INU-OH Is A Film About Artists, For Artists
Masaaki Yuasa’s work has been formative to my development as an anime fan. So many of the projects he has put his stamp on have revealed to me what animation is truly capable of and made me realise how artistically diverse the landscape really was. INU-OH took me...
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[Japan Expo 2022] Interview with Mamoru Yokota
At this year's Paris Japan Expo, alongside Character Designer and animator Junichi Hayama, came his friend and colleague, Mr. Mamoru Yokota. Mr. Yokota is a well-established and respected artist both as an animator and an illustrator. In the early 2000s, he also...
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[Japan Expo 2022] Interview with Junichi Hayama
If you are a regular reader of our website, you have probably noticed our interest, or one could call a borderline obsession, surrounding a particular animator group known for their striking designs and contributions to many Toei Animation series, and whose origins...
“Kaleidoscopic Animation – An encounter with Yukio Takatsu” Panel at Paris Japan Expo 2022
After missing for two years, Paris Japan Expo was finally held again at the Villepinte Parce des Expositions. For this edition, called the phoenix edition, to express the event's resurrection, one of the guests of honor was the director, animation director, and...
2000 Lightyears into Sonny Boy – Interview with Shingo Natsume
Shingo Natsume is one of the greatest anime directors of today's generation. Having moved from the video game to the animation industry in the early 2000s, he became associated with Studio Madhouse following his first collaboration with Masaaki Yuasa on The Tatami...
Tonko House’s Oni: Thunder God’s Tale – A technical tour de force
On June 17th, 2022, American animation studio Tonko House held a Work-in-Progress panel dedicated to their subsequent work, the Netflix series Oni: Thunder God's Tale. While it is on its own particularly promising, it is of particular interest for anime fans thanks to...
A Glimpse of Garden of Remembrance with Naoko Yamada
On Wednesday, June 15th, 2022, Naoko Yamada was at the Annecy festival to hold a work-in-progress session about her subsequent work in studio Science Saru: Garden of Remembrance. She was accompanied by studio staff, most notably the CEO Eunyoung Choi, who drove the...
Healing the anime industry – The production of Healer Girl, Halloween Pajama and the role of JAniCA – Interview with Yasuhiro Irie
With the release of the original anime series Healer Girl, we reached out to the director of the series, Mr. Yasuhiro Irie, to talk about his new show. It was also an excellent opportunity to talk about the advancement of his independently made Halloween Pajama anime...
What’s the deal with slice-of-life anime?
2022’s Winter anime season came and went pretty fast but it was an enjoyable one nonetheless. Out of the many shows that aired during the weekends over the last twelve weeks, it was the slice-of-life anime that stood out from the rest for me. This season led to the...