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22/08/2023

Creating the Akari character for the "Tokusatsu Filmmaking by Takeshi Yagi" was a an experimental adventure – what kind of fighting technology would extraterrestrial beings have designed in conjunction with classical Greek artists? Frank was amazing working with Yagi and the Naro team to create her – the first giant Tokusatsu heroine to save the city from a giant Kaiju monster!

And martial arts fighter and actress Kanon Miyahara stepped up to play Akari with power and style!

These are a few glimpses of the process of taking Akari from concept to screen – much more in ULTRAMAN Director Yagi's video course on naro.tv

Available now: https://www.naro.tv/tokusatsu

18/08/2023

Ultraman Director Takeshi Yagi teaches filmmaking – with our very own kaiju, named Pythagodon! Designed by legendary monster designer Akihiko Iguchi, the course shows how a director works with writers, artists, designers, costume builders, "suit actors" inside the costumes, and action choreographers to create a concept film "AKARI"...

Learn more about the genre that brought the world fear in the form of Godzilla and hope in the form of Ultraman, with Yagi, a director at the heart of the industry for the past 24 years and author of 6 books on the subject!

Details here: https://www.naro.tv/tokusatsu
or via link in our profile...

18/08/2023

PART 2 of of the course is now LIVE on our site – teaching how a director works with the teams central to making tokusatsu films by actually showing you the creation process of a tokusatsu we call AKARI (recently screened as a short film at Fantasia International Film Festival . From concept and story through character design, model building, miniature set construction, shooting and post-production, this gives a great birdseye and behind-the-scenes look at how things work in the genre that brought the world everything from Godzilla to Ultraman – Yagi himself is the director of some of the most popular Ultraman series and films!

More details and a preview

Decorated director Takeshi Yagi (ULTRAMAN) shares his techniques and tales from the world of “Tokusatsu” film production.

22/07/2023

The use of extraordinary, vivid color was key in our AKARI film, created by Ultraman director Takeshi Yagi for his upcoming course on "tokusatsu," the Japanese tradition of practical effects filmmaking, usually with heroes battling giant monsters.

The evolving colors were Inspired by our art consultant Mad Dog Jones and translated into cinematic reality on set by our cinematographer Alexandre Bartholo with help from Japanese film legends Marbling Fine Arts' set and costume design, motion effects legend Muraishi Yoshinori, the changing colors of the film give the battle between kaiju (giant monster) Pythagodon and our heroine Akari (the first female lead to battle a monster in tokusatsu history!) a deeper meaning as the action progresses.

Yagi's course goes live 7/22, just as AKARI screens at Fantasia International Film Festival – Le groupe, launching with 110 minutes in 9 video sessions as Part 1, which covers the history of the genre.

Part 2 (coming in August) covers the making of this absorbingly colorful film.

Details here: https://www.naro.tv/tokusatsu

16/07/2023

AKARI, our short tokusatsu action film, directed by Takeshi Yagi for our "Tokusatsu Filmmaking by Takeshi Yagi" course, has taken a life of its own – screening 7/22 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal!

(Screening with Hideaki Anno's new SHIN KAMEN RIDER feature film!)

https://fantasiafestival.com/en/film/akari

16/07/2023

TOKUSATSU! The style of filmmaking that brought the world everything from Godzilla to Ultraman to Power Rangers – we are offering a new course with ULTRAMAN series director Takeshi Yagi. And to teach tokusatsu filmmaking, we worked with Yagi to create an original tokusatsu film: AKARI!

Course goes live 7/22 just as AKARI screens at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal (in a double feature with Hideaki Anno's SHIN KAMEN RIDER film!).

Course info page is LIVE...

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Decorated director Takeshi Yagi (ULTRAMAN) shares his techniques and tales from the world of “Tokusatsu” film production.

30/06/2023

¡Ahora disponible con subtítulos en español!
Mamoru Oshii es el legendario director de Ghost in the Shell, y ahora por primera vez, nos enseña su proceso creativo en un solo curso 🎬

Aprende sobre su enfoque para dirigir cine y anime en este videocurso exclusivo de 4.5 horas, disponible bajo demanda.

Cómpralo ya en www.naro.tv/anime-es y obtén acceso ilimitado.

Además: ahorra 18% esta semana 💪

El legendario director de clásicos del anime como Ghost in the Shell explora momentos clave de su obra y brinda una clase magistral de creatividad y producción cinematográfica.

21/06/2023

Video course "SKATEBOARDING by DAISUKE HAYAKAWA" is now open – Japan's national team coach, gold medalist Momiji Nishiya, and top skaters Yumeka Oda, Watanabe Sena, Kairi Netsuke and Yurin Fujii team up to teach basic through intermediatae skating, and Coach Hayakawa tells the story of skateboarding in Japan from early days to his own rise to pro skater and then coach and mentor to the current generation of Japanese skaters crushing it in tournaments all over the world. Check out the course at our homepage - naro.tv

21/06/2023

新しい講座「早川大輔に学ぶスケートボード」はニコニコニュースにピックアップされました! (期間限定で無料になっております! 登録はnaro.tvまで…)

日本が誇る競技の一つとなったスケートボード。このスケートボード人材の育成、文化醸成に大きく貢献している早川大輔氏を講師として迎え、指導者としての視座、東京2020金メダリスト堀米雄斗選手とのエピソード、そ.....

16/06/2023

FINEPLAYでピックアップしてされました！ありがとうございました！スケートボードの講座は期間限定で無料になっております！ぜひご覧ください！

「押井守に学ぶアニメ・映画」「小錦に学ぶ相撲」「川上全龍に学ぶ禅」など日本の達人の技と視座を世界に向けて発信するナロ株式会社は、東京オリンピックで5個のメダルを獲得した日本代表コーチを務めた早川大輔氏.....

15/06/2023

* FREE for a limited time * Japan's national skateboarding coach, Daisuke Hayakawa, takes us deep into the culture, the sport, the mindset of skateboarding in Japan. He's joined by the youngest female Gold Medalist in Japanese history - Nishiya Momiji - and some of the brightest young stars in Japanese skateboarding today – Yumeka Oda, Sena Watanabe, Yurin Fujii, and Kairi Netsuke. 2.5 hours, 23 videos.

The 11-session "Skate Camp" covers basics through intermediate tricks, and is a great primer for anyone curious about a sport that is sometimes so fast, it's easy to miss!

Japan’s Olympic coach Daisuke Hayakawa teaches the skateboarding way of life, plus fundamentals with a few of his gold-medal and X-games winning friends.

07/06/2023

Bronze. Buddhist arts in Japan make use of all materials, and the bronze statues like this reclining Buddha draw visitors from around Japan and all over the world.

Naro.tv offers a course on the Zen tradition in philosophy and meditation practice with Reverend Takafumi Zenryu Kawakami.

Visit our link-in-bio to check it out!

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07/06/2023

Prayers in stone.

Stone plays a surprising role in Buddhist practice, including in the karesansui rock garden of Zen temple Shunkoin, which is the setting for our "Zen by Takafumi Zenryu Kawakami" on naro.tv.

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26/05/2023

And if you want to hear Konishiki’s full masterclass on sumo and his incredible journey to be the first foreign born sumo Ozeki (Champion), his course is available at Narō.tv!

https://www.naro.tv/sumo-by-konishiki

26/05/2023

NHK has a great preview of Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa’s legendary Den — if you’d like to actually learn what he cooks and get the recipe book for many dishes explained in detail, check out his full course at our site Narō.tv !

Hasegawa Zaiyu is a chef of Japanese cuisine who's been gaining attention from diners and critics around the world for his culinary innovation. His restaurant Den has frequently appeared on the list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants. His creations include delicate wafers stuffed with foie gras, and...

17/05/2023

Our Anime Directing course with legendary director Mamoru Oshii was the core of this interview we helped BoingBoing's Devin Nealy conduct –

"Through deeply philosophical questions, brilliant character design and fluidly-animated action sequences, Ghost in the Shell has become synonymous with anime's storytelling potential. And no scene in it rivals the invisible knife fight directed by Mamoru Oshii."

Oshii breaks down that famous "optical camouflage" knife fight scene in our Naro.tv course.

Thank you, Devin, for shouting out his Naro course and for following up with great questions for Oshii sensei!

Through deeply philosophical questions, brilliant character design and fluidly-animated action sequences, Ghost in the Shell has become synonymous with anime’s storytelling potential. And no …

14/04/2023

"Zen by Zaiyu Kawakami" – the Head Priest of Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto lives a life of action.

His new course with Naro.tv helps you find a new way to think, and then bring a new mentality into your daily practices.

And where to find these practices? Right in front of you... It starts on Naro, today!

Check it out at https://www.naro.tv/

14/04/2023

Who needs answers? Head Priest Kawakami is enjoying the riddles while experiencing the self as state of flow.

Stepping away from dangerously rigid black-and-white thinking means more than just intellectually understanding that you should do so – the practice must be embodied.

Sounds abstract? In some ways it is, but Rev. Kawakami teaches how to help this happen through your actions, your body, your senses. By adjusting your thoughts, certainly. And also with a cup of tea. With rewarding yourself with an actual meditation session. With daily time in the garden. With a potter's wheel and some clay.

The on-demand video course is now open – more details on "Zen by Zenryu Kawakami" on Naro.tv

Rev. Zenryu Kawakami, Head Priest of Kyoto’s Zen Shunkoin temple, teaches you how to expand the “self” through embodiment and a more agile way of thinking.

29/03/2023

RAMEN Q&A EVENT (!!!) with the Creator and star teacher of our "Ramen by Tomoharu Shono" course. Especially for those enrolled in the course.

Step 1: Register for the course via Link-in-Bio at Naro.tv
Step 2: Sign up for the Q&A Session on the Course Participants Page

When:
EST: Friday, April 7 - 9 PM
PST: Friday, April 7 - 6 PM
WET: Saturday, April 8 - 1 AM
JST: Saturday, April 8 - 10 AM

**Space is limited, so sign up soon for priority!

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10/03/2023

Excited to say this new Crunchyroll article features Mamoru Oshii talking about his Narō master course on anime and film directing.

Awesome interview by Cayla Coats that follows up on some of the points Oshii raises in the 4.5 hour video lectures.

In the not so distant future, when the corporate networks fill the earth with electronic and optical communication lines but society has not yet been too computerized to

09/03/2023

Sumo legend Konishiki will be joining us for a Live Q&A
open to all students who have enrolled in his Narō course.

Sign up for Konishiki's on-demand video course through our link-in-bio in time to participate in this rare opportunity to join LIVE with the first non-Japanese "Ozeki" (Sumo Champion) 🔥

When:

March 17 6PM (PDT) / 9PM (EDT)
March 18 10AM (JST)

Make sure to sign up!

https://www.naro.tv/sumo-by-konishiki

Konishiki #相撲 #日本

16/02/2023

Science fiction. Cyberpunk. Anime.

Legendary Director Mamoru Oshii's cutting-edge anime creations have changed all three.

Get deep into Oshii's creative process with a 4.5+ hour (!!) master class "ANIME & FILM DIRECTING by MAMORU OSHII", available on-demand at www.Naro.tv

04/02/2023

Legendary ANIME Director Mamoru Oshii – filming his master course on Anime and Film Directing. Coming soon from Narō.tv.

Sign up or pre-order via https://www.naro.tv/ 😉

16/01/2023

Hokkaido, Japan's snowy slopes – Mt. Asahi-dake's gorgeous powder is the perfect canvas for ski tracks. After we catch our breath, we've got some amazing courses launching this year, with some of our creative idols! So excited for 2023 – please stay tuned!

11/01/2023

Winter in Japan finds us gathering inspiration for the upcoming Narō courses 😉

Sending love and the spirit of adventure from Lake Shikaribetsu in snowy Hokkaido!

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10/01/2023

Winter in Japan! ❄️

Abashiri drift ice, up north in Hokkaido. We're always out looking for new adventures and amazing teachers to introduce to our viewers and course participants...

Stay tuned for more fun this winter...

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24/12/2022

From the golden sakura kimono designed for a red carpet appearance in Berlin, to the LA Dodgers kimono designed for throwing out the first pitch, to kabuki-inspired themes, cacao dyeing, and more – Tomita-sensei's new Narō course showcases and goes in depth on the most gorgeous creations of his career.

This special Kimono course is now life and open for sign-up or why not give it as a gift? Find out more via https://www.naro.tv/kimono-by-nobuaki-tomita 😉


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