Hey guys, remember the whole “cool Japan” thing? You know, the theory that Japan’s collective pop culture empire acts as a “soft power” worldwide, giving Japan the edge in the hearts and minds of all people? Well, Hiroyuki Okada – president of the legendary-but-beleaguered studio …Read more »
Hot on the heels of the recently released Evangelion move Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo is the announcement of a new Evangelion-related exhibit, set to run from August 7-26 on the 8th floor of the Matsuya Ginza department store in Tokyo. Announced in the …Read more »
According to a report on web site animeanime.jp , some of the biggest news in the 2012 anime industry centered on the return to stability for some of the oldest studios in the industry while others saw their most important staff and talent leaving to …Read more »
Fans of one-man anime movie monster Makoto Shinkai found an unexpected present under the tree this year. Shinkai, the director of Voices of a Distant Star, 5 Centimeters Per Second, and Children Who Chase Lost Voices announced via his official website on Christmas Eve that …Read more »
If you, like me, have been watching the TV anime adaptation of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure over the past few months, or reading the latest manga entry, Jojolion, then you probably already know series creator Hirohiko Araki is the bee’s knees, top of the pops, too …Read more »
Fans of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts game franchises have likely heard tales of the legendary Ultimania-branded strategy guides released in Japan by Studio BentStuff. Frequently boasting full-color page counts in excess of 500, with attractive layouts and levels of detail at times …Read more »
Germany in Hetalia: Axis Powers. Ragna the Bloodedge in BlazBlue . JP in Redline. If you enjoyed the voice of a character with a slightly lower vocal range in the English dub of a recent anime or video game, you likely have Patrick Seitz to …Read more »
photo by Grenouille Vert With over 40 years of experience, Masao Maruyama is one of the great stalwart figures of the anime industry. Originally an animator at Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi Productions in the 1960s, Maruyama left to co-found legendary animation studio Madhouse in 1972, along …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 »
Michael Sinterniklaas is no stranger to the world of voice acting. Founder of New York-based recording studio NYAV Post, Sinterniklaas is well-known not just as the voice of American cartoon characters like Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) and Dean Venture in …Read more »
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