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The Art Of Kazuchika Kise Book Review
Kazuchika Kise is a veteran animator/director that has worked on some of the most highly acclaimed anime films out there, with titles like Patlabor 2 : The Movie, Ghost In The Shell, Evangelion, Blood...
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Children Of The Sea Manga Gets Anime Adaptation
Children Of The Sea, the multiple award winning manga by Daisuke Igarashi will soon be adapted into an anime film by Studio 4°C ( Mind Game, Tekkon Kinkreet ), and music written by Joe Hisaishi. Check...
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Ani Man LLust – Tatsuyuki Tanaka Art Techniques Book Review
Note : This is NOT an art book. For the artist’s art books, check out Cannabis Works and Cannabis Works 2. Tatsuyuki Tanaka is one of the most highly skilled and renowned artist working in the...
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100 Views – Yamamoto Nizo Background Art Book Review
Yamamoto Nizo is a veteran background artist who have worked on such esteemed films as Madhouse’s A Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Ghibli’s Mononoke Hime, Laputa – Castle In The Sky, Grave Of The...
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Nissin Cup Noodle Commercial – One Piece Edition
Japanese Cup Noodle maker Nissin is back again with a new series of anime themed commercials, this time featuring characters from the super popular manga One Piece. The commercials re-imagine the One...
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Nausicaa Of The Valley Of Wind Deluxe Edition Vol 1 Manga Review
Nausicaa Of The Valley Of Wind ( Kaze No Tani No Naushika ) is a manga written and illustrated by renowned anime director Miyazaki Hayao. The manga was first published in chapters by Tokuma Shoten in...
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The Birthplace Of Totoro – Miyazaki Akemi Art Book Review
Tokorozawa (所沢) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is also the setting behind Ghibli Studio’s much beloved film My Neighbour Totoro. This art book by Miyazaki Akemi ( an animator who...
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10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki – NHK Documentary Series
Japan’s NHK website has made available an exclusive 4-part documentary chronicling the creative process of the legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, charting 10 years of his creative years...
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Akira Murals at Shibuya Parco, Tokyo June 2019.
Just like my Tokyo summer trip of 2018 my first stop this year was to visit the giant Akira murals decorating the construction wall of the Parco shopping mall in Shibuya, Tokyo. I made the visit with...
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Orbital Era – Otomo Katsuhiro’s New Film Is Hiring CG Artists
If you’re a fan of Akira or anime director Otomo Katsuhiro, you would likely have heard by now that he is working on a brand new sci-fi animated film titled Orbital Era. This is a kind of a big deal...
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Takahata Isao – A Legend In Japanese Animation Exhibition
I visited the Takahata Isao – A Legend In Japanese Animation exhibition held at the National Museum Of Modern Art ( MOMAT ) in Tokyo some weeks back. It was one of the best exhibitions I saw during my...
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Inoue Naohisa Art Exhibition – Summer 2019, Tokyo.
Inoue Naohisa is a Japanese artist who has previously worked on Ghibli’s animated film Whisper Of The Heart, directed by Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki. His story and paintings of The...
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Children Of The Sea Background Art Book Review
Children Of The Sea ( Kaiju No Kodomo ) is a Japanese animated film directed by Watanabe Ayumu and produced by Studio 4°C, based on the highly acclaimed manga by Daisuke Igarashi. The art direction...
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We’re Still Underground – Eve MV
We’re Still Underground ( 僕らまだアンダーグラウンド ) is a single by Japanese singer Eve from his latest album Otogi. The animated music video for the song is most impressionable – a surrealistic, kaleidoscopic...
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The Idol – Sushio Art Book Review
Sushio is a Japanese animator/illustrator who started his career as an animator at studio Gainax for the TV animation series Neon Genesis Evangelion. After working on many renowned anime series and...
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Perfect Blue Storyboard Book Review ( 2019 Edition )
Warning : The following post contains nudity/adult content. The debut work of late anime director Kon Satoshi, Perfect Blue is a tight suspense thriller capped with a shocking ending that secured...
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Cencoroll Anime Exhibition, Spring 2019, Tokyo.
Ukix Temp was a mini anime exhibition held at Animanga Zingaro ( previously called Pixiv Zingaro ), Tokyo during the last week of June 2019. The exhibition showcased art work from the anime film...
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Ghibli Exhibition – Painting The Colors Of Our Films
Earlier in spring this year I visited the special exhibition held at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo titled Painting The Colors Of Our Films. As the name suggests, the exhibition explores the art...
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The Art Of The Transformers Toys Book Review
To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Transformers media franchise, Takara Tomi/Parco publishing has released The Art Of The Transformers book, a collection of toy/merchandising illustrations...
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Akira Art Of Wall – Otomo Katsuhiro/Kosuke Kawamura Exhibition
The Akira Art Of Wall is an upcoming exhibition to be held at the newly renovated Parco Shibuya shopping mall located in Shibuya, Tokyo in late November 2019. From May 2017 to August 2019, 4 different...
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