Tag: Miss Hokusai

September 25, 2015 · 0 comments

The director of Miss Hokusai talks of his aims and inspirations This film is based on the original manga Sarusuberi by Hinako Sugiura. Could you describe which aspects of the original story were more attractive to you? KEIICHI HARA As a matter of fact, I love all Sugiura’s works, and Sarusuberi in particular. When I […]

May 8, 2015 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. An illustration by Tsuyuki Kocho shows the famous artist Hokusai at work with his assistant, his daughter Oei (or Oi). The picture is dated 1843, only a few years before Hokusai’s death, when he was increasingly reliant on his divorcee daughter to care for him. Hokusai himself is partly obscured, crouching over […]

April 29, 2015 · 0 comments

To celebrate the announcement of Miss Hokusai having been selected for the Official Feature Film Competition at the 39th Annecy International Animation Film Festival, today we’re excited to be able to share the first English language (subtitled) trailer with you. You can watch it below. In addition to this we can also confirm today that Miss Hokusai […]

March 19, 2015 · 0 comments

The name Keiichi Hara is synonymous with anime – Colorful being one project in particular that stands out to us – and this week he has been honoured at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015 with the Anime d’or Award for his achievements as a director. This award was presented to him for his achievements throughout his […]

March 3, 2015 · 2 comments

It’s time for another edition of the Anime Limited Newswire and it’s hard to believe but we’re already in the month of March. (This year is flying by.) This week we bring you confirmation on a few release dates, publish the dates of events we’ll be at in some capacity this year, and touch on […]