“Kiki’s Delivery Service” is a 1989 Japanese animated film produced by Studio Ghibli. It was the first feature film directed by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli, and was based on an original story by someone else. Originally intended to be a 70-minute medium-length film, it became over 100 minutes long as production progressed.The schedule was pushed, the production cost reached 400 million yen, and...
Mushiking: The Guardians of the Forest is a 52-episode anime series that aired from 2005 to 2006, based on the popular arcade game Mushiking: King of Beetles. The animation was produced by TMS Entertainment, with Shigeyasu Yamauchi serving as the director. Although considered a children’s anime, the story is set on a planet where life and ecosystems are on the brink of destruction, following...
“ANPANMAN” is an animated television series based on the picture book “Anpanman” by Takashi Yanase.Several TV stations and animation production companies had previously planned to make an animated version of Anpanman, but they were all dropped in the final stages. In 1985, TMS Entertainment and NTV offered to make an animated version to Yanase almost simultaneously, and in 1988, NTV began broadcasting the series....
“STEINS;GATE” is a Japanese adventure game released in 2009. An anime was broadcast on TV from 2011. It is part of the “Science Adventure” series, in which the main character, who has built a time machine, struggles to change the future. Synopsis The main character “Rintaro Okabe” is a mad scientist who calls himself the leader of a weak invention circle “Future Gadget Laboratory....
“The Secret World of Arrietty” is a Japanese animated film produced by Studio Ghibli. The film is directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who makes his directorial debut. Based on Mary Norton’s book “The Borrowers,” the film depicts a family of dwarfs living in hiding in a human mansion while borrowing things, and the interaction between the dwarf girl, Arrietty, and the human boy, Sho. Synopsis...
The “Fate” series is a group of various works centering on “Fate/stay night” that was commercialized from a coterie circle and released on the PC in 2004. The series roughly describes the “Holy Grail War,” in which magicians (masters) summon mythological and historical figures as servants to kill each other over the “Holy Grail,” which grants wishes to those who obtain it.The “Holy Grail...
PLANETES is a Japanese manga by Makoto Yukimura, creator of the historical manga Vinland Saga, serialised irregularly from 1999 to 2004 in four volumes. Also, a TV animation series directed by Goro Taniguchi, based on the manga. Synopsis The time period is the 2070s (after 2075). The protagonist, Hachirouta Hoshino (nickname: Hachimaki), is a salaryman. He is a professional astronaut whose job is to...
Porco Rosso is a Japanese animated film produced by Studio Ghibli and released in 1992. It is the sixth feature-length animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and is based on Miyazaki’s 1990 manga series. It is an animated feature film adapted from a short manga. The catchphrases are “This is what it means to be cool.” And “Fly and you’ll see.” The film is...
