The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

We tour Onomichi, Hiroshima, where old meets new and a whole lot more

You may even recognize a few locations from pop culture.

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Makoto Shinkai or Mamoru Hosoda, who makes the better anime movies?【Survey】

Poll asks respondents to pick between the directors of Your Name and Summer Wars.

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Uniqlo and anime director Mamoru Hosoda team up for awesome new T-shirt line【Photos】

Collection comes just in time to celebrate the opening of Hosoda’s newest anime movie.

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Trailer released for new anime movie from director of Summer Wars: Mirai from the Future【Video】

Anime director Mamoru Hosoda returns to time travel for an examination of the brother/sister relationship, but with one big twist.

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Is Hosoda the next Miyazaki?

Everyone loves Ghibli movies, and for good reason. But since Miyazaki retired (or not, depending on how he feels this week), people have wondered – who will be his spiritual successor?

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Mamoru Hosoda, anime director of Summer Wars and The Boy and the Beast, announces new film

Titled Mirai, new anime will be a return to the “human drama” elements of Wolf Children and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

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Second anime cafe based on films of Summer Wars’ Mamoru Hosoda now open in Japan

After spending the summer in Tokyo, the cafe moves to another major Japanese city.

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time leaps into Line messaging app as an awesome anime stamp set

Cast of Mamoru Hosoda’s hit anime is here to add some time-travelling charm to your messages.

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Director of The Boy and the Beast, Summer Wars explains why he rarely casts anime voice actors

Mamoru Hosoda has made a name for himself as one of the most respected anime directors working today, so why do most of his films lack A-list anime voice actors?

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Wolf Children, Summer Wars on the menu at Tokyo’s new Mamoru Hosoda anime cafe

Shibuya restaurant is ready to give customers as big a smile as the rising anime director’s feel-good movies.

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Hit anime The Girl Who Leapt Through Time to become live-action drama this summer

TV series is latest adaptation of classic Japanese science fiction novel.

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