Giovanni’s Island
Written by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai
Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo
Japan, 2014
In its frequently sorrowful tale of young Japanese siblings struggling through the tail end or immediate aftermath of World War II, anime Giovanni’s Island faces seemingly inevitable comparisons to both Grave of the Fireflies and the Barefoot Gen features. Mizuho Nishikubo’s film, however, has a spirit all of its own, even if you can trace in it bits of those other films’ DNA, as well as notorious British anti-war animation When the Wind Blows, whose art style it resembles more than the likes of Studio Ghibli. It stands apart in offering a look at an aspect of Japanese history rarely explored in any art form to date, that of the Russian occupation of the island of Shikotan after Japan’s defeat in 1945, as seen through the eyes of two Japanese children among the...
Written by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai
Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo
Japan, 2014
In its frequently sorrowful tale of young Japanese siblings struggling through the tail end or immediate aftermath of World War II, anime Giovanni’s Island faces seemingly inevitable comparisons to both Grave of the Fireflies and the Barefoot Gen features. Mizuho Nishikubo’s film, however, has a spirit all of its own, even if you can trace in it bits of those other films’ DNA, as well as notorious British anti-war animation When the Wind Blows, whose art style it resembles more than the likes of Studio Ghibli. It stands apart in offering a look at an aspect of Japanese history rarely explored in any art form to date, that of the Russian occupation of the island of Shikotan after Japan’s defeat in 1945, as seen through the eyes of two Japanese children among the...
- 10/18/2014
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
Tokyo-based animation studio Production I.G. is producing a hand-drawn animated feature, Giovanni’s Island, directed by Mamoru Oshii collaborator Mizuho Nishikubo.
Scripted by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai, the film is set on an island in the aftermath of a devastating global conflict and follows the relationship between two children from different countries who are brought together by the war.
Presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises (Jame) to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the film will be released in Japan by Warner Entertainment Japan in early spring 2014.
Production I.G is handling international sales.
Nishikubo has worked on most of Oshii’s films including Ghost In The Shell (1995), Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004), which played in competition at Cannes, and The Sky Crawlers, which premiered at Venice in 2008.
His own credits as director include Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai (2009), which was written by Oshii and screened at Locarno, Sitges, Warsaw...
Scripted by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai, the film is set on an island in the aftermath of a devastating global conflict and follows the relationship between two children from different countries who are brought together by the war.
Presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises (Jame) to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the film will be released in Japan by Warner Entertainment Japan in early spring 2014.
Production I.G is handling international sales.
Nishikubo has worked on most of Oshii’s films including Ghost In The Shell (1995), Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004), which played in competition at Cannes, and The Sky Crawlers, which premiered at Venice in 2008.
His own credits as director include Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai (2009), which was written by Oshii and screened at Locarno, Sitges, Warsaw...
- 9/9/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society Ova
Vocal Talent (Japanese): Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka, Koichi Yamadera | Vocal Talent (English): Mary McGlynn, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman | Written by Masamune Shirow, Kenji Kamiyama, Shotaro Suga, Yoshiki Sakurai | Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society has got to be one of the longest anime titles going, but fitting as this is the final part of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series based on Masamune Shirow’s manga.
Ghost in the Shell is a cyberpunk police thriller, whose main protagonist is Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg and member of Section 9, a covert ops section of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission, whose remit is technology-related crime. Originally a manga by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell was made into an animated film that rates in...
Vocal Talent (Japanese): Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka, Koichi Yamadera | Vocal Talent (English): Mary McGlynn, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman | Written by Masamune Shirow, Kenji Kamiyama, Shotaro Suga, Yoshiki Sakurai | Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society has got to be one of the longest anime titles going, but fitting as this is the final part of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series based on Masamune Shirow’s manga.
Ghost in the Shell is a cyberpunk police thriller, whose main protagonist is Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg and member of Section 9, a covert ops section of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission, whose remit is technology-related crime. Originally a manga by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell was made into an animated film that rates in...
- 5/9/2012
- by Baron Fornightly
- Nerdly
Studio Madhouse’s Racing Anime Redline has been around the net with several clips and trailers for some years now and also the following clip, the nice guys from Catsuka have found at youTube has been uploaded in January 2009, but that doesn’t make it any less amazing to watch.
Director Takeshi Koike (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Animatrix) shows us some really freaky stuff and amazing animations that kinda make Redline look like the bastard offspring of Yogi’s Space Race, Speed Racer and Basquash! that has been begetted during a wild drug night! Can’t wait to see the full 90 minutes of this!
The script was written by Yoji Enokido (Flfc, RahXephon, Nge), Yoshiki Sakurai (GitS:sac, Moribito) and Katsuhito Ishii (The Taste of Tea, Funky Forest).
[See post to watch Flash video] According to Ann, Redline will be shown on the French Annecy Animation Festival in June, until more screenings will be announced we’ll...
Director Takeshi Koike (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Animatrix) shows us some really freaky stuff and amazing animations that kinda make Redline look like the bastard offspring of Yogi’s Space Race, Speed Racer and Basquash! that has been begetted during a wild drug night! Can’t wait to see the full 90 minutes of this!
The script was written by Yoji Enokido (Flfc, RahXephon, Nge), Yoshiki Sakurai (GitS:sac, Moribito) and Katsuhito Ishii (The Taste of Tea, Funky Forest).
[See post to watch Flash video] According to Ann, Redline will be shown on the French Annecy Animation Festival in June, until more screenings will be announced we’ll...
- 5/1/2009
- by Ulrik
- Affenheimtheater
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