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The second annual Niigata International Animation Film Festival is on the way. The festival, which takes place from March 15 to 20 in the port city of Niigata, has just announced the “Niigata Animation Camp,” which seeks to give young animators a leg up in …Read more »
The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror XXXIII” Halloween special, which included a segment spoofing Death Note (titled “Death Tome”), has officially received an Emmy for its good work! It competed against Bob’s Burgers episode “The Plight Before Christmas,” Netflix’s Entergalactic special, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal episode “Shadow …Read more »
We all love anime, but numerous people have raised concerns about the well-being of individuals making anime. The Japan Animation Creators Association, which is sometimes referred to as JaniCA, puts out yearly surveys to see how people in the industry are doing. The last time …Read more »
What does an anime-themed Japanese food truck do after overcoming adversity in the business? Make an anime about it, of course. The Okamoto Kitchen OVA, out now on YouTube (or the Okamoto Kitchen site here), is a comedic take on what the real business Okamoto …Read more »
The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror XXXIII in 2022 included a brilliant spoof of Death Note titled “Death Tome,” nailing everything from the opulent music to the animation (using an animation studio that worked on the real Death Note!) to Lisa thinking she’s bringing justice as …Read more »
Masao Maruyama, who was a protégé of Osamu “God of Manga” Tezuka, has co-founded Madhouse and founded both MAPPA and Studio M2, and has helped launch the careers of Mamoru Hosoda, Satoshi Kon and others. To say he knows a bit about the anime business …Read more »
A website based in China called b9good has been removed by Chinese authorities. And it’s not for censorship reasons like has happened before when the current Chinese government has decided it wants to crack down on art it doesn’t like. b9good was a major piracy …Read more »
One aspect of TOHO animation’s 10th anniversary celebration is a music film series, which has acclaimed artists and animators uniting to produce collaborative music videos with gorgeous anime visuals. Among the contributors are Japanese rock band BUMP OF CHICKEN, Attack on Titan director Tetsuro Araki …Read more »
If you’ve ever wanted to go back to 1999, you can . . . in virtual reality. Nostalgia1999, which showcases what an otaku teen’s room may have looked like in July 1999, is now available on VRChat thanks to Toei Animation’s ONN’ON STUDIOS, with help …Read more »
The March premiere of Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 is right around the corner, and in the buildup Japanese broadcaster NHK is preparing to unleash a documentary. As part of its 100 Kame (short for camera) series, the documentary had NHK setting up …Read more »
Mamoru Oshii, best known for directing anime like Ghost in the Shell and Blood: The Last Vampire, is offering an online course through the Japanese video on-demand site Narō! The course is more than five hours long, and will be in Japanese with English subtitles. …Read more »
Netflix recently put out an anime short from WIT Studio on its Japanese YouTube channel. The anime, titled “Inu to Shonen” (translated as “The Dog and the Boy”) has a very unique feature: the backgrounds are AI-generated, using concept art done by people and getting …Read more »
It’s set up in Japan so that a new invoice system will begin in October 2023, and part of it takes away tax-exempt status from freelancers and sole proprietors. 1,275 people took part in a recent manga industry survey on the matter, and just 17 …Read more »
Even though anime is getting bigger, there are still a number of issues within the industry, including the fact that many animators are not paid livable wages. Animator Supporters is a group from Japan working to change that. They recently made an animated music video, …Read more »
Among all the lousy news about the industry and how bad it is for animators, it’s good to be able to report some nice stuff now and again. The good word today is that Toei Animation is establishing an animator training program which starts in …Read more »
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