It’s now less than a day before VIZ’s uncut Sailor Moon is released on DVD and Blu-ray. To whet your appetites (or, you know, make the wait all the more painful), I spoke with Tuxedo Mask’s actor Robbie Daymond at Detroit’s Youmacon convention. While Daymond …Read more »
In 2013, Youmacon began a tradition of crowning a King of Youmacon, and this year actor, director, producer and writer Tom Wayland received the golden crown. How did he get this prestigious honor? “I guess from having the nastiest sense of humor,” he joked. “They …Read more »
Since the start of Otaku USA e-News a few years ago, Patrick Seitz has become something of a permanent fixture of the late-year interview cycle. He’s always thoughtful and candid about his experiences working in the American side of the industry as a voice actor, …Read more »
Since joining Crunchyroll in 2012, Tiffany Chen (official title: Senior Manager of Japan Channels) has seen a lot of changes at the anime streaming site, which has added a manga section, spun off its live-action drama hub into KDrama.com, and generally expanded massively over a …Read more »
“I think our job is to take what we thought was fun when we were growing up… and pass that on to a new generation.” In the span of his 20-odd year career, Hiroyuki Hashimoto has worked his way up the ranks, starting as a …Read more »
Fans of the currently airing TV adaptation of Hunter x Hunter had a huge surprise in store for them this past year when Takahiko Abiru, one of the main animation directors on the show, started uploading scans of some of the more than 18,000 frames …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of Spirited Away and The Wind Rises , has never been a man afraid to share his opinion. Last year, amid nationwide debate among whether to alter Japan’s constitution to allow for more militarization, Ghibli published a …Read more »
July 25th saw the Japanese release of a special Blu-ray box of Macross II: Lovers Again , the 1992 OVA sequel to the original Macross series. Macross II has been pretty divisive over the years, with Shoji Kawamori, the creator of Macross himself, writing it …Read more »
Otaku expert Patrick Galbraith is out with a new book, The Moe Manifesto, which explores the moe phenomenon with interviews from various moe fans, detractors and experts. We continue our interview with Galbraith as he discusses a famous otaku feud and Tokyo's recent prohibition on …Read more »
Patrick Galbraith, author of several books about anime and the people who love it, including The Otaku Encyclopedia and Otaku Spaces , is out with a new book called The Moe Manifesto , an in-depth look at just what this whole moe thing is all …Read more »
It’s only a slight exaggeration to say if you’ve watched any anime in the last five years, you’ve seen something written by Mari Okada. An incredibly busy script supervisor, screenwriter and one of the most prominent women working in anime, Okada’s credits include (but are …Read more »
Daisuke Ono is a Japanese voice actor known for his roles in countless anime series, video games and more, including Erwin in Attack on Titan , Susumu Kodai in Space Battleship Yamato 2199 , and most recently Jotaro Kujo in the currently airing Jojo’s Bizarre …Read more »
It must not be possible for Helen McCarthy to be bored. Along with writing books on anime and manga, designing needlework, penning her own poetry and speaking at conventions, she still comes up with plenty of fascinating ideas on what she’d like to do with …Read more »
Noitamina, the alternative anime programming block on Fuji TV, is celebrating their almost-10-year anniversary with a series of interviews with creators who’ve worked on Noitamina shows. That impressive list includes Masaaki Yuasa, a highly regarded figure for anyone into anime that goes beyond (often way …Read more »
You know Crispin Freeman the voice actor, director and script writer, but do you know Crispin Freeman the mythology scholar and voice acting teacher? This is a man who wears many hats, and when I caught up with him at Anime Central outside of Chicago, …Read more »
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