HAPIVERI Magazine

Innovation in the Rurouni Kenshin Series: New Ground for Japanese Film Action

Innovation in the Rurouni Kenshin Series: New G...

Action in Japanese films commonly meant period-drama swordplay, wire action, or a style relying heavily on CG. Rurouni Kenshin, released in 2012, renewed that expression and captivated audiences with realistic...

Innovation in the Rurouni Kenshin Series: New G...

Action in Japanese films commonly meant period-drama swordplay, wire action, or a style relying heavily on CG. Rurouni Kenshin, released in 2012, renewed that expression and captivated audiences with realistic...

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying Lived Detail and Humor to Educational Videos

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying L...

Animation may bring grand adventures or fantasy to mind. Yet Isao Takahata's films contain no magic or supernatural powers. Instead, they carefully depict ordinary daily life, revealing its small joys...

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying L...

Animation may bring grand adventures or fantasy to mind. Yet Isao Takahata's films contain no magic or supernatural powers. Instead, they carefully depict ordinary daily life, revealing its small joys...

Kohei Oguri's Visual Expression: Applying Light and Shadow to Video Production

Kohei Oguri's Visual Expression: Applying Light...

Many of Oguri's films adapt literary works, and his choices reflect his own literary sensibility. Through adaptations of important Japanese writers, including Yukio Mishima's The Sting of Death (1990), Teru...

Kohei Oguri's Visual Expression: Applying Light...

Many of Oguri's films adapt literary works, and his choices reflect his own literary sensibility. Through adaptations of important Japanese writers, including Yukio Mishima's The Sting of Death (1990), Teru...