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In Remembrance of Syd Mead, Turn A Gundam’s Mecha Designer

On December 30, 2019 Syd Mead passed away at his home in Pasadena, CA at 86 years of age. He was an industrial designer and visual futurist famous…

Moon's Cocoon

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Kizumonogatari Staff Roundtable: Chief Animation Directors And Unit Directors

Kizumonogatari hit its 5th anniversary last month, and to commemorate that, we’ll be publishing a weekly series of interviews. First, a lengthy conversation with its lead animators and…

Sakuga Blog

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Newtype Magazine (04/2000) – Examining Turn A Gundam’s Main Scriptwriters

The following is a translation from the April 2000 issue of Newtype Magazine. It has been slightly edited for clarity and readability. THE MIRACLE OF WORDS Naturally, the appeal…

Moon's Cocoon

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Turn A Gundam

Towards a Historiography of Gundam’s One Year War

Gundam could be considered reader-hostile considering the lengths it makes fans go to in order to reach its stories.

ZIMMERIT – Anime | Manga | Garage Kits | Doujinshi

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Towards a Historiography of Gundam’s One Year War

Gundam could be considered reader-hostile considering the lengths it makes fans go to in order to reach its stories.

ZIMMERIT – Anime | Manga | Garage Kits | Doujinshi

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Tenjoubito’s Anime Reviews: An Overview

Welcome to my anime review blog! As a person with an interest in and an exceeding amount of anime, I’ve always wanted the ability to share my anime…

Tenjoubito's Blog

Jan 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Brief overview of the American animation system for anime fans

So I’m gonna begin writing entries for camonte about non-Japanese animators/directors. I’ve always wanted to do this but the lack of a comparable fan infrastructure dissuaded me. Now…

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Behind Gundam’s Creation

During the production of the first Gundam, many of the staff believed it was a failure—that it would become another one of the many anime lost to time.…

Cries In Newtype

Apr 7, 2019 • Subscribe

Mobile Suit Gundam

Directors’ Comments

As the film festival commences, the Directors of the 2023 official selection have sent heartfelt messages To all the cherished audiences. These messages carry the essence of the…

News - Chicago Japan Film Collective

Jun 24, 2023 • Subscribe

#49 - My Conquest is a Sea of Episodes - An Overview of Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Yes, we are tackling the impossible! This week, Bill and special guest Ryan (not the same Ryan from before) discuss their fandom for the true leviathan of anime…

Third Impact Anime Podcast

Jun 30, 2018 • Subscribe

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – OP1 “Turn A Turn”

Welcome to yet another new series of blog posts! This is one I’ve had in mind for a while, and I’m rewatching the show (for, if I recall,…

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Turn A Gundam

Scotland Loves Anime 2023: An Overview of This Year’s Festival

Scotland Loves Anime 2023 - the 13th iteration of Scotland's biggest anime festival. And what a strong line-up it was!

A Girl & Her Anime

Nov 24, 2023 • Subscribe

The Concierge

The History and Production of Turn A Gundam: Part IV – The Era of Turn A Gundam

Continuing my series of articles detailing the history and production of Turn A Gundam! My goal is to provide an accessible source of context and knowledge for reference…

Moon's Cocoon

Apr 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Turn A Gundam

New Project Announcement: “Turn A no iyashi”—the healing power of Turn A Gundam

A while back I acquired a holy gem—”Turn A no iyashi”, which literally translates to “Cure of Turn A”, but I think a more appropriately localized title would…

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Turn A Gundam

Turn a Blind Eye

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The Animanga Spellbook

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an open letter to kyoto animation

An anime once said that sometimes the best way to convey our feelings is through a letter.

blog好き

Jul 19, 2019 • Subscribe

An Animation Visionary in Development Hell

Why a cult Chinese director nearly quit.

Animation Obsessive

Oct 20, 2023 • Subscribe

+21: When an Animation Master Disappeared

Charting the lost years and reemergence of John Hubley.

Animation Obsessive

Jan 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Kyoto Animation: A Chronology of Emotion

I don’t know what to feel. July 18th, 2019 A restless night where sleep is an all too distant prospect, I eye the time with faint disdain, luminous…

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Jul 20, 2019 • Subscribe

Kyoto Animation: A Story Of Hope

Written by: Saumar Saikia (History, Batch of 2024) Kyoto Animations, also known as KyoAni, is a Japanese light novel publisher and animation studio. Over the years it has…

Zetsubō Free Zone

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Clannad, Hyouka

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Tokyo 24th Ward

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Girl from Phantasia

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Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom (2010)

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Ayakashi

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Angelique

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Dual Builds Complete! HGCC Turn “A” Gundam ✕ HGBF Turn “A” Gundam Shin

Managed to finish this double build roughly a month after opening the bags of runners. The build itself was okay and there weren’t really that many hiccups along…

cvphased / MECHA CATALOGUE

Jun 14, 2021 • Subscribe

A Beam Rifle in Precure?! Z Gundam’s Iconic Sound Effect

Mobile Suit Z Gundam is a classic anime series, a successful sequel and a template for other 80s robot anime. One aspect of it that really sticks in…

OGIUE MANIAX

Feb 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #13 “An Older Woman”

Turn A Gundam’s thirteenth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on July 2, 1999. Turn A Gundam’s thirteenth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on July 2, 1999.

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Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #39 “Shattering an Asteroid”

Turn A Gundam’s thirty-ninth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on January 14, 2000. Turn A Gundam’s thirty-ninth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on January 14, 2000.

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Turn A Gundam

Turn A Gundam Character Heights

Gundam character heights have been a hot topic lately due to The Witch from Mercury’s Suletta being unusually tall for a protagonist. She’s 170cm, which places her as…

Moon's Cocoon

Jan 7, 2023 • Subscribe

Turn A Gundam

More light on Turn A

I have more things I want to do here, but for now work has me very busy. In the meantime, though, let me point out that my friend…

327 Robots

Apr 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Turn A Gundam

Dual Builds Are Back! HGCC Turn “A” Gundam ✕ HGBF Turn “A” Gundam Shin

Got a bit slow and took me five days to finish the Entry Grade RX-78-2 Gundam. Yep, five days, for an Entry Grade. But then again, I was…

cvphased / MECHA CATALOGUE

May 11, 2021 • Subscribe

An introduction to independent animation in Japan

As consumers we’re conditioned to think that the industrial model is the only possible option out there, so it isn’t surprising that animation produced by a single individual, free…

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Aug 4, 2015 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Animation

A Preview of the Animated Films at Nippon Connection 2021: On-Gaku: Our Sound, Seven Days War, Sumikkogurashii: Good to Be in the Corner

Genkinahito

May 28, 2021 • Subscribe

Animation fundamentals – A short history of Layout

This episode of Animation Fundamentals dives deeper on the history and role of the layout process during the production of anime.

Full Frontal

Dec 31, 2020 • Subscribe

Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!: Megumin’s Turn

By Natsume Akatsuki and Kurone Mishima. Released in Japan as “Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo!” by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated…

Manga Bookshelf

Dec 25, 2019 • Subscribe