'Belle' director Mamoru Hosoda doesn't think issues like child abuse should be 'taboo' in animation
“Belle,” a dazzling new anime from director Mamoru Hosoda, drops us into a surreal cyberscape where internet users hide behind outlandish avatars, humpback whales float through the digital ether and a nobody can become a somebody overnight.
Director Mamoru Hosada’s anime movie is about the web’s ability to unleash us.
Belle's Mamoru Hosoda Tells Us Why He Keeps Making Stories for the Internet Age
“Belle,” the latest film from anime director Mamoru Hosoda, opens today at Marcus Point, Marcus Palace and Flix Brewhouse Madison.
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It has been 26 years since Mamoru Oshii’s futuristic animated thriller “Ghost in the Shell” came into our lives and it still offers new surprises on renewed viewings.
"You only have to watch Japanese animation to see how young women are underestimated and not taken seriously in Japanese society," Mamoru Hosada says.
"You only have to watch Japanese animation to see how young women are underestimated and not taken seriously in Japanese society," Mamoru Hosada says.
TODAY IN HISTORY: In 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour blasted off, carrying Jan Davis and Mark Lee, the first married couple in space; Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space; and Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese national to fly on a U.S. spaceship.
When the spark went out of Masayuki Ozaki's marriage, he found an unusual outlet to plug the romantic void -- a silicone sex doll
@VenusesWilliams moves into @HKTennisOpen Second round! No.2 seed ousts Ozaki 6-2, 6-2!
Visionary director of the original anime, Mamoru Oshii, visited the new #GhostInTheShell film set in this exclusive featurette.
@GenieBouchard makes a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 comeback win over Ozaki! Sets@BNPParibasOpen second round clash vs Sloane!
Talked w #Japan Prime Minister@AbeShinzo & astro classmate Mohri Mamoru today! #YearInSpace
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