Jackson and Ricky Gervais do much of the heavy lifting as Jimbo, Hank’s world-weary samurai mentor, and grasping evil warlord Ika Chu, respectively. Nonetheless, this story of a dog sent to be a samurai for a village of dog-hating-cats has its share of charm, and benefits from an all-star cast including Mel Brooks voicing the same part he played in the original (but as a cat.) Samuel L. Part of what makes Blazing Saddles exceptional is its completely unrepentant send-up of racism and intolerance in scenarios as insulting and ridiculous as racism and intolerance merit…and that kind of edgy filmmaking is simply not possible in an all-ages format like this. This film, based heavily on Mel Brooks’ comic masterpiece Blazing Saddles to the point where it was originally titled Blazing Samurai, is both funny and cute and also not likely to make anyone forget the original film any time soon. Paramount Pictures also screened its Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, now out in theaters. The discussion then briefly touched on the recent content additions to the game–new chapters for the main storyline focusing on the Pomefiore dorm (dedicated to the memory of the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) as well as the currently-ongoing special event “Phantom Bride: Love at First Fright” that stars characters from dorm Ignihyde (based on Hades from Hercules.) The panel concluded with Hanae demonstrating his skill at the Twistune rhythm challenges from the game, and then echoing Shimazaki’s sentiments of appreciation and surprise that Twisted-Wonderland has proven to be so popular overseas, and a strong desire to go to Disneyland next time he visits the US. A replica of the letter was later posted at the Twisted-Wonderland booth in the Entertainment Hall. When I was recording it, I tried to take some hints from the original work…in the Disney movie and the animation, like when Riddle got angry and growled, I took a hint from the animation too.”Ī video greeting from one of Hanae’s fellow voice actors, Nobunaga Shimazaki, (Silver from Diasomnia dorm) was presented, as well as a message and special artwork created for the panel by character designer and concept creator Yana Toboso. They take a lot of direction from it, and that interests me as well. Hanae did some Q&A with Aniplex America moderator Lauren Jeong, such as who is his favorite game character? (Ace.) Would he like to join Heartslabyul dorm? (No.) He also mentioned the care the game takes to adhere to its Disney origins, saying “…what's interesting about this game is, because it's inspired by Disney, there are areas where there's dialogue from Disney works. Hanae has also voiced many other characters in properties such as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and was also was the Japanese dubbed voice for Artie (John McCrea) in the live-action Cruella. The panel’s special guest was Natsuki Hanae, the voice actor for the rule-obsessed headwarden to dorm Heartslabyul, Riddle Rosehearts. The main panel at Anime Expo for the Disneyphile was on the recently localized mobile game from Japan, Disney Twisted-Wonderland–a “villains school adventure game, with elements of battle games, rhythm games, and the magic of Disney.” The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) hosted the event as Japanese popular culture was presented in all its facets for fans from over 70 countries.ĭespite the ongoing COVID threat, convention attendees came out in droves to attend panels, get autographs, watch premieres, and buy merchandise dedicated to anime and manga of all genres. Anime Expo, the largest celebration of anime pop culture in North America, came back from its three-year-COVID-mandated hiatus to once again set up shop at the Los Angeles Convention Center this past Independence Day weekend.
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