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A lot of folks were impressed by Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress , the recent post-apocalyptic series from Attack on Titan studio Wit and director Tetsuro Araki. But Gundam creator and anime industry legend Yoshiyuki Tomino? Not so much. So revealed director Araki in the …Read more »
We’re busy anime fans here at Otaku USA, and that means we need our anime delivered in quick, bite-sized chunks. Luckily, in recent years the anime industry has obliged our tight schedules—as well as our rapidly diminishing attention spans—with a whole cottage industry of anime …Read more »
Feels like whenever we bring you a bit of industry insider news on this here website, it’s usually pretty bleak. Broke animators, lack of innovation – name the problem, and the anime industry seems to be facing it. So for a nice counterbalance, here’s some …Read more »
This is definitely the anime industry “awww” moment of the day. Manga artist NAOE, creator of Aoharu x Machinegun , recently moved into a new home, and was paid a housewarming visit by none other than voice actress Mikako Komatsu, who starred in the Aoharu …Read more »
Anyone who’s spent time reading up on the behind-the-scenes of the anime industry knows that the talent folks behind our favorite pastime face a lot of difficulties, from low wages to overwork to burnout and even serious medical issues. The latest report about the sometimes …Read more »
Anime for young children has seen its better days. Ever since the rise of Pokémon in the late 1990s carried a new wave of fans into the Internet age, the anime industry has largely set its sights on teenagers and young adults by catering to …Read more »
Anime Busience, a Japanese magazine that covers the business and science behind the anime industry, has published a fascinating graph showing the difference in taste among Japanese and American anime viewers. The graph, created with viewership stats from Japan’s Niconico and America’s Crunchyroll, shows series …Read more »
In recent years, we’ve seen in an increase (or an increase in the visibility, at least) of non-Japanese folks working in the anime industry. But most of the individuals we’ve seen profiled work behind the scenes as animators, designers or background artists. That’s not the …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka: legendary creator of Astro Boy , Black Jack and Phoenix , father of the anime industry, and… spectral spokesman for a Japanese cult? Controversial religious organization Happy Science has published a new book entitled Osamu Tezuka’s Ghost , in which they purport to …Read more »
Seems like we use the ol' "burnt-out Shirobako characters" image a lot these days... We’ve posted a lot over the past few years about the dismal wages in the anime industry. But a lot of what we hear is anecdotal, with a lot of rumors, …Read more »
Studio Trigger – you know, the Little Witch Academia , Kill la Kill , and Ninja Slayer guys? – are hiring. We know quite a few of you readers are industry geeks, so why don’t we take a look at a real-life anime industry job …Read more »
The years in which the animation studio Manglobe focused on creating titles originally conceived as anime series, such as Samurai Champloo or Michiko and Hatchin , are mostly a thing of the past. With the notable exception of the amazing yet highly polarizing Samurai Flamenco …Read more »
Mike McFarland has been involved with the anime industry a very long time, getting in on the proverbial ground floor as one of the first voice actors Funimation hired for their dub of Dragon Ball Z (as Master Roshi and Yajirobe) back in the mid …Read more »
If you enjoyed any of the well-regarded anime dubs from Geneon during the mid-2000s, you likely have Jonathan Klein to thank. As the vice-president and co-owner of New Generation Pictures, Klein produced the dubs for Hellsing , Ergo Proxy and Paranoia Agent during the American …Read more »
The anime industry increased profits about 10% in 2014 over the previous year, according to a new report published by the Association of Japanese Animations due out Sept 18. The industry as a whole pulled in 1.63 trillion yen (about $13.5 billion). To what does …Read more »
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