Naoko Yamada, a critically acclaimed filmmaker known primarily among U.S. fans for her 2016 anime drama, A Silent Voice, recently opened up about her most recent feature, The Colors Within.

series, Liz and the Blue Bird and A Silent Voice. While Yamada is an avid anime fan herself, she recently explained why her favorite anime franchises do not influence her productions. To help ...

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 ...