by Dimitri Seraki | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog
Japanese Rock and Pop music has, through the 21st century, become an undoubtedly global phenomenon with genres like J-Pop, J-Rock reaching foreign audiences, and in more recent years, genres like City Pop getting a newfound appreciation with international audiences...
by Matteo Watzky | Nov 25, 2021 | Blog
Japanese animation holds a special place in the world scene and among fandoms for its diversity and championing of 2D animation techniques. This is very justified and has only become a stronger tendency now that an increasing number of animation creators outside Japan...
by Matteo Watzky | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog
Mamoru Hosoda has truly become “the new Miyazaki.” By that, I do not mean that he is or has become Hayao Miyazaki’s heir or that his work follows up on that of the studio Ghibli director. Rather, I mean that Hosoda has taken Miyazaki’s place in...
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 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,...
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