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The Academy Awards are this Sunday, and here are three Oscar-winning shorts, each one celebrating an anniversary this year.
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2015 Oscar Shorts
I just saw the nominees in the Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film...
2015 Oscar Shorts
I just saw the nominees in the Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film for the 87th Academy Awards. I’ve never done this before, but…
The Winning Formula
Continuing with a pattern of themed updates, this one focuses entirely on Gundam‘s Formula era. Here’s what’s new: F90 A to Z Project: new secondary lineart and new profiles.…
Winning and Losing
Year 1: Boobs, The Wind, Baseball, Lederhosen, Eels, Monkeys, and Doves Year 2: Hotel Lobby Oysters, Condoms, Spinning Around and Around, 街・町, The Town and Its Uncertain Wall, A Short Piece on the Elephant that Crushes Heineken Cans Year…
Chainsaw Man Episode 1 Storyboards (Fanmade)
In anticipation of the Chainsaw Man anime adaptation releasing later this year, I thought it’d be fun to storyboard the very first scene in the series and turn…
Togenashi Togeari’s Winning Formula
In the 21st century, there are few bigger “modern visual culture” developments on the Japanese side of the thing than 2.5D. What more can we ask for to…
The Boy and the Oscar
By Andrew Osmond. Hooray, The Boy and the Heron has won! When it snagged the Best Animated Feature Oscar last night (sorry, Spider-Verse fans), it marked only the…
An Oscar Nomination from Nowhere
The story of 'Doctor De Soto' by Michael Sporn.
Reviewing The 2025 Oscar Winners
I know a lot of people probably don’t care about my opinion on Oscar winners. So I’m going to make this a bunch of notes.
Medalist #01 — Winning is Everything
Weird message to try to promote your sport. Impressions: There's a largely unspoken assumption through this entire episode that really undermines the entire thing; that a hobby isn't…
Blue Box: The Winning Girl
#anime #bluebox #romanceanime #ontherise Chinatsu teaches us that it's okay to have more than one passion Music used: Blue Box Main Theme Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-US_Kj0rbA
The Winning History Of Pachinko Machines
Pachinko machines are and forever will be the hype in japan, but why? Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dirkoin #pachinko #japanculture #japanhistory
Chainsaw Man's Author Can't Stop Winning
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Japan and the Foreign Language Film Oscar
Japan’s choice of Wim Wenders’ PERFECT DAYS (2023) as its submission for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards and its subsequent nomination got me to thinking…
IRRELEVANT Winning or losing – Sk8 The Infinity
My heart was captured so! When we love something so much, important to us, we get caught up in things that shouldn’t even matter but only the element…
Vinland Saga S2 – 01 – Living is Winning
After a thoroughly badass James Bond-style OP followed by a downright poetic sequence about carving “that warmth” into anything and everything, Vinland Saga’s second season settle…
The History of Mushi Pro – 1.5 – Atom through its storyboards
In the previous article of this series, I stated that Tetsuwan Atom’s production was “centered on one document, the storyboard”. Although the production pipeline of anime has changed…
The History of Mushi Pro – 1.5 – Atom through its storyboards
In the previous article of this series, I stated that Tetsuwan Atom’s production was “centered on one document, the storyboard”. Although the production pipeline of anime has changed…
●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 22: Animation AKIRA Storyboards 2
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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 32: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 2
The 32nd volume of OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS published by Kodansha features the second out of two volumes that collect the entirety of the enormous number of storyboards created by…
●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 31: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 1
The 31st volume of OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS published by Kodansha features the first out of two volumes that collect the entirety of the enormous number of storyboards created by…
●BOOKLET● ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHŪ KAISETSU 21 Animation AKIRA storyboards 1 (大友克洋全集解説 21 Animation AKIRA storyboards 1)
Independent Katsuhiro Otomo researcher and archivist Jun'ya Suzuki (鈴木淳也), who in 1999 started the website Apple Paradise: Otomo Katsuhiro Data Base has published the twelfth book of a series of booklets…
the Winning One-Shot of the manga competition
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So What’s Winning In The 2024 Crunchyroll Awards?
Or the fifth edition of the Attack on Titan/Demon Slayer/Jujutsu Kaisen awards.
Oscar Noms for Miyazaki’s Boy and the Heron, Godzilla
Hot on the heels of its victory at the Golden Globes, Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron receives an Oscar nomination, alongside two other Japanese films.
Animating an Oscar Winner (Secretly) Behind the Iron Curtain
Plus: animation news.
The ANN Aftershow - And the Anime Oscar Goes To..
Lynzee and James discuss the Oscar results, the untimely passing of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, Solo Leveling, and more!
When Hayao Miyazaki Didn't Show Up for His Oscar
Plus: animation news worldwide.
Winning Against Fear (Dr. Stone Episodes 9-12 Review)
Different kinds of fears were exposed in these past few episodes…. In episode nineteen, the Kingdom of Science achieved the creation of Edison’s incandescent lightbulb! Imagine being in…
The 82 Winning Moves of Sumo, the Kimarite List
When a sumo wrestler wins a match, how he wins is recorded with the victory. This move is called a kimarite. Think of kimarite as fatalities from Mortal…
Ito Shiori’s Documentary on Her Rape Nets Oscar Nom, Criticism
Ito Shiori's BLACK BOX DIARIES is winning critical acclaim worldwide - but it's also under fire from her former lawyer.
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Wins An Oscar
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2024. The highly coveted gold statue is c...
Lupin the 3rd: Part III 40 (Winning the Lottery #LupinIII)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Lupin the 3rd: Part III 40. Lupin discovers the American lottery is rigged, so he decides to get involved.
Ani-Gamers Podcast #168 – Quicksave: Fans Keep Winning in 2022
Evan and David are trying out a new show format! These “Quicksave” episodes will feature our news, Queues, and mailbag segments, freeing up our other shows to focus…
Chang Sheng’s award-winning series OLDMAN launches Kickstarter via eigoMANGA
eigoMANGA has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring Chang Sheng’s "Oldman" series to readers around the world.
My Journey to Her - An Award-Winning Journey About Identity
ALT“I’m Yuna Hirasawa. And this is my journey to her.”I will not lie that I...
Drive My Car: Oscar-Nominated Film is a Meditation on Grief
The first Japanese film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, Hamaguchi Ryusuke's Drive My Car is slow moving - but powerful.
A Lost Country Broke a 30-Year Streak of Oscar Snubs
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Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2 – 06 – Winning the Right Way
Only one battle is covered this week, and it’s not in Kaguya and Miyuki’s War of Love, but the StuCo Presidential Election. Yusaku, Iino Miko’s best and only…
Getting To Know The Hosts Of The Award-Winning Shoujo Sundae Podcast
Shoujo Sundae hosts Giana Luna and Chika Supreme share what keeps them motivated, the secret to creating a successful podcast, and their mangaka interview wishlists.
Award-Winning Manga Hirayasumi Gets Anime Adaptation: Teaser Trailer & 2027 Release Reveal
VIZ Media reveals the Hirayasumi anime teaser! See the first look at Hiroto Ikuta in this award-winning slice-of-life series from Production +h. debuting in 2027.
This Week in Anime - Summit of the Gods is a Serious Oscar Contender
The French-animated adaptation of Jiro Taniguchi's manga follows two men obsessed with Mt. Everest. Together they'll face the unrelenting brutality of one of Earth's highest peaks in this…
Write What You Want (Or, the Not-Very-Stringent Guide to Winning Followers)
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Award-Winning Composer Kevin Penkin On Creating The Soundtrack For Grow:Song of the Evertree
Kevin Penkin rose to prominence within the anime scene after his evocative and captivating soundtrack for the Made in Abyss anime. His latest project is the magical sandbox…