AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoAnime: Sony has launched Crunchyroll Storyworks, a new division that will develop anime and live-action adaptations with Japanese creators, aiming to preserve their vision as the medium reaches global audiences. Hideaki Anno is also set to direct a new Space Battleship Yamato anime film. Japanese Cinema: At Busan, Hirokazu Kore-eda said his adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back explores why people create stories, following two young artists whose lives are shaped by their shared love of drawing. Music: Hinatazaka46’s “Icha Icha Mushi” topped the Japan Hot 100, extending the group’s streak of consecutive No. 1s. Visual Art: Mudam Luxembourg’s Kaihō: Japanese Women Artists after 1945 brings together more than 120 works by 39 artists, including Yayoi Kusama and Yoko Ono, spotlighting the influence of postwar women artists.
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