The story is set on Okinawa’s isolated island of Iwado, which has seen a growing movement advocating a return to an autonomous government. Ao Fukai, a 12-year-old boy with a missing father, lives on the island with an old doctor named Toshio and is about to enter middle school. Ao’s mother was taken away a […]

15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan’s animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words “anime” and “creators”.Season OneShinji Kimura (Studio 4°C; Art Director, Steamboy) – title: Attack of Higashimachi Ni Chome/Attack of Higashimachi 2nd BuroughShōjirō Nishimi (Studio 4°C; Character Designer, Tekkonkinkreet) – Uchujin Raikou Hiroshi no Baai/Invasion […]

Three new 3D Tachikomatic shorts released with the 3D version of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society on blu-ray and also in a BD-box with all the Tachikoma shorts.

Several hundred years in the future, the resources of the Earth runs out, and the progression of the human race has stagnated. The world is now divided into “Units.” A boy named Hajiki Sanada lives with his mother and sister in Unit 74, in a place called “Night Town,” in which all electricity is shut […]