Tag: Anime

  • Destin Daniel Cretton Directing Live-Action Naruto Film

    Destin Daniel Cretton Directing Live-Action Naruto Film

    A Hollywood Reporter exclusive reveals that Lionsgate and Destin Daniel Cretton are bringing Naruto to theaters in live-action. Naruto is a wildly popular anime and manga, and Cretton is best known as the director of the MCU installment Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Cretton will write, direct, and produce the film. Avi Arad, Ari…

  • REVIEW: The Boy and the Heron (2023)

    REVIEW: The Boy and the Heron (2023)

    I wish I could say I’ve followed Studio Ghibli for decades. But unlike Disney, Pixar, and DreamWorks, I was unfamiliar with the Japanese studio until I was a young adult. Over the last decade or so, I’ve watched all of their movies at least once and some several times. But The Boy and the Heron is my…

  • TRAILER: The Boy and the Heron English Dub

    TRAILER: The Boy and the Heron English Dub

    GKids and Studio Ghibli released the first trailer for The Boy and the Heron’s English dub, flaunting the film’s glorious English cast. Check it out here: It goes without saying that this movie looks amazing. It’s hard to criticize Hayao Miyazaki anyway, and they naturally chose some gorgeous scenery and thought-provoking dialogue to showcase in this…

  • The Boy and the Heron English Cast Announced

    The Boy and the Heron English Cast Announced

    GKids and Studio Ghibli announced the English voice cast for The Boy and the Heron this morning.  Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film is based on the 1937 novel How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino. The cast includes the following actors: Christian Bale as Shoichi Maki Dave Bautista as The Parakeet King Gemma Chan as Natsuko Willem Dafoe as Noble…

  • Miyazaki Not Retiring After All?

    Miyazaki Not Retiring After All?

    At the Toronto International Film Festival, Studio Ghibli Vice President Junichi Nishioka indicated that famed director Hayao Miyazaki might not retire after The Boy and the Heron, as previously reported. Check out Nishioka’s translated statement here: “Other people say that this might be his last film, but he doesn’t feel that way at all.” “He is…

  • The Boy and the Heron Gets an Actual Trailer

    The Boy and the Heron Gets an Actual Trailer

    Today, GKids released a teaser trailer for Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron/How Do You Live., the latest – and possibly final – film from acclaimed anime director Hayao Mizayaki. This comes following reports that the film would not be advertised and a recent clip that was only text. Check out the new teaser…