at the Annecy Film Festival this week. Watch a teaser above.
Gkids will open a subtitled and English-dubbed versions of the toon pic early next year.
Written by Taku Kishimoto, the sweeping fantasy epic marks the directorial debut for Ando, an acclaimed animator whose credits include Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke and Oscar-winning Spirited Away. Miyaji directing the 2009 series Xam’d: Lost Memories and worked on Studio Ghibli films including My Neighbors The Yamadas.
Here’s the official Deer King synopsis: In the years following a vicious war, the Empire of Zol now controls the land and citizens of rival Aquafa – except for Aquafa’s Fire Horse Territory, where wild dogs that once carried the deadly Black Wolf Fever continue to roam free.
Gkids will open a subtitled and English-dubbed versions of the toon pic early next year.
Written by Taku Kishimoto, the sweeping fantasy epic marks the directorial debut for Ando, an acclaimed animator whose credits include Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke and Oscar-winning Spirited Away. Miyaji directing the 2009 series Xam’d: Lost Memories and worked on Studio Ghibli films including My Neighbors The Yamadas.
Here’s the official Deer King synopsis: In the years following a vicious war, the Empire of Zol now controls the land and citizens of rival Aquafa – except for Aquafa’s Fire Horse Territory, where wild dogs that once carried the deadly Black Wolf Fever continue to roam free.
- 6/17/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Indie distributor Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights for The Deer King (Shika no Ou), the latest animated feature from Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell), which had its world premiere this week in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
The fantasy feature is directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, and marks the directorial debut of respected animator Ando, who has been a key animator at Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away) and on such film’s as Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. Miyaji is known for directing the 2009 series Xam’d: Lost Memories and work on Studio Ghibli films such as My Neighbors The ...
The fantasy feature is directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, and marks the directorial debut of respected animator Ando, who has been a key animator at Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away) and on such film’s as Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. Miyaji is known for directing the 2009 series Xam’d: Lost Memories and work on Studio Ghibli films such as My Neighbors The ...
- 6/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Indie distributor Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights for The Deer King (Shika no Ou), the latest animated feature from Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell), which had its world premiere this week in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
The fantasy feature is directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, and marks the directorial debut of respected animator Ando, who has been a key animator at Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away) and on such film’s as Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. Miyaji is known for directing the 2009 series Xam’d: Lost Memories and work on Studio Ghibli films such as My Neighbors The ...
The fantasy feature is directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, and marks the directorial debut of respected animator Ando, who has been a key animator at Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away) and on such film’s as Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. Miyaji is known for directing the 2009 series Xam’d: Lost Memories and work on Studio Ghibli films such as My Neighbors The ...
- 6/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Recent winners of prestigious Critstal award include I Lost My Body and My Life As A Courgette.
The Annecy International Film Festival has unveiled its main feature competition selections for its upcoming hybrid edition which is due to take place from June 14 to 19 in its lakeside home at the foot of the French Alps.
Danish-French filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated documentary Flee and Netflix-acquired adult rom-com You Animal! by Philippine director Avid Liongoren will be among 10 titles competing in the main feature competition for the Cristal award.
The tale of an Afghan man forced to escape his homeland and Mujahadeen as a child,...
The Annecy International Film Festival has unveiled its main feature competition selections for its upcoming hybrid edition which is due to take place from June 14 to 19 in its lakeside home at the foot of the French Alps.
Danish-French filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated documentary Flee and Netflix-acquired adult rom-com You Animal! by Philippine director Avid Liongoren will be among 10 titles competing in the main feature competition for the Cristal award.
The tale of an Afghan man forced to escape his homeland and Mujahadeen as a child,...
- 5/21/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Heading into its 60th anniversary, France’s Annecy Festival long ago established itself as one of the world’s most important animation events, but this year it holds the added distinction of being one of the first major international festivals in Europe to return to an at least part in-person format. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 5,000 attendees Annecy CEO Mickaël Marin explained on Thursday evening, as Annecy announced its 2021 program.
Included in the evening’s announcements were masterclasses, keynote speeches, sneak peeks and its highly anticipated feature film lineups, boasting a strong mix of previous award-winning films and several box office hits, as well as a number of French, European and world premieres. This year’s online offering will look and function much like last years, although Marin is confident that the very few bugs from the first time around will be ironed out this year. Online...
Included in the evening’s announcements were masterclasses, keynote speeches, sneak peeks and its highly anticipated feature film lineups, boasting a strong mix of previous award-winning films and several box office hits, as well as a number of French, European and world premieres. This year’s online offering will look and function much like last years, although Marin is confident that the very few bugs from the first time around will be ironed out this year. Online...
- 5/20/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
With its surprising Los Angeles Film Critics Association win for best animated feature, the delightful, body-switching, “Your Name,” from director Makoto Shinkai, has been elevated to Oscar contention as a result of its unique anime style and off-beat, fantasy romance.
Of course, it helps that Shinkai’s breakout hit is not only the year’s biggest box office success in Japan ($288 million), but also the fifth highest-grossing anime in history. And it’s easy to see why: it taps into Ya fantasies about vicarious excitement, romance and upward mobility. The director wants young adults to ponder why people meet and think about what it means for them.
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Of course, it helps that Shinkai’s breakout hit is not only the year’s biggest box office success in Japan ($288 million), but also the fifth highest-grossing anime in history. And it’s easy to see why: it taps into Ya fantasies about vicarious excitement, romance and upward mobility. The director wants young adults to ponder why people meet and think about what it means for them.
Read More: ‘Ocean Waves’ Trailer: Studio Ghibli’s Restored 1993 Animated Film Explores Changing Friendships
Two high school students meet in their dreams: Mitsuha, who’s frustrated living in a seaside village, switches bodies with Taki, who lives in Tokyo. They instantly make contact...
- 12/20/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Your Name is the most remarkable success story in Japanese cinema in the last decade. As of writing, it’s the seventh highest-grossing cinema release in the country’s history, and the fourth highest-grossing Japanese film. And it’s pretty much come from nowhere. While Your Name’s director, Makoto Shinkai, has been making critically acclaimed animated films since 2002, they were modest releases commercially. Your Name has been more than a hundred times as successful, which Shinkai says unnerves him.
An animated romcom and fantasy, Your Name’s two main characters are Taki, a teenage boy who lives in Tokyo, and Mitsuha, a girl who lives in the remote Japanese countryside. Suddenly, these seemingly unrelated youngsters start swapping bodies on random days, so that Taki sometimes wakes up “as” Mitsuha in Mitsuha’s country home, and Mitsuha sometimes wakes up “as” Taki in Tokyo. At first both Mitsuha and Taki are shocked,...
An animated romcom and fantasy, Your Name’s two main characters are Taki, a teenage boy who lives in Tokyo, and Mitsuha, a girl who lives in the remote Japanese countryside. Suddenly, these seemingly unrelated youngsters start swapping bodies on random days, so that Taki sometimes wakes up “as” Mitsuha in Mitsuha’s country home, and Mitsuha sometimes wakes up “as” Taki in Tokyo. At first both Mitsuha and Taki are shocked,...
- 11/25/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Kimi No Na Wa is still top of the Japanese box office. The anime film as taken a whopping 6.2 billion yen since it hit Japanese theaters on August 26. The film earned roughly $60 million in three weeks and hopes to finish at $100 million.
Kimi No Na Wa also known as Your Name. is the breakout anime film of the year. An impressive feat for a movie with no TV anime series or popular manga behind it.
Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name.)
Makoto Shinkai’s novel Kimi No Na Wa inspired the script for the hit movie. It is a coming of age story is about two two high school students. Mitsuhe is a mayor’s daughter who wants to live in Tokyo and get out of a small town. Taki on the other hand, lives in Tokyo but wants to live somewhere else. He enjoys fine arts and architecture, he...
Kimi No Na Wa also known as Your Name. is the breakout anime film of the year. An impressive feat for a movie with no TV anime series or popular manga behind it.
Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name.)
Makoto Shinkai’s novel Kimi No Na Wa inspired the script for the hit movie. It is a coming of age story is about two two high school students. Mitsuhe is a mayor’s daughter who wants to live in Tokyo and get out of a small town. Taki on the other hand, lives in Tokyo but wants to live somewhere else. He enjoys fine arts and architecture, he...
- 9/18/2016
- by JRBandillo
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima | Written by Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando, Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Many a tear will be shed in the presence of Studio Ghibli’s latest – and possibly last – feature film. The company holds such emotional sway over its audiences unrivalled by any other animation studio (except for, say, Pixar) that it’s sometimes hard to tell whether the sniffy moments in When Marnie Was There are solely caused by the film itself or the memory of Ghibli films gone by.
The opening inclines you to assume the film’s marching to its own beat: we meet schoolgirl Anna, a talented sketch artist, struggling with a profound unhappiness directed at herself, which is an uncommon beginning for a children’s story. She can’t connect to other children and spends much of her time drawing scenes with the people left out, so her...
Many a tear will be shed in the presence of Studio Ghibli’s latest – and possibly last – feature film. The company holds such emotional sway over its audiences unrivalled by any other animation studio (except for, say, Pixar) that it’s sometimes hard to tell whether the sniffy moments in When Marnie Was There are solely caused by the film itself or the memory of Ghibli films gone by.
The opening inclines you to assume the film’s marching to its own beat: we meet schoolgirl Anna, a talented sketch artist, struggling with a profound unhappiness directed at herself, which is an uncommon beginning for a children’s story. She can’t connect to other children and spends much of her time drawing scenes with the people left out, so her...
- 10/8/2015
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Since its inception in 1985, Japan’s Studio Ghibli has grown into a force on the international animated film scene, spearheaded by features from legendary director Hayao Miyazaki. News of a new feature from the studio is thus often a cause for excitement amongst film fans, and this was no different for their latest film. Titled When Marine Was There, or Omoide no Marnie, the film marks the second directorial feature of Hiromasa Yonebayashi, following The Secret World of Arrietty. Yonebayashi also co-wrote the film along with Masashi Ando and Keiko Niwa, adapting the story from a novel by Joan G. Robinson. The first trailer for the movie has now been released, and can be seen below.
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- 7/2/2014
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Studio Ghibli's next film will be When Marnie Was There.
The Secret World of Arrietty's Hiromasa Yonebayashi will direct the adaptation of Joan G Robinson's classic children's novel, reports Variety.
The 1967 book centres around a lonely orphan who makes friends with a mysterious girl called Marnie.
One day her friend disappears without trace.
Keiko Niwa (Ocean Waves, From Up on Poppy Hill, The Secret World of Arrietty), Masashi Ando (character designer on Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Paprika), and Yonebayashi are working together on the script.
Ghibli recently announced Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski and others on the English language voice cast for its most recent film, The Wind Rises.
When Marnie Was There is scheduled for release in summer 2014.
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The Secret World of Arrietty's Hiromasa Yonebayashi will direct the adaptation of Joan G Robinson's classic children's novel, reports Variety.
The 1967 book centres around a lonely orphan who makes friends with a mysterious girl called Marnie.
One day her friend disappears without trace.
Keiko Niwa (Ocean Waves, From Up on Poppy Hill, The Secret World of Arrietty), Masashi Ando (character designer on Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Paprika), and Yonebayashi are working together on the script.
Ghibli recently announced Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski and others on the English language voice cast for its most recent film, The Wind Rises.
When Marnie Was There is scheduled for release in summer 2014.
Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy's Screen Time:...
- 12/18/2013
- Digital Spy
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