All posts tagged "Osamu Tezuka"
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Asia
Anime Pioneer Eiichi Yamamoto Dies at Age 80
September 29, 2021Japanese writer and director Eiichi Yamamoto, who brought seminal works as broadly diverse as Kimba the...
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North America
Fred Ladd, Producer Who Introduced Anime to North America, Dies Age 94
August 11, 2021Fred Laderman (known professionally as Fred Ladd), a television and film writer/producer who helped introduce and...
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Festivals and Events
Heritage Plans Groundbreaking Anime Art Auction
June 7, 2021Production animation cels and backgrounds from the most critically-acclaimed and culturally-influential anime films, television series and...
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Animated People
Spanish Helmer Alberto Vázquez Finds Shelter in His Short ‘Homeless Home’
February 3, 2021Ever since it made its Jury Award-winning premiere at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival last...
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Anime
30 Anime Content Players Unite for AnimeLog YT Channel
August 12, 2020A group of Japan’s most notable anime production/distribution companies have joined forces to launch a new...
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Festivals and Events
Animation Nominees for 40th Japan Academy Prize Announced
January 16, 2017The Nippon Academy-sho Association has revealed the nominees for the 40th annual Japan Academy Prize honors....
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Festivals and Events
Nucleus Presents Tezuka Exhibition Oct. 8
October 4, 2016Nucleus art gallery in Alhambra, California is presenting an exhibition in honor of the godfather of...
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Home Entertainment
‘Belladonna of Sadness’ Arrives on BD & VOD July 12
May 31, 2016One of the great forgotten gems of Japanese animation will get its first U.S. home entertainment...
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Features
‘Belladonna of Sadness’ Premieres in NYC May 6
May 5, 2016New York City’s Metrograph cinema will run a week-long premiere engagement for lost Japanese animation treasure...
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Features
Red Band Trailer for ‘Belladonna of Sadness’ Reveals Restored Gem
February 19, 2016A long lost masterpiece of psychedelic ‘70s animation is being brought back from oblivion, and now...
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Features
New Line Taps Writers for Live-Action ‘Astro Boy’
February 17, 2016The live-action Astro Boy feature film project has gained some momentum as Hollywood Reporter reveals that...
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People
Stone Bridge Announces Tezuka Bio
October 19, 2015Stone Bridge Press announces that it will be publishing a massive, single-volume celebration of the life...
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Features
Animal Logic to Reignite Astro Boy
February 4, 2015Animal Logic Entertainment has partnered with Japan’s Tezuka Productions to develop a live-action, science fiction superhero...
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Features
News Bytes: Merged Animafest, ‘Belladonna’ Restored and More
November 7, 2014Wrapping up the week with the following desk-clearing news items: • After years of alternating its...
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Television
International Co-Pro to Reboot ‘Astro Boy’ for TV
June 11, 2014Monaco’s Shibuya Productions, Japan’s Tezuka Productions and France’s Caribara Animation are joining forces to reboot globally...
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Licensing
Cross Media Intl. is Tezuka’s New American Agent
January 16, 2014San Francisco-based Cross Media International has entered into an agreement with Tezuka Productions of Japan to...
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Festivals and Events
Disney Museum Pays Tribute to Bozzetto
December 2, 2013Last month, San Francisco’s Walt Disney Family Museum launched a comprehensive exhibit featuring the works of...
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Features
‘Approved for Adoption’ Arrives in L.A. & N.Y.
November 22, 2013GKIDS brings Jung’s autobiographical live-action/animated documentary to the City of Angels. Documentaries—good ones, anyway—tend to fall...
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Features
Tezuka’s ‘Buddha 2’ Trailer Goes Live Online
August 28, 2013Anime fans were happy to catch a few minutes of the upcoming feature adaptation of Osamu...
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Top Stories
Digital Manga to Release Complete Tezuka Works
July 11, 2013Great news for fans of classic Japanese comics, otherwise known as manga: California based e-publisher Digital...
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***This article originally appeared in the November '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 314)*** It's been ...
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