Makoto Shinkai’s critically acclaimed film Suzume is officially his most successful film in the UK and Ireland. The film, released by Crunchyroll in the UK and Ireland, has now passed the lifetime grosses of Your…

Makoto Shinkai’s critically acclaimed film Suzume is officially his most successful film in the UK and Ireland. The film, released by Crunchyroll in the UK and Ireland, has now passed the lifetime grosses of Your…
Makoto Shinkai returns with another visual delight that entices the senses. His movies often deal with subjects such as nature, life and growth. Suzume has these in abundance, delivering its aims with euphoric colours, astonishing…
In 2 weeks time Crunchyroll will release Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume. Today we get a glimpse at the gorgeous dubbed English language trailer. For years Studio Ghibli brought fantastic Anime to the west. Nowadays they are…
Middle of November I was able to live the dream and head to Tokyo, Japan. Whilst there one film that was every advertising space in the city was Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume. Today Crunchyroll announce that…
Summer 2020 as we know nothing was opened as the pandemic kept us all inside. The BFI were set to release an hotly anticipated Anime Season, this month it will happen. The two month season…
Makoto Shinkai‘s Your Name transported the director into international limelight. It fastly became a box office hit in the UK which is unusual for anime at cinemas, it did help was was Japan’s first anime…
After launching their Screen Anime online film festival, Anime Limited have announced the UK digital premiere of Makoto Shinkai’s smash hit Weathering with You. The film is set to headline the festival from 25th June 2020.…
When Variety magazine listed Makoto Shinkai as one of ten animators to watch back in 2016, it was a canny choice. Already, his features The Place Promised In Our Early Days (2004), Children Who Chase…
Yesterday I had the privilege of watching Makoto Shinkai‘s Weathering With You . For a little while I became a doubter of anime and his latest film reminded me how much I love anime. It’s…
Take home the body-swapping romance that captivated the world with the highly anticipated release of “Your Name”. Critically acclaimed and as beautifully written as it is animated, this spellbinding story of love and youth is…
Earning a whopping $355.3M worldwide when it was released in 2016, Japanese sensation ‘Your Name’ became the highest grossing release ever to come from Japan. Now it has been announced that J.J Abrams (‘Star Wars: The…
Having grossed more than 17 billion Yen (£135m) at the Japanese box office to date, YOUR NAME tells the story of a teenage boy and girl who have never met, but who start to magically…
Anime getting a UK cinema release is very rare these days, usually Studio Ghibli films are the only anime that get a proper release. Thanks to Showcase Cinemas & Vue Cinemas things are about to…
BFI daily video highlights package has arrived, The Vodcast at the end of day 8 we have yesterday’s 7th day memories, the end of the first week week .On Day 7 of the Festival, Michel…