…glory as well. In 2013, we were all heartbroken after hearing that Miyazaki– the talented co-founder of the celebrated Japanese animation film studio, Studio Ghibli– announced his retirement, claiming The…
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Rachael Yamagata Gets Ready to Release Her New Album
The year was 2004 when a 20-something Rachael Yamagata released her first full-length studio album, Happenstance. It proclaimed to the music-listening world that a talented singer-songwriter had arrived, one…
Warner Bros. Greenlights Its First Korean Production, ‘Secret Agent’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Warner Bros. has officially tapped into the South Korean film industry. According to Variety, the studio recently agreed to finance and distribute its first…
‘Big Hero 6’ Animators Discuss Their Creative Process
…film, it being the first animation project to spawn out of the studio’s acquisition of the comics publishing giant four years prior. The crime-fighting series about a young robotics prodigy…
2NE1’s Dara and Steven Yeun Collaborate in Comedy Skit
…FUNNY Studios, a digital studio based in Seoul and L.A. The studio was created in a partnership with Funny or Die, CAA (Creative Artists Agency) and Korea’s largest PR firm…
Wedding Album
…Photo by Studio Q. The colors were bold and edgy. “We wanted our ceremony to be light, airy, captivating and sentimental,” says Lara. Photo by Studio Q. [ad#36] “He prayed…
The Treatment: Two Korean Sisters Seek Revenge Against A Yakuza Gangster In ‘Far Above Our Heads’
…has been running this magazine since last year. LOGLINE Set in pre-World War II Japan, a pair of resourceful Korean sisters outsmart their way into running a successful kimono studio….
JX’23 Honors Japan’s Innovators in Entertainment
…panels with representatives from Animoca Brands Japan, Asobisystem, and Amuse Group USA. Rock band One Ok Rock and anime industry leader Studio Chizu also received awards from local government officials….
Q&A: Take A Peek At ‘Kokoro,’ Oakley’s New Sunglasses Collaboration With Painter Meguru Yamaguchi
…have you been working on during shelter-in-place orders these past few months? My studio is in the Bronx and I live far enough to have to use local transportation to…
Her Name is Boa
…to train in vocals, dance and Japanese language. “I was just a normal kid,” she claims. Yet after school, she’d flock to the studio to rehearse and ultimately, debuted in…
August Cover Story: The Launch of the YOMYOMF Network and What It Means for Asian Americans
…Bananapocalypse isn’t the end of anything, really. It’s a continuation of the work of performers like Higa and KevJumba. The only difference is the galloping of studio executives and Internet…
Throwback: ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Helped Young Girls Learn To Love And Trust Themselves
…hand-drawn animation and emotional storyline, it’s arguably the most Ghibli-est film of the Studio Ghibli pantheon. After some perusing, Kiki settles in a bustling city by the sea and opens…
How ‘Birds Of Prey’ Director Cathy Yan Is Earning Her Feathers
…in “Suicide Squad” (2016) had already won over millions of viewers, and Yan had some big shoes to fill for her first project backed by a major studio. “’Birds of…
17th Annual CM Pro-Am Was a Hole-In-One
…Amazon Echo Studio or $500 cash. After a lively half-hour — which saw everyone from golfer ILHee Lee to actor Manny Jacinto to former L.A. Dodger Chan Ho Park busting…
The Lookout: A New Spoken Word Film, AAPI Books to Read and an Upcoming, History-Making Baseball Game
…that remixes the classic franchise. Each of the 10 shorts are produced and animated by seven different Japanese animation studios—including Geno Studio, Studio Colorido, Studio Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Science SARU…
