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  • The New God on Firecracker TV

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    Japanese film review site Midnight Eye is presenting the documentary THE NEW GOD on the on-demand site Firecracker TV. The film, by Yutaka Tsuchiya, “follows extreme right wing punk band The Revolutionary Truth, and lead singer Karin Amamiya’s journey of self-discovery, cutting to the very core of contentious issues of identity and nationalism in modern…

  • New Evangelion Trailer

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    Time to get your geek on: a trailer for the first of 3 upcoming new Evangelion films is up on YouTube (please note, this is not the version that appeared a few week ago, taped in a theater). The film comes out September 1. Found via AICN.

  • Midnight Eye: Kazuhiro Soda

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    Midnight Eye interviews filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda — he was a New York-based correspondent for NHK for many years — about his new film, CAMPAIGN (SANKYO), a cynical look at Japan’s party politics.

  • The Japan Times: Genius Party

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    THE JAPAN TIMES reports on the various creators behind the upcoming animated film, GENIUS PARTY. Mark Schilling reviews the film as well.

  • Prada Gets Animated

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    The upcoming animated sequel APPLESEED: EX MACHINA is set to include a touch of Prada. It turns out that the ferocious-yet-feminine cartoon heroine of this John Woo-produced spectacle will be sporting a very special wardrobe designed by Miuccia Prada herself. Prada_ex_machinaApparently, the queen of streetwise luxury was impressed by the stunning 3-D graphics of the…

  • Oshii to Direct The Sky Crawlers

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    AICN reports on Mamoru Oshii’s next film. Production I.G has announced that Mamoru Oshii, best known internationally for the two Ghost in the Shell movies, will direct The Sky Crawlers, an animated feature scheduled for Japanese release in 2008. The Sky Crawlers is based on series of novels by Hiroshi Mori concerning an alternate present…

  • Miike + Tarantino = Django

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    From Japan Today: Quentin Tarantino, center, director Takashi Miike, left, and actress Kaorio Momoi attend a news conference in Tokyo Monday to mark the completion of filming for the sukiyaki western “Django,” in which Tarantino plays Ringo, a master gunfighter in feudal Japan. Even though Tarantino is the only non-Japanese in the film, “Django” is…

  • Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina

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    The CG-animated sequel to APPLESEED now has an official website and a new trailer. APPLESEED SAGA: EX MACHINA comes out this fall (October 20), and will feature a soundtrack by Haruomi Hosono and Cornelius.

  • Satoshi Kon in the NYT

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    THE NEW YORK TIMES has a piece up on Satoshi Kon, regarding his latest film, PAPRIKA.

  • Genius Party

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    Paul sent me the link to this trailer for GENIUS PARTY, an omnibus film out July 7 (07/07/07) featuring shorts by 7 superstar anime directors, by way of Studio 4C (MIND GAME). I can’t wait to see this!