Columnist Andrew Osmond weighs up two impressive anime series about ‘rakugo,’ a venerable kind of Japanese storytelling.
With ‘Cowboy Bebop’ director Shinichiro Watanabe’s newest anime launching this Sunday, AWN columnist Andrew Osmond reviews a classic series the legendary filmmaker made in 2004… set in samurai Japan and boasting a strikingly different soundtrack.
Shinichirō Watanabe’s globe-trotting thriller series, which follows a group of agents as they attempt to save humanity from a miracle drug, debuts April 5.
The anime legend, whose body of work includes ‘Cowboy Bebop,’ ‘Samurai Champloo,’ and ‘Kids on the Slope’ will reveal a first look at the new show at Adult Swim Festival’s ‘Toonami on The Green’ event July 22 at SDCC 2023.
Studio shares visual effects breakdown reel showcasing rockets, explosions, fire and other action graphics replacement work they delivered across 516 shots on Netflix’s live-action sci-fi neo-noir adaptation of the famed anime.
The fifth project, but first series, in the epic ‘Blade Runner’ franchise tackles the grimy, gritty futuristic world of bioengineering with a female protagonist, Elle, who awakens in Los Angeles with no clue to her identity, now airing on Adult Swim’s Toonami and streaming on Crunchyroll.
The countdown begins for the all-new action-packed space western featuring a scrappy, snarky crew of bounty hunters; starring Daniella Pineda, John Cho and Mustafa Shakir, series debuts globally on November 19.
Live-action adaptation of the beloved sci-fi neo-noir anime, starring Daniella Pineda, John Cho and Mustafa Shakir, debuts globally on November 19.
Adult Swim and Crunchyroll treated Virtual Crunchyroll expo fans to a thrilling opening sequence from the anime series reminiscent of the live-action ‘Blade Runner’ franchise; check out the clip featuring a song by Grammy Award-winning singer- songwriter Alessia Cara.
Adult Swim and Crunchyroll set to debut first look at the highly anticipated new anime series, inspired by the ‘Blade Runner’ franchise, at the online Comic-Con@Home 2021 event on July 23.
John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda and Alex Hassell join cast of the all-new live-action series based on the original Japanese anime series directed by Shinichiro Watanabe.
Cable network Adult Swim and anime brand Crunchyroll to collaborate on licensed content, co-productions and distribution opportunities.
Directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’ will be produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts.
Sola Digital Arts to provide animation services; ‘Cowboy Bebop’ director Shinichiro Watanabe to serve as creative producer.
Show based on Shinichiro Watanabe’s 1998 film noir Western anime classic gets 10-episode order.
Director of hits from ‘Ice Age’ to ‘Ferdinand’ will receive the festival’s Iconic Director award and present a master class.
Director of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ and producer of ‘My Hero Academia’ holding open auditions for voice roles in Japanese and English.
The overall VFX supervisor riffs on witness cameras, bleak L.A. cityscapes and the super-secret digital recreation of Rachael in Denis Villeneuve’s mesmerizing ‘Blade Runner’ sequel.
Brand-new 2D animated short from the director of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ stands as a prologue to director Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated follow-up to the classic 1982 ‘Blade Runner.’
Italian-French co-production ‘Iqbal: Tale of a Fearless Child’ wins Pulcinella Award for Best Animated Feature; Switzerland’s ‘Ariadne’s Thread,’ directed by Claude Luyet, wins Best Animated Short.
A new U.S. trailer is released for Space Dandy, the new anime series from the creative team behind Cowboy Bebop.
The English-language production of Space Dandy now underway is set to be broadcast on Adult Swim on January 4, 2014.
