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A Few Moments of Cheers Anime Film Review

Yu and Daisuke are facing what may be the end of their art. This film is about their pain and suffering and the looming decision they face: is…

Anime News Network - Views

Jun 27, 2024 • Subscribe

A Few Moments of Cheers Movie Review: Scotland Loves Anime 2024

If there was one movie at 2024’s Scotland Loves Anime film festival in Glasgow that epitomised the sheer drive and creativity that new…

AniTAY-Official - Medium

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An Interview with Makoto Shinkai Director of Suzume

Makoto Shinkai's latest movie hits cinemas around North America, UK and Ireland from Friday 14th April 2023. We caught up the with the accla...

Otaku News - World Edition

Apr 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Suzume

An Interview with Satoko Yokohama, Director of “Ito” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview with Satoko Yokohama, Director of “Ito” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Apr 12, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Masashi Komura, Director of POP! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview with Masashi Komura, Director of POP! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Apr 17, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Sae Suzuki, Director of Strangers [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

STRANGERS tackles gender discrimination and sexual harassment in a heartfelt and interesting way. Director Sae Suzuki talks about how she made it in an interview done in Japanese…

Genkinahito

Nov 14, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Shinji Imaoka, Director of A Rainbow-colored Trip [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview with Shinji Imaoka, Director of A Rainbow-colored Trip [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Jun 9, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Yutaro Nakamura, Director of A NEW WIND BLOWS [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

A Brief Interview with Yutaro Nakamura, Director of A NEW WIND BLOWS [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Jun 7, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Sheikh M Haris, Director of HOWLING [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Get the background to the Japanese neo-noir black comedy HOWLING in this Interview with Sheikh M Haris, the Director [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Genkinahito

Apr 15, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Kahori Higashi, Director of Melting Sounds [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An Interview with Kahori Higashi, Director of MOOSIC Lab affiliated film “Melting Sounds”. It is available in Japanese and English. [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Genkinahito

Jul 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Marchen Awakens Romance

An Interview with Yuko Watanabe, Director of BOY SPROUTED [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An interview with Yuko Watanabe, director of the short film BOY SPROUTED. You can read it in Japanese and English! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022].

Genkinahito

May 14, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Kasho Iizuka, Director of ANGRY SON [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An interview with Kasho Iizuka about the making of his film ANGRY SON, shown as part of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022.

Genkinahito

Jan 9, 2023 • Subscribe

An Interview with Yusaku Matsumoto, Director of BAGMATI RIVER [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An Interview with Yusaku Matsumoto, Director of BAGMATI RIVER [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Genkinahito

Apr 11, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Azusa Hieda, Director of Summer Wedding [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

SUMMER WEDDING is a short by Azusa Hieda that sees a relationship undergo a massive change due to isolation forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read some…

Genkinahito

Jun 29, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Akinori Ikuse, Director of Out of Tokyo 202x [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Another great Interview with Akinori Ikuse about his sci-fi short OUT OF TOKYO 202x, a story of time travel and the Tokyo Olympics. You can read it in…

Genkinahito

May 18, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Takeshi Fukunaga, Director of Mountain Woman [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Takeshi Fukunaga talks about the making of his latest film, “Mountain Woman” in an Interview [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Genkinahito

Aug 1, 2023 • Subscribe

An Email Interview with Hiroshi Gokan, Director of “Gotō-san” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Email Interview with Hiroshi Gokan, Director of “Gotō-san” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Apr 5, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Daisuke Miyazaki, Director of NORTH SHINJUKU 2055 [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Another great Interview with Daisuke Miyazaki, this time for his work on the sci-fi short NORTH SHINJUKU 2055. You can read it in Japanese and English! [Osaka Asian…

Genkinahito

Apr 28, 2022 • Subscribe

An E-mail Interview with Oudai Kojima, Director of JOINT [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An E-mail Interview with Oudai Kojima, Director of JOINT [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Mar 15, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Kazuya Shiraishi, Director of “Last of the Wolves” [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview done with Kazuya Shiraishi, Director of “Last of the Wolves,” as part of the New York Asian Film Festival 2021!

Genkinahito

Sep 20, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Tetsuya Mariko, Director of Before Anyone Else (2023) [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

An Interview with “Before Anyone Else” (2023) director Tetsuya Mariko, where he goes into the making of his atmospheric film. [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Genkinahito

Dec 4, 2023 • Subscribe

An Email Interview with Akihiko Yano, Director of “yes,yes,yes” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

I wish I were better at writing about acting because every now and then I watch a film where there are astonishing performance that I am spellbound and…

Genkinahito

Mar 13, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Fumito Fujikawa, Director of The Light of Spring [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022/Five Flavours Film Festival 2022]

An Interview with Fumito Fujikawa, Director of The Light of Spring, a dramamentary that played at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 and is currently screening online at Five…

Genkinahito

Nov 24, 2022 • Subscribe

A Bright and Colorful Adventure: An Interview with BAKERU Director Tadanori Tsukawaki

We spoke with BAKERU's director—Tadanori Tsukawaki of Good-Feel about a wide range of topics—from the game's anime inspirations, its educational elements, and even giant robots for good measure.

Anime News Network - Views

Oct 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Colorful

An Interview with Anshul Chauhan, Director of December 赦し (2022) [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

An interview with director Anshul Chauhan on his third feature film December 赦し. He goes in depth behind the scenes on an impressive courtroom drama, from research to casting…

Genkinahito

Aug 7, 2023 • Subscribe

An Interview with Tetsuki Ijichi, Director of “Laundromat on the Corner” (2020)

Director Tetsuki Ijichi talks about his fun and spooky short “Laundromat on the Corner” (2020)!

Genkinahito

Jun 27, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Ryohei Sasatani, Director of SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An Interview with Ryohei Sasatani, Director of SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] – Available in Japanese and English!

Genkinahito

Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Interview with Buddha Director Morishita

The Daily Yomiuri Online recently published an incredible interview with Kozo Morishita , the director of the first movie based on Osamu Te...

AstroBoy World

Jun 8, 2011 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Idea, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Tiger Mask

An Interview with Atsuro Shimoyashiro about his film “KIDOFUJI”

Atsuro Shimoyashiro kindly answered a lot of questions about his short film “Kidofuji” in English and Japanese. A drama and comedy, it conveys the atmosphere of the titular…

Genkinahito

May 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Dancing in Music Videos

Music videos started becoming an important part of the music industry with the birth MTV in the 80’s, although their birth was even before the 20’s. There’s no…

Tea Time

Dec 30, 2020 • Subscribe

Dougram: A Short Interview with Director Takahashi Ryosuke

This interview is from the 1983 August edition of OUT with a brief word from Takahashi Ryosuke on his, at the time, recently completed series Fang of the…

Cries In Newtype

May 29, 2019 • Subscribe

Fang of the Sun Dougram

An Interview with Vincent Soberano, Writer/Director of ‘Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids’

An Interview with Vincent Soberano, the Writer/Director/Star of ‘Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids. Vincent and I discuss his martial arts background, Filipino folklore, and what’s next for…

In Asian Spaces

Mar 13, 2020 • Subscribe

What Exactly Does an Animation Director Do? - An Interview with Nokotan's Karin Omura

To shine a spotlight on this job and what it entails, Richard Eisenbeis recently sat down with My Deer Friend Nokotan's animation director Karin Ōmura at Wit Studio's…

Anime News Network - Views

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My Deer Friend Nokotan

From Indie to Pro: Make A Girl Anime Film Director Gensho Yasuda

Gensho Yasuda started creating quick animation clips on YouTube; now he's helming his own team to create his first feature film.

Anime News Network - Views

Sep 23, 2024 • Subscribe

An Interview with Alexandra Rutter Director of the Stage Adaption of The Garden of Words

Makoto Shinaki's anime The Garden of Words is the story of an out-of-step woman and an offbeat teenager meeting by chance in a Japanese gard...

Otaku News - World Edition

Jul 10, 2023 • Subscribe

The Garden of Words

An Interview with Shuichi Kawanobe, Director of Our House Party [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022/Rainbow Reel Tokyo 2022]

Another great Interview with Akinori Ikuse about his sci-fi short OUT OF TOKYO 202x, a story of time travel and the Tokyo Olympics. You can read it in…

Genkinahito

Jul 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Vampire in the Garden: Feature Supercut with director Q&A at the Glasgow Film Theatre this November

Alongside our regular cinema releases to keep your local cinemas packed with anime over the course of the year, many of you will know that whenever the opportunity…

All the Anime

Oct 17, 2023 • Subscribe

Vampire in the Garden

Interview: A Philosophical Talk with Legendary Director Mamoru Oshii

Back when Anime Now! was on its last legs, I got to interview acclaimed Ghost In The Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Sadly, that interview never had the chance…

Biggest In Japan

Nov 4, 2021 • Subscribe

Ghost in the Shell

Interview: Goodbye, Don Glees! Film Director Atsuko Ishizuka

We interviewed Ishizuka about the film's unique setting, cultural differences to look out for, and the likelihood of getting attacked by a bear in the Japanese countryside.

Anime News Network - Views

Sep 25, 2022 • Subscribe

Goodbye, Don Glees!

Good Music Video Animes (Not Anime Music Videos)

I watched a few MyAnimeList-recognized music videos, ranked them, and now you get a post. Specifically, I watched 1,370. We can get into MAL in another post, or…

Crymore.net

Oct 6, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Mayu Nakamura, Director of Among Four of Us [OAFF 2021/JAPAN CUTS 2021]

An Interview with Mayu Nakamura, Director of Among Four of Us [OAFF 2021/JAPAN CUTS 2021]

Genkinahito

Sep 23, 2021 • Subscribe

An interview with Alfred Birnbaum

Translator of Haruki Murakami’s "A Wild Sheep Chase," and many others

Matt Alt's Pure Invention

Oct 10, 2023 • Subscribe

An Interview with Katsuhiro Otomo

Salvaged from the mid-1990s.

Animation Obsessive

Nov 3, 2023 • Subscribe

An Interview With Ralph Bakshi

I interviewed Ralph Bakshi in late 2023 about queer representation in his films.

cartoonresearch.com

Sep 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Heavy

An Interview with Mike Wyzgowski

An interview with the English lyricist for anime composer Shiro Sagisu, and his work on Evangelion, Bleach and more.

cartoon milk

Oct 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Bleach

Cheers to New Year!

Happy New Years everyone! 2023 was a great year for us, and we are definitely looking forward to what 2024 has in store. Things in the background are…

Stardust Fansubs

Jan 1, 2024 • Subscribe

+2: One Animator's Quest to Make a (Mostly) Solo Feature Film

Talking to Jonni Phillips about 'Barber Westchester.'

Animation Obsessive

Sep 9, 2021 • Subscribe

An interview with Toadette, pt 2 : An animator’s reel making of

Toadette, who I interviewed for my sakuga series, is not just a writer, but also a maker of animator’s reels. Here, they were kind enough to chronicle the…

Animétudes

Oct 10, 2020 • Subscribe

An interview with Toadette, pt 2 : An animator’s reel making of

Toadette, who I interviewed for my sakuga series, is not just a writer, but also a maker of animator’s reels. Here, they were kind enough to chronicle the…

Animétudes

Oct 10, 2020 • Subscribe

A few not quite free games from itch.io

Man, I have a huge pile of games on itch.io I haven’t played. That pile might stand as tall as a modest house if they were all in…

Everything is bad for you

Sep 18, 2023 • Subscribe