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Anime Sensei to Student: “Get A Life!”
Veteran anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino (Brave Raideen, Mobile Suit Gundam) gave a realistic, yet somewhat harsh response to a student’s …
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Ghibli’s “Arrietty the Borrower” Headed to US
Add another title to the list of animated features opening in the US in 2011. According to
Japan Academy Awards: Anime Nominees
The nominations for the 34th Annual Japanese Academy Prize (Japan’s Oscar) were announced last week. The awards will be presented on …
Holographic Anime Pop Star
Hatsune Miku is the latest J-Pop star – with a twist: she’s not real. In fact, she’s an anime “holograph” (Actually, she’s projected onto …
“The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga”
Today is what would have been the 82nd birthday of Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion. Fittingly, a book …
Scantily Clad CGI Horuses in a Conga Line
Enjoy: As best as I can make out, the animation combines a popular Japanese meme surrounding gay porn star Billy Herrington with a …
Kihachiro Kawamoto, RIP
It’s not a good week to be a Japanese animation legend. Stop motion animator and puppeteer Kihachiro Kawamoto, passed away last Monday at …
Satoshi Kon (1963-2010)
Satoshi Kon passed away in Tokyo on Tuesday. He was 46–and in the middle of directing a new film, The Dream Machine. Kon was one of a …
Tales From Earthsea talkback
Opening in several major U.S. cities today (New York, L.A., San Francisco, Seattle, etc.) is Studio Ghibli’s Tales of Earthsea, from …
Another World: Studio Ghibli’s CG video game
Here’s the trailer for the Studio Ghibli/Level 5 game, Ni no Kuni, for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo DS. It’s causing quite a stir …
The Subway Time by Dongzhen.Li
Our “Saturday Morning Cartoon” this week is an amazing student film mixing CG backgrounds with hand drawn “anime”. The Subway Time was …
Ghibli’s The Borrower Arrietty
Here’s a sneak peek (taped off a Japanese talk show) at Studio Ghibli’s next animated feature, The Borrower Arrietty. Based on Mary …
Japanese animated commercials online archive
Here’s one for the history buffs: a link to a fascinating online archive of fifty vintage Japanese animated commercials. This site is …
Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea gets US release
Disney has just announced that it will theatrically release Goro Miyazaki’s Tales from Earthsea (Gedo Senki) in the US on August 13th …
Imagi’s Gatchaman trailer
Here’s the very cool full length trailer for Imagi’s CG Gatchaman (G-Force) feature – a film that, thanks to Astro Boy, will probably …
Male (1962) by Osamu Tezuka
An odd rarity by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka that probably works best in a dark theater. It’s available with twelve of his other …
Carl Macek (1951-2010)
Mutual friend Bob Cabeen has just informed me of the passing of my former business partner Carl Macek. Carl died of a heart attack on …
Craig McCracken’s Tezuka Tribute
‘Milton Glaser v. Magma Taishi’ is Craig McCracken’s tribute to Osamu Tezuka and graphic designer Milton Glaser, who created the Sixties …
Space Battleship Yamato trailer
It’s going to be a Happy New Year for fans of Star Blazers and cheesy Japanese live action science fiction flicks (which I am):
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