Ghost Hound (神霊狩/GHOST HOUND, Shinreigari/Gōsuto Haundo) is an animated series first broadcast in Japan between 18 October 2007 and 03 April 2008 on the WOWOW satellite channel, created by Production I.G to commemorate the studio's 20th year in the field of animation. Given the importance of the project, Production I.G assembled a first-class staff. The…
Belle (竜とそばかすの姫, Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime, literally "The Dragon and the Freckled Princess") is a feature film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda (細田 守 ; Toyama, 19 September 1967). Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime premiered on 15 July 2021 at the seventy-fourth Cannes Film Festival, where Hosoda's latest effort was highly praised by…
Serial Experiments Lain (SEL) is a Japanese animated series, consisting of thirteen episodes, broadcast for the first time in Japan in July 1998 on TV Tokyo, in the late night. The success achieved over the years has made it a cult of Japanese animation. SEL is the brainchild of Yasuyuki Ueda (上田 耕行), producer at…
Mirai (未来 の ミ ラ イ Mirai no Mirai, literally “Mirai of the future”) is the fifth feature film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda (細 田 守; Kamiichi, 19 September 1967). It premiered on May 16, 2018 at the Directors' Fortnight, and then released in Japanese theaters on July 20, 2018. As already happened…
The Boy and the Beast (バ ケ モ ノ の 子 Bakemono no ko, literally "The bakemono's child") is the fourth original feature film by Mamoru Hosoda (細 田 守; Kamiichi, 19 September 1967). Now considered one of the leading authors of Japanese animation, thanks to his irrefutable skills as a writer and director, so much…
Wolf Children (お お か み こ ど も の 雨 と 雪 - Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki) is the third feature film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda (細 田 守; Kamiichi, 19 September 1967). It was released in Japanese theaters on July 21, 2012, three years after his previous film Summer…
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時 を か け る 少女 Toki wo kakeru shōjo) is a feature film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda (細 田 守; Kamiichi, September 19, 1967) released in Japanese cinemas on July 15, 2006. Hosoda began his artistic career as a painter, having studied oil painting at Kanazawa…
Devilman Crybaby is an animated series created specifically to celebrate the fifty years of career of one of the personalities who has contributed most to the development of anime and manga culture, both within national borders and in its export all over the world: Go Nagai. Produced by the collaboration between Aniplex Inc., Dynamic Planning…
Paprika (パ プ リ カ Papurika) is the fifth and final work directed by Satoshi Kon (今 敏 Kon Satoshi, 12 October 1963 - 24 August 2010) before his tragic death. After Paranoia Agent, the only animated series of his filmography, Kon returns to his comfort zone: cinema. Paprika is in fact a feature film,…
Paranoia Agent (妄想 代理人 Mōsō Dairinin) is the fourth work of Satoshi Kon (今 敏 Kon Satoshi, 12 October 1963 - 24 August 2010), as well as his first and only animated series, consisting of 13 episodes, broadcasted for the first time in Japan between February 2 and May 17 2004, on WOWOW satellite TV.…
Hana Ga Saita Yo 