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....
by Matteo Watzky | Mar 16, 2021 | Blog
On March 15, 2021, studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki announced the death of Yasuo Otsuka at age 89. With him, it is one of the most important figures in world animation that goes away; it is no overstatement to say that Otsuka was the very embodiment of anime and...
by Jamal | Mar 9, 2021 | Blog
Morphing cuts and sequences involve the animated transition of a subject from one form to another. These are pretty complex on the basis that they take many factors into account in order to deliver the appropriate amount of impact that is required for the scene,...
by Dimitri Seraki | Feb 7, 2021 | Blog
Today, exactly five years have passed since I did my first interview. It feels like it was just yesterday, yet I’ve already been writing about anime for half a decade. I share this feeling about every aspect of my journey in this field: I’m under the...
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