Two Long-Lost ‘Astro Boy’ Episodes Have Been Restored And Are Airing In Japan
Thought to be lost for decades, ‘Astro Boy’ episodes 125 and 127 have been restored by Japanese media group Rakuten.
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M2 Founder Masao Maruyama On His Studio’s ‘Pluto’ Adaptation: “I Couldn’t Kick The Bucket Until I Created This”
Maruyama and Pluto manga creator Naoki Urasawa recently shared their thoughts on their fantastic anime adaptation.
Osamu Tezuka, Toei Company President And CEO, Dies At 62
Toei managing director and chairman Noriyuki Tada is taking over as president following Tezuka’s passing.
RIP Eiichi Yamamoto, Director And Key Collaborator Of Osamu Tezuka
Yamamoto worked on “Astro Boy” and directed cult classics like “Belladonna of Sadness,” a one-of-a-kind burst of dark psychedelia.
Fred Ladd, Producer Who Helped Introduce Anime To U.S., Dies At 94
Ladd localized classic anime series for the American market, starting with the groundbreaking “Astro Boy.”
This Twitter Thread Delivers A Concise History Of Meta-Gags In Animation
Vincent Alexander run us through the finest self-referential moments in animation, from Koko the Clown to “The Simpsons.”
Tezuka Productions Anime Titles Are Coming To North American Streaming In June
“Black Jack” and the 1980 remake “Astroboy” are among the titles launching on the free streaming service Retrocrush.
Video Of The Week: Struggling To Get By Financially On $300 Per Month As A Japanese Animator
Animator Ayane Nakamura explains why she’s dependent on donations from strangers to get by in her career.
‘Belladonna of Sadness,’ 1970s Anime Erotica Masterpiece, Gets A U.S. Theatrical Release, Blu-Ray, and Art Book
Forty-three years after its release, one of the weirdest Japanese animated features is receiving its due recognition in the United States.
Stone Bridge to Publish Massive Osamu Tezuka Manga Biography
The 900-plus page manga biography is drawn by one of Tezuka’s former assistants, Toshio Ban.
Eiichi Yamamoto’s Restored Erotic Anime ‘Belladonna of Sadness’ Arrives in 2016
The rarely-seen 42-year-old classic will be distributed theatrically and on Blu-Ray.
10 Animated Sexploitation Features from the Sixties and Seventies (NSFW)
For a brief decade-long period in animation history, between the late-1960s and late-1970s, feature animation filmmakers cast aside their inhibitions and created films that aimed to titillate and shock audiences with the novelty of sexual cartoon imagery.
“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 …
Independent Japanese Animation
Last month I sung the praises of Benjamin Ettinger’s anime blog AniPages Daily, but it’s worth doing again. During the past couple weeks, …