In anime master Mamoru Hosoda’s latest feature, “Scarlet,” the innovative Japanese filmmaker looks West for inspiration: to Shakespearean themes, classic European fantasy and the tradition of Walt Disney princesses.
In a sense, that makes it the mirror image of what’s fueling the headline-grabbing success of “KPop Demon Hunters,” the American-made, Asian-culture-imbued animated hit that just became Netflix’s most-watched original film. (It’s probably not a coincidence that both “KPop” and “Scarlet” were developed with Sony’s support. While “KPop” was produced in-house, “Scarlet” is the first of Studio Chizu’s projects to be co-financed by the Japanese powerhouse.)
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