by Matteo Watzky | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog
Mad God is a nightmare-made film. Quite literally so, as director Phil Tippett, one of the most renowned animators and special effects artists in American film history, confessed that his long-awaited movie was inspired by a nightmare he repeatedly made as a child. It...
by Josh Dunham | Sep 14, 2021 | Blog
What was the first anime you liked? What was the first one you fell in love with? What was the first anime you watched and realized it was anime? The answer to these questions is important when it comes to answering the question, ‘how do we get people to...
by Jamal | Aug 28, 2021 | Blog
Those that follow the Japanese animation scene closely would know that the so-called ‘UFO’ has made a decent number of appearances in the past year and a half. The UFO’s resurgence presents us with an opportunity to draw some connections between it and other...
by Matteo Watzky | May 15, 2021 | Blog
With his unique sense of humor and round, cute character designs, Keiichi Arawi is an artist whose work always makes you feel good whenever you encounter it. Among animation fans, he’s mostly known for being the original creator of Nichijou, a hit manga that became,...
by Matteo Watzky | Apr 17, 2021 | Blog
Japanese otaku fans are often associated with two controversial concepts: lolicon and moe. Outside of otaku circles, both terms are associated with some sort of abnormal attraction for fictional characters. To put it bluntly, they are perceived as two equivalent forms...
by Dimitri Seraki | Apr 11, 2021 | Blog
In December of 2018, the La Villette exhibition center held an exhibition named Manga <-> Tokyo about the representation of Tokyo’s city in Manga, anime, and other forms of popular media such as Kaiju movies and Tokusatsu. The exhibition was curated by M....
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