Monday, June 25, 2018
Daily News Bytes: Nick Ladd’s VR Produced Short, ‘Evangelion’ Keeps Rebuilding, David OReilly on Everything, & More
This Impressive Short Film Was Drawn and Animated Entirely Inside of VR
Artist Nick Ladd turned to virtual reality tools Quill and ANIMVR to create his new animated short Escape in ... Continue Reading →
30 Years, 30 Great Anime Titles
Akira
Cowboy Bebop
Boy and the Beast
Ghost in the Shell
Dragon ... Continue Reading →
Daily News Bytes
Alan Moore Is Retiring from the Comics World
At a press conference for his upcoming novel Jerusalem, the legendary penman behind Watchmen and V for Vendetta announced he has “about ... Continue Reading →
Tokyo Film Fest to Highlight Mamoru Hosoda
The Tokyo International Film Festival announces it will be highlighting two iconic Japanese directors at its 29th edition, running October 25 through November 3, 2016. The distinguished ... Continue Reading →
Animated Documentaries Reflect on Great East Japan Quake
The Fukushima prefectural government last month released a series of animated documentaries based on true stories and depicting events that took place after the 2011 Great East Japan ... Continue Reading →
Toonami Orders ‘FLCL’ Anime Sequel
Turner Broadcasting’s Adult Swim have answered many anime fans’ wishes by announcing that an official sequel to the hit series FLCL (Fooly Cooly) will be arriving on the channel’s ... Continue Reading →
Tokyo Fest Nabs ‘Big Hero 6,’ Anno Retrospective
The world premiere of Disney’s Big Hero 6 and a first-ever complete retrospective of the works of Hideaki Anno mark an expanded animation presence at this year’s Tokyo International ... Continue Reading →
Tokyo Film Fest Gets ‘Big Hero 6′ World Premiere
The Tokyo International Film Festival, taking place in the mega-metropolis this October 23-31, will feature the global premiere of Disney’s first-ever Marvel animation feature ... Continue Reading →
‘Short Peace’ Celebrates Diversity of Japanese Directors
Topping the week’s animation home ent. releases is the highly anticipated U.S. release of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Short Peace on DVD (Sentai Filmworks, $24.98) and Blu-ray ($29.98). ... Continue Reading →
Anime Reviews: ‘Short Peace’, ‘Naruto’ Movie
Short Peace: Complete Collection
Sentai Film Works: $29.98, Blu-ray
Although Katsuhiro Otomo’s reputation rests principally on his watershed cyberpunk feature Akira, his third ... Continue Reading →
