For three years now, I have published something special on every July 21st, “Kanada Day” as I call it, the anniversary of the death of legendary animator Yoshinori Kanada. Since I arrived in Japan last October, I’ve thought of doing something special this year: perhaps meet people who knew Yoshinori Kanada, interview them and obtain … Continue reading Remembering Yoshinori Kanada – Makiko Kanada & Masatsune Noguchi interview
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Anime background art: Takamura Mukuo, Katsumi Handô, Hiroya Yamura, Shûji Konno roundtable – Translation and commentary
A 1981 roundtable focusing on anime background art, featuring Takamura Mukuo and his colleagues Katsumi Handô, Hiroya Yamura and Shûji Konno. Followed by a commentary on the sociology of background artists and the changing roles of anime background art through time.
Studio Z: An in-depth interview – Translation and commentary
A translation and commentary of Yoshinori Kanada's first ever interview, published in OUT in 1978.
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 making of a titanic work : a complete retrospective of the career of legendary Madhouse animator Manabu Ohashi.
Exploring sakuga – An interview with Toadette
The other articles in this series are available here : Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 ; Part 4 ; An interview with manuloz ; An interview with Blou ; An interview with Geth This series on the sakuga community is going to be half articles, half interviews of members of the community. … Continue reading Exploring sakuga – An interview with Toadette
Exploring sakuga – An interview with Geth
This time, I interviewed Geth, sakuga fan and Naruto expert, creator of the most famous sakuga Discord, Naruto Sakuga.
Exploring sakuga – An interview with Blou
This time, I talked with Bloodyredstar, aka Blou, sakuga fan and production assistant at Studio Tonton, currently making an amateur Naruto OP and ED.
Exploring sakuga – An interview with manuloz
This series on the sakuga is going to be half articles, half interviews of members of the community. This time, I got to talk with manuloz, French anime and sakuga fan, and admin of the (now dead) website manganimation.net



