In 2012, Wolf Children was a big hit around the world, with admissions in France alone topping 220,000. In 2011, he cofounded the Studio Chizu animated film studio with producer Yuichiro Saito.
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In 2009, Hosoda’s Summer Wars was selected for the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation section. After leaving Toei, he directed The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), which became a record-breaking hit in Japan, as well as receiving a Special Mention at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. “Now is an opportunity to once again follow the path of this artist’s diligence and growth, to take a close look at his art, and bring it to the world.”īorn in 1967, Hosoda began his career as an animator at Toei Animation, before making his directorial debut with Digimon Adventure (1999). Using as motifs universal themes such as romance, marriage, childrearing and family, he deftly wields the power of expression only available to the form of animation to spin stories that are emotive, more than anything,” commented Ryusuke Hikawa, Anime Critic/Visiting Professor, Meiji University Graduate School. “Mamoru Hosoda is a director who evolves with the times. The festival will be screening all of Hosoda’s major films. Hosoda’s universal themes and gift for storytelling have attracted audiences worldwide and his devoted fan base continues to expand with each new release. This year’s Animation Focus will shine a spotlight on Mamoru Hosoda, the inventive director whose Summer Wars (2009) and Wolf Children (2012) were local and international hits, and whose latest work, The Boy and the Beast (2015), became the highest-grossing local film at the Japanese box office in 2015, as well as being distributed in nearly 50 territories overseas. TIFF runs this year October 25 through November 3, 2016.
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TOKYO – The Tokyo International Film Festival has announced that the 29th edition of the festival will be highlighting the work of two iconic directors: Mamoru Hosoda and Shunji.