Naoko Yamada’s ‘The Colors Within’ is now playing in cinemas
Music has always been a recurring theme in Naoko Yamada’s works, from her directorial debut K-On! and now her latest work The Colors Within. “Music allows people to communicate without words,” Yamada tells The Japan Times. “It gives you a way to share your feelings. It crosses borders. Through sound, through music, you can share […]
Go on a musical journey with Naoko Yamada’s ‘The Colors Within’
Naoko Yamada, director of the hit anime series K-On!, delivers another heartfelt musical journey with the original anime film, The Colors Within. The film follows Totsuko, a high school student who has the ability to see the “colors” of other people. Emotions are different colors to her, but Totsuko’s favorite color is the one her […]
Tatsuki Fujimoto’s ‘Look Back’ to debut on August 28
The wait is over! The anime adaptation of Look Back, from Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto will have a Philippine release on August 28. Yūmi Kawai (Plan 75) and Mizuki Yoshida (Alice in Borderland) lend their voices to lead characters Fujino and Kyomoto, respectively. Watch the trailer here: An endearing and tearjerker film on the […]
Will humans turn into zombies in ‘Love You As The World Ends’?
Love and determination are put to the test in the movie, based on the hit horror-television series co-produced by Nippon TV and Hulu Japan, Love You As The World Ends. The film centers around a group of survivors as they try to stay alive during an apocalyptic zombie outbreak, and maybe even find a cure. […]
Get tickets to the ‘Spy x Family Code: White’ advance fan screening on March 9
Join the Forgers in their dangerous weekend family getaway at the Spy x Family Code: White advance fan screening events on Saturday, March 9, 7pm at SM Megamall cinema 4 and SM North EDSA cinema 3. Fans can get to bag exclusive merch items along with watching the highly anticipated anime comedy ahead of its […]
Catch the advance fan screening for ‘The Boy and The Heron’ on January 6
Fans who are eagerly awaiting Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and The Heron are in for a thrilling experience at the cinemas as Encore Films (Ph) and Warner Bros. bring the original Japanese and English-dubbed versions to local screens nationwide. The film has been nominated and also won in prestigious film awards circles. […]
Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’ to screen in PH cinemas this January
“The Boy and the Heron,” Academy Award winner Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, will open in Philippine cinemas January 8. The film, a deeply personal project for the acclaimed filmmaker, is the first Miyazaki film to be shown on the big screen in the Philippines. Fans of Miyazaki have been eagerly awaiting “The Boy and the […]
“The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes” opens Nov. 1 exclusively at SM Cinemas
Winner of the highly coveted Paul Grimault Prize at the Annecy Festival (2023), “The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes” is a sweet romantic young adult (YA) coming-of-age film that entwines two young high school students from different backgrounds but share similar pains growing up. In the film, it was an awkward first meeting […]
“Target” is so effectively scary
For a quick few seconds, the opening scene of director Park Hee-kon’s suspense-thriller Target can give you a different impression of the movie. When the sequence opens to a series of interconnected shots of people going about their business in the city, with graphic notifications of mobile messages and transactions that pop out of the […]