Anime Nite Orlando w/ Holiday Toy Drive (12/20)

Propeller Anime closes out 2018 with a bang and a great cause. On Thursday, December 20th, we gather at Bikkuri Lounge for Anime Nite Orlando that will also be our annual toy drive.

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As we do every December, we will have a toy drive, and once again it will benefit the kids at the Florida Hospital for Children. There are over 200 children that stay at that hospital at a given time. Staying at a hospital during the holidays is a rough time, so let's make it better for these kids.

 *** We need you guys to donate any toys, manga, books, blankets, stuffed animals, and any other kid-appropriate items that are in new condition or very close. ***

Since Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai is coming out to theaters soon, our main feature will be a heartwarming film that many consider to be his best: Wolf Children.

Mamoru's Hosoda's "MiraI" at Regal Winter Park Village (12/8)

The latest Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) film Mirai is in theaters this week, and we are seeing the Saturday, December 8th showing at 12:55pm at Regal Winter Park Village. After that, we will have a late lunch nearby.

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Propeller Anime Radio Episode #20: Fishmen, Naruto, Gundam, and Ghibli!

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Holy cow! It's been a few months, but Propeller Anime Radio returns! Rejoice! Kent and Shamus talk a lot of Shonen Jump, and the return(again) of Hayao Miyazaki! Plus, Kent is all caught up on Vertical's releases of Mobile Suit Gundam: Origin, written by The Yas! Is it the best Gundam thing ever?!

No Ham for you Ponyo!

The Oscar Nominations have been announced! Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea(or just Ponyo, thanks to Disney) did not get nominated for Best Animated Feature Film. Instead, Up, The Princess and the Frog, Caroline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Secret of Kells received nods from the Academy Awards.

We saw Ponyo together in theaters with Anime Sushi last year and while it was a fun movie and visually interesting, I think many of us agreed that it did not have the overall impact that many of Miyazaki's movies have.

Spirited Away won the Oscar for Best Animated feature back in 2003 and Howl's Moving Castle was nominated in 2006. Anime News Network reports that the CG adaption of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy was submitted along with Ponyo to be considered for nominations but neither made the final five.

ANN also reported that Ponyo did not make the nominations for animated feature film for the Golden Globes but nobody cares.

So what does this mean? Simply, animated features have become high-profile over in theaters over the years and even Miyazaki will have to step up his game. Fear not though, because with works like The Girls Who Lept Through Time and Summer Wars under his belt, Mamoru Hosada could possibly take the anime film industry into a great new era!