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The government of Japan bestows the Medal with Purple Ribbon on “individuals who have contributed to academic and artistic developments, improvements and accomplishments.” This autumn, they’ve giving it to Masaaki Yuasa. Yuasa has been in the anime business for a long time. He began as …Read more »
The sad news that anime director Osamu Kobayashi has passed away is making its way across the internet today. The director and animator was known for his work on BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, Paradise Kiss, Naruto Shippuden, Gurren Lagann, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa is back. The visually-inventive auteur behind anime like Mind Game , Kemonozume and Kick-Heart had a busy 2014, directing the series Ping Pong , helming episodes of Space Dandy and Adventure Time and founding his own animation studio, Science Saru. What followed was …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (actually, ex-producer, as he made sure to point out in his apology) kicked up a ruckus last month when he declared that women are “realistic” as compared to “idealistic” men, making the former unsuitable for directing Ghibli films. Never mind …Read more »
If there’s one thing that anime sorely lacks, it is weirdness. And I’m not talking about the kind of weirdness that is the hallmark of spectacularly crazy anime like M.D. Geist or Crystal Triangle (weird only because of the haphazard approach to plot construction), or …Read more »
As if one giant anime event weren’t enough, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015 also took place this past weekend, and the prize for best anime TV series of the year went to Masaaki Yuasa’s adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto’s Ping Pong . The 11 episode …Read more »
I don’t think it’s any secret that Masaaki Yuasa is one of our favorite Anime People around these parts. The auteur director behind stuff like Kick Heart , Mind Game and Ping Pong The Animation , Yuasa is the kind of unique creative talent that …Read more »
Noitamina, the alternative anime programming block on Fuji TV, is celebrating their almost-10-year anniversary with a series of interviews with creators who’ve worked on Noitamina shows. That impressive list includes Masaaki Yuasa, a highly regarded figure for anyone into anime that goes beyond (often way …Read more »
If the name Masaaki Yuasa doesn’t ring a bell with a lot of anime fans, it’s not for lack of talent. The 47-year old director has marked himself over the last decade as one of the most bold and unique auteurs in Japanese animation, delivering …Read more »
As we recently reported , last week saw the announcement of an extremely ambitious and exciting project from animation house Production I.G. and director Masaaki Yuasa: Kick-Heart , an animated short to be paid for by fan contributions via crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Kick-Heart , a …Read more »
photo by Yves Tennevin Osamu Kobayashi grew up in the 1970s, something of a golden era for future animators. Weaned on the work of Yoshinori Kanada, Isao Takahata, and Hayao Miyazaki, Kobayashi knew he wanted to be an animator from an early age. After working …Read more »
Ah, university life. Whether a distant, quasi-fond memory or something you've only been given a small reprieve from this summer (for those of you still in high school and yet to know the joys of university life, the phrase "Abandon hope all ye who enter …Read more »
Anime viewers who are attentive to the people who actually make animation itself may have previously picked out the name Mamoru Hosoda thanks to his distinctive work on the first two Digimon movies and the sixth One Piece movie. Alternatively, his name may have been …Read more »
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