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Korea Independent Animation Festival 2023 in Japan

A look at the films and talks that will be screened online at the Korea Independent Animation Festival 2023 – available to viewers in Japan

Genkinahito

Apr 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Korea Independent Animation Festival 2022 in Japan

A look at the films and talks that will be screened online at the Korea Independent Animation Festival 2022 – available to viewers in Japan

Genkinahito

May 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Mirai

Reading list: independent Japanese animation

This is a work in progress (and probably always will be), but here’s a list of resources on indie animation in Japan. I will use a generous definition…

lootype

Nov 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2024 Details

Returning for its 14th year, Welsh anime festival Kotatsu has a two-part convention packed with feature films, shorts, music performances, a...

Otaku News - World Edition

17 days ago • Subscribe

A TV Ad Created Independent Animation

On Faith and John Hubley's (accidentally) era-defining commercial.

Animation Obsessive

Oct 27, 2023 • Subscribe

Japanese and Korean Films at the Glasgow Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the One Japanese Film at the Glasgow Film Festival 2022

Genkinahito

Feb 6, 2024 • Subscribe

Perfect Nervous (2024) Dir: Masaru Sano [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Perfect Nervous (Dir: Masaru Sano, 2024) is a gorgeous short film with fantastical elements as it tells a life-affirming story wherein two young women with incurable body-altering diseases…

Genkinahito

Mar 25, 2024 • Subscribe

A Preview of the Japanese Films at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the Japanese Films at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 (March 01 – March 10) – trailers and synopses.

Genkinahito

Feb 19, 2024 • Subscribe

Swimming, Sumiko

An introduction to independent animation in Japan

As consumers we’re conditioned to think that the industrial model is the only possible option out there, so it isn’t surprising that animation produced by a single individual, free…

too long for twitlonger

Aug 4, 2015 • Subscribe

Snowdrop スノードロップ Director: Kota Yoshida [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Snowdrop スノードロップ, by director Kota Yoshida, is a socially conscious domestic drama/character study that looks at the welfare system via a woman chased by the trauma of abandonment…

Genkinahito

Mar 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

 For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

 For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

 For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

City of Wind (2023) Director: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

City of Wind (2023), by director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, is a perfectly-crafted portrait of Mongolian youth that looks at the way modernity and tradition, social order and individuality affect…

Genkinahito

Mar 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024) Director: Sawako Fukuoka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024), sees editor/writer/director Sawako Fukuoka draw upon her own experiences to make a quirky comedy/drama about the everyday pressures and small-scale strangeness experienced b…

Genkinahito

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Japanese, Korean, and Other Asian Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2024

A preview of the Japanese and Korean films at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, which runs from May 14 to the 25

Genkinahito

May 3, 2024 • Subscribe

A Glimpse at the Films at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024

A glimpse at the feast of films programmed for Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 (March 01st to March 10th)

Genkinahito

Feb 5, 2024 • Subscribe

The Winter of 1905 (1981) Director: Yu Wei-Cheng [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

The Winter of 1905 (1981), directed by Yu Wei-Cheng, is a solid dramatisation of Li Shutong’s time in Japan and the influences that would lead him to become…

Genkinahito

Mar 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Blue Imagine ブルーイマジン Director: Urara Matsubayashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 / Japan Cuts 2024]

Director Urara Matsubayashi makes a definitive #MeToo film for the Japanese film industry with her sincere and complex drama Blue Imagine ブルーイマジン [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 / Japan…

Genkinahito

Jul 18, 2024 • Subscribe

On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Black comedy and painful humiliation abound as a mismatched couple vie for control in the black comedy On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival…

Genkinahito

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023) Director: Elene Naveriani [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023), by director Elene Naveriani, is a touching late coming-of-age film about a 48-year-old woman in a Georgian village growing into herself after a near-death…

Genkinahito

Mar 6, 2024 • Subscribe

Suton すとん Director: Rikako Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Suton すとん, by director Rikako Watanabe. is a quietly affecting character study where a young woman’s life is marked by the poignancy of aging and separation and also…

Genkinahito

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024) Director: Sawako Fukuoka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024] Second Draft

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024), sees editor/writer/director Sawako Fukuoka draw upon her own experiences to make a quirky comedy/drama about the everyday pressures and small-scale strangeness experienced b…

Genkinahito

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

News Update - Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Rice and Redemption. Allen takes a look at the anime Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, and finds it a little middle of the road. He basically finds the human…

THEM Anime Reviews

2 days ago • Subscribe

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

News Update - Mon, 7 Oct 2024

An Ode to the Lost and Fallen. Allen takes on Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, a show that does something a bit rare; cover the lives of people who…

THEM Anime Reviews

9 days ago • Subscribe

Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!

Animex 2020 - International Festival of Animation, VFX & Games

With COVID-19 still limiting peoples movements online virtual events have been proving popular. Animex The International Festival of Animati...

Otaku News - World Edition

Sep 17, 2020 • Subscribe

London Korean Film Festival Announces Full Programme for 2021

In cinemas across London 4th to 19th November

Windows on Worlds

Oct 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Independent Japanese Animation & The Commercial Industry In 2020: Blurring The Lines

While the world as a whole is in a pretty bad place, it’s been quite a strong season for independent animation creators. If you need some cheering up,…

Sakuga Blog

Mar 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Independent Japanese Animation & The Commercial Industry In 2020: Blurring The Lines

While the world as a whole is in a pretty bad place, it’s been quite a strong season for independent animation creators. If you need some cheering up,…

Sakuga Blog

Mar 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Out of TOKYO202x Director: Akinori Ikuse [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

A refreshing sci-fi short from Japan, Out of TOKYO202x takes the time-slip formula and uses it on the summer Olympics of 2021! Director: Akinori Ikuse [Osaka Asian Film Festival…

Genkinahito

Mar 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022’s Japanese Films

Details on many of the Japanese films that will be screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022

Genkinahito

Mar 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 Announces Complete Lineup

In Osaka 10th to 19th March.

Windows on Worlds

Mar 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 Announces Complete Lineup

At venues across Osaka March 10 to 20 plus 10-film retrospective selection streaming worldwide March 3 to 21

Windows on Worlds

Feb 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2020 Details

While many events have had to be cancelled this year due to the current COVID-19 crisis a lot of events have been able to shift online. As a...

Otaku News - World Edition

Sep 24, 2020 • Subscribe

Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2023 Details

Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival will return this autumn 2023. Wale's premier event for Japanese anime is set to run 30th September - 1 O...

Otaku News - World Edition

Sep 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2021 Details

The good folks from the Kotatsu Festival have just sent us details for their upcoming 2021 event. Set to run in Cardiff - Chapter from Satur...

Otaku News - World Edition

Sep 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Japanese and Korean Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2023

A preview of the Japanese and Korean films at the Cannes Film Festival 2023

Genkinahito

May 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Japanese and Korean Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2022

HUNT, BROKER, PLAN 75, DECISION TO LEAVE – A preview of the Japanese and Korean films at the Cannes Film Festival 2022

Genkinahito

May 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Performing KAORU’s Funeral カオルの葬式 Director: Noriko Yuasa [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Performing KAORU’s Funeral カオルの葬式 (Dir Noriko Yuasa) is a heady story of remembering an individual through pulling together memories. Amidst the farce and tears of the funeral lies a…

Genkinahito

Apr 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Wash Away うぉっしゅ Director: Ikunosuke Okazaki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Wash Away うぉっしゅ, the sophomore feature by director Ikunosuke Okazaki, may have an unlikely premise but it works well as an existential examination of loneliness. It plays at…

Genkinahito

Mar 1, 2024 • Subscribe

An Independent Masterwork

On the making and influence of a classic film by Koji Yamamura.

Animation Obsessive

Jul 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Introduction to Korean Cinema: Another List of Best Korean Movies

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Ha Neul Seom

Dec 8, 2010 • Subscribe

Masaru Sano on Capturing Good Images for His Phantasmagorical Film Perfect Nervous (2024) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 Interview]

“We meticulously took photographs during the location scouting and created storyboards based on the photos, with the intention of making all the shots as beautiful as possible.”: Masaru…

Genkinahito

Mar 25, 2024 • Subscribe

The End of Russian Animation as We Know It

Animators fight for their rights, Russian animation implodes — and more.

Animation Obsessive

Mar 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival Presents Free Animation Workshops this April 2022

Anime fans looking for something to do virtually will be pleased to hear that the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival will be hosting free A...

Otaku News - World Edition

Apr 8, 2022 • Subscribe

JFF+ INDEPENDENT CINEMA: A Selection of Japanese Independent Films to Stream in 2022/23

Stream Japanese Indie Movies via Japanese Film Festival+ – Titles Available: Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions, Kaze no Hamon, Wonderwall, Somebody’s Flowers,…

Genkinahito

Dec 14, 2022 • Subscribe

JFF+ INDEPENDENT CINEMA: A New Batch of Japanese Independent Films to Stream in 2023

Stream Japanese Indie Movies via Japanese Film Festival+ – Titles Available: An Artisan’s Legacy, Tsunekazu Nishioka, Hey! Our dear Don-chan, Lonely Glory, Bon Uta A Song From Home,…

Genkinahito

Aug 14, 2023 • Subscribe

It Must Be Love 愛の茶番 Director: Junko Emoto [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

It Must Be Love 愛の茶番, by director Junko Emoto, has actors give fun improvisational performances as egotistic characters driven crazy by love in a film-meets-theatre experiment. [Osaka Asian…

Genkinahito

Mar 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Sojourn to Shangri-la 是日访古 Director: Lin Yihan [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

In “Sojourn to Shangri-la” 是日访古, director Lin Yihan uses the tragicomic event of a failed fashion shoot to slip into an exploration of the transcendent and mythological and…

Genkinahito

Mar 29, 2024 • Subscribe