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...
What’s hidden in Studio La Cachette?
French animation studio La Cachette, created in 2013, has in recent years become a presence that animation fans worldwide can't ignore. After their first viral short, Kairos, they have become famous for their work on the 2019 series Primal, for which they have done...
The legacy of Monsieur Onion on Battle Heroine Drawings – Interview with Character Designer Hisashi Kagawa
Although very busy with his work as an animation director on the anime Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Mr. Kagawa was kind enough to give us some of his time and talk about his career. Mr. Hisashi Kagawa is part of a group of animators who entered the industry in...
Alternatively Progressing into FLCL – Notes on the FLCL Sequels
Recently I released a video discussing FLCL, and tried to apply a more Japanese reading to it that went beyond the typical Western Coming-of-age take. I was originally going to include some points on the sequels in that video, but found it was getting to be...
Voyage through Outer Space #01 – Leiji Matsumoto’s Roman
This article is the first in a series whose goal is to observe how the representation of Outer Space in anime has evolved throughout time.Through the analysis of the genesis of fundamental tropes, we aim to achieve a better understanding and contextualization of this...
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Savin Yeatman-Eiffel about The 2 Queens & Saya no Uta’s adaptation – Interview [Archive – 02/2017]
A few days ago, Savin Yeatman-Eiffel, founder and CEO of Sav! The World Productions announced a crowdfunding campaign, which goal is the distribution of a Blu-Ray of Oban Star-Racers [1], an anime series he directed and co-produced with Japan. The news reminded me of...
Toshiyuki Inoue discusses three decades of Mitsuo Iso – Interview
Toshiyuki Inoue is one of the most important animators in Japan. Nicknamed "the perfect animator" for his proficiency, ability, and range of expression going from cartoony deformation to absolute photorealism, Inoue is a legendary artist. Beginning his career in 1982,...
Scale, Space & Ranking of Kings’ Visual Worldbuilding
Ranking of Kings is a ‘big’ anime for various reasons. First of all, this series serves as Yousuke Hatta’s debut as a series director. Hatta has made leaps and bounds of progress in the past few years, featuring as a storyboard artist and episode director on many of...