Posted on October 16, 2011. Filed under: anime, Consuming, costume, Japan, manga, pictures | Tags: Barbie, Dior, Fashion dolls, Gisaburo Sugii, Givenchy, Hello Kitty, Kawaii! JeNny, Leiji Matsumoto, Madhouse, Mia Ikumi, Miyako Maki, Powerpuff Girls, Sailor Moon, Super Doll Licca-chan, Takara Jenny, Toho, Ultraman, Vampire Princess Miyu, Yuming |
Anime TV series are not just about selling toys to little boys. To prove it, here’s a post on two anime series about real fashion dolls.
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Posted on March 12, 2010. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: Alice Walker, Anne Geddes, Astro Boy, Denis Friedman Productions, Gisaburo Sugii, Hakujaden, Harmagedon, Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo, Katsuya Terada Rakugaking, M. C. Escher, Mabel Lucie Atwell, Madhouse, Mai Mai Miracle, Metropolis, My Neighbour Totoro, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Neo-Tokyo Manie Manie Labyrinth Tales, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Osamu Tezuka, Ponyo, Rintaro, Salvador Dali, Sunao Katabuchi, The Peanuts, Toei Animation, Tomoko Konparu |
Rintaro has made a masterpiece for children that adults can enjoy. Not since My Neighbour Totoro has a film aroused Helen McCarthy’s sense of wonder in the same way.
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Posted on July 21, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: Dolphin Prince, Dororo, early anime, Gisaburo Sugii, Haircut 100, Haruo Osanai, Marine Boy, Minoru Adachi, Mushi Pro, Osamu Tezuka, Park Tae-hwan, Speed Racer, Warner Brothers, Yoon Jong-seok |
Marine Boy in live-action? Yoon Jong-seok’s movie presents a very different scenario, but then the original was once considered too violent by a US TV watchdog.
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Posted on July 5, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, events, Japan, manga | Tags: anime, festival, Gisaburo Sugii, Locarno International FIlm Festival, manga, Manga Impact, National Cinema Museum Turin, Tale of Genji |
Switzerland’s Locarno International Film Festival and Italy’s National Cinema Museum in Turin have joined forces to present Manga Impact! The World of Japanese Animation, a special event at this year’s Festival, held from 5-15 August. The programme promises a major premiere plus restropectives covering the whole history of anime from earliest times to the present. [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2009. Filed under: comics, films, Japan, manga | Tags: Akihiko Shiota, anime, Anna Tsuchiya, Barbican, chambara, Colour TV, comics, Daimajin, Dororo, film, Frankenstein, Gisaburo Sugii, Gundam, Hayao Miyazaki, James Whale, Kamikaze Girls, manga, Osamu Tezuka, review, steampunk, Street Fighter II, Vertical Inc, yokai, Yoshiyuki Tomino, youkai |
Akihiko Shiota’s movie of Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo changes elements of the classic comic story but stays true to its dark yet ultimately hopeful heart. And it features Anna Tsuchiya!
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