Studio 4ºC’s Annecy Winner ‘ChaO’ to Open New York’s Japan Cuts Festival

Select News Coverage Eight Must-See Movies at New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts 2025

Japan Cuts 2025 kicks off with a new anime wonder from the studio behind “Mind Game” and “Tekkonkinkreet” (“ChaO”) and offers a well-curated array of the best movies from last fall’s Tokyo International Film Festival.

IndieWire, July 10, 2025

Select News Coverage How the U.S. and Japan can keep partnering for the future

Regardless of isolationist foreign policy and shifting alliances, the partnership needs to go on

The Japan Times, April 6, 2025

Featured Press New era for U.S.-Japan depends on adapting to Trump’s America

Tokyo must make adjustments in order to deal with U.S.’ new transactional leader

The Japan Times, January 28, 2025

Featured Press A Polar-Bear Plunge for the Mind, At Under the Radar

Also: the joys of marmalade, an Indian epic set to dance, the prog rock of Geordie Greep, and more.

The New Yorker, January 3, 2025

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