Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Akazukin Chacha


Akazukin Chacha 

(赤ずきんチャチャ, or "Red Riding Hood Chacha") 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Natsume's Book of Friends

Natsume's Book of Friends 

 (夏目友人帳 Natsume Yūjin-chō)


Thursday, November 1, 2012

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Code Geass

Code Geass
 Lelouch of the Rebellion (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurūshu)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Summer Wars

NOMINEE - BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS
"Superb! Awesome!"
- Los Angeles Times
"Epic! Hallucinatory! Breathtaking!"
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"A stunning mixture of hand-drawn and CGI visuals in an endlessly colorful world filled with grotesque, razor-sharp toothed avatars.
Its thematic ambition and dazzling visual style ultimately make it one of the more rewarding anime efforts to reach these shores!"
- Hollywood Reporter
"Visually ravishing! Sheer pictorial magic!"
- Boston Globe
"Four stars!
A kick-ass synthesis of traditional hand-drawn scenes and fluid, rainbow-explosive CG artistry!"

- Time Out New York
"A whirlwind of a film!
Further proof Japan does grown-up children's stories
better than the United States!"

- New York Times
"Spectacular! Visionary!
Mind-Bending! Staggering!"

- Variety
“The dazzling fluency of motion and untethered brilliance of invention makes the usual fantasy anime look childish and dull!"
- Japan Times
“Dazzling! Gorgeous! Richly detailed and beautifully written!
Hosoda is the best storyteller working within the animated
medium in Japan - and possibly the world!"

- Todd Brown, Twitch
“Four stars!
Brilliant, thoughtful, and lavish!
Deserves a place in the anime pantheon of classics!"

- SF Examiner
SUMMER WARS
Animation, Mamoru Hosoda, Japan, 2009
In English, or In Japanese with English subtitles