Tite Kubo just proved that a female character can be much more than a tsundere, with Orihime in his magnum opus Bleach.

How “Kubo And The Two Strings” Is Changing The Perception Of Animated Costume Design For the first time, the Costume Designers Guild Awards has nominated a stop-motion animated film.

Laika's Japanese stop-motion fantasy wowed the VFX bake-off and earned Deborah Cook a first-ever costume design guild nomination for animation.

Laika's Kubo and the Two Strings is a another outstanding feature animation from the stop motion studio.

READ MORE: Review: ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Is A Stop-Motion Masterpiece In the end, the Moon Beast became an altogether disruptive and painstaking achievement for Laika.

Animator-turned-director Travis Knight explains why he connected with Kubo And The Two Strings' epic vision, and the tricks he unleashed to realise Laika's latest stop-motion triumph.

"Kubo and the Two Strings," the latest film from Laika, brings us not only a gorgeous hand-crafted universe, but also a sincere story that's sure to thaw even the coldest of hearts. Believe me.

'Kubo and the Two Strings' director Travis Knight discusses the challenges in directing his first stop-motion feature, Laika's fourth film.

Scruffy, kindhearted Kubo ekes out a humble living while devotedly caring for his mother in their sleepy shoreside village. It is a quiet existence -- until a spirit from the past catches up with him ...