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,...
Who is Takeshi Honda, from Evangelion to The Boy and the Heron – Panel at Art to Play 2023
Takeshi Honda is a highly respected animator amongst anime fans, known for his exceptional work on several popular anime series, including Hideaki Anno's Nadia: The Secret of the Blue Water and Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue, and Millenium...
The origins and legacy of the webgen, anime’s rock’n’roll – Long interview with Ryo-Timo
In the mid-2000s, a group of three young animators were making waves in the anime industry: Ryo-Timo, Ken’ichi Kutsuna, and Shingo Yamashita. Nicknamed the “web-generation”, they had started as amateur animators on the Web before entering the animation industry, where...
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Let’s talk to anime directors panel with Tomohisa Taguchi and Keiichi Hara [Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023]
During the Annecy International Animation Film Festival earlier this year, a panel was held with some of the Japanese directors who had their movies in competition. There was Director Keiichi Hara, known for his directing work on the Crayon Shin-Chan franchise and...
Definitive Anime Review – Issue #3 – Match of the Day
Hello everyone and welcome to another exciting edition of Definitive Anime Review. I hope you didn't miss me too much. I was busy working with the British Library, exposing an international book laundering crime syndicate that employed resurrected historical figures...
Akihiko Yamashita’s The Boy and the Heron – Long Interview
If any animator could be said to have defined the look of Studio Ghibli films in the last 20 years, it would, without a doubt, be Akihiko Yamashita. First only a key animator on Spirited Away in 2001, he was immediately promoted to animation direction on Howl’s Moving...
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The One Piece anime revolution – Interview with Keiichi Ichikawa, One Piece’s chief animation director [Japan Expo 2023]
In July of this year, two of the most important members of the history of the One Piece anime series were invited to Japan Expo. Eisaku Inoue, an animation director who worked on some of the most memorable episodes ever since the second episode of the series, and...
Anime’s present and future – Interview with Terumi Nishii and Ayano Fukumiya
For some years now, awareness of problems within the Japanese animation industry has been growing, both within Japan and overseas. Things have accelerated since the pandemic, with these topics being addressed increasingly frequently. There are two causes for this: the...
Challenges of creating an anime company – Interview with Misu Yamaneko
During the 2023 edition of the Annecy International Animation Festival, a peculiar person was browsing the MIFA, the business area of the fest. This young girl, who could have easily been mistaken for a cat, was speaking perfect Japanese with every artist, producer,...