Prepare to be moved by a new animated documentary currently in production, spearheaded by the acclaimed producers behind the ...

The Japanese animated film Your Name., directed by Makoto Shinkai ... it gained a loyal following. Shinkai has been called the next Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro), though ...

Your Name became not only the top box-office hit of 2016, but the highest-grossing animated feature of all ... begins in a fictional mountain town called Itomori where teenager Mitsuha lives ...

Kenichi Tsuchiya is working as the picture’s animation director ... the writer and director of Your Name, has revealed his latest project. It’s called Suzume no Tojimari (Suzume Locking ...

Director Makoto Shinkai's tells IndieWire how anime and rock music propelled his Oscar-contending romantic fantasy. With its surprising Los Angeles Film Critics Association win for best animated ...

Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name dominated conversation in the anime ... fans are beginning to discover even more of Shinkai’s nuanced animations. The latest example comes from a key animation ...

“Suzume” features the so-called haikyo ... number of animations like that in the world is decreasing rapidly, so it may be difficult. Your last three films — “Your Name,” “Weathering ...

By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor With 27 animated features submitted for Oscar ... are generating buzz. Your Name — which dominated the Chinese box office last weekend with $41.3 million ...

Japanese animated feature “Your Name” debuted on top of the Korean box office, adding to its successes elsewhere in Asia. Officially opening on Wednesday (Jan. 4,) the body-swap tale scored $8 ...

Get used to that name. Within the ... Either for Best Animated Feature, or Best Foreign Language Film. Or why not even both? If any film has the right to be called this decade’s Spirited Away ...