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Masterpieces! Japanese Animated Films That Capture the Soul
A panorama of Japanese culture through thirteen animated films
Completed · 49 episodes
Buy for ¥68.00
Audio in Chinese
Opening Note: Masterpieces of Japanese Animated Film You Must Not Miss A Masterpiece—or a Crowd-Pleasing Movie Anyone Can Understand? A Long-Distance Relationship Called “Makoto Shinkai” If Only I Had Known It Was a Dream [Uncut Selection] Makoto Shinkai's Your Name.—Complete Series One Film, Three Subplots: Did You Spot Them? He Wants You to Overlook the Fact That the Characters Cast No Shadows The One Truth about Animation Directors [Uncut Selection] Mamoru Hosoda's Summer Wars—Complete Series This Is Where the Term “Divine Masterpiece” Came From I Remembered My Fourteen-Year-Old Self, Sobbing in the Cinema Making Information Explode within a Confined Space [Uncut Selection] Hideaki Anno's Rebuild of Evangelion—Complete Series Thrills and Peril Are Everyday Life in This Era When a TV Anime Director Makes a Film, There Is Always a Personal Agenda An Excellent “Dancer” Performing in Shackles [Uncut Selection] Keiichi Hara's Crayon Shin-chan: The Battle of the Warring States—Complete Series Shattering Time and Space: A Historical Scroll Unlike Any Other Millennium Actress Is the Entire History of Japanese Cinema in One Film Life Continued through His Work: A Lone Wanderer in an Epic [Uncut Selection] Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress—Complete Series Hayao Miyazaki at His Best, with Exactly the Right Film What Has Happened Is Never Forgotten “This Is the Magic of Japanese Animation!” Bonus: Joe Hisaishi's Music Bonus | My Neighbor Totoro [Uncut Selection] Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away—Complete Series The Animated Film That Influenced Countless Cinematic Masterpieces What Makes Us Human? Creating a Classic That Influenced Millions—with the Mindset of an Office Worker Bonus: Other Works Directed by Mamoru Oshii [Uncut Selection] Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell—Complete Series The “May Blues” Everyone Encounters Re-creating the Details of Everyday Life Isao Takahata: The Man Who Discovered Hayao Miyazaki [Uncut Selection] Isao Takahata's Only Yesterday—Complete Series It Truly Is the Animation That Changed Animation With a Budget of One Billion Yen, How Did He Burn through the Money? Katsuhiro Otomo: A Watershed in Japanese Manga [Uncut Selection] Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira—Complete Series A Monumental History of Humanity and the Evolution of Civilization Osamu Tezuka: More Than 400 Works over a Career Spanning Four Decades New Year's Bonus | Prize Q&A: What Would You Like to Ask Uncle Li and 3000? The “Steve Jobs” of Animation: A Controversial Life in Anime [Uncut Selection] Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix Series—Complete Collection Whisper of the Heart | Romance in Real Life Mind Game | Animation Is the Ideal Medium for Portraying the Mind Sword of the Stranger | Fight Scenes That Astonished the World [Uncut Selection] Overlooked Masterpieces—Complete Collection