Tag: Hisashi eguchi

Minamata Hires a Mangaka as Their First Tourism Ambassador

Japan continues to look toward ways to attract tourism, often tapping into otaku interests. Minamata in Kumamoto Prefecture has tapped mangaka Hisashi Eguchi as their first ever tourism ambassador. Eguchi, 65, is a native of Minamata, and his first manga came out in 1977. He’s …Read more »

Just Look At This Koji Morimoto-Animated Lupin III Opening

January 11, 2016

Matt Schley

Koji Morimoto. If you don’t know the name, well, you probably should. One of Japan’s premier animators, Morimoto is the director of shorts like The Animatrix ’s “Beyond,” Memories ’ “Magnetic Rose” and Noiseman Sound Insect , and key animator on dozens of brilliantly-animated films …Read more »