Mamoru Hosoda told Insider that he didn't want to shy away from depicting child abuse in "Belle." The director said it's "important to depict and express these themes and ideas inside of movies." His ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Academy Award-nominated Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda‘s latest film, “Scarlet,” has landed a Dec. 12 domestic release date from ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

As announced by Studio Chizu (and further reported by Variety), Scarlet will be directed by Mamoru Hosoda and is a new collaboration with Sony Pictures (the first time the two companies will be ...

Lacy is a psychology graduate measuring her life with coffee spoons and time spent playing video games. The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda will be released by Abrams Books on ...

Sony has dated Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda’s latest animated feature “Scarlet” for Dec. 12. His last feature was 2021’s “Belle.” Sony co-produced and co-financed the new animated feature ...

Few anime dominated headlines in 2025 like the record-breaking Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle. The movie was nothing short of a smash hit, becoming the highest-grossing anime film of all time. Though ...

GKIDS has become a major player in the anime game, routinely bringing some big anime projects to North American theaters and home video. Recently, the publisher helped to bring Studio Ghibli’s The Boy ...

Ian York is a lifelong lover of movies, books, and all forms of storytelling. This passion led him to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a concentration in writing. A few of his favorite ...

io9 has a look at The Man Who Leapt Through Film , a gorgeous new book about the films of Mamoru Hosoda. Reading time 1 minute From The Girl Who Leapt Through Time to Belle, from Summer Wars to Wolf ...

Hot off its first Academy Award win with Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron, North American distributor GKIDS has secured rights to the full catalog of films from Oscar-nominated director Mamoru ...