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Special Penguin Highway screening in London in February... with author Tomihiko Morimi. Continue reading...

Award-winning stop-motion animator Takeshi Yashiro will visit Bristol, Cardiff and London with his producer Satoshi Akutsu to give talks and a stop-motion animation workshop. Continue reading...

A Preview of the films at the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Film Festival 2019 (Chapter 04th – 06th October / Aberystwyth Arts Centre 19th - 20th October) including "Birthday Wonderland" and "Penguin Highway". Continue reading...

Japanese film director Naomi Kawase will be in London in September for the Open City Documentary Festival 2019. Here is information for the event. Continue reading...

Japanese stationary manufacturer PENTEL has opened this year's competition for their International Children's Art Exhibition (ICAE) where winning pictures will be displayed in galleries across Japan. Here are details for the UK. Continue reading...

We sit down with Shigeru Okada, a stop-motion animator who has worked on "Rillakuma and Kaoru" and a new horror animation called "The Depth of Yagen", to discuss his films and career. Continue reading...

Toshiaki Toyoda’s cult-classic 2001 film gets the world's first Blu-ray release courtesy of Third Window Films. Continue reading...

Stop-Motion Animator Mari Miyazawa has come from Japan to visit Birmingham and London and do workshops and talks. Here are the details. Continue reading...

The unique supernatural creature-feature utilises Japanese mythology and history to tell the tale of a mother trying to save her daughter from human traffickers. Continue reading...

Legendary manga artist Naoki Urasawa (Master Keaton, Monster) will be in London on Wednesday 5th June for a special talk and live drawing demonstration in an event hosted by writer Matt Kamen and WIRED magazine. The event is connected to an exhibition dedicated to Urasawa called “This is Manga...

Third Window Films are bringing low-budget zombie film One Cut of the Dead to UK screens both big and small in 2019! This title has been causing a storm throughout 2018 after garnering awards and praise at festivals around the world. Described as, a one-in-a-million success, this is a “workshop”...

The 15th London International Animation Festival will take place at the Barbican between November 30th and December 09th. There will be forums, workshops and over 200 animated films done in a range of styles, techniques, and materials from hand drawn to paint on glass, collage and sculpture and...

SABU's directorial debut is available to own today, including a collectable slipcover for the first 1000 copies sold. Continue reading...

This year’s Raindance Film Festival takes place from September 26th to October 07th at the Vue Cinema in Leicester Square. There are a selection of Japanese indie films on offer with European and World Premieres in the mix. There are also lots of guests coming from Japan to take part in Q&As so...

Award-winning animators Tsuneo Goda and Hirokazu Minegishi are travelling from Japan to the UK to give a talks at various events. They will be in London on the September 25 for a creators' talk hosted by the Japan Foundation. Here is the description from the Japan Foundation website: Tsuneo Goda...

The Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival will stage its 2018 run in Wales from September 28th to the 30th with over 10 films and a number of shorts programmed as well as two guests from Japan. It will open on Friday, September 28th at Chapter arts centre in Cardiff, with a screening of Masaaki...

It's also on at Chapter in Cardiff on September 29th as part of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival: Link

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Film4 finishes its Christmas Ghibli season with a screening of<em> Ponyo</em> on December 30th at 11:00 am. <strong>Synopsis</strong> <em>Studio Ghibli grandmaster Hayao Miyazaki returns with a fishy tale</em> &nbsp;

Film4&rsquo;s Christmas screenings of Studio Ghibli movies continues with Spirited Away which plays on Monday, December 28th at 11:00 am. <strong>Synopsis</strong> <em>Animated feature from Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki. A young girl finds herself trapped in a mystical realm, where she must...