‘Animation & Manga’ Archives
Laputa Song 4ever / Kimiwo Nosete, Carrying You
I'm a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki. For many reasons, there are many of his works that don't leave from my heart for a long time. Among them, the music is also splendid. Most of the songs of Miyazaki movies are composed by Joe Hisaishi. He is a nationally beloved musician in Japan, and we all are moved by his works. We can't tell exactly [...]
Can Hayao Miyazaki work again ?
Of course Hayao Miyazaki can work any time, whenever he wants to. He is a national treasure of Japan. Nobody stops him if he wants to produce a movie. Putting aside that fact, I recently worry about his future. He is nearly 70 years old. Being that age, making a movie with enough passion and physical energy is really hard. I saw Ponyo [...]
Jean Simmons passed away
Jean Simmons died today. She did the great voice over work on Howl's Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki. She was also a good actress pf London, UK. In Howl's Moving Castle, she did an excellent job for the leading role, Sophie, when Sophie became an old woman. I first saw this movie in New Zealand in English language, so the image of this [...]
Doraemon Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan
Coming February 6th, the Doraemon Film Festival will be held at Jimbocho Theater until 26th of February. This probably will be the first Doraemon Film festival in Tokyo. As a surprising news, the advanced selling tickets are all sold out until today. This means Doraemon still has amazing popularity among Japanese anime or manga fans. News [...]
Saint Seiya dolls and figures
Maybe Saint Seiya is the most popular doll ( or figure ) among animation series now. Ths artistic color and shape is the complete charm of real animation characters. Saint Seiya animation series have many type of figures, but the quality of them are high. Figure of Saint Seiya Product images may vary from the actual product. While [...]
Tetsuwan ATOM, Astro Boy special edition in English
Atom is called Astro boy in the USA or in the world. This is a kind of our dream when we grew up in Japan after the deserted city of 2nd world war. The animator and the director, Osamu Tezuka, was a real genius, he went over the concept of animation at the time. Rather than simply enjoying entertainment of the animation, we really received [...]
PONYO on the Cliff to be broadcasted on february 5th
Hayao Miyazaki's animation works are already treasures of Japan. His works are filled with love, hope and message to the modern society. When we see his movies, we laugh at the screen, but in the same movies we also cry and think. This is the typical Miyazaki film's superiority to the other movies. PONYO ON THE CLIFF is the latest big hit [...]
NANA MIZUKI to sing on TV
ULTIMATE DIAMOND - NANA MIZUKI is a very big hit CD. NANA MIZUKI is originally a voice-over actress, who ever worked on NARUTO, a very popular young generation anime. She acts as HINATA on NARUTO. She started as such, later she sings in the animation and released some of the hit CDs as above. She has been selected to one of the singers at [...]
Emotion the Best Be Forever Yamato (Yamato yo Eien ni)
Yamato Space Battle Ship, Be forever, Emotional Best Space battle Ship Yamato was an extreme mega hit animation in the history of anime of Japan. It's still popular among maniac fans and also still increasing fan numbers. It's certain that this animation is one of the monumental works of the anime world. Yamato's 5 theather versions are [...]
Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki
Howl's Moving Castle Animation HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE is one of the representing works of master animator, Hayao Miyazaki. This film still has the 2nd highest grossing record of Japanese whole movie history, as a reference, NO.1 movie is also by Hayao Miyazai, it's Spirited Away. And If I say more, NO.3 is again by the same director, Hayao [...]
