In the animated short film "COLORs," one of five created for Toho Animation's 10th anniversary, a high school girl discovers that her classmate presents as a woman outside of school. She follows them around the city, from a coffee shop to a festival to a forest bursting with fall colors. When they announce one day that they are transferring elsewhere, the girl is overcome with sorrow.
She leaves her apartment to go find them, perhaps to tell them how she really feels. But then, out of nowhere, a warning siren rings. The city bursts into flames as a great sphere hangs in the sky. Soldiers engage the unseen enemy. Amidst the chaos, the girl finds her former classmate and embraces her. Her classmate kisses her on the forehead, and then joins the army.
Most of "COLORs" works beautifully. Illustrator Mai Yoneyama invests the heroine's classmate with larger-than-life glamor but...
She leaves her apartment to go find them, perhaps to tell them how she really feels. But then, out of nowhere, a warning siren rings. The city bursts into flames as a great sphere hangs in the sky. Soldiers engage the unseen enemy. Amidst the chaos, the girl finds her former classmate and embraces her. Her classmate kisses her on the forehead, and then joins the army.
Most of "COLORs" works beautifully. Illustrator Mai Yoneyama invests the heroine's classmate with larger-than-life glamor but...
- 4/7/2023
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
The Universal animation took £10.4m in its debut weekend.
RankFilm (distributor) Three-day gross (July 1 - 3)Total gross to date Week 1. Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Universal) £10.4m £10.4m 1 2. Elvis (Warner Bros)
£3m £10.2m 2 3. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount)
£2.7m £68.0m 6 4. Jurassic World Dominion (Universal)
£1.8m £30.4m 4 5. Lightyear (Disney) £863,720 £8.5m 3
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.21
Audiences suited up and turned out in their droves for the opening weekend of Minions: The Rise Of Gru, taking it to the top of this week’s UK-Ireland box office chart.
The Universal title, directed by Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan Del Val and featuring the...
RankFilm (distributor) Three-day gross (July 1 - 3)Total gross to date Week 1. Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Universal) £10.4m £10.4m 1 2. Elvis (Warner Bros)
£3m £10.2m 2 3. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount)
£2.7m £68.0m 6 4. Jurassic World Dominion (Universal)
£1.8m £30.4m 4 5. Lightyear (Disney) £863,720 £8.5m 3
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.21
Audiences suited up and turned out in their droves for the opening weekend of Minions: The Rise Of Gru, taking it to the top of this week’s UK-Ireland box office chart.
The Universal title, directed by Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan Del Val and featuring the...
- 7/4/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Other new releases include ‘Nitram’ and ‘The Princess’.
With the school summer holidays already underway for some and in sight for most children, Universal is going big with the release of Minions: The Rise Of Gru.
The Minions sequel will play in 637 sites, making it Universal’s widest ever animation release in the UK-Ireland. The first Minions film debuted at the top of the UK-Ireland box office back in 2015, taking £11.6m from 573 sites, which broke the then record for the biggest ever three-day opening for an animation.
The Illumination title is the fifth film in the Despicable Me franchise. Despicable Me 3...
With the school summer holidays already underway for some and in sight for most children, Universal is going big with the release of Minions: The Rise Of Gru.
The Minions sequel will play in 637 sites, making it Universal’s widest ever animation release in the UK-Ireland. The first Minions film debuted at the top of the UK-Ireland box office back in 2015, taking £11.6m from 573 sites, which broke the then record for the biggest ever three-day opening for an animation.
The Illumination title is the fifth film in the Despicable Me franchise. Despicable Me 3...
- 7/1/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Takayuki Hirao’s animated feature is set in the fictional Nyallywood, where a B-movie producer in pigtails and a sailor dress takes on a serious-minded film about ageing, art and loss
Both the glamour and the difficulties of film-making are covered in Takayuki Hirao’s film-loving animation feature. Adapted from a manga series, the film is set in the fictional Nyallywood, a more colourful stand-in for the real Hollywood, complete with sunshine, rows of palm trees and a boulevard of stars. What makes this portrait of movie studios more surreal is Pompo herself. A studio executive in the body of a petite child prodigy – she saunters around in pigtails and a sailor dress – Pompo specialises in B movies, the kind of flicks that would have a sexy starlet terrorised by sharks.
All of this changes, however, when Pompo decides to take a chance on Gene, a first-time director, and an...
Both the glamour and the difficulties of film-making are covered in Takayuki Hirao’s film-loving animation feature. Adapted from a manga series, the film is set in the fictional Nyallywood, a more colourful stand-in for the real Hollywood, complete with sunshine, rows of palm trees and a boulevard of stars. What makes this portrait of movie studios more surreal is Pompo herself. A studio executive in the body of a petite child prodigy – she saunters around in pigtails and a sailor dress – Pompo specialises in B movies, the kind of flicks that would have a sexy starlet terrorised by sharks.
All of this changes, however, when Pompo decides to take a chance on Gene, a first-time director, and an...
- 6/27/2022
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Films about films and the movie industry in general have been increasing in numbers during the last few years, as we have seen in the list we compiled back in 2020. Anime, however, has not picked up on the trend, with the exception of Masaaki Yuasa’s excellent “Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!”. Takayuki Hirao comes to fill this gap with “Pompo the Cinephile” a truly great title that functions both as a realistic view to what happens behind the cameras and a love letter to cinema as a whole.
Pompo the Cinephile will be shown at selected cinemas in Japanese with English subtitles from Wednesday 29th June 2022, and with an English-language dub from Thursday 30th June 2022. The film is rated 12A.
For more information and to book tickets, please visit www.pompofilm.co.uk
The story is based on a web manga by Sugitani Shougo and follows Gene Fini, an...
Pompo the Cinephile will be shown at selected cinemas in Japanese with English subtitles from Wednesday 29th June 2022, and with an English-language dub from Thursday 30th June 2022. The film is rated 12A.
For more information and to book tickets, please visit www.pompofilm.co.uk
The story is based on a web manga by Sugitani Shougo and follows Gene Fini, an...
- 6/15/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on Wssr-fm on April 29th, 2022, reviewing the new animation film, “Pompo the Cinephile,” based on a popular Manga comic, in theaters on April 29th.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Pompo (voice of Brianna Gentilella in the English dub) is a pint size film producer, who grew up with her master filmmaker grandfather (John H. Mayer), and her magic ability is she can take any film script and make it better. Her production assistant is Gene (Christopher Trindade), a movie super fan who dreams of cinema all day long. When a great film opportunity comes along, Pompo trusts Gene to direct for the first time.
“Pompo the Cinephile” is in select theaters on April 29th. Featuring the voices of Brianna Gentilella, Christopher Trindade, Anne Yatco, Tom Bromhead and John H. Mayer, Screenplay adapted and directed by Takayuki Hirao. Not Rated
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Rating: 5.0/5.0
Pompo (voice of Brianna Gentilella in the English dub) is a pint size film producer, who grew up with her master filmmaker grandfather (John H. Mayer), and her magic ability is she can take any film script and make it better. Her production assistant is Gene (Christopher Trindade), a movie super fan who dreams of cinema all day long. When a great film opportunity comes along, Pompo trusts Gene to direct for the first time.
“Pompo the Cinephile” is in select theaters on April 29th. Featuring the voices of Brianna Gentilella, Christopher Trindade, Anne Yatco, Tom Bromhead and John H. Mayer, Screenplay adapted and directed by Takayuki Hirao. Not Rated
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- 5/1/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Studio brass wowed theater owners this week with Maverick: Top Gun, Avatar: The Way of Water and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse among other tentpoles. But they were also clear at the just-wrapped CinemaCon that a reviving box office requires a wide breadth of content.
“If we narrow what we bring to theaters, our audience will get smaller,” said Jim Orr, head of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal Pictures. “We need an industry that creates and impacts culture every single weekend [with] personal stories, original ideas,” he said — a sentiment that echoed across the four-day confab in Las Vegas.
Universal, short on superheroes, got plenty of traction with Jurassic World Dominion, Minions: The Rise of Gru and Halloween Ends and films like She Said and Nope. Its specialty distributor, Focus Features, promised to win back elusive older demos with Downton Abbey: A New Era, and showcased a slate including Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,...
“If we narrow what we bring to theaters, our audience will get smaller,” said Jim Orr, head of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal Pictures. “We need an industry that creates and impacts culture every single weekend [with] personal stories, original ideas,” he said — a sentiment that echoed across the four-day confab in Las Vegas.
Universal, short on superheroes, got plenty of traction with Jurassic World Dominion, Minions: The Rise of Gru and Halloween Ends and films like She Said and Nope. Its specialty distributor, Focus Features, promised to win back elusive older demos with Downton Abbey: A New Era, and showcased a slate including Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Alright, who’s ready for a movie about making a movie? Pretty tired idea, eh? Sure we’ve seen recent flicks about the making of several classics, from Citizen Kane to Psycho, even The Room. Why there’s now a streaming miniseries about all the effort to get The Godfather made. Well, this flick’s got a couple of twists. First, it’s about a movie that’s not legit (kind of like the Rick Dalton movies of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood). Oh, and here’s the second, really big thing: it’s an animated feature. Specifically, an anime based on a manga originally serialized online. How’s that for “something completely different”. Plus the film title actually refers to this film’s producer, not the director or star, who is known as Pompo The Cinephile.
So, where is she known? Pompo (voiced by Konomi Kohara) is practically...
So, where is she known? Pompo (voiced by Konomi Kohara) is practically...
- 4/29/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As long as there are movies, there will probably be movies about people who make movies. The question is only whether these films will take a realistic view of the industry, showing the warts and all (which usually means just more warts), or whether they show Hollywood in a favorable, often fantastical light.
“Pompo the Cinephile,” the new anime feature from Takayuki Hirao (“Magical Sisters Yoyo and Nene”), is not a film about warts. It’s a warm hug of a behind-the-scenes motion picture, where the entertainment industry is full of producers who are desperate to mold superstars out of actors with no experience and to take chances on first-time directors and give them final cut, even if it nearly bankrupts the production, just because they’re so passionate about the project.
And while that affectionate view of Hollywood — it’s such a cuddly industry in this film that it’s called “Nyallywood,...
“Pompo the Cinephile,” the new anime feature from Takayuki Hirao (“Magical Sisters Yoyo and Nene”), is not a film about warts. It’s a warm hug of a behind-the-scenes motion picture, where the entertainment industry is full of producers who are desperate to mold superstars out of actors with no experience and to take chances on first-time directors and give them final cut, even if it nearly bankrupts the production, just because they’re so passionate about the project.
And while that affectionate view of Hollywood — it’s such a cuddly industry in this film that it’s called “Nyallywood,...
- 4/28/2022
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
The title of “Pompo the Cinephile” — a bright and sparkly new anime feature adapted from Shogu Sugitani’s ongoing manga of the same name — is misleading on at least a couple of levels.
For one thing, the movie isn’t really about Joelle Davidovich “Pompo” Pomponett, an eternally prepubescent girl who happens to be the most powerful super-producer in all of Nyallywood. For another, Pompo is more of a mogul than a cinephile. The studio that she inherited from her grandfather has built its success by making explosive junk that adheres to a simple mantra: “As long as the lead actress looks attractive, it’s a good movie.” Also, anything that runs longer than 90 minutes is disrespectful to the audience’s time. As a different character puts it towards the end of this upbeat and pleasantly childish paean to the power of creative obsession: “There’s no profit in dreams.
For one thing, the movie isn’t really about Joelle Davidovich “Pompo” Pomponett, an eternally prepubescent girl who happens to be the most powerful super-producer in all of Nyallywood. For another, Pompo is more of a mogul than a cinephile. The studio that she inherited from her grandfather has built its success by making explosive junk that adheres to a simple mantra: “As long as the lead actress looks attractive, it’s a good movie.” Also, anything that runs longer than 90 minutes is disrespectful to the audience’s time. As a different character puts it towards the end of this upbeat and pleasantly childish paean to the power of creative obsession: “There’s no profit in dreams.
- 4/25/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Pompo: The Cinephile Trailer — Takayuki Hirao‘s Pompo: The Cinephile / Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san (2021) movie trailer has been released by GKids. The Pompo: The Cinephile trailer stars Konomi Kohara, Hiroya Shimizu, Akio Ôtsuka, Christopher Trindade, Brianna Gentilella, Anne Yatco, Kenneth Cavett, and Jackie Lastra. Crew Takayuki Hirao wrote the screenplay for Pompo: The Cinephile. Kenta [...]
Continue reading: Pompo: The Cinephile (2021) U.S. Movie Trailer: A Director’s Production Heads into Chaos in Takayuki Hirao’s Anime Film...
Continue reading: Pompo: The Cinephile (2021) U.S. Movie Trailer: A Director’s Production Heads into Chaos in Takayuki Hirao’s Anime Film...
- 4/6/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Fantaspoa 2022 Announced: "After two years of successful online editions, the 18th edition of the beloved Brazilian genre festival Fantaspoa will return to the cinemas from April 15th through May 1st. This year, attendees will discover a very different Fantaspoa from its last on-site edition (a very distant 2019): instead of its usual two venues, the fest will take place simultaneously in five cinemas, with part of its program also being available online, geo-blocked for viewers within Brazil.
The poster for this year’s festival was conceived by the festival’s art director Thalles Mourão, with the drawing from local artist Fernanda Moreira. The striking image is a mashup of two centenary anniversaries: The Modern Art Week, one of Brazil’s greatest art movements, and F. W. Murnau’s 1922 masterpiece of cinema, Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror.
Nosferatu will also have a very special screening on the opening night of the festival,...
The poster for this year’s festival was conceived by the festival’s art director Thalles Mourão, with the drawing from local artist Fernanda Moreira. The striking image is a mashup of two centenary anniversaries: The Modern Art Week, one of Brazil’s greatest art movements, and F. W. Murnau’s 1922 masterpiece of cinema, Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror.
Nosferatu will also have a very special screening on the opening night of the festival,...
- 3/23/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Centenary screening of Nosferatu, world premiere of stoner comedy The Smoke Master bookend event.
Brazil’s Fantaspoa genre festival, billed as the largest of its kind in Latin America, is returning to an in-person event for the first time since 2019 and has unveiled its first wave of titles.
This year’s International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre will take place in five cinemas around the southern city from April 15-May 1. It is bookended by a special opening night centenary screening of F. W. Murnau’s vampire classic Nosferatu accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by Carlos Ferreira and Brazilian...
Brazil’s Fantaspoa genre festival, billed as the largest of its kind in Latin America, is returning to an in-person event for the first time since 2019 and has unveiled its first wave of titles.
This year’s International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre will take place in five cinemas around the southern city from April 15-May 1. It is bookended by a special opening night centenary screening of F. W. Murnau’s vampire classic Nosferatu accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by Carlos Ferreira and Brazilian...
- 3/14/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After a year-long delay due to the pandemic, the Animation Is Film festival returns this year for its fourth edition, taking place Oct. 22-24. The festival will be held, as it traditionally has been, at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood and will feature a competition lineup of the best animation films of the year, as well as other special events.
“If you look at the lineup, you’ll see that there are titles … that have played at Sundance and Cannes and Annecy, and the festival is an opportunity for everyone to see these films,” says Matt Kaszanek, director, Animation Is Film. “We’re really happy with the lineup we were able to put together this year in the strange times of 2021, so we’re really excited for the program and we hope everyone else is too.”
The festival kicks off with the North American premiere of the Netflix feature “The Summit of the Gods,...
“If you look at the lineup, you’ll see that there are titles … that have played at Sundance and Cannes and Annecy, and the festival is an opportunity for everyone to see these films,” says Matt Kaszanek, director, Animation Is Film. “We’re really happy with the lineup we were able to put together this year in the strange times of 2021, so we’re really excited for the program and we hope everyone else is too.”
The festival kicks off with the North American premiere of the Netflix feature “The Summit of the Gods,...
- 10/23/2021
- by Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
The fourth edition of the Animation Is Film festival (Aif) returns in-person October 22-24 to the Tcl Chinese 6 in Hollywood, and will kick off opening night with the North American premiere of Netflix’s “The Summit of the Gods,” the breathtaking French 2D feature from director Patrick Imbert (“The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales”), who will do an in-person Q&a.
“The Summit of the Gods” (opening November 24 in select theaters and streaming November 30) is adapted from the popular manga and concerns a Japanese adventure photographer and mountain climber obsessed with finding a legendary climber obsessed with scaling Mount Everest.
Other highlights include the West Coast premieres of GKids’ “Belle” on October 23 and Neon’s award-winning “Flee” on October 24. “Belle” is the musical fantasy 2D reworking of “Beauty and the Beast” from Oscar-nominated anime master Mamoru Hosoda (“Mirai”), who will do an in-person Q&a. “Flee” (December 3) is the...
“The Summit of the Gods” (opening November 24 in select theaters and streaming November 30) is adapted from the popular manga and concerns a Japanese adventure photographer and mountain climber obsessed with finding a legendary climber obsessed with scaling Mount Everest.
Other highlights include the West Coast premieres of GKids’ “Belle” on October 23 and Neon’s award-winning “Flee” on October 24. “Belle” is the musical fantasy 2D reworking of “Beauty and the Beast” from Oscar-nominated anime master Mamoru Hosoda (“Mirai”), who will do an in-person Q&a. “Flee” (December 3) is the...
- 9/22/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Gkids has nabbed North American rights to Takayuki Hirao’s indie anime pic Pompo the Cinephile, and will release both the original Japanese-language film (titled Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san) and a new English-language version in U.S. theaters early next year.
Hirao’s ode to filmmaking centers on Pompo, a talented and gutsy producer in the world’s movie-making capital, “Nyallywood.” Although she’s known for B-movies, Pompo one day tells her assistant Gene that he will direct her next script: a delicate drama about an aging and tormented creative genius. But when the production heads towards chaos, can Gene rise to Pompo’s challenge, and succeed as a first-time director?
Pompo the Cinephile hails from the new animation studio, Clap. Its Japanese voice cast includes Hiroya Shimizu, Konomi Kohara, Ai Kakuma, Aiko Otsuka, and Rinka Ōtani. The film was an official selection of the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival and was released in Japan in June.
Hirao’s ode to filmmaking centers on Pompo, a talented and gutsy producer in the world’s movie-making capital, “Nyallywood.” Although she’s known for B-movies, Pompo one day tells her assistant Gene that he will direct her next script: a delicate drama about an aging and tormented creative genius. But when the production heads towards chaos, can Gene rise to Pompo’s challenge, and succeed as a first-time director?
Pompo the Cinephile hails from the new animation studio, Clap. Its Japanese voice cast includes Hiroya Shimizu, Konomi Kohara, Ai Kakuma, Aiko Otsuka, and Rinka Ōtani. The film was an official selection of the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival and was released in Japan in June.
- 9/16/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Film has grossed around $1.8m since June release in Japan.
GKids has acquired all North American right from Avex Pictures to Takayuki Hirao’s 2021 Fantasia Film Festival anime Pompo The Cinephile (Eiga Daisuki Pompo-San) and plans a 2022 theatrical release.
Hirao’s film follows a first-time filmmaker tasked with directing a Brando-esque actor in the role of an ageing and tormented genius. The cast includes Hiroya Shimizu, Konomi Kohara, Ai Kakuma, Aiko Otsuka and Rinka Ōtani.
Pompo is produced through new studio Clap and has grossed around $1.8m since it opened in Japan on June 4. A crowd-funding campaign to create a...
GKids has acquired all North American right from Avex Pictures to Takayuki Hirao’s 2021 Fantasia Film Festival anime Pompo The Cinephile (Eiga Daisuki Pompo-San) and plans a 2022 theatrical release.
Hirao’s film follows a first-time filmmaker tasked with directing a Brando-esque actor in the role of an ageing and tormented genius. The cast includes Hiroya Shimizu, Konomi Kohara, Ai Kakuma, Aiko Otsuka and Rinka Ōtani.
Pompo is produced through new studio Clap and has grossed around $1.8m since it opened in Japan on June 4. A crowd-funding campaign to create a...
- 9/16/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival got an early 25th birthday present in the form of James Gunn’s “Suicide Squad,” which will receive a special screening on Aug. 4, the day before Fantasia officially kicks off with the world premiere of Julien Knafo’s zombie thriller “Brain Freeze.” Gunn is a long-time friend of the fest, having first attended in 1997 before later returning for the Canadian premiere of his Marvel blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.
New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...
Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.
New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...
- 6/23/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack!
Written by Takayuki Hirao, Akihiro Yoshida | Directed by Takayuki Hirao
When it comes to animation I think it’s fair to say that the Japan have a unique and often bizarre way of doing things. From the icon that is Akira to the depths of depravity that often includes the odd tentacle they always manage to offer an experience you are never likely to forget. That is why Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack! Is no surprise really, especially when you learn it is in fact an anime film.
When a strange smell of death spreads over Japan strange things start to happen. One of the weirdest is the sudden invasion of mutant fish that appear to have somehow acquired sharp metallic legs and have decided to walk on land. Kaori fearing for her boyfriend who is stuck in Tokyo decides to go find him, with...
Written by Takayuki Hirao, Akihiro Yoshida | Directed by Takayuki Hirao
When it comes to animation I think it’s fair to say that the Japan have a unique and often bizarre way of doing things. From the icon that is Akira to the depths of depravity that often includes the odd tentacle they always manage to offer an experience you are never likely to forget. That is why Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack! Is no surprise really, especially when you learn it is in fact an anime film.
When a strange smell of death spreads over Japan strange things start to happen. One of the weirdest is the sudden invasion of mutant fish that appear to have somehow acquired sharp metallic legs and have decided to walk on land. Kaori fearing for her boyfriend who is stuck in Tokyo decides to go find him, with...
- 8/31/2012
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Director: Takayuki Hirao. Review: Adam Wing. It’s probably not a question you’ve asked yourself before, but what would happen if all the fish in the world sprouted legs and walked on dry land? That’s the question morbid manga master Junji Ito (Uzumaki, Tomie) posed when he created Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack. Takayuki Hirao directs this lively adaptation of Ito’s manga, an anarchic animation that reeks of the ‘death stench’, a revolting smell first encountered when mutant fish bring a city to its knees. As you’ve probably guessed by the rest of the title, Gyo finds our frenzied fishy friends leaving the ocean behind in favour of big city life, causing chaos, confusion and devastation wherever they go. We first meet Kaori in Okinawa, where giant mutant sharks with metal legs are attacking her and her friends in their holiday home. When she loses touch with her boyfriend,...
- 8/21/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Japanese Anime horror 'Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack' is coming to DVD. The Takayuki Hirao helmed feature adaption will arrive here in the UK from 1 October courtesy of Terror-Cotta and is the story of a bunch of walking mutant fish that take over Tokyo. Yes you read that right. The story is based on the comic penned by Manga artist Junji Ito. Head below to check out he Gyo DVD artwork plus the trailer....
- 8/14/2012
- Horror Asylum
No.....for once we’re not dipping a toe into the murky (if entertaining) waters of The Asylum’s never ending creature feature production machine - instead heading east, into the freaky weird and wonderful world of Japanese Anime. Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack, director Takayuki Hirao’s screen adaptation of Junji Ito's surreal story of mutant zombie fish is set to bow on UK DVD following its success at the Terror Cotta Horror movie marathon part of Terracotta Festival in association with Film Four Frightfest. An Anime getting an 18 certificate is a rare fish these days, so if you like your Manga extreme, dive in. Gyo is release Aug 20. Synopsis: An adaptation of the popular manga by Junji Ito, Gyo centers around the "death stench", a revolting smell first encountered in connection with creatures appearing to be bizarre and aggressive mutant fish with scuttling, sharp metal legs. When...
- 8/13/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
No.....for once we’re not dipping a toe into the murky (if entertaining) waters of The Asylum’s never ending creature feature production machine - instead heading east, into the freaky weird and wonderful world of Japanese Anime. Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack, director Takayuki Hirao’s screen adaptation of Junji Ito's surreal story of mutant zombie fish is set to bow on UK DVD following its success at the Terror Cotta Horror movie marathon part of Terracotta Festival in association with Film Four Frightfest. An Anime getting an 18 certificate is a rare fish these days, so if you like your Manga extreme, dive in. Gyo is release Aug 20. Synopsis: An adaptation of the popular manga by Junji Ito, Gyo centers around the "death stench", a revolting smell first encountered in connection with creatures appearing to be bizarre and aggressive mutant fish with scuttling, sharp metal legs. When...
- 8/13/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
No.....for once we’re not dipping a toe into the murky (if entertaining) waters of The Asylum’s never ending creature feature production machine - instead heading east, into the freaky weird and wonderful world of Japanese Anime. Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack, director Takayuki Hirao’s screen adaptation of Junji Ito's surreal story of mutant zombie fish is set to bow on UK DVD following its success at the Terror Cotta Horror movie marathon part of Terracotta Festival in association with Film Four Frightfest. An Anime getting an 18 certificate is a rare fish these days, so if you like your Manga extreme, dive in. Gyo is release Aug 20. Synopsis: An adaptation of the popular manga by Junji Ito, Gyo centers around the "death stench", a revolting smell first encountered in connection with creatures appearing to be bizarre and aggressive mutant fish with scuttling, sharp metal legs. When...
- 8/13/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Screened at the 2012 Terracotta Far East Film Festival. “Gyo” is an Ova anime adaptation of the horror manga by popular artist Junji Ito, the mad genius best known for the likes of “Tomie” and “Uzumaki”. Directed by Takayuki Hirao, the film is a lunatic tale which revolves around the bizarre concept of horrible smelling fish with sharp, talon like legs emerging from the sea and laying waste to Japan. Kicking off in Okinawa, the story focuses on a young woman called Kaori, who is attacked by the creatures while on holiday with her friends. Although they survive, she loses contact with her boyfriend Tadashi back in Tokyo, and fearing the worst heads to the capital, only to find it overrun by the fish and their monstrous ‘death stench’. Although the idea of legged, murderous sealife may sound weird enough, this really is just the tip of a particularly crazed and fetid iceberg,...
- 4/17/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Anime studio ufotable are bringing morbid manga master Junji Ito's putrid, and surreal, story of mutant zombie fish that sprout legs and attack Okinawa, Japan, to home video systems everywhere later this month.Ok. Wrapped your head around that concept yet, readers? It's eccentric to say the least. That's right,Gyo, that bizarr-o survival horror tale of a couple vs. bio-mechanical fart propelled rotting sea-life, is now a new Ova directed by Takayuki Hirao (Futakoi Alternative), and slated for release on Feb. 15'th. Ito is probably most well-known as the creator of a couple of classic horror mangas, Tomie, and my personal favorite, Uzumaki. Both have been brought to the screen in live action incarnations, the Tomie manga spawning a long running series of films, about...
- 2/8/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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