Wooden puppet stop-motion samurai awesomeness! A must watch! Hidari is a stop-motion animated film currently in development in Japan under the direction of Masashi Kawamura. The film recently finished ...

When most people think of anime, they think of either traditional 2D animated or 3DCG animated series or films. However, the medium of animation (let alone Japanese animation) is virtually unlimited ...

Even going into the final stretch of The Spirit of the Samurai, I was still unsure if I had understood the fundamentals of its combat. Enemies were every bit as twitchy and unpredictable as they had ...

The stop-motion animation studio LAIKA has released the official trailer for “Kubo and the Two Strings.” After finding much critical and commercial success with “Coraline,” “ParaNorman” and “The ...

TOKYO -- In the gruesome climactic scene of the film "HIDARI," the samurai hero Hidari Jingoro, spinning in midair, slices through the torsos of 12 of his adversaries simultaneously with a chain saw.

The single-player action game promises Immersive storytelling set in Feudal Japan, and it’s coming to PC When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Behind the scenes in Portland on Laika's fourth stop-motion feature. Laika’s fascination with folktales gets more sweeping and exotic with the samurai adventure, “Kubo and the Two Strings,” expanding ...

There are no showtimes for Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below. ‎The animated adaptations of the video game series.