Satoshi Kon

Visionary anime Tokyo Godfathers select U.S. revival screenings to include new restoration

On Friday, March 13, GKIDS will unveil a brand new restoration of director Satoshi Kon’s critically-acclaimed animated feature, Tokyo Godfathers, at the Metrograph Theater in New York City and the Lumiere Music Hall in Los Angeles. The screenings will feature a new English-language dub produced by GKIDS and NYAV Post with the voices of Jon ….

Wolfgang Petersen developing live-action version of the anime Paprika

Wolfgang Petersen (Troy, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm) developing a live-action feature film version of the book and anime film Paprika, according to Moviehole. According to the report, the director is hard at work to bring the acclaimed novel to the big screen. The original 1993 novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui, tells the story of ….

Grave of the Fireflies getting 20th anniversary screening at Anime After Dark fest

Resonance Features and The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival present Anime After Dark, a twelve hour film festival event at Boston’s historic Somerville Theatre, on October 18, 2008. It will start at 7:00 PM, and run until 7:00 AM the next morning. The festival will screen some of the best in new and vintage anime, ….