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One of the most gorgeous anime of the year is The Heike Story, from director Naoko Yamada and anime production house Science SARU (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!). The series kicked off along with the Fall 2021 anime season, and now Funimation is getting ready …Read more »
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 »
While Disney has been involved with anime in the past, its streaming service Disney+ is officially kicking off its foray into the world of simulcasting. The service is looking to get things started in full force in 2022, and has already revealed a handful of …Read more »
Tokyo Broadcasting System (a.k.a. TBS) and Netflix have inked a deal to work on three new shows together. But with Netflix involved, the shows will be released internationally and not just in Japan. They’re doing a live-action Japan Sinks – People of Hope, which will …Read more »
As anime’s popularity grows, so does the awareness that it’s not uncommon for people working at anime studios to be overworked and not paid very well. There have been calls for this to change, and animator Joan Chung spoke to Anime News Network about her …Read more »
The long-promise Star Wars anime is getting closer! Star Wars: Visions will be coming soon to Disney+, and it’s got some serious heavy hitters involved. Even if you don’t know their names, you definitely know their work. Here are some of the anime luminaries we’re most excited …Read more »
Over the weekend the anime series Japan Sinks 2020 won the Jury Award for TV Series at France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. This is the biggest and longest-lasting animation film festival on the globe. Masaaki Yuasa and Science SARU were behind the 10-episode series, …Read more »
After having massive success with producing anime like The Seven Deadly Sins and Beastars, Netflix is looking to make more anime. According to Deadline, the streaming service just inked deals with the Japanese anime companies NAZ, Science SARU, MAPPA, and with the South Korean company …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa’s Japan Sinks 2020 anime series recently made its debut on Netflix, but it’s not going to be the final stop for the saga. The latest update on the Science SARU production has the 10-episode series being compiled into a full-length feature film, which …Read more »
The next anime film from director Masaaki Yuasa—who recently retired from his role at Science SARU, making way for Eunyoung Choi to take over as CEO—is the musical project INU-OH. Now, that film is officially being showcased at the Annecy International Film Festival, which is …Read more »
The August 2020 issue of Otaku USA magazine is in the hands of readers as we speak, bringing with it a white-hot cover story on My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. The latest big screen outing for one of the most popular anime series of the …Read more »
One of the brightest spots of the Winter 2020 anime season was director Masaaki Yuasa and Science SARU’s adaptation of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!. It seems the members of Japan’s Association of Broadcast Critics agree, because the series was granted the honor of one …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa and Science SARU’s excellent Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! anime adaptation has officially come to a close, but thanks to Dark Horse we have more to look forward to in the future. The publisher announced the license of the manga by Sumito Oowara, …Read more »
How often do you think about the people responsible for the beautiful backgrounds in anime? One of the studios behind this aspect of production is Studio Lagurus, which will officially be closing its doors at the end of June. The studio has worked on a …Read more »
One of this season’s most eagerly awaited anime is the latest from director Masaaki Yuasa, who is adapting the Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken manga at his Science SARU anime studio. Warner Bros. Japan shared the third trailer ahead of the series’ January 5 premiere, …Read more »
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