Challenges of creating an anime company – Interview with Misu Yamaneko
During the 2023 edition of the Annecy International Animation Festival, a peculiar person was browsing the MIFA, the business area of the fest. This young girl, who could have easily been mistaken for a cat, was speaking perfect Japanese with every artist, producer,...
Have a spook with Le Collège Noir – Studio La Cachette panel at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023
At this year's Annecy Festival, we were invited to attend a special panel held by the French anime streaming platform and the French animation studio La Cachette. Our most loyal readers might remember that this isn't the first time we talked about them. Studio La...
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Interview with Shin’ichirô Watanabe [Niigata International Animation Film Festival 2023]
While at the Niigata International Film Festival earlier this year, we had the chance to cross paths with the famous anime director Shin'ichirô Watanabe. This is not the first time we met with him, as one of the very first interviews posted on fullfrontal.moe was an...
Toshiyuki Inoue’s The Boy and the Heron – Long Interview
One of Fullfrontal’s constant endeavors in the last few years has been to gather and share information about Hayao Miyazaki’s next film, The Boy and the Heron, from early information about its production to a review published on the day of its release in Japan. It was...
Studio Bones Quarter Century Anniversary – Interview with Studio Bones president Masahiko Minami
In October 1998, a small team from Sunrise's Studio 2 led by Masahiko Minami decided to quit the studio so they could keep making works together after having created the cult classic Cowboy Bebop. That was the birth of Studio Bones, an animation studio that would get...
Creating anime beyond any boundaries – Gorō Taniguchi Long Interview
Since his directorial debut on a TV series with Infinite Ryvius in 1999, Gorō Taniguchi has always been one of the most original voices in Japanese animation, known for his affection for science-fiction and his over-the-top stories. When we met him in August 2023, it...
Building anime’s future – NAFCA Kick-off Event
Earlier this year, we have seen the rise of a new organization set to defend the interests of people working in the animation industry, the Nippon Anime & Film Culture Association, or NAFCA. The association has laid out a roadmap of what it wants to achieve and is...
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Anime’s new Golden Duo – Interview with Ryôsuke Nakamura and Mieko Hosoi [Japan Tours Festival 2023]
Japan Tours Festival is an event we love to attend each year. There, you can take part in very interesting conferences involving animation industry professionals, such as some regulars like mecha designer Stanislas Brunet, animation producer Séverine Varlette,...
“I was happy to just work with Yuasa” – Satoshi Nakano interview
Satoshi Nakano, aka Washio, has been getting an increasing amount of recognition in the last few years, first for his work as an action animator and then for his character designs on Pokemon: Sun & Moon. Although controversial in some places, his contributions to...