I am sorry for the long, long wait, but here’s part 2. A lot of fascinating details about the production of Princess Kaguya. I’ve also started adding tooltips (I may go back and add some to part 1 at some point). I plan to finish the third and last part by tomorrow. You can read … Continue reading "Translation: Toshio Suzuki Reminisces About Isao Takahata (Part 2)"
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