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Hayao Miyazaki’s Retirement Press Conference to be Streamed Live on Nico Nico

September 5 at 10:00 p.m. (PST)

Mikikazu Komatsu (from crunchyroll.com)

September 04, 2013 7:30pm PDT (22 minutes ago)

As reported, it was announced by Koji Hoshino, President of Studio Ghibli, at Venice Film Festival on September 1 that The Wind Rises is 72-year-old anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s last feature film. Hoshino didn’t accept any questions at the conference, but many fans expect Miyazaki will keep making anime short films as supporting features for other directors’ Studio Ghibli films, or for Ghibli Museum. Miyazaki made an anime short Mai and the Kittenbus, a sequel to My Neighbor Totoro, for the museum in 2003. Some think he will be the director of Ghibli Museum. His son Goro Miyazaki served as its director from 2001 to 2005 before he directed Tales from Earthsea in 2006.

 

And there has been a speculation that Hideaki Anno, who voiced the protagonist of The Wind RisesJiro Horikoshi, will finally direct the sequel or reboot of Miyazaki’s 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. That’s the reason why Anno, who has little experience as a voice actor, accepted the offer.

Does Miyazaki choose Anno as his successor instead of his son?

 

Nico Nico Live will stream Miyazaki’s retirement press conference live on Friday, September 6 at 2:00 p.m.

(JST), September 5 at 10:00 p.m. (PST). Let’s hope Miyazaki will answer to all of the questions.

Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki to Retire, “The Wind Rises” is His Final Feature

Studio President Koji Hoshino announces retirement of 72-year-old director

Joseph Luster

September 01, 2013 6:12am PDT (one day ago)

For years people have been speculating which film would be acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki’s last, and now we have the answer. Koji Hoshino—President of Studio Ghibli, which was co-founded by Miyazaki—announced that the master is retiring.

Hoshino didn’t go too in depth on the announcement made at Italy’s Venice Film Festival, saying that Miyazaki is retiring from feature-length films and that The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) is his last.

The 72-year-old director’s career has spanned over fifty years and includes many celebrated features, from The Castle of Cagliostro to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and beyond. Hopefully we’ll see something new from him outside of the world of feature film direction in the future.

The Wind Rises opened in Japanese theaters in July, and Disney is set to distribute the film in North America.

Matt Smith is Leaving “Doctor Who”

Christmas special to be his final episode.

(from crunchyroll.com)

Amanda Rush

June 02, 2013 12:35am

It’s been a long road for Matt Smith, but this Christmas that road, which, as he puts it, leads to Trenzalore, is at an end.

 

 

Here’s what the BBC had to say about it:

 

The BBC is today announcing that Matt Smith is to leave Doctor Who after four incredible years on the hit BBC One show. Matt first stepped into the TARDIS in 2010 and will leave the role at the end of this year after starring in the unmissable 50th Anniversary in November and regenerating in the Christmas special. During his time as the Doctor, Matt has reached over 30 million unique UK viewers and his incarnation has seen the show go truly global. He was also the first actor to be nominated for a BAFTA in the role.

 

Matt quickly won over fans to be voted Best Actor by Readers of Doctor Who Magazine for the 2010 season. He also received a nod for his first series at the National Television Awards, before winning the Most Popular Male Drama Performance award in 2012.

 

Matt has played one of the biggest roles in TV with over 77 million fans in the UK, USA and Australia alone!

 

Having starred alongside three different companions, Amy Pond (Karen Gillan), Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and most recently Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), Matt’s Doctor has fought Daleks and Cybermen, as well as Weeping Angels in New York. Regularly heard shouting ‘run’ and ‘Geronimo’, through Matt’s Doctor fans have been introduced to a new culinary combination – fish fingers and custard!

 

Matt’s spectacular exit is yet to be revealed and will be kept tightly under wraps. He will return to BBC One screens in the unmissable 50th anniversary episode on Saturday 23rd November 2013 – TUNE IN!

 

 

Matt also had a statement:

 

“Doctor Who has been the most brilliant experience for me as an actor and a bloke, and that largely is down to the cast, crew and fans of the show. I’m incredibly grateful to all the cast and crew who work tirelessly every day, to realise all the elements of the show and deliver Doctor Who to the audience. Many of them have become good friends and I’m incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last four years.

 

Having Steven Moffat as show runner write such varied, funny, mind bending and brilliant scripts has been one of the greatest and most rewarding challenges of my career. It’s been a privilege and a treat to work with Steven, he’s a good friend and will continue to shape a brilliant world for the Doctor.

 

The fans of Doctor Who around the world are unlike any other; they dress up, shout louder, know more about the history of the show (and speculate more about the future of the show) in a way that I’ve never seen before, your dedication is truly remarkable. Thank you so very much for supporting my incarnation of the Time Lord, number Eleven, who I might add is not done yet, I’m back for the 50th anniversary and the Christmas special!

 

It’s been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the TARDIS for a spell with ‘the ginger, the nose and the impossible one’. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys. Matt.”

 

 

And from Steven Moffat:

 

“Every day, on every episode, in every set of rushes, Matt Smith surprised me: the way he’d turn a line, or spin on his heels, or make something funny, or out of nowhere make me cry, I just never knew what was coming next. The Doctor can be clown and hero, often at the same time, and Matt rose to both challenges magnificently. And even better than that, given the pressures of this extraordinary show, he is one of the nicest and hardest-working people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Whatever we threw at him – sometimes literally – his behaviour was always worthy of the Doctor.

 

But great actors always know when it’s time for the curtain call, so this Christmas prepare for your hearts to break, as we say goodbye to number Eleven. Thank you Matt – bow ties were never cooler.

 

Of course, this isn’t the end of the story, because now the search begins. Somewhere out there right now – all unknowing, just going about their business – is someone who’s about to become the Doctor. A life is going to change, and Doctor Who will be born all over again! After 50 years, that’s still so exciting!”

 

 

Get your speculation ready! Who will be the next Doctor? Will he be a ginger? Will he be a she? What does this mean for Clara? And what is going to happen in Trenzalore?

 

Ryan Wang, 5-Year-Old Prodigy!

You just know he will do great things.  “Baby math” lol

Animation Make-overs and more

Scott Green

May 12, 2013

 

 

earlier works versus the Disney versions

 

 

for some non-Disney works…

 

A bit of Gintama

 

Final Fantasy

 

 

Kenshin

 

One Piece

 

Evangelion

 

Inu-Yasha

 

Howl’s

Digimon

 

Tiger & Bunny

 

Plus…

 

VIDEO: “Resident Evil: Revelations” Shares Its Wii U-Specific Features

Nintendo’s console gets some extra use on May 21

Joseph Luster

May 07, 2013

(from crunchyroll.com)

Here’s a good reason to fire up that Wii U. As you may know, the version of Resident Evil: Revelations on Nintendo’s console sports some special features, from using the GamePad to interact with the environment to giving enemies special voices via Miiverse messages. Now Capcom has a trailer to show the various additions that make it unique.

Resident Evil: Revelations—which was originally released for Nintendo 3DS—makes the leap to PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U in North America on May 21. It hits Europe a few days later on May 24.