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Shinkai on Stage
By Andrew Osmond. As Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering with You comes to cinemas, Andrew Osmond talks to director Alexandra Rutter about adapting Shinkai’s film The Garden of Words in a new stage play by the British company Whole Hog Theatre, which will come to London this summer.
Reconguista in G Movie 2 Blu-ray [IMPORT]
Following on from us taking pre-orders for the Reconguista in G Movie Part 1: Go, Core Fighter “Perfect Pack” Blu-ray import Blu-ray set last year, we know some of you were wondering if we’d be taking pre-orders for the next film, Reconguista in G Movie Part 2: Bellri’s Fierce Charge “Perfect Pack” Blu-ray. Well today we’re here […]
Interview: The Inland Sea
By Jasper Sharp. Almost fifty years ago, Donald Richie, the author and cultural critic who introduced Japanese cinema to the West, embarked on an epic odyssey of self-discovery amongst the island communities between Shikoku, Honshu and Kyushu, resulting in one of his most personal and highly-regarded books, The Inland Sea (1971). Two decades later, filmmaker […]
Books: Japanese Influence on Kids’ TV
By Jonathan Clements. “What was Saturday morning?” Dr Gina O’Melia asks innocently, upending a whole can of worms for young, millennial scholars who cannot see the resonance of those words. These days, with streaming, narrowcasting and pocket screens, every single waking moment can be “Saturday morning” if you want it to be. The idea of […]
GKids and Anime Limited announce Weathering With You English dub cast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – London, 9th January 2020 GKIDS & ANIME LTD. ANNOUNCES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VOICE CAST FOR THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED Weathering With You FEATURING LEE PACE, ALISON BRIE AND RIZ AHMED (January 6, 2020) – GKIDS & Anime Limited have announced the English voice cast for Weathering With You, a breathtaking drama from Makoto Shinkai, director of worldwide phenomenon […]