From Yoshinori Kanada to Jujutsu Kaisen, 40 years of action animation – Shinsaku Kôzuma Long Interview
Shinsaku Kôzuma is among the greatest action animators in Japan. From his beginnings in the industry in the late 70s, he has been a witness and an actor in some of the most important works in anime history: in-betweener on Galaxy Express 999, key animator on Urusei...
The history of Studio Dove: Studio Sunrise’s hidden trump card – Nobuyoshi Nishimura Long Interview
If you've watched any Sunrise anime from the 1980s or 1990s, chances are you've encountered Nobuyoshi Nishimura’s work or become aware of his name. As an animator and animation director, he was one of the core members of studio Dove, an outsourcing company mostly...
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Directing Mushishi and other spiraling stories – Hiroshi Nagahama and Uki Satake [Panels at Japan Expo Orléans 2023]
Last October, director Hiroshi Nagahama (Mushishi, The Reflection) and voice actress Uki Satake (QT in Space Dandy) were invited to Japan Expo Orléans, an event of a much smaller scale than the main event they organized in Paris. I was offered to host two of his...
Colors and cinematography in anime – Interview with Death Note director Tetsurô Araki
As the director of cult works such as Death Note, Highschool of the Dead, and Attack on Titan seasons 1 to 3, Tetsurô Araki is one of the biggest names in the anime industry. In recent years, he has had many occasions to get his name out, from the movie Bubble to the...
Akira stories – Katushiro Otomo and Hiroyuki Kitakubo talk at Niigata International Animation Film Festival 2023
Among the many events taking place during the first Niigata International Animation Film Festival was a Katsuhiro Otomo retrospective, held to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Akira and to accompany the release of Otomo’s Complete Works. All of Otomo’s animated works...
From unions to Doraemon – Interview with Éclat Animal’s Toshiyuki Honda
Toshiyuki Honda’s name may not be familiar to many anime fans, but he is the very definition of a veteran, one of those people who have supported the anime industry for decades. He started his career in 1969 in the genre-defining sports anime Star of the Giants and...
fullfrontal.moe 2023 wrap up and plans for 2024
As we enter this new year, I have grown accustomed to taking a look back at the past year to give you an idea of fullfrontal.moe's situation, what we were able to achieve together with your support and fidelity, and share our prospects for 2024. But before getting...
fullfrontal.moe Anime of the Year Awards 2023
Last year, we held the first edition of the fullfrontal.moe Anime of the Year Awards. Well... Kind of. We decided last minute to have each member write something about their favorite anime and joke about it being "an award". Still, the experience was fun, and we...
Takeshi Honda’s The Boy and the Heron – Long Interview
Nicknamed “Master” since his early days in animation, Takeshi Honda is one of anime’s greatest artists. After a brief period at the studio Atelier Giga, he spent most of the 1980s and 1990s at studio Gainax, where he worked on its most iconic productions: Gunbuster,...