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Those who are familiar with Tatsuki Fujimoto’s popular Japanese manga Look Back or its award-winning 2024 anime version by Kiyotaka Oshiyama might have a different initial reaction to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new adaptation, which is premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival. I was not very familiar with the original comic or the first movie, so…

I’ve had shivers all night thinking about Look Back, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s elegant weepie adapted from the manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto, itself turned into a feature-length anime by Kiyotaka Oshiyama just two years ago. Apparently, Kore-eda was inspired to make the film after being drawn to the image of a girl with her back turned on…

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back” follows the unlikely friendship between two young Japanese schoolgirls bound by their love of drawing, until they go their separate ways. In keeping with his recent works (like “Shoplifters” and “Monster”), the director maintains his knack for working with child actors to create a visually detailed drama whose emotions also, on…

The way people watch animation has changed considerably over the past decade. Watching cartoons or anime is no longer limited to sitting in front of a television at a particular time. Today, viewers can discover animated stories through phones, tablets, computers, and smart TVs, choosing what they want to watch according to their own schedules.

The initial cast reveal video for Avengers: Doomsday was an exciting day filled with major surprises. While the expected names like Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Anthony Mackie, and Vanessa Kirby popped up, the shocks came when we saw Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Kelsey Grammer, and other actors from the old X-Men movies that…

Even more than a year after the premiere of the first installment, Demon Slayer still hasn’t shared any updates on the upcoming movies. The anime was already a global phenomenon, but it reached new heights of popularity last year with the Infinity Castle movie. In 2024, Ufotable, the animation studio behind Demon Slayer, confirmed that…

Around fifteen years ago, I used to deliver the free weekly paper Toons in Ames, Iowa. My old boss Rick Lem sold Toons in 2017, and the new owners shuttered the paper for good in 2020. The last real trace of it is its old Instagram page. When I was still working for Lem, that…

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The Chinese studio, lead producer with Tencent Video and Coolabi Group, revealed the first materials, including early storyboards and near-final visuals, from the cat-clan adaptation; directed by Rodrigo Blaas and showrun by A.C. Bradley, the series debuts in 2028 in China ahead of international distribution on Disney+ and Disney Channel.

While Netflix has confirmed that last week’s Grand Theft Auto 6 Extended Look showcase was incredibly successful, the video also seems to have had a tangible impact on gaming hardware sales. According to The Game Business, reports have indicated that PS5 and Xbox Series X/S console sales in the UK have seen a jump of…