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Céline Sciamma: ‘I would love for someone to make this film into an anime’

by Lillian Crawford

The French maestro on how she’s matured as a filmmaker, and the secrets hidden in her beguiling latest, Petite Maman.
Review

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

by Kambole Campbell

The producers of Avatar prequel The Legend of Korra expand on Netflix’s dark fantasy series with a bloody ​“animé”.

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Festivals

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist is an emotional look at a virtuosic director

by Kambole Campbell

Though light on the technique, this documentary offers a fascinating insight into the animé icon’s world.

How personal trauma and national tragedy inspired Grave of the Fireflies

by Alex Dudok de Wit

Read an exclusive extract from the new BFI Classics book on Isao Takahata’s seminal 1988 animé.
Not Movies

Anime Yasuke mixes African history with fantasy thrills

by Kambole Campbell

LeSean Thomas’ six-part animated series is an electrifying vision of a long-ignored legend.
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Lee Isaac Chung will direct a live-action remake of Your Name

by Charles Bramesco

Paramount and Toho will join forces for the body-swapping animé adaptation.

Inside Satoshi Kon’s unfinished meta-nightmares

by Kambole Campbell

The animé master behind Paprika and Perfect Blue left behind several incomplete projects which could still be realised.

A new online anime festival promises to broaden horizons

by Kambole Campbell

Screen Animé will allow fans to discover more of Japan’s animation output, offering a wide range of films new and old.
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Studio Ghibli’s films are being made available for digital purchase

by Charles Bramesco

GKIDS will bring the animé classics to the North American market.
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Anime master Makoto Shinkai returns in the Weathering With You trailer

by Charles Bramesco

It’s a classic boy-meets-girl-who-can-control-the-rain story.