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...Among the Asian movies that competed: Mamoru Oshii's Japanese anim? Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. Voluptuous futuristic graphics complement an astronomical robot body count. The film was produced by the same company that provided the gorgeously gruesome anim? sequence in Tarantino's Kill Bill...
...Yagira, whose face has the smooth, attractive androgyny of an anim? hero, behaves on film with a wondrously gentle sense of authority. Yet when he finally got his hands on the Cannes prize last week, he showed that there's still a kid inside him. When asked where the trophy will go, he replied, "Can I take it home...
...They are, in a word, conflicted. Fresh off the boat from a rubber plantation in Malaysia, young Xiao Jie (living anim? Lee Sinjie) dreams of Mando-pop stardom, only to have her career derailed by a depressive manager (Anthony Wong, dressed like an Iron Maiden roadie) and her heart hijacked by her singing partner (Kate Yeung), who takes more than a professional interest in her. Xiang Xiang (Liu) is a jaded flight attendant with Bridget Jones problems: lots of men to date, none to come home to. And then there's freshly divorced Lily (Chang), who gets back into...
...become the next Hayao Miyazaki, whose Spirited Away was a global hit last year and which picked up an Oscar for Best Animated Film? Dream-Works' Daly believes he can; so does Maruyama. But ask Kon if he wants to follow in the footsteps of the reigning emperor of anim?, and after a moment of offended silence he starts to wave his hand violently in front of him as if warding off a curse. "I've never even thought about it," he insists, a little unconvincingly. "It's the last thing on my mind." As far as he's concerned...
...grittiest scenes possess a careful beauty is the result of meticulous work by Kon's team of artists, considered by many to be the best in the business. Chief among them is Kon's longtime art director Nobutaka Ike. To prepare for the task of rending Tokyo into anim?, Ike spent months prowling the city with a digital camera. In the process he discovered the beauty of Tokyo's grungy, cluttered back alleys?normally passed over by filmmakers in favor of the city's sleek, sterile thoroughfares. "I took pictures of garbage bags, air-conditioner boxes, cases of empty beer...