Big shout-out to Boing Boing, who have stumbled across and shared this amazing Tumblr full of high-quality production materials from Akira , the 1988 classic that needs no introduction (or shouldn’t, anyway, but as it ages, you do meet folks who haven’t seen it). Subject-28 …Read more »
There’s an interesting new piece up at Variety for anyone interested in why, in the minds of many critics, Japan’s theatrical output in recent years has lacked a certain spark. Variety writer Brett Bull tackles the quandary of the “production committee” system, in which many …Read more »
There’s an old maxim in screenwriting that goes “write what you know.” The idea is that if you write about situations in which you have some personal experience, your stories will carry a certain sense of reality. And what do anime creators know more than …Read more »
We reported last week on Studio Ghibli’s possible not un-death , in which esteemed Ghibli director and co-founder Isao Takahata ( Princess Kaguya ) asserted his desire to continue creating making films while also suggesting that Hayao Miyazaki wasn’t done yet, either. This week, we’ve …Read more »
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