Last year, Waxwork Records delivered an incredible kaiju-sized collection of vinyl soundtracks honoring Japan's Showa era of the one and only "Godzilla." This year, it's fellow movie monster "Mothra" who is getting the vinyl soundtrack treatment.
Waxwork Records has announced the release of the original 1961 score for "Mothra," composed by Yūjui Koseki, available in its entirety on vinyl for the first time ever. Not only does the vinyl release come with a pair of vibrant colored LPs, but the phenomenal artwork by famed artist and illustrator Yuko Shimizu makes this an absolute must-have for both vinyl collectors and kaiju fans....
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Waxwork Records has announced the release of the original 1961 score for "Mothra," composed by Yūjui Koseki, available in its entirety on vinyl for the first time ever. Not only does the vinyl release come with a pair of vibrant colored LPs, but the phenomenal artwork by famed artist and illustrator Yuko Shimizu makes this an absolute must-have for both vinyl collectors and kaiju fans....
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- 7/8/2022
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
The Toronto Japanese Film Festival is pleased to announce the 2021 Grand Jury Prize goes to A Garden Of The Camellias. The powerful directorial debut from photographer Yoshihiko Ueda is a ravishingly beautiful examination of the exquisite transience of life. The Jury compared the film to the work of Mizoguchi and Ozu stating, “Sumiko Fuji is a portrait in grace as a grieving widow and mother, who is holding fast to her memories in a house that may soon no longer be hers. I could feel every beat of her wounded heart.”
In a three-way tie for runner-up the Jury selected Akiko Ohku’s Hold Me Back, calling it “A buoyant, bold, and endlessly interesting film that—like all the Ohku films—emphasizes the internal world of someone we’re always just beyond reach of understanding”. Of Shuichi Okita’s surreal examination of aging and loneliness, Ora Ora Be Goin’ Alone...
In a three-way tie for runner-up the Jury selected Akiko Ohku’s Hold Me Back, calling it “A buoyant, bold, and endlessly interesting film that—like all the Ohku films—emphasizes the internal world of someone we’re always just beyond reach of understanding”. Of Shuichi Okita’s surreal examination of aging and loneliness, Ora Ora Be Goin’ Alone...
- 6/4/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Just in time for screen anniversaries of Dracula, Frankenstein and The Wolfman, Universal, in collaboration with crowdsourcing content creation platform Tongal, have launched Universal Monsters: Out of the Shadows, an initiative to create art revolving the studio’s stable of cinematic monsters and have gathered some bold-faced names to help.
The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman, It and It: Chapter Two filmmakers Andy and Bárbara Muschietti, creature designer Crash McCreery, mural artist Tristan Eaton and artists Afua Richardson, Matt Taylor and Yuko Shimizu have been enlisted to judge the art project which hopes to find fresh visual ways to bring the classic monsters into the ...
The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman, It and It: Chapter Two filmmakers Andy and Bárbara Muschietti, creature designer Crash McCreery, mural artist Tristan Eaton and artists Afua Richardson, Matt Taylor and Yuko Shimizu have been enlisted to judge the art project which hopes to find fresh visual ways to bring the classic monsters into the ...
- 2/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Just in time for screen anniversaries of Dracula, Frankenstein and The Wolfman, Universal, in collaboration with crowdsourcing content creation platform Tongal, have launched Universal Monsters: Out of the Shadows, an initiative to create art revolving the studio’s stable of cinematic monsters and have gathered some bold-faced names to help.
The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman, It and It: Chapter Two filmmakers Andy and Bárbara Muschietti, creature designer Crash McCreery, mural artist Tristan Eaton and artists Afua Richardson, Matt Taylor and Yuko Shimizu have been enlisted to judge the art project which hopes to find fresh visual ways to bring the classic monsters into the ...
The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman, It and It: Chapter Two filmmakers Andy and Bárbara Muschietti, creature designer Crash McCreery, mural artist Tristan Eaton and artists Afua Richardson, Matt Taylor and Yuko Shimizu have been enlisted to judge the art project which hopes to find fresh visual ways to bring the classic monsters into the ...
- 2/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
To honor the milestone anniversaries of some of cinema’s scariest legends, Universal Pictures launched the Universal Monsters: Out of the Shadows contest, which will be hosted on the Tongal content creation platform.
The art initiative calls for U.S. residents to create an original character inspired by Universal’s classic cast of monsters, including Dracula, The Wolfman, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Invisible Man. It runs from Feb. 11 through March 4 and hopes to discover visionary artists.
“We are seeking creatives who are drawn to the narrative that the Universal Monsters are the original outsiders, misfits and misunderstood,” said Holly Goline, a Universal film executive in charge of Universal Monsters.
Tasked with telling a story through one image of a creature, artists must create original, imaginative storytelling through their artistic medium of choice, whether...
The art initiative calls for U.S. residents to create an original character inspired by Universal’s classic cast of monsters, including Dracula, The Wolfman, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Invisible Man. It runs from Feb. 11 through March 4 and hopes to discover visionary artists.
“We are seeking creatives who are drawn to the narrative that the Universal Monsters are the original outsiders, misfits and misunderstood,” said Holly Goline, a Universal film executive in charge of Universal Monsters.
Tasked with telling a story through one image of a creature, artists must create original, imaginative storytelling through their artistic medium of choice, whether...
- 2/11/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Breathing new life into classic stories, Beehive Books has been teaming up with renowned artists to create custom illustrations for new releases of classic literature ranging from The Island of Doctor Moreau to Crime and Punishment. Beehive Books has launched a Kickstarter for the three latest releases in their Illuminated Editions line, and to celebrate, we've been provided with an exclusive image of one of Kent Williams' illustrations for the new edition of Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan & Shadowings.
We have official details and the exclusive image below, as well as other images from the new Illuminated Editions (including The Great Gatsby and A Voyage to Arcturus). To learn more, visit the Illuminated Editions Kickstarter page!
Press Release: Award-winning painter Kent Williams, legendary Frank cartoonist Jim Woodring, and the renowned Italian illustrators known as the Balbusso Twins are collaborating with Beehive Books to create lush, new illustrated editions of literary classics and forgotten gems.
We have official details and the exclusive image below, as well as other images from the new Illuminated Editions (including The Great Gatsby and A Voyage to Arcturus). To learn more, visit the Illuminated Editions Kickstarter page!
Press Release: Award-winning painter Kent Williams, legendary Frank cartoonist Jim Woodring, and the renowned Italian illustrators known as the Balbusso Twins are collaborating with Beehive Books to create lush, new illustrated editions of literary classics and forgotten gems.
- 1/30/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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