No April Fools joke, folks: Shūmatsu Train Doko e Iku? (Where Is the Doomsday Train Going?), the latest original anime series from director Tsutomu Mizushima (Shirobako, Girls und Panzer), will hit screens April 1. That’s the word from a new commercial for the series, which …Read more »
It’s been over six months since we got any information on Shumatsu Train Doko e Iku?, the upcoming original TV anime from director Tsutomu Mizushima, who is known for SHIROBAKO, The Lost Village, GIRLS und PANZER and more. Now we finally have another piece of …Read more »
Tsutomu Mizushima, the director of hit anime like Girls und Panzer and Shirobako, has a new project in the works. That’s the word from the director himself, who tweeted July 27 that a project he’s been planning for years is getting close to an official …Read more »
Tsutomu Mizushima is a busy guy. The director, best known for Shirobako and Girls und Panzer, is working on sequels to both properties. The Shirobako movie is coming out next year, and the six-part Girls und Panzer finale series still has four films to go. With that in mind, it’s not surprising that …Read more »
Tsutomu Mizushima, the director behind Girls und Panzer and Shirobako, is back. He’s teaming up again with Shirobako writer Michiko Yokote for Koya no Kotobuki Hikotai, a just-announced series about a female fighter pilot squadron. The series, whose name translates to Kotobuki: The Wasteland Squadron, …Read more »
Shirobako has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the anime season: a delightful office comedy about the work of actually putting together anime. This is a very meta premise, with more than its share of industry in-jokes and not one but multiple shows-within-the-show. …Read more »
The wait has been a long one, but the Girls und Panzer anime film is now set to premiere in Japanese theaters on November 21. Series director Tsutomu Mizushima confirmed the feature's release date at the 4th Kairaku Festa event at Oarai-cho in Ibaraki Prefecture, …Read more »
We've already done a bit of after-school activity with Girls und Panzer on this website. As a bonus to the current issue's cover story, we discussed director Tsutomu Mizushima's earlier work, Haré+Guu , but don't let that keep you from the main event. In the …Read more »
Director Tsutomu Mizushima has a variety of well-received shows smoking in his holster—from sports series like Big Windup! to darker fare like Another and Blood-C —but it's hard to overlook his knack for comedy. Even if you were introduced to Mizushima by name through Girls …Read more »
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