japanese language films
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Anime Cels Are Becoming More Valuable Than Ever
Last month, Heritage Auctions sold $US2.1 ($3) million worth of anime art. The above My Neighbour Totoro cel, for example, drew 69 bids and ultimately went for $US84,000 ($107,738). According to Heritage, that’s 17 times the pre-auction estimate.
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The ‘Final’ Evangelion Movie Will Be Finally Available In Australia Next Month
7A venture over a decade in the making, Hideaki Anno’s “rebuild” of his seminal apocalyptic mecha series, Neon Genesis Evangelion, as a four-part movie series came to an end earlier this year in Japan, when, after many (many) delays, Thrice Upon a Time finally released back in March. But international fans were left hanging… until…
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Hideaki Anno Is Not Remaking A Famous Anime, Says Studio
Recently, an article on a Japanese news site claimed that Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno was doing “a new version” of an anime that “everyone knows” in Japan. The article added that the original iconic anime was directed by someone else, and the information claimed to be from a studio staffer. Speculation ran wild.
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Demon Slayer Tops US Box Office For First Time Since Original Pokémon Movie
The Demon Slayer feature film was a box office juggernaut in Japan, surpassing Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away as the biggest earning feature film in Japan. It’s also doing very, very well in the US.