by Matteo Watzky | Jan 29, 2023 | Interview, JETRO
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...
by Jamal | Sep 10, 2022 | Blog
Masaaki Yuasa’s work has been formative to my development as an anime fan. So many of the projects he has put his stamp on have revealed to me what animation is truly capable of and made me realise how artistically diverse the landscape really was. INU-OH took me...
by Matteo Watzky | Jun 16, 2022 | Blog
On Wednesday, June 15th, 2022, Naoko Yamada was at the Annecy festival to hold a work-in-progress session about her subsequent work in studio Science Saru: Garden of Remembrance. She was accompanied by studio staff, most notably the CEO Eunyoung Choi, who drove the...
by Jamal | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog
After eleven episodes, the curtain has finally closed on the story of the Heike clan. Although it was a short affair, Heike Monogatari was able to deliver a phenomenal experience from start to finish. However, the final act of the show took it to new heights by...
by Dimitri Seraki | Dec 13, 2021 | Espresso
The ninth episode of Heike Monogatari has particularly struck me through its visuals. The following scene, which serves as the climax to the battle between Taira no Atsumori and Kumagai Naozame, is representative of some of the aspects that made this particular...
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