This meant channeling Shi’s own teen interests, including anime and boy bands. Below, she discusses how four key influences helped shape the unique expression of “Turning Red.” ...

Shi tells The Treatment about how her influences — from anime to ‘90s tween sitcoms like “Clarissa Explains it All” and “Blossom” — found their way into “Turning Red.” She explains how the metaphor of ...

Spirited Away is Chinese-Canadian Domee Shi’s favourite movie, and anime influenced her direction of Turning Red, as well as her own experience of growing up and clashing with her mother.