It is directed by Naoko Yamada, whose work in anime series (“K-On!”) and films (“A Silent Voice,” “Liz and the Blue Bird”) has established her as one of the medium’s most distinctive ...

This anime, directed by Naoko Yamada, pales in comparison to the vivid vision of Totsuko, who experiences the spirits of her bandmates as colors. By Maya Phillips When you purchase a ticket for an ...

A film about a trio of quiet kids collaborating to create art for each other, The Colors Within resembles Yamada’s career. Naoko Yamada made her directorial debut in 2011 at Kyoto Animation ...

What Bailey meant was that he believed, in time, that art collectors would come to recognize the significance of art regardless of its scale. When I came across Santiago’s work in 2018 ...