The BFI today announce full details of a hotly anticipated two-month season dedicated to Anime, running at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX from 28 March – 31 May. Originally planned for summer 2020 as part of the BFI’s major survey of Japanese cinema BFI Japan, the season arrives, at long last, to entertain and delight anime fans and novices alike.
The programme will include:
· A broad mixture of classic films such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Belladonna Of Sadness, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and Tekkonkinkreet, as well as an early shorts programme spotlighting work from 1917-1946· Previews of new releases including the thrillingly original Inu-oh, high-octane urban fairy tale Bubble and the powerful and thought-provoking short Summer Ghost (2021) followed by a Q&a with director loundraw· Much-loved recent work by major auteurs Mamoru Hosoda, Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) and the late great Satoshi Kon· A spotlight on emerging female talent Naoko Yamada...
The programme will include:
· A broad mixture of classic films such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Belladonna Of Sadness, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and Tekkonkinkreet, as well as an early shorts programme spotlighting work from 1917-1946· Previews of new releases including the thrillingly original Inu-oh, high-octane urban fairy tale Bubble and the powerful and thought-provoking short Summer Ghost (2021) followed by a Q&a with director loundraw· Much-loved recent work by major auteurs Mamoru Hosoda, Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) and the late great Satoshi Kon· A spotlight on emerging female talent Naoko Yamada...
- 3/15/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
“Akira” – repeatedly claimed as one of the greatest anime films of all time – has done little to support the sales of its followup film, “Steamboy.” Katsuhiro Otomo’s equally monumental second feature doubly hit the books as one of the most expensive animated movies made to date. With a budget of 2.4 billion Yen ($26 million Usd), this ambitious production cost over 180,000 drawings, 440 CG cuts, and around ten years of production for a 2-hour production.
Needless to say, it was epic.
Like “Akira,” “Steamboy” tells another cautionary tale of mass destruction. This time, however, the film takes place in Britain at the peak of the Victorian era. Here, the film begins at the heart of the Industrial Revolution: Manchester. The film opens when the 13-year-old James Ray Steam (Anne Suzuki) receives a mysterious package from his grandfather. Apparently, an accompanying letter says, this unwieldy contraption is a “steam ball...
Needless to say, it was epic.
Like “Akira,” “Steamboy” tells another cautionary tale of mass destruction. This time, however, the film takes place in Britain at the peak of the Victorian era. Here, the film begins at the heart of the Industrial Revolution: Manchester. The film opens when the 13-year-old James Ray Steam (Anne Suzuki) receives a mysterious package from his grandfather. Apparently, an accompanying letter says, this unwieldy contraption is a “steam ball...
- 9/21/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
During the big Anime Expo in Los Angeles this week, Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo not only announced we was going to write and direct a sequel series to Akira, he also revealed that he was writing and directing a new sci-fi anime film called Orbital Era.
The story is said to be set "in the near future on a space colony under construction.” It’s also explained that the movie will be "an action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment and society who keep living their lives while they're being tossed about by fate."
Orbital Era will be Otomo's third film project, which also included the 2004 movie Steamboy, which took him 10 years to complete! Hopefully, Orbital Era doesn’t take him that long! I’m happy and excited that he’s making another original film project, though!
The movie is being produced by Sunrise, and we have a...
The story is said to be set "in the near future on a space colony under construction.” It’s also explained that the movie will be "an action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment and society who keep living their lives while they're being tossed about by fate."
Orbital Era will be Otomo's third film project, which also included the 2004 movie Steamboy, which took him 10 years to complete! Hopefully, Orbital Era doesn’t take him that long! I’m happy and excited that he’s making another original film project, though!
The movie is being produced by Sunrise, and we have a...
- 7/5/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Otomo Katsuhiro, one of Japan’s leading anime creators, is to direct a near-future action adventure film “Orbital Era.” The film will be produced through Sunrise Inc., part of Bandai Namco.
Sunrise will also produce a new version of “Akira,” the series that propelled Otomo to success. In a related move, manga publisher, Kodansha will also team up with the artist to create “Otomo: The Complete Works.”
The trio of projects were announced Thursday in Los Angeles at the Anime Expo by Otomo, Makoto Asanuma and Yasumasa Tsuchiya, respectively president and producer of Sunrise Inc.
“Orbital Era” will be Otomo’s third feature film, after “Akira” and “Steamboy.” He is committed to writing, designing and directing the picture. The story takes place on a space colony under construction, and follows the lives of some young boys surviving in this peculiar environment and society as they are tossed around by fate.
Sunrise will also produce a new version of “Akira,” the series that propelled Otomo to success. In a related move, manga publisher, Kodansha will also team up with the artist to create “Otomo: The Complete Works.”
The trio of projects were announced Thursday in Los Angeles at the Anime Expo by Otomo, Makoto Asanuma and Yasumasa Tsuchiya, respectively president and producer of Sunrise Inc.
“Orbital Era” will be Otomo’s third feature film, after “Akira” and “Steamboy.” He is committed to writing, designing and directing the picture. The story takes place on a space colony under construction, and follows the lives of some young boys surviving in this peculiar environment and society as they are tossed around by fate.
- 7/5/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Thursday that 10 films are eligible to vie in the best animated feature film category in the 2005 Oscar competition. The 10 are Chicken Little, Gulliver's Travel, Hoodwinked, Howl's Moving Castle, Madagascar, Robots, Steamboy, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Valiant and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Under Academy rules, since there are more than seven films qualifying but fewer than 16, a maximum of three films can be nominated this year.
- 11/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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