Tag: Paprika
‘The Concierge’ Director Yoshimi Itazu Welcomes Us to His Creature Consumers’ Paradise
Yoshimi Itazu’s The Concierge (2023) blends seemingly incompatible elements into a gentle, touching story. It’s a light comedy about a young woman growing into...
AX Cinema Nights & Iconic Events Releasing Set 2024-25 Film Slate
This season, AX Cinema Nights brings a slate of highly influential feats of anime filmmaking back to theaters: The lineup includes the 30th anniversary...
Satoshi Kon’s ‘Paprika’ Comes to LE 4K SteelBook Set in February
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the Satoshi Kon's (1963-2010) acclaimed, Jungian anime adventure Paprika will be getting a fresh restoration release for the new...
AX Cinema Nights Returns with Satoshi Kon Classics, ‘Cowboy Bebop’ & ‘Ghost in the Shell’
Iconic Events Releasing is bringing the action and bold visual storytelling of anime to the big screen with a slate of upcoming nationwide theatrical...
Exclusive: Director Masashi Ando on ‘The Deer King’ and the Lasting Appeal of 2D Animation
The lushly animated fantasy The Deer King marks the feature directorial debut of Masashi Ando (co-director with Masayuki Miyaji), one of the most respected...
GKIDS Sets Cinema List for ‘The Deer King’ US Release
Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji's sweeping fantasy epic The Deer King is ready to whisk moviegoers away to a bygone world of magic, peril and...
Animation Is Film Festival Announces 2021 Slate
Animation Is Film (AIF) announced today the competition line-up and other special events for its fourth edition, which takes place in-person October 22-24 and...
GKIDS Puts ‘Pompo the Cinephile’ in Frame for NorAm Release
GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced today it has acquired all North American distribution rights for...
‘Satoshi Kon, The Illusionist’: Anime Auteur in the Spotlight
***This article originally appeared in the Sept.-Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)***
"Animation doesn't have to look real, it has to feel real."...
Anime Legend Doc ‘Satoshi Kon, the Illusionist’ Making World Premiere at Cannes
Multigenre filmmaker Pascal-Alex Vincent's passionate tribute to one of the great maestros of animation, Satoshi Kon, the Illusionist, will officially make its world premiere...
Criterion Channel Programs 31 Art-House Animation Films for July
The Criterion Channel is planning a sizzling summer programming event for animation aficionados, with 31 boundary-pushing films from the 1950s up to the present...
Production I.G Fantasy ‘The Deer King’ Heads to NorAm with GKIDS
GKIDS has acquired the North American distribution rights for the latest feature animated by acclaimed studio Production I.G, The Deer King (Shika no Ou)....
Trailer: New Satoshi Kon Doc ‘The Dream Machine’
Acclaimed and influential manga and anime creative legend Satoshi Kon will finally be celebrated in a dedicated documentary, helmed by multi-genre French filmmaker Pascal-Alex...
Iconic Anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Coming to 4K, Exclusive SteelBook
Fans can celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the most critically acclaimed anime films of all time when Ghost in the Shell arrives...
‘Tokyo Godfathers’ Makes Blu-ray Debut June 2
Heartbreaking, hilarious and highly original, Tokyo Godfathers is a humanist masterpiece from the legendary director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Perfect Blue). Co-written by Keiko Nobumoto...
English Dub Trailer Drops for ‘Tokyo Godfathers’ Restoration
GKIDS has released the official English-language dubbed trailer for the brand-new restoration of Satoshi Kon’s acclaimed feature Tokyo Godfathers (2003). The reinvigorated anime gem...
French Studio Xilam Acquires 50.1% of Cube Creative
French powerhouse animation house Xilam has finalized its acquisition of 50.1% of the capital and voting rights in French CG and 3D animation studio...
LA’s Secret Movie Club Hosts ‘Anime Buffet’ Series in 2020
In 2020, the Los Angeles-based Secret Movie Club is hosting screenings of some of the most beloved anime of all time, as part of...
GKIDS Plans Re-Release of Satoshi Kon Classic ‘Tokyo Godfathers’
A critically-acclaimed film from one of the world’s most visionary animators will be returning to the big screen, as GKIDS has acquired North American...
Delicate Digits: Jeremy Clapin’s ‘I Lost My Body’
***This article originally appeared in the December ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 295)***
In a cinematic year dominated by superheroes, fantastic creatures, wise-cracking animals...
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