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...
![“We’re all Iso’s children” – Interview with Ken’ichi Kutsuna [Part 1]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_2091-1080x675.jpeg)
by Matteo Watzky | Jul 9, 2023 | Interview
Ken’ichi Kutsuna has always been an alternative figure within the anime industry. A representative member of the “web-generation”, he entered the industry with a training quite different from that of his peers and an affinity for digital animation. After a successful...
![What matters in animation is expression – Interview with Mamoru Oshii [Niigata International Animation Film Festival]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DSCF4797-1080x675.jpeg)
by Matteo Watzky | May 20, 2023 | Interview
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...
![Thinking anime in 3D, interview with Yasuhiro Yoshiura – [19th Carrefour du Cinéma d’animation]](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2523-1080x675.jpeg)
by Dimitri Seraki | Apr 22, 2023 | Interview
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...
![[Made in Asia 2022] Interview with Shin’ya Ohira](https://fullfrontal.moe/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ohira_Shinya_MIA-1080x675.png)
by Matteo Watzky | Nov 12, 2022 | Interview
Shin’ya Ohira needs no introduction: with his immediately recognizable style, which emphasizes irregular linework and deformation, he is one of the most unique animators in the world. But Ohira’s style and career do not just amount to the deformations he is famous for...
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