Definitive Anime Review – Issue #2 – An Exclusive Interview for the Soul of the Anime Industry.
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Definitive Anime Review. Sorry for disappearing for a few months, I was busy at work on a story exposing Sir Issac Newton as the leader of an evil organisation. You know how these stories are right? Well a few days ago,...
![Beyond the wall of Titans – Hajime Isayama Panel [50th Angoulême International Comics Festival]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/825AEEDC-5F07-44EC-846B-05D734CC227C-400x250.jpeg)
Beyond the wall of Titans – Hajime Isayama Panel [50th Angoulême International Comics Festival]
Attack on Titan has been running for over ten years in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine and ended recently, but its success story still seems unreal. Hajime Isayama was a young mangaka with little to no experience who gave birth to one of the most successful stories ever...
![From picture books to animation: Noko Yukawa & Studio Gorilla [JETRO x Kickstarter]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Gorilla-400x250.png)
From picture books to animation: Noko Yukawa & Studio Gorilla [JETRO x Kickstarter]
Studio Gorilla is a small studio with a long history. As is often the case in the anime industry, its creators are fueled by simple things: love and passion. With these, they have participated in a variety of projects aimed at children, which have always been their...
Anime Numbers – 2 – The situation of anime studios
Understanding of the Japanese animation industry has developed a lot in English-speaking circles. However, while in-depth records or detailed anecdotes about specific productions have become easier to find, a general overview of the industry as a whole is still...
![Looking for a Japanese new CG: Yuta Sano & Studio 4°C [JETRO x Kickstarter]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Studio4亷-400x250.jpg)
Looking for a Japanese new CG: Yuta Sano & Studio 4°C [JETRO x Kickstarter]
Studio 4°C is one of the most famous animation companies in Japan. For decades, they have created many experimental films and have acquired a passionate fandom overseas. Right now, the studio is embarking on a new project which will require the help of such fans - a...
![Old and New: Ekura Animal’s Heike Monogatari – Interview with Hitomi Toyonaga [JETRO x Kickstarter]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ekura-Animal-400x250.png)
Old and New: Ekura Animal’s Heike Monogatari – Interview with Hitomi Toyonaga [JETRO x Kickstarter]
Ekura Animal, or Eclat Animal, is an animation studio with a long history: created in the early 1980s, its roots go back to the very beginnings of Japanese animation and the students of one of anime's greatest artists, Yasuo Otsuka. At Full Frontal, we have known...
![Breaking the Mold: making Hana the Last Diviner – Interview with Hiroki Taniguchi [JETRO x Kickstarter]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/パブリックアーツ-400x250.png)
Breaking the Mold: making Hana the Last Diviner – Interview with Hiroki Taniguchi [JETRO x Kickstarter]
Hiroki Taniguchi is an independent anime and film producer and director who is the head of the studio Public Arts, a tiny company as it has only one permanent member: himself. Mr. Taniguchi has been selected to participate in the ongoing initiative by JETRO aiming to...
![Bringing Samurai Pirates to life – An Interview with Ken Yoshida, President of Picona Creative Studio [JETRO x Kickstarter Initiative]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ƒsƒRƒi-400x250.png)
Bringing Samurai Pirates to life – An Interview with Ken Yoshida, President of Picona Creative Studio [JETRO x Kickstarter Initiative]
Picona Creative Studio is an anime studio focused on 3DCG animation. Known in the industry for using cell-like 3DCG, they have worked on a wide range of popular anime series, such as Aikatsu! or Chainsaw Man. Currently, the studio is holding a crowdfunding campaign...
Supporting independent anime projects – a JETRO initiative
This week, five independent anime studios have launched crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter. While crowdfunding campaigns have already taken place to help finance anime productions, this campaign, in particular, is a bit special. Indeed, it is part of an initiative...