Director Keiichi Hara discusses his anime feature about a young girl, mercilessly harassed at school, who escapes through a portal to an enchanted castle where she and a group of teens must play a game together to uncover the mysterious connection that unites them; the GKIDS film’s limited North American theatrical run begins June 21.
The feature follows Kokoro as she is transported, along with six other students, inside an enchanting castle and invited to play a mysterious game; coming to select U.S. theaters June 21 and 22.
11 animated features have been chosen to compete at this year's festival, including ‘Art College 1994’ by Liu Jian, ‘La Sirène’ by Sepideh Farsi and ‘Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams’ by Benoît Chieux; the 47th edition of the festival runs June 11-17.
Japan Academy Prize-nominated feature from acclaimed director Keiichi Hara and A-1 Pictures releases in North American theaters this summer.
The New York International Children’s Film Festival announces its program line-up, inviting kids and families, young and old, to take a journey through film; the event runs March 3-19.
From Eleven Arts and Shout! Factory, the anime adventure has been released today on digital download, On Demand, Blu-ray + DVD combo pack and as a standalone DVD; bonus content includes featurette ‘Mayu Matsuoka’s Amazing Adventure,’ and ‘Our Wonderland,’ an interview with the cast and crew.
Keiichi Hara’s animated adaptation of Sachko Kashiwaba’s original story, ‘The Mysterious Journey from the Basement’ to be distributed in U.S. and Canada by ELEVEN ARTS.
From ‘I Lost My Body’ to ‘The Swallows of Kabul,’ cultural, narrative and aesthetic diversity reign in this year’s expanded feature film competition.
Eight additional features selected to screen out of competition at the 43rd Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Critically acclaimed 2D animated feature from multi-award winning director Keiichi Hara and Production I.G, the production company behind ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Critically acclaimed 2D animated feature from multi-award winning director Keiichi Hara to open October 14 in New York and Los Angeles with North American expansion to follow.
Critically acclaimed 2D animated feature from multi-award winning director Keiichi Hara to open October 14 in New York and Los Angeles with North American expansion to follow.
2016 edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival to include the world premiere of Igor Kovalyov’s short film, ‘Before Love.’
Japanese animated feature ‘Miss Hokusai,’ winner of the Jury Award at Annecy 2015 from director Keiichi Hara and Production I.G., and Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ set to open Fantasia 2015.
