Anime characters often face challenges that connect to long-standing Buddhist and Shintō teachings. In this course, students look closely at what anime is saying about life.

10. The Human Condition (1959-1961) Shochiku. Director Masaki Kobayashi’s The Human Condition is an epic war trilogy that follows the story of the initially empathetic protagonist Kaji (Tatsuya ...

Human Vapor, the 1960 Japanese sci-fi thriller directed by Ishirō Honda, the original director of Godzilla, is getting remade as a Japanese-Korean TV series by Netflix. Oguri Shun and Aoi Yu will ...

Speaking to Japanese outlet Cinema Today, Gunn talked about finding an intimate side to Superman's story amid all the fantastical elements, citing 2023's Godzilla Minus One as a great example. "My ...

Giant monster movies have been part of cinema for over a century, with 1925's The Lost World and 1933's King Kong being among the most important.

Japanese media giant Toho is acquiring Gkids, the North American distributor of animated films like the Oscar-winning "The Boy and the Heron." Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...

Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated. IE 11 is not supported.

French sales banner Charades has boarded “The Keeper of the Camphor Tree,” an upcoming animated feature from Japanese entertainment company Aniplex and director Tomohiko Ito. The film is an ...