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In July of last year, world-renowned musician Ryuichi Sakamoto was diagnosed with mesopharyngeal carcinoma . He had to cancel all of his ongoing work to undergo cancer treatment, including a position as both director and performer at the 2014 Sapporo International Arts Festival. Sakamoto's fame …Read more »
Shinji Aramaki. Even if you don’t know his name, you probably know his work: he’s spent decades in the anime industry, starting out as a mecha designer on shows like Mospeada and Megazone 23 before reinventing himself as a director of CG films like Appleseed …Read more »
Good news for fans of Studio Khara’s Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition : the series of anime shorts is in for a second season. Animator Expo, which debuted online last November, is a series of animated shorts produced by Hideki Anno’s Studio Khara, the studio behind the …Read more »
Live-action adaptations of anime and manga are an inevitably contentious topic, as more often than not fans are worked into a furor over a film project that may not ever enter production. Case in point: the recent announcement that Scarlet Johannson has been cast as …Read more »
I haven't had a chance to catch up on all the Animator Expo shorts, but it was worth jumping ahead to the latest, which briefly brings Neon Genesis Evangelion into the world of full CG animation. For those just joining us, the Japan Animator Expo …Read more »
Many American manga fans aspire to make their own manga. While at Detroit’s Youmacon convention, I spoke with Fred Gallagher of MegaTokyo fame about how his manga-inspired comic took off and his advice for aspiring mangaka. “I was actually a fan of manga and anime …Read more »
This month, an exhibition rolling through Japan is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ghost in the Shell . Though it's almost been overshadowed by the various anime adaptations , the Ghost in the Shell that appeared 25 years ago and serves as the template for …Read more »
The Sega Genesis, birthplace of Sonic the Hedgehog , Streets of Rage and countless other 16-bit video game classics, recently had its 25th Anniversary in the United States, and what better way to celebrate than with a Transformer that turns into the iconic game machine? …Read more »
The hype surrounding the recent Sailor Moon remake is yet another reminder that the Japanese animation industry is an unrelenting, ouroborosian machine that consumes itself just as fast as it reinvents itself. Sailor Moon ’s staggering popularity in Japan was matched in the U.S. by …Read more »
Bad news for any fans of the Japanese music scene: according to a statement released by record company Avex yesterday, Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder and prominent composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has been diagnosed with throat cancer. YMO is one of the most influential bands of the …Read more »
Like him or not, it’s clear director Shinji Aramaki is at the forefront of Japan’s 3D, computer-generated animation movement. Beginning his directorial career with traditional, hand-drawn anime OAVs like Megazone 23 and MADOX-01 , Aramaki turned to computers to create 2004’s Appleseed . Since then, …Read more »
Last week saw the release of Captain Harlock, the new film based on the classic manga and anime series by Leiji Matsumoto. The new film, the latest from CG wiz Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed), is the director’s highest budget film yet, allowing Aramaki to expand and …Read more »
The official site for the upcoming Gatchaman live-action film now has a teaser trailer for everyone to soak in. It's not exactly full of superheroics, but it does offer a glimpse of the actors in costume. The film is being directed by Toya Sato ( …Read more »
Those clamoring for details after the initial announcement of Ghost in the Shell: Arise can rest a bit easier now, as a bunch of information has been ironed out along with a few looks at the anime itself. Arise is being developed as a four-part …Read more »
Leiji Matsumoto's Captain Harlock has been in the works as a CG-animated feature, first showcased in 2010 as a proof of concept alongside a CG Gaiking project. Well, it looks like things are moving along smoothly, as Captain Harlock has been confirmed, with a release …Read more »
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