Catsuka

Happy 30th anniversary to "Toy Story" (1995).
The CD-ROM Press Kit is still available on the Internet Archive 👴
archive.org/details/TOYS...

Since 2021, Manuel Kamekura has been making a pixelated version of Evangelion.
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- Frederic Back : "Abracadabra", "Crac", "The Man Who Planted Trees", "The Mighty River"
- Fleischer Studios : "Mr. Bug Goes to Town"
- Michel Ocelot : "Kirikou and the Sorceress"
- Ignacio Ferreras : "Wrinkles"

For 20 years, Ghibli Museum has been screening animations selected by Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata.
An anniversary program is coming to Bunkamura theater (Shibuya) in January, featuring works by Frederic Back, Fleischer Studios, Michel Ocelot, Ignacio Ferreras.
www.bunkamura.co.jp/cinema/lineu...

Fun fact: exactly 10 years ago (on November 21, 2015) I screened this fake OP in the largest movie theater in Paris (Le Grand Rex) during a special event called "Nuit Japanimation" (PIFFF festival x Catsuka), alongside many other animated features & short films :-]
www.catsuka.com/news/2015-11...

Souvenir: the *VHS-Rip* of this (fake) opening that Wesley Louis had initially posted anonymously on Youtube ;-]
>> youtube.com/watch?v=DvqX...
He had even created a fake cell ;-p

Happy 10th anniversary to "Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit" by Wesley Louis & The Line.
Full video >> vimeo.com/137413473
10th anniversary video >> youtu.be/bPCyf7GihDw

Artbook Preview: "Castlevania: Nocturne - The Art of the Animated Series".
Pre-orders >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...

New key art for "The Legend of Hei 2".

15 years after Satoshi Kon's death: Long interviews with Masao Maruyama & Toshiyuki Inoue (Vector Magazine, Japan).
Watch >> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Read >> vector-mag.com/feature/f-an...

First trailer for "Astérix : The Kingdom of Nubia" (Le Royaume de Nubie), the new french animated feature film based on the comic book.
Directed by Alexandre Heboyan ("Mune").
Coming Christmas 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ihm...

Mr Yoshitaka Amano ♡
www.instagram.com/p/DRR45LNEv2J/

"Primal" Season 3 release date: January 11, 2026 (Adult Swim / HBO Max).

The "Golgo 13" anime (from 1971) will be released on Blu-ray in Japan.
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...

If only she had turned her head a little in that shot :3

New trailer for "Frieren" Season 2.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwP4...
Broadcast begins on January 16, 2026.

"Le Jardin Rossini" (Rossini Garden), the 8th 2025 Gobelins graduation short, is now online.
Directed by William Burger, Simeon Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert, Tara Rewal, Mathilde Vergereau, Arthur Wong.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=H85c...

"ET" by Sergio Martins (animation supervisor on "Klaus").
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From "Above the Sea" by Selim Lallaoui (France / WIZZ studio / feat. Woodkid).
www.instagram.com/p/DRNMRmuCKKx/

Bad week for Cloudflare.
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New trailer & poster for "The Keeper of the Camphor Tree" animated movie by Tomohiko Ito (A-1 Pictures).
In Japanese theaters on January 30, 2026.
>> youtube.com/watch?v=sKii...

And this is also an opportunity for me to acknowledge the work of Chikashi Saito (KraftWerks), an editorial manager (therefore little known) who also worked on this book as well as many others related to Ghibli.
kraftwerks.co.jp/works/
kraftwerks.co.jp/works-old/

This is a translation (by Ilan Nguyen) of the same catalog that was available in Japan last summer at the Tokyo edition of the exhibition dedicated to Isao Takahata.
I saw the exhibition in Paris last month, and I highly recommend it.
bsky.app/profile/cats...

The French edition of Isao Takahata exhibition catalog/artbook.
128 pages by Ilan Nguyen, Seiji Kanoh & Xavier Kawa-Topor, under the supervision of Kazuyoshi Tanaka (Studio Ghibli).
Now available for sale on site (Paris exhibition) and online.
www.manga-anime-japan-arts-society.eu/product/2036...

From "The Primary Cilia" short film by French collective Club Dessin.
Directed by Tom Rameaux & Armand Goxe (Gobelins alumnis).
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK6K...

Preview of "The Art of Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
>> catsuka.com/shopping/ind...

I made a wallpaper ;-]

Happy 30th anniversary to "Ghost In The Shell" movie by Mamoru Oshii (released in Japanese theaters on November 18, 1995).

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From "Arco" movie directed by Ugo Bienvenu (Remembers Studio, France).
Animations by Gabriel Raffoux, Jocelyn Charles, Juliette Peuportier, Armand Goxe.