by Matteo Watzky | Jan 26, 2024 | Blog
Among the many events taking place during the first Niigata International Animation Film Festival was a Katsuhiro Otomo retrospective, held to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Akira and to accompany the release of Otomo’s Complete Works. All of Otomo’s animated works...
by Matteo Watzky | Jan 28, 2022 | 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...
by Josh Dunham | Apr 8, 2020 | Blog
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil pg.146 It’s an eerie feeling whenever you see the...
by Antoine Redier | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog
A bottle to the sea, drifting along our era’s shores, finding its way before our eyes, voiceless against a world deafened by its own cry. Ready Player One, Ghost in the Shell 2017, Altered Carbon, Battle Angel Alita, Blade Runner 2049. Between nostalgic,...
by Dimitri Seraki | Dec 15, 2019 | Interview
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...
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