Tag: kenjikamiyama

Rest In Peace, Origa

Earlier today, Anime News Network alerted its readers that Russian-born singer Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva, better known as Origa, has died Saturday after a battle with lung cancer. Origa was very popular in Japan, and known worldwide for singing the opening...

Hey, Australia! Check Out Madman's Reel Anime 2013 Massive Giveaway No. 3 (of 5)

To celebrate the upcoming Reel Anime Festival 2013, Madman is giving you, our dear readers, the chance to win some wonderful prizes! During the five weeks in the lead up to the festival, there will be a new competition offering you...

Madman's REEL ANIME 2013 Line-up Will Include 009 RE: CYBORG In 3D

At the Gold Coast Supanova Pop Culture Expo this weekend, Madman announced that the second film in the line-up for this year's REEL ANIME Festival is 009 Re: Cyborg from director Kamiyama Kenji (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex,...

IMAGINE 2013 Review: Anime Movie 009 RE: CYBORG 3D Dazzles And Baffles

(After seeing this film I am "Himmelhoch jauchzend, zum Tode betrübt"...) One of the great things about film festivals is that they allow people to see Japanese anime films in a cinema. Being able to do so is such a...

Sitges 2012 Review: BLOOD-C THE LAST DARK Brings Mixed Closure To The Franchise

The Blood-C saga is the latest entry in the long running Blood: The Last Vampire franchise, which has spanned different media such as novels, manga, TV series and films. Produced in collaboration by Production I.G and famous manga creators CLAMP,...

Mass Destruction In New 009 RE: CYBORG Trailer

If there is a director in the world today who consistently turns out smart, yet populist, action scifi of higher quality than Kamiyama Kenji then I do not know who that is. Kamiyama first rose to prominence as the director...

New Teaser For Kenji Kamiyama's 009 RE:CYBORG

Director Kenji Kamiyama established himself as one of Japan's premiere animators thanks to his stellar work on the Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, work he followed up with the equally acclaimed Eden Of The East. And Kamiyama...

BLOOD-C: THE LAST DARK Extreme Promotional Video

Saya the teenage vampire hunter is back in the latest addition to the popular Blood franchise, the animated feature Blood-C: The Last Dark. The manga artist group CLAMP developed the story while anime studio Production I.G did the animation.  Official synopsis:...

Live Action Trailer For Kenji Kamiyama's 009 RE:CYBORG

In an unusual marketing quirk, Japan's Production IG have released a live action trailer for Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama's upcoming adaptation of Shotara Ishinomori's 009 Re:Cyborg. And what's so odd about that? Well, it's...

Impressive Second Trailer For Anime Feature BLOOD-C: THE LAST DARK

Saya is finally coming to the big screen in animated form. After multiple anime series, novels, video games, a (bad) live action film and the animated OVA that kicked it all off, the iconic vampire hunting teen first introduced to...

New Teaser For Kenji Kamiyama's 009 RE:CYBORG

In October last year, ScreenAnarchy reported that anime director Kenji Kamiyama, the genius behind two of the best anime series ever - GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX and EDEN OF THE EAST, was working on a big screen...

First Trailer For BLOOD-C: THE LAST DARK

Eleven years after the arrival of landmark anime OVA Blood: The Last Vampire the hugely popular action-horror launched by supervising producer Mamoru Oshii (Ghost In The Shell) and screenwriter Kenji Kamiyama (Eden Of The East, Ghost In The Shell: Stand...

Kenji Kamiyama To Direct 009 RE:CYBORG Film

Anime director Kenji Kamiyama - who first rose to prominence thanks to his work on Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex and has since become one of the most reliable and successful directors in the biz - has announced...

Watch GHOST IN THE SHELL Director Kenji Kamiyama's XI AVANT

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Eden Of The East director Kenji Kamiyama has never been shy about embedding real life products into his animated work. If anything Kamiyama's method of fusing technology into his stories makes them...

New Trailer For The Theatrical Release Of GHOST IN THE SHELL SAC: SOLID STATE SOCIETY

Originally conceived as a feature length video release to conclude the Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex saga, Kenji Kamiyama's Solid State Society proved successful enough that it has been retrofitted in 3D and will soon be released theatrically...

GHOST IN THE SHELL Movie Being Converted To 3D

Originally created as a stand alone video release, Kenji Kamiyama's Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society - the feature length release that is the final entry in the Stand Alone Complex world - is being retrofitted...