The second annual Niigata International Animation Festival will screen several features by late Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata, it was announced this weekend. Takahata, who was born in 1935, had a long and storied directorial career that began in the 1960s and continued until his …Read more »
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 »
Hey, this is cool. So, one: Niigata, a city and prefecture a few hours north of Tokyo, is getting a new animation festival in 2023. It’s called the Niigata International Animation Film Festival, and it’s set to run from March 17 to 23, 2023. Two: …Read more »
Election winner Rino Sashihara. Vote early and vote often. That oft-repeated phrase may be tongue-in-cheek when it comes to normal politicking, but it’s totally valid when it comes to the AKB48 General Election, in which fans of the popular J-pop group and its affiliates lay …Read more »
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