Japanese animation studio @Dwarf_inc has just informed me that they are producing "Sunny" directed by Michael Arias, which will therefore be a stop-motion animated feature :-] catsuka.com/breves/2025-04…

The latest annual Detective Conan film, One-Eyed Flashback, opens in Japan today on roughly a bazillion screens. No question it'll open at #1, but I'm interested to see how it does versus last year's record-breaking entry.

Ain't no kid stuff.

ANGEL’S EGG 4K Restoration Selected for Cannes Classics at the 2025 Festival de Cannes The 4K version will have its World Premiere at Cinéma de la Plage🎬 ➤ Original Story, Screenplay & Direction: Mamoru Oshii 押井守 公式アカウント ➤ Original Concept & Art Direction: Yoshitaka Amano

Talked A PALE VIEW OF HILLS with Kei Ishikawa: screendaily.com/features/direc…

In today's Japan Times, I talk to director Ryuya Suzuki (鈴木竜也) about his DIY debut feature Jinsei (映画『無名の人生』公開中): japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/0…

🔵掲載情報 🔵 本日発行 #ジャパンタイムズ にマット・シュライさんによる #鈴木竜也 監督インタビュー が掲載！ 「制作のモチベーションを保つことができたのは、脚本を書かない選択をしたから。僕自身、次に何が起こるのか全く分からず、まるでゲームのようでした」 japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/0…

Soda-san's book (translated by me) has done well enough to get a second edition. Huzzah! viaindustriae.it/en/books/why-i…

My latest JT piece. Good exhibition, could use more Biollante.

My chat with Lee Sang-il about his film Kokuho, which premiered at Cannes and hits Japanese screens today. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/0…

Instead of fighting, watch anime.

☔ame pippinとは？🍏 湯浅政明が新たに設立したスタジオです。ameは日本語の雨、pippinは英語で小さいリンゴや種を意味します。多くの人に楽しんでもらえるたくさんの種をまいて育んでいく場所になれたらと思います。ame

JUNK WORLD, the sequel to JUNK HEAD, hits theaters in Japan tomorrow in two versions. You can either watch it in Japanese—or, like JUNK HEAD, in gibberish with Japanese subtitles. Genius.

My interview with director Takahide Hori about JUNK WORLD, which hits screens in Japan today. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/0…

A low-budget sci-fi epic with fart jokes, time travel and handmade monsters? Welcome to “Junk World.” ebx.sh/dDHZoP

Yoshitoshi Abe exhibition coming to Shibuya this July + August.