Books

2009 Animation Book Preview

While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …

Anime

Tezuka’s Amazing Three

Perhaps the most obscure of the pioneering anime series imported to the U.S. in the 1960s was Osamu Tezuka’s The Amazing Three. Why has …

Anime

Anime Alert!

Heads up, East-coasters! Several worthwhile anime screenings are scheduled for later this month. The Japan Society, in New York, …

Old Brew

NEGADON, THE MONSTER FROM MARS

There’s a new independent 25-minute CGI short from Japan called NEGADON, THE MONSTER FROM MARS, directed by Jun Awazu at Studio Magara. …

Old Brew

Animated in Montreal

A couple cool cartoon finds to report from my recent sidetrip to Montreal. The first was my discovery of cartoonist La Palme. In one of …

Old Brew

SKY BLUE

I had a great time at a screening of the Korean animated SKY BLUE last night at the Egyptian Theatre.The visuals are incredible. The …

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