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The Wonderland
''The Wonderland'', known in Japan and the UK as , is a 2019 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy adventure film directed by Keiichi Hara. Based on the 1988 children's story ''Chikashitsu Kara no Fushigi na Tabi'' (''Strange Journey from the Basement'') by Sachiko Kashiwaba, it stars Mayu Matsuoka, Anne Watanabe and Kumiko Aso. The characters were designed by Ilya Kuvshinov. It premiered in Japan on April 26, 2019, and was screened in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2019. It was the final Japanese film to be released in the Heisei era, five days before the 2019 Japanese imperial transition. Voice cast * Mayu Matsuoka as Akane * Anne Watanabe as Chii * Kumiko Aso as Midori * Nao Tōyama as Pipo * Keiji Fujiwara as Zan Gu * Akiko Yajima as Doropo * Masachika Ichimura as Hippocrates English voice cast * Lisa Reimold as Akane * Allegra Clark as Chii * TBA as Midori * Jackie Lastra as Pipo * Ben Lepley as Zan Gu * Jennifer Losi as Dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichi Hara
is a Japanese director of animated films. Biography What started Hara on his career as an animation creator was visiting an animation film company as part of his job hunting activities after graduating from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (TDG). He recklessly left the tour, an act normally forbidden for visitors, and then begged an artistic director to give him a job. A few days later he returned with some continuity drawings he created, as requested. As a result, he was introduced to a commercial film studio. After working at the studio for eighteen months, he joined Shin-Ei Animation on the recommendation of the president Keijiro Kurokawa. At Shin-Ei he began working on a TV series '' Kaibutsu-kun'' as a production manager, then was moved to ''Doraemon''. There for the first time he took on the role of animation director. In working on ''Doraemon'', he was influenced by the chief director Tsutomu Shibayama. Since Hara admired Fujiko Fujio, ''Doraemons original author, he wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Kuvshinov
Ilya Kuvshinov (born 20 February 1990) is a Russian illustrator based in Tokyo, Japan. He created the character designs for '' Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045'' and ''The Wonderland'' (2019). Early life Kuvshinov was born in Penza, Soviet Union (now Russia), where he worked in the video game industry and pursued character design on the side. Kuvshinov moved to Japan around 2015 to work full-time on anime. Career He is popular on Instagram, where he had 2 million followers as of 2022. Dai Nippon Printing hosted a VRChat virtual exhibition of Kuvshinov's illustrations in May 2019 and PIE published an artbook of his illustrations later that year. The Japanese fashion magazine '' An An'' featured his depiction of ''Ghost in the Shell'' Motoko Kusanagi in July 2020. He designed the characters for the 2024 indie game An indie video game or indie game (short for independent video game) is a video game created by individuals or smaller development teams without the financial and techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Films
2019 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming. '' Avengers: Endgame'' was the year's highest grossing film and became the highest-grossing film of all-time until '' Avatar'' regained the top spot in 2021. United Artists celebrated its 100th anniversary. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2019, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "It's the year of apocalyptic cinema of the highest order, the year in which three of our best filmmakers have responded with vast ambition, invention, and inspiration to the crises at hand, including the threats to American democracy, the catastrophic menaces arising from global warming, the corrosive cruelty of ethnic hatreds and nationalist prejudices, and the poisonous overconcentration of money and power. At the same time, it's a yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC, doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as Shout! Factory, its current legal name), is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases, issued in DVD or Blu-ray format, include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Considered a boutique Blu-ray label, Shout! Studios, in addition to its mainline home video releases, also releases films under the sublabels Scream (for horror film releases), Shout! Select, and Shout! Kids. Shout! Studios owns and operates Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, and Video Time Machine. Their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services, a joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, via a distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Set Piece
In film production, a set piece is a scene or sequence of scenes whose execution requires complex logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money. Origin and usage of the term In its original meaning, the term is used to label scenes that require a whole new set of stage scenery to be built. Most early movies were shot in large studios, with potentially expensive sets. When a screenplay would require a new set to be built, filmmakers would often make the scene a high point of the movie, to justify the expense. According to Adam O'Brien, a set piece is "a sequence in a film when we are invited to appreciate (if not consciously consider) the logistical efforts of the filmmaking process, including design, performance and recording." The term is often used broadly to describe a sequence in which the film-maker's elaborate planning is considered to allow for the maximum pay-off for the audience, such as a thrilling action sequence or awe-inspiring science-fiction sequence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Anime, Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation. Born in Tokyo City, Miyazaki expressed interest in manga and animation from an early age. He joined Toei Animation in 1963, working as an inbetween artist and key animator on films like ''Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon'' (1965), ''Puss in Boots (1969 film), Puss in Boots'' (1969), and ''Animal Treasure Island'' (1971), before moving to Shin-Ei Animation, A-Pro in 1971, where he co-directed ''Lupin the Third Part I'' (1971–1972) alongside Isao Takahata. After moving to Zuiyo, Zuiyō Eizō (later Nippon Animation) in 1973, Miyazaki worked as an animator on ''World Masterpiece Theater'' and directed the television series ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. History ''The Japan Times'' was launched by on 22 March 1897, with the goal of giving Japanese people an opportunity to read and discuss news and current events in English to help Japan participate in the international community. In 1906, Zumoto was asked by Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi to lead the English-language newspaper '' The Seoul Press''. Zumoto closely tied the operations of the two newspapers, with subscriptions of ''The Seoul Press'' being sold in Japan by ''The Japan Times'', and vice versa for Korea. Both papers wrote critically of Korean culture and civilization, and advocated for Japan's colonial control over the peninsula in order to civilize the Koreans. The newspaper was independent of government control, but from 1931 onward, the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Aguilar
Zachary Aguilar (born February 21, 1998) is an American voice actor who has appeared in various English dubbed versions of Japanese anime and video games. Aguilar's first major role was Genos in ''One Punch Man'', and has since appeared as Tanjiro Kamado in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Koichi Hirose in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable,'' King Arthur, Arthur Pendragon in ''The Seven Deadly Sins (manga), The Seven Deadly Sins'' and David Martinez in ''Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'', which won him the Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best VA Performance#English, Best Voice Artist Performance (English) at the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the first member of Generation Z to do so. He is also known for his roles in video games, such as Byleth (Fire Emblem), Byleth Eisner in ''Fire Emblem: Three Houses'', Aether in ''Genshin Impact'', Espresso Cookie in ''Cookie Run: Kingdom'', Campanella in ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV'', and Pokémon X and Y, Calem i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masachika Ichimura
is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawagoe, Saitama and studied at the Theater Art College in Tokyo after graduating high school. He has also done voice acting work, with some of his roles being Mewtwo from the ''Pokémon'' franchise and Jack Skellington from ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. Career In 1973, he made his debut as an actor with ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' and became one of top actors of Shiki Theatre Company since then. He appeared in various musical plays as ''West Side Story'', '' Equus'', ''Cats'', '' Evita'' and ''The Phantom of the Opera''. Besides he played the role of Shylock of ''The Merchant of Venice''. In 1990, he left the company and now signs up for Horipro. In February 2001, he reprised the role of Mewtwo in '' Super Smash Bros. Melee''. In 2013, he played the role of Tokugawa Ieyasu in "Anjin: The Shogun and The English Samurai" in London. In 2014, he cancelled the performance in ''Miss Saigon'' because of initial stomach cancer but in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Yajima
is a Japanese voice actress from Kashiwazaki, Niigata. Her best-known role is as the title character Shinnosuke Nohara in the long-running anime series '' Crayon Shin-chan''. She also voices Mipple in the original '' Futari wa Pretty Cure'', Sally Yoshinaga in '' The Brave Express Might Gaine'', Paffy Pafuricia in '' Haō Taikei Ryū Knight'', Relena Peacecraft in '' Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Ayumi Himekawa in '' Glass Mask'', Riku and Diva in '' Blood+'', Longlong in '' Shizuku-chan'' and Kohaku in '' Inuyasha''. In video games, she voices Annie Barrs in '' Tales of'' series, and has dubbed for Anakin Skywalker and Harry Potter in some of the live-action films and video games. She is also known for being the voice of Spyro the Dragon in the '' Spyro'' video games, which she retired from in 2000. On June 29, 2018, Akiko Yajima retired from her career as Shinnosuke Nohara's voice actress and newly announced that Yumiko Kobayashi took over the role as Shinnosuke Nohara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Fujiwara
was a Japanese actor and voice actor. His best known works are voicing Shinnosuke's father Hiroshi Nohara in the long-running anime series ''Crayon Shin-chan'', Maes Hughes in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Holland Novak in '' Eureka Seven'', Axel in '' Kingdom Hearts'', Leorio in ''Hunter × Hunter'', Shiro Fujimoto in '' Blue Exorcist'', Shingo Shoji in '' Initial D'', Zenzo Hattori in Gintama, and Esidisi in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency''. In the live-action field, he was most known for dubbing actor Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark. Fujiwara founded his own talent management and production company, Air Agency, in 2006. Biography Fujiwara was born in Tokyo. He spent the majority of his childhood in Iwate Prefecture.''声優DO'' radio show, 2011.11.06 In high school, he handled vocals in a band he formed with his friend Kotaro Furuichi, future guitarist of rock band The Collectors. Around 18, he moved back to Tokyo on his own and joined the Bungak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nao Tōyama
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with the agency Intention. She was a member of Arts Vision. She debuted as a voice actress in 2010, and played her first leading role as Kanon Nakagawa in '' The World God Only Knows''. She is also known for her roles as Chitoge Kirisaki in '' Nisekoi'', Yui Yuigahama in '' My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected'', Tomoe Koga in '' Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai'', Karen Kujō in '' Kin-iro Mosaic'', Ruka Sarashina in '' Rent-A-Girlfriend'' and Rin Shima in '' Laid-Back Camp''. In 2019, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award with Yū Serizawa and the Game Award in the 13th Seiyu Awards. Her music career began when she released songs for ''The World God Only Knows'' under her character name Kanon Nakagawa. She later made her solo debut as a singer on February 1, 2017, with the release of the double A-side single "True Destiny" / "Chain the World" under the Flying Dog label. She also voiced a memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
