Tag: Japan
The Pokémon Company Responds to Palworld
Who’d have thought the drama surrounding a pseudo-Pokémon video game would be this pronounced? Over the past few days, Palworld, an indie video game from Japanese studio Pocketpair, has become a phenomenon, selling over eight million copies in under six days and being the most-played game on Ste...
Read MorePETA Wants a Vegan Guide to Palworld
Once something becomes popular, it doesn’t take wrong for the crazies to complain about it. Right now, the Japanese indie video game Palworld is taking the gaming world by storm, selling over seven million copies in five days and being the most-played game on Steam at the moment. Now, PETA – th...
Read MoreNew “Pokémon with Guns” Game Palworld is a Hit
Sometimes, it’s the simplest concepts that prove the most popular. Over the past few days, the latest example of this is “Pokémon with guns.” That phrase is being used to describe Palworld, a new action survival video game from Japanese game developer Pocketpair. Palworld drops you into an o...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Boy and the Heron (2023)
I wish I could say I’ve followed Studio Ghibli for decades. But unlike Disney, Pixar, and DreamWorks, I was unfamiliar with the Japanese studio until I was a young adult. Over the last decade or so, I’ve watched all of their movies at least once and some several times. But The Boy and t...
Read MoreMiyazaki Not Retiring After All?
At the Toronto International Film Festival, Studio Ghibli Vice President Junichi Nishioka indicated that famed director Hayao Miyazaki might not retire after The Boy and the Heron, as previously reported. Check out Nishioka’s translated statement here: “Other people say that this might ...
Read MoreNew Miyazaki Film Featured at NYFF
Hayao Miyazaki‘s new anime film, The Boy and the Heron/How Do You Live has been selected to screen at 2023’s New York Film Festival for its American premiere. The latest Studio Ghibli release follows in the footsteps of Miyazaki’s last feature-length film, The Wind Rises, from a de...
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