Healing the anime industry – The production of Healer Girl, Halloween Pajama and the role of JAniCA – Interview with Yasuhiro Irie
With the release of the original anime series Healer Girl, we reached out to the director of the series, Mr. Yasuhiro Irie, to talk about his new show. It was also an excellent opportunity to talk about the advancement of his independently made Halloween Pajama anime...
The legacy of Monsieur Onion on Battle Heroine Drawings – Interview with Character Designer Hisashi Kagawa
Although very busy with his work as an animation director on the anime Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Mr. Kagawa was kind enough to give us some of his time and talk about his career. Mr. Hisashi Kagawa is part of a group of animators who entered the industry in...
Toshiyuki Inoue discusses three decades of Mitsuo Iso – Interview
Toshiyuki Inoue is one of the most important animators in Japan. Nicknamed "the perfect animator" for his proficiency, ability, and range of expression going from cartoony deformation to absolute photorealism, Inoue is a legendary artist. Beginning his career in 1982,...
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From Daicon IV to Mad Max – Interview with Mahiro Maeda [Archive, July 2016]
While I was looking through some files, I stumbled upon the audio to this interview I did five years ago, in 2016, and realized I had never released it. Mahiro Maeda had come to France to promote Studio Khara's 10th anniversary, and as such, I and a few other peers,...
STAND ALONE COMPLEX’s information society – Interview with Kenji Kamiyama
In the summer of 2017, while Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX director Kenji Kamiyama attended the Paris Japan Expo, we were able to meet with him and producer Yoshiki Sakurai for an interview. M. Kamiyama is well known for his involvement in the Ghost in the...
Interview – Terumi Nishii
This summer, a few days following the release of Saint Seiya Knights of the Zodiac on Netflix, we met with the show's Character Designer Terumi Nishii in Tokyo. Ms. Nishii is a prolific Character Designer well known for her designs on shows such as Mawaru Penguindrum...
Interview – Masashi Kudo
Masashi Kudo is well known for being the Character Designer for the adaptation of the popular Shonen Manga Bleach. In more recent times he also has made his directorial debut on shows such as Sanrio Boys and Chain Chronicles and has had an overall round out career....
Interview – 40 Years of Shoji Kawamori
During the month of June, an exhibition celebrating Shoji Kawamori's career 40th anniversary was held at Tokyo Dome City's Gallery AaMo. Mr. Kawamori is one of Japan's most famous Mecha designers and the face associated with the Macross series. Aside from his work as...
The Nature of Motion – Interview with Samy Fecih
Samy Fecih is an incredible animator. He started as self-taught and worked as a VFX animator as well as on cartoon productions while traveling around the world. Avatar, Harry Potter and The Penguins of Madagascar are amongst the most famous works he has worked on....
Notenki Talk – Interview with Gainax’s Yasuhiro Takeda
At Japan Expo 2017, Studio Gainax announced the production of three movies taking place in Matsumoto Leiji's universe. On this occasion, we met with Gainax producer Yasuhiro Takeda. Takeda is known as one of Studio Gainax's founding members and legendary Otaku...
Interview with Shinichiro Watanabe
Without a doubt one of the most well-known directors in the anime industry, Shinichiro Watanabe directed some of the most acclaimed anime series. He has provided us with some unique shows in the form of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo and is still regarded today as...
WIT Studio’s creative process – encounter with Tetsuro Araki
In the fall of 2016 WIT Studio animation-staff, Tetsuro Araki and Yasuyuki Ebara came alongside animation producers Nakatake Tetsuya and Maiko Okada in order to promote their latest anime, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Tetsuro Araki is a well-known anime director...