![Old and New: Ekura Animal’s Heike Monogatari – Interview with Hitomi Toyonaga [JETRO x Kickstarter]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ekura-Animal-1080x675.png)
by Matteo Watzky | Jan 29, 2023 | Interview, JETRO
Ekura Animal, or Eclat Animal, is an animation studio with a long history: created in the early 1980s, its roots go back to the very beginnings of Japanese animation and the students of one of anime’s greatest artists, Yasuo Otsuka. At Full Frontal, we have...
![Breaking the Mold: making Hana the Last Diviner – Interview with Hiroki Taniguchi [JETRO x Kickstarter]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/パブリックアーツ-1080x675.png)
by Dimitri Seraki | Jan 20, 2023 | Interview, JETRO
Hiroki Taniguchi is an independent anime and film producer and director who is the head of the studio Public Arts, a tiny company as it has only one permanent member: himself. Mr. Taniguchi has been selected to participate in the ongoing initiative by JETRO aiming to...
![Bringing Samurai Pirates to life – An Interview with Ken Yoshida, President of Picona Creative Studio [JETRO x Kickstarter Initiative]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ƒsƒRƒi-1080x675.png)
by Matteo Watzky | Jan 16, 2023 | Interview, JETRO
Picona Creative Studio is an anime studio focused on 3DCG animation. Known in the industry for using cell-like 3DCG, they have worked on a wide range of popular anime series, such as Aikatsu! or Chainsaw Man. Currently, the studio is holding a crowdfunding campaign...
by Dimitri Seraki | Jan 12, 2023 | Blog, JETRO
This week, five independent anime studios have launched crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter. While crowdfunding campaigns have already taken place to help finance anime productions, this campaign, in particular, is a bit special. Indeed, it is part of an initiative...
by Matteo Watzky | Jan 6, 2023 | Blog
Understanding of the Japanese animation industry has developed a lot in English-speaking circles. However, while in-depth records or detailed anecdotes about specific productions have become easier to find, a general overview of the industry as a whole is still...
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