fullfrontal.moe is 5 years old!
July 4th is a festive day at fullfrontal.moe - but not for the reasons you might think! July 4th, 2018, is the date at which the fullfrontal.moe domain was first registered, and, as such, today marks our fifth anniversary! I had already written a piece about what led...
The god of anime designs – Interview with Ken’ichi Yoshida
Ken’ichi Yoshida may be one of the greatest character designers of the last decades. Debuting at studio Ghibli in the late 1990’s, he went freelance in the early 2000’s and became one of the closest colleagues of legendary director Yoshiyuki Tomino on Overman King...
Producing The Orbital Children at Production +h. – an interview with Fuminori Honda
Production +h. is an up-and-coming anime studio that got attention for producing Iso Mitsuo's series The Orbital Children. Its president is Fuminori Honda, who started his career at Production I.G by working alongside Kenji Kamiyama on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone...
![Making Gothicmade – Panel by Mamoru Nagano, Maria Kawamura, and Shinichirô Inoue [Niigata International Animation Film Festival]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Gothicmade_NIAFF-400x250.jpg)
Making Gothicmade – Panel by Mamoru Nagano, Maria Kawamura, and Shinichirô Inoue [Niigata International Animation Film Festival]
Gothicmade Hana no Utame is a movie you will probably never be able to watch. The movie is Mamoru Nagano's directorial debut and was released in Japanese theaters in 2012. Mamoru Nagano is a well-known mecha and character designer who has worked at Studio Sunrise on...
![What matters in animation is expression – Interview with Mamoru Oshii [Niigata International Animation Film Festival]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DSCF4797-400x250.jpeg)
What matters in animation is expression – Interview with Mamoru Oshii [Niigata International Animation Film Festival]
The Niigata International Animation Film Festival held its first edition in March 2023, with a varied program showcasing works from around the world. And to top it off all and start this new festival with style, the head of the festival's jury was none other than the...
Studio MAPPA’s rising star animator – Interview with Benjamin Faure
Benjamin Faure is an animator who has impressed audiences with his work on some of the trendiest anime series, such as My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Chainsaw Man. As he works remotely from France, one would assume Benjamin is part of the "Webgen" animators....
Punk’s not dead – Conference by Atsushi Kaneko
Atsushi Kaneko is a manga author born in 1966 who started his career in the 1990s. Almost all of his works are published by the Enterbrain magazine called Comic Beam. He is often described as a punk, with the intention of destroying everything he passes. And you can...
![Thinking anime in 3D, interview with Yasuhiro Yoshiura – [19th Carrefour du Cinéma d’animation]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2523-400x250.jpeg)
Thinking anime in 3D, interview with Yasuhiro Yoshiura – [19th Carrefour du Cinéma d’animation]
At the start of the 2000s, several artists were able to claim some fame by releasing independent animated short films and leveraging that position to make their breakthrough into commercial animation. One such name that comes to mind is Makoto Shinkai, whose...
![The Life and Works of Ryôichi Ikegami: Discussion with a gekiga veteran [50th Angoulême International Comics Festival]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Ryoichi_ikegami_shikishi-400x250.jpeg)
The Life and Works of Ryôichi Ikegami: Discussion with a gekiga veteran [50th Angoulême International Comics Festival]
Ryôichi Ikegami is a manga veteran. As of 2023, the author of Crying Freeman and Sanctuary is currently 78 years old, and after a 60-year career of drawing manga, he is still in surprisingly great shape. He is now drawing the energetic and youthful manga Trillion...