Anime Blog Tracker

  • Home
  • Trending
  • Subscriptions
  • Sign in
  • Guestbook
Featured image for ●ILLUSTRATION● TOKYO SKA TREASURES ~ベスト・オブ・東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ~Background image for ●ILLUSTRATION● TOKYO SKA TREASURES ~ベスト・オブ・東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ~

●ILLUSTRATION● TOKYO SKA TREASURES ~ベスト・オブ・東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ~

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,

ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

Mar 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Fireball, Memory (ONA)

More like this

Featured image for Tokyo Bay (東京湾, Yoshitaro Nomura, 1962)Background image for Tokyo Bay (東京湾, Yoshitaro Nomura, 1962)

Tokyo Bay (東京湾, Yoshitaro Nomura, 1962)

Two old war buddies find themselves on opposite sides of the law in Nomura’s sprawling journey through the post-war underworld

Windows on Worlds

Feb 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Featured image for Tokyo Lullaby (東京夜曲, Jun Ichikawa, 1997)Background image for Tokyo Lullaby (東京夜曲, Jun Ichikawa, 1997)

Tokyo Lullaby (東京夜曲, Jun Ichikawa, 1997)

A meditation on lost love and middle-aged regret, Jun Ichikawa’s Tokyo Lullaby weaves a melancholy path through a lonely city but finds in it a sense of comfort…

Windows on Worlds

Aug 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Episode #104 (S13E05) – Tokyo Godfathers (2004) [東京ゴッドファーザーズ]

Christmas comes early as Matthew Trecek of the Deskwarmers podcast joins Perry for a discussion of Satoshi Kon's beloved anime, Tokyo Godfathers.

Japan On Film

Sep 11, 2025 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers

Featured image for Tokyo Sweetheart (東京の恋人, Yasuki Chiba, 1952)Background image for Tokyo Sweetheart (東京の恋人, Yasuki Chiba, 1952)

Tokyo Sweetheart (東京の恋人, Yasuki Chiba, 1952)

A fake ring causes untold chaos in a small corner of Ginza in Yasuki Chiba’s charming ensemble rom-com.

Windows on Worlds

Sep 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Woman of Tokyo (東京の女, Yasujiro Ozu, 1933)Background image for Woman of Tokyo (東京の女, Yasujiro Ozu, 1933)

Woman of Tokyo (東京の女, Yasujiro Ozu, 1933)

A loyal sister finds her tremendous sacrifice rejected by an unforgiving and conservative society in Yasujiro Ozu’s silent melodrama

Windows on Worlds

May 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Featured image for Tokyo Revengers (東京リベンジャーズ, Tsutomu Hanabusa, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]Background image for Tokyo Revengers (東京リベンジャーズ, Tsutomu Hanabusa, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

Tokyo Revengers (東京リベンジャーズ, Tsutomu Hanabusa, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A dejected 27-year-old gets a second chance to face his high school trauma in Hanabusa’s high school delinquent x time travel manga adaptation

Windows on Worlds

Aug 14, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Tokyo Revengers

Featured image for Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者, Seijun Suzuki, 1966)Background image for Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者, Seijun Suzuki, 1966)

Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者, Seijun Suzuki, 1966)

A recently released yakuza attempts to join the new society by going straight but finds his efforts frustrated by upstart gangsters in Seijun Suzuki’s postmodern noir.

Windows on Worlds

Feb 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Featured image for おやすみ、東京Background image for おやすみ、東京

おやすみ、東京

Atsuhiro Yoshida’s 2018 linked short story collection おやすみ、東京 chronicles the adventures of a cast of slightly odd characters with subtle connections to one another. Each of the stories…

Contemporary Japanese Literature

Jul 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for An Inn in Tokyo (東京の宿, Yasujiro Ozu, 1935)Background image for An Inn in Tokyo (東京の宿, Yasujiro Ozu, 1935)

An Inn in Tokyo (東京の宿, Yasujiro Ozu, 1935)

Yasujiro Ozu was perhaps most at home in the genial world of the shomingeki in which everyone is comfortable enough and the problems, such as they are, are…

Windows on Worlds

Nov 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Episode #89 (S11E9) – Tokyo Drifter [東京流れ者] (1966)Background image for Episode #89 (S11E9) – Tokyo Drifter [東京流れ者] (1966)

Episode #89 (S11E9) – Tokyo Drifter [東京流れ者] (1966)

Director Seijun Suzuki is a really unique figure in the world of Japanese cinema, with a style all his own. In this episode, Japanese film scholar Jennifer Upton…

Japan On Film

Sep 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Tokyo Uber Blues (東京自転車節, Taku Aoyagi, 2022)Background image for Tokyo Uber Blues (東京自転車節, Taku Aoyagi, 2022)

Tokyo Uber Blues (東京自転車節, Taku Aoyagi, 2022)

Taku Aoyagi documents himself as he starts to go slightly crazy working as a Tokyo Uber Rider at the height of the pandemic.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Tokyo Onigiri Girl / 東京おにぎり娘 / Tokyo onigiri musume / (aka ‘Triangle Moods’, 1961)

Obscure Japanese Film #149   Ayako Wakao and Ganjiro Nakamura     Ganjiro Nakamura and Murasaki Fujima Mariko (Ayako Wakao) is the daughte...

Martin Dowsing

Nov 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Colorful, Onigiri

Featured image for Tokyo Private Eye (東京探偵) the sequel to Tokyo Vice coming in Spring of 2023, with Marchialy (France)Background image for Tokyo Private Eye (東京探偵) the sequel to Tokyo Vice coming in Spring of 2023, with Marchialy (France)

Tokyo Private Eye (東京探偵) the sequel to Tokyo Vice coming in Spring of 2023, with Marchialy (France)

Clients say they want to know, but they don't They want you to tell them what they want to hear But that's not the job My job is…

Japan Subculture Research Center

Mar 17, 2022 • Subscribe

The Tokyo Project

Featured image for 東京战争戦後秘話’ OST - Toru TakemitsuBackground image for 東京战争戦後秘話’ OST - Toru Takemitsu

東京战争戦後秘話’ OST - Toru Takemitsu

The Man Who Left His Will on Film [Tokyo Senso Sengo Hiwa] Directed by: Nagisa Oshima 1970 Download

Nihon Cine Art

Jun 3, 2019 • Subscribe

●ILLUSTRATION● KATSUHIRO OTOMO × GHOST IN THE SHELL Tribute Illustration

 This tribute illustration was unveiled at MASAMUNE SHIROW'S WORLD EXHIBITION – OSAKA VENUE (士郎正宗の世界展 大阪会場) that opened on September 5 at Shinsaibashi PARCO in Osaka. Apparently, Otomo couldn't make…

ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

Sep 5, 2025 • Subscribe

veil

Featured image for Ryukyu Royal Treasures at the 1926 First Japanese Treasures ExhibitionBackground image for Ryukyu Royal Treasures at the 1926 First Japanese Treasures Exhibition

Ryukyu Royal Treasures at the 1926 First Japanese Treasures Exhibition

Reading about the Ryukyuan royal treasures that went missing in 1945 – most of them presumed stolen, rather than destroyed; and a few of them recently rediscovered and…

上り口説 Nubui Kuduchi

Oct 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Galette Illustration Book 01Background image for Galette Illustration Book 01

Galette Illustration Book 01

Crowd-funded, creator-owned quarterly Yuri manga magazine, Galette is coming up on a third anniversary later this year. It’s currently at 18 issues of the main magazine out, 15…

Okazu

Jun 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Featured image for ●ILLUSTRATION● ELEMENTS OF FUTUREBackground image for ●ILLUSTRATION● ELEMENTS OF FUTURE

●ILLUSTRATION● ELEMENTS OF FUTURE

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,

ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

Dec 13, 2020 • Subscribe

veil

Featured image for Asakusa Treasures: Musashi Japan KnivesBackground image for Asakusa Treasures: Musashi Japan Knives

Asakusa Treasures: Musashi Japan Knives

Looking for the perfect souvenir to commemorate your trip to Japan? Head to Musashi Japan for the traditional handcrafted knives.

GaijinPot

Aug 28, 2024 • Subscribe

Musashi

Featured image for Anime Antiques! Finding forgotten treasuresBackground image for Anime Antiques! Finding forgotten treasures

Anime Antiques! Finding forgotten treasures

While cleaning out a storage room, I found some interesting artifacts from a long ago time and distant place, left behind by my late parents. My parents always…

Anime Hanabi

Sep 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Featured image for KonoSuba 3 – 05 – Divine TreasuresBackground image for KonoSuba 3 – 05 – Divine Treasures

KonoSuba 3 – 05 – Divine Treasures

Kazuma was soaking up the renown from everyone recognizing his name, deeds, and general awesomeness. But once the battle begins, all it takes is for one scared little…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

May 8, 2024 • Subscribe

●ILLUSTRATION● PAIR GO MANGA EXHIBITION

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,

ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

Mar 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

●ILLUSTRATION + INTERVIEW●TŌKYŌ “HEN'AI”-RON

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,

ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

Mar 19, 2023 • Subscribe

Attraction

Featured image for Urusei Yatsura - illustration by Atsuko Nakajima / Animage...Background image for Urusei Yatsura - illustration by Atsuko Nakajima / Animage...

Urusei Yatsura - illustration by Atsuko Nakajima / Animage...

Urusei Yatsura - illustration by Atsuko Nakajima / Animage magazine (04/1987)

Anim'Archive

Dec 26, 2020 • Subscribe

Urusei Yatsura

Featured image for The Best VTuber Software [Illustration, Animation, & More]Background image for The Best VTuber Software [Illustration, Animation, & More]

The Best VTuber Software [Illustration, Animation, & More]

With so many software available in the market, you might get overwhelmed by the choices. Learn which VTuber software is the best for you.

Dere★Project

Oct 2, 2022 • Subscribe

●ILLUSTRATION● POSTER for EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,

ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

Jul 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Featured image for National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of CultureBackground image for National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of Culture

National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of Culture

How Japan's national living treasures preserve culture and the clever tactics - including Pokemon! - used to promote their work.

Unseen Japan

Mar 28, 2023 • Subscribe

Featured image for National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of CultureBackground image for National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of Culture

National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of Culture

How Japan's national living treasures preserve culture and the clever tactics - including Pokemon! - used to promote their work.

Unseen Japan

Mar 28, 2023 • Subscribe

Featured image for Original illustration by Atsuko Ishida / Flowery Orange Pekoe...Background image for Original illustration by Atsuko Ishida / Flowery Orange Pekoe...

Original illustration by Atsuko Ishida / Flowery Orange Pekoe...

Original illustration by Atsuko Ishida / Flowery Orange Pekoe artbook, 1998

Anim'Archive

Dec 29, 2020 • Subscribe

Featured image for Record of Lodoss War - illustration by Yutaka Izubuchi


/...Background image for Record of Lodoss War - illustration by Yutaka Izubuchi


/...

Record of Lodoss War - illustration by Yutaka Izubuchi /...

Record of Lodoss War - illustration by Yutaka Izubuchi / Anime V magazine (01/1991)  

Anim'Archive

Dec 30, 2020 • Subscribe

Record of Lodoss War

Featured image for Sailor Moon x Sanrio Characters series – illustration goodsBackground image for Sailor Moon x Sanrio Characters series – illustration goods

Sailor Moon x Sanrio Characters series – illustration goods

A miscellaneous goods series of a collaboration called “Pajama Party Design” is scheduled to be...

sailormoonfannetwork.com

Feb 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

●ILLUSTRATION● ADIDAS CONSORTIUM × KASINA × THE MASTER; WITH FRIENDS

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,

ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

Mar 11, 2023 • Subscribe

Featured image for New CLAMP illustration for “Shonen Ace” 30th AnniversaryBackground image for New CLAMP illustration for “Shonen Ace” 30th Anniversary

New CLAMP illustration for “Shonen Ace” 30th Anniversary

Kadokawa’s Shonen Ace magazine is celebrating its 30th Anniversary next month and to celebrate it, the December issue will come with a “Memorial Illustration Book” featuring sever…

Chibi Yuuto's CHRoNiCLEs

Sep 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for St. Pius V Corner: Heavenly Treasures In Another CastleBackground image for St. Pius V Corner: Heavenly Treasures In Another Castle

St. Pius V Corner: Heavenly Treasures In Another Castle

Blessed are the eyes which are closed to things without, but are fixed upon things within… they who search inward things and study to prepare themselves more and…

The Traditional Catholic Weeb

Apr 7, 2023 • Subscribe

Featured image for Currently Reading: One Piece (V2): Looking At Lost TreasuresBackground image for Currently Reading: One Piece (V2): Looking At Lost Treasures

Currently Reading: One Piece (V2): Looking At Lost Treasures

Hey everyone! So I’m kind of behind on the bloganuary prompts but you know what, that’s ok. For day two’s memory prompt, I made a list of my…

A Nerdy Fujo Cries

Jan 7, 2023 • Subscribe

One Piece

Featured image for This Week in Anime - The Trashy Treasures of BASTARD!!Background image for This Week in Anime - The Trashy Treasures of BASTARD!!

This Week in Anime - The Trashy Treasures of BASTARD!!

Jean-Karlo and Steve check in on the first half of this anime throwback. Buckle up for the might, magic, and mammaries of Bastard!! They really don't make them…

Anime News Network - Views

Jul 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Bastard!!

Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: ToHeart (1999) (78/100)

ToHeart is an interesting beast. It’s considered the second non-Hentai anime adaptation of a visual novel, only beaten out by the very first one, Nightwalker: Midnight Detective, which…

Star Crossed Anime

22 days ago • Subscribe

Special A

Featured image for The Heroic Trio (東方三俠, Johnnie To, 1993)Background image for The Heroic Trio (東方三俠, Johnnie To, 1993)

The Heroic Trio (東方三俠, Johnnie To, 1993)

Female solidarity becomes an unexpected weapon against stealthy authoritarian take over in Johnnie To’s gloriously camp superhero action fest

Windows on Worlds

Nov 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Featured image for Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Digimon Adventure Pilot (82/100)Background image for Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Digimon Adventure Pilot (82/100)

Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Digimon Adventure Pilot (82/100)

Digimon has been a part of my life for about as long as I can remember. I religiously watched the 1999 TV series as a kid, along with…

Star Crossed Anime

Dec 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Digimon: Digital Monsters, exception, Special A

Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Final Fantasy V (82/100)

(This review is solely based on the GameBoy Advance version, which many say is the best version of the game. I will mention the Pixel Remaster version a…

Star Crossed Anime

Feb 22, 2025 • Subscribe

Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Special A

Featured image for XXXHOLiC Live Action movie: limited illustration card and comment by CLAMPBackground image for XXXHOLiC Live Action movie: limited illustration card and comment by CLAMP

XXXHOLiC Live Action movie: limited illustration card and comment by CLAMP

With the opening date for the XXXHOLiC live action moving drawing near, it’s been announced today that a limited amount of cards illustrated by CLAMP will be distributed…

Chibi Yuuto's CHRoNiCLEs

Apr 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Featured image for Bessekai no Kirakira Douki ga Ecchi na Illustration wo Kaite iruBackground image for Bessekai no Kirakira Douki ga Ecchi na Illustration wo Kaite iru

Bessekai no Kirakira Douki ga Ecchi na Illustration wo Kaite iru

A secret hobby and shared interest brings together two unlikely coworkers in a romantic comedy centered around fandom. Bessekai no Kirakira Douki ga Ecchi na Illustration wo Kaite…

Manga Musings: Obscure Manga

Jan 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick – Les Miserables Shoujo Cosette (95/100)Background image for Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick – Les Miserables Shoujo Cosette (95/100)

Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick – Les Miserables Shoujo Cosette (95/100)

The year was 2007. It was around that time that I was really starting to dip my toes deeper into the anime fandom beyond just Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh,…

Star Crossed Anime

Jun 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Dog of Flanders Movie (97/100)Background image for Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Dog of Flanders Movie (97/100)

Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Dog of Flanders Movie (97/100)

I’ve watched many movies throughout my childhood. Namely the Pokemon movies, some Disney movies (namely Aladdin), and others. But none of them have really made a huge impact…

Star Crossed Anime

Nov 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Dog of Flanders

Featured image for Oshi no Ko 1st Illustration Collection: Glare x Sparkle Art Book ReviewBackground image for Oshi no Ko 1st Illustration Collection: Glare x Sparkle Art Book Review

Oshi no Ko 1st Illustration Collection: Glare x Sparkle Art Book Review

Oshi no Ko is well known for its art and storytelling. In this review, we dive into the art book and see if it's worth buying!

Behind the Manga

Dec 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers (流浪北京, Wu Wenguang, 1990)Background image for Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers (流浪北京, Wu Wenguang, 1990)

Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers (流浪北京, Wu Wenguang, 1990)

Wu Wenguang’s seminal indie documentary follows a group of bohemian artists eventually scattered by the events of 1989

Windows on Worlds

May 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Featured image for Moscow to Tokyo, Tokyo to MoscowBackground image for Moscow to Tokyo, Tokyo to Moscow

Moscow to Tokyo, Tokyo to Moscow

How two animation scenes influenced each other.

Animation Obsessive

Jun 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Neo TokyoBackground image for Neo Tokyo

Neo Tokyo

Neo Tokyo (1987) I think I’ve mentioned this before – but when I see Technique sneaking out ahead of Narrative in short films, I sometimes end up a…

The Review Heap

Jan 5, 2025 • Subscribe

Neo Tokyo

Featured image for Emergent TokyoBackground image for Emergent Tokyo

Emergent Tokyo

Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City is a fascinating study of urban space augmented by a wealth of photographs and illustrations. Jorge Almazán convincingly argues that, instead of…

Contemporary Japanese Literature

Aug 19, 2024 • Subscribe

Featured image for Tokyo ExpressBackground image for Tokyo Express

Tokyo Express

Seichō Matsumoto’s Tokyo Express is a slim mystery novel from 1958 whose crime is largely dependent on train schedules. Although two apparent victims of suicide appear to have…

Contemporary Japanese Literature

Jul 22, 2024 • Subscribe