ORBITAL ERA Official Website

A new project by Katsuhiro Otomo, that’s been long-awaited by the whole world.His 3rd animated feature film after “AKIRA” in 1988 and “STEAMBOY” in 2004. As he did with these movies, Katsuhiro Otomo himself writes the original concept and screenplay, does design works and directs the film.The plot takes place in the near future on a space colony under construction, and it’s an action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment and society who keep living their lives while they’re being tossed about by fate.“The real in the mankind’s future” will be depicted through a perspective of those boys.

Source: ORBITAL ERA Official Website

The Motorbikes of Taiwan

From Hiroshi Kondo, a mesmerizing short film called Multiverse of the motorbike-jammed streets of Taiwan. Right around the 50 second mark, Kondo starts to use a clever time lapse technique to highlight individuality wi

Source: The Motorbikes of Taiwan

this is an awesome effect for a time-lapse, and must have taken so long for Hiroshi Kondo to do, killer work.

 

Tenki no Ko, aka Weathering with You, AKA the kind of sequel to Your Name.

Your Name, the highest grossing anime of all time, was HUGE when I was living in Japan. There was merch everywhere, posters, advertisements, and I think that was months after the movie had actually been released. I didnt get to watch the film until I came back to Australia, as I had to wait for the subtitled release (bakakid is a Baka when it comes to actually speaking/reading/knowing Japanese, but we will get there).

Tenki no Ko is the latest film from director Makoto Shinkai, and feature a soundtrack by Radwimps again, which I am super excited about. The film releases in Japan mid year. Can’t wait. Watch the trailer below to get a feel of it.

Your Name is still one of my favourite movies of all time. Its beautifully animated, the soundtrack by Radwimps kicks some serious ass with earworms that get deep into your brain, and the story is touching, funny and quite sad at times. If you haven’t already watched it, you can currently see it on Netflix (in Australia at least).

via kotaku