The brilliant Mamoru Hosoda's next film, Belle, has revealed a brand-new trailer and info drop, highlighting the collaboration between Studio Chizu, Disney designer Jin Kim (Frozon, Big Hero 6) and Cartoon Saloon (Wolfwalkers).
The latest trailer was posted Thursday to...
By jennifu
Anime fans know firsthand just how great the medium can be in helping us metaphorically escape to other worlds (considering the entire subgenre known as isekai). And with many of us spending the winter glued to our couches,...
By Tom Speelman
Mamoru Hosoda, much like other legendary creators in the anime space, has found great creative and box office success. That's the power of his original, lavishly and lovingly made anime films.
After his early career at Toei...
Strap on that VR headset, because we're breaking down the titles coming to the Bigscreen virtual cinema this month!
This slate packs some serious heat, including an iconic film from the legendary Mamoru Hosoda, a powerful live-action zombie manga adaptation...
We were privileged enough to listen to a Q&A session of Hosoda-kantoku by Charles Solomon (LA Times, Animation Magazine, others) at the Animation is Film Festival! See the transcript of the session below:
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Q: Why...
It’s that time again—let’s check out some of the new limited edition anime Blu-ray and DVD releases coming to you soon from Funimation! This time, we have two new movie bundles in collector’s boxes up for pre-order for the...
This October, our anime shop is going to have tons of home video releases to watch! From movie specials like the Mamoru Hosoda collection and Free! collection, to long-awaited classics like Witch Hunter Robin and Concrete Revolutio, to tons...
The most recent film from award-winning director Mamoru Hosoda, The Boy and The Beast, is next in line for our premium Hosoda Collection line — and now you can get a sneak peek of what’s in this release!
July 2017 has a SUPER release schedule! The month is filled with beautiful new titles like Kuma Miko and Three Leaves, Three Colors to old school anime like The Record of Lodoss War to highly awaited titles like HYOUKA and Dragon Ball Super.
Over the past years, Funimation has worked hard on bringing anime to North America through DVDs, Blu-rays, streaming services, and most recently theatrically. With the arrival of the Dragon Ball Z movies, Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F', we have been working...