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Sousou no Frieren #29 – Direction Notes
On January 11, just a handful of days before Season 2 started airing, one final PV came out, and amidst the sense of excitement and sheer joy that…
Tomoya Kitagawa & Keiichiro Saito & Tomohiro Suzuki – Interview on Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) Season 2
Original interview from MANTANWEB published on January 2nd 2026, original interviewer: 阿仁間満; genga corrections by Akiko Takase, from the official studio Madhouse Twitter account. The second season of…
Yuusuke Yamamoto & Naoya Takahashi – Interview on Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (My Dress-Up Darling) Season 2
Original interview from Monthly Newtype (September 2025), original interviewer: Hisashi Maeda; genga from studio ClowerWorks’s official Twitter account. Episode 14: Storyboards and Direction that bring the drawings to life —…
Keisuke Shinohara – Interview on Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (My Dress-Up Darling) Season 2
Original interview from Monthly Newtype (September 2025), original interviewer: Hisashi Maeda; genga from studio ClowerWorks’s official Twitter account. A Season 2 I would find “fun” myself — Many of the…
Shoushimin Series #16 – Direction Notes
“Consistency” certainly isn’t the most fitting word to describe my production on this blog. That’s especially true for this series of posts aimed at breaking down the direction and…
Your Forma #1-4 – Episode Notes
It’s been quite some time since I last wrote at length about anime on this blog, my last post being the one on Cardcaptor Sakura from last November…
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Takaharu Ozaki – Interview on Your Forma [Part 1]
Original interview from the official Your Forma website; genga from the official Studio Geno Twitter account. All the images used in this post are directly sourced from the…
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Takaharu Ozaki – Interview on Your Forma [Part 1]
Original interview from the official Your Forma website; settei from the official Your Forma Twitter account. All the images used in this post are directly sourced from the…
Yuki Sugitani – Interview on Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Original interview from Monthly Newtype (May 2025), original text by Hisashi Maeda and Makoto Ishii; cover image: official character design sheets from the “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: -Beginning…
Yoji Enokido – Interview on Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Original interview from Monthly Newtype (May 2025), original text by Hisashi Maeda and Makoto Ishii; cover image: official character design sheets from the “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: -Beginning…
Kazuya Tsurumaki – Interview on Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Original interview from Monthly Newtype (May 2025), original text by Hisashi Maeda and Makoto Ishii; cover image: Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginnng- storyboard by Mahiro Maeda, sourced from…
Seika ArchiveD – The Digitalization of Anime Production Materials & The Mary and The Witch’s Flower Exhibition
During my journey exploring the various attractions Kyoto has to offer to its many tourists, I visited the Kyoto International Manga Museum, arguably one of the most significant…
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-: Creators Talk vol.2 – Interview Highlights
The second part of the Creators Talk on Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- premiered yesterday on the official Gundam Channel on YouTube, this time featuring Episode Director Daizen…
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-: Creators Talk vol.2 – Interview Highlights
The second part of the Creators Talk on Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- premiered yesterday on the official Gundam Channel on YouTube, this time featuring Episode Director Daizen…
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-: Creators Talk – Interview Highlights
I’m currently in the middle of my trip around Japan and I obviously couldn’t miss the chance to go watch the new Gundam —Studio Khara’s Gundam— movie, Mobile…
Akiyuki Shinbo & Naoyuki Tatsuwa – Interview on Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru (And Yet the Town Moves)
Original interview from Akiyuki Shinbo x SHAFT Chronicle (2019). Check out this interview with better editing and pictures on the SoreMachi fansite too, who I wholeheartedly thank for the opportuni…
Takahiro Omori – Interview on Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi (Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 7)
“Natsume Yuujinchou” is a manga series by Midorikawa Yuki, first published in 2003 and still beloved to this day. The anime adaptation began airing its first season in…
Natsume's Book of Friends, Natsume's Book of Friends 4, Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7
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Shuko Murase – Interview on Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’s Flash [Gundam Info]
Original interview from Gundam Info published on June 25th 2021, titled: “Exclusive long interview!『Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’s Flash』director Shuko Murase on the ‘broken’…
Cardcaptor Sakura – A Storyboard Journey
In the past few weeks I’ve been making my way through the 1998 anime series Cardcaptor Sakura, which I know very well needs no introduction. I initially meant…
Takahiro Obata – Interview on Shoushimin Series
Original interview from Newtype (September 2024 issue), original interviewer: Haruyo Igeta; genga corrections by Keisuke Hiroe. Since the music is used sparingly, the moment the main…
Toshiya Ohno – Interview on Shoushimin Series
Original interview from Newtype (September 2024 issue), original interviewer: Haruyo Igeta; genga corrections by Keisuke Hiroe. We have the visuals, so we should trust their power ~ …
Mamoru Kanbe – Interview on Shoushimin Series
Original interview from Newtype (September 2024 issue), original interviewer: Haruyo Igeta; genga corrections by Keisuke Hiroe. I hope it becomes something different from the usual ~…
Shoushimin Series #3 #4 – Episode Notes
A one-week break between episodes 3 and 4, followed by the coming of August and thus my summer vacation that took me away from home for a couple…
Shoushimin Series #1 #2 – Episode Notes
It’s 2014, I’m a middle-school student and on my journey getting into anime I stumble across KyoAni’s adaptation of Hyouka. Aside from its contents, which I’m still deeply…
Tatsuya Ishihara – Interview on Hibike! Euphonium Season 3 – “Final Movement”
Original interview from Febri, published in two parts, Part 1 on July 4th 2022 and Part 2 on July 6th 2024 titled: “「The Final Movement」that carefully depicted Kumiko̵…