Interview
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Anime Director Masaaki Yuasa Reflects on His 20 Year Career
Director Masaaki Yuasa at Los Angeles’ The Landmark Westwood theater, 2023Photography by Kalai Chik 2023 was an eventful year for…
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New Shiren the Wanderer Game Director and Project Manager Talk About Going Back to Basics
Keisuke Sakurai (left) and Hideyuki Shinozaki (right) ©Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. Recently, at a hands-on event in Tokyo, I was…
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Making Things That Others Wouldn’t: An Interview with Studio TRIGGER President Masahiko Otsuka
© TRIGGER・Hiroyuki Imaishi At this year’s Anime Expo, Studio Trigger gave the world a taste of their projects coming down…
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Final Fantasy XVI Producer Naoki Yoshida on the Game’s Anime Influences and Design Philosophy
© 2023 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. Final Fantasy XVI is a major departure from the Final Fantasy games of old.…
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Developing a Diverse Cast in Kia Asamiya’s Silent Möbius
Cover of Silent Mobius QD volume 1 © 2008-2023 Kodansha Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Kia Asamiya has been writing manga…
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Bringing Jazz to the Big Screen with Blue Giant Director Yuzuru Tachikawa
Blue Giant Partners ©2015-2023 GKIDS, INC. Readers may be surprised to learn that jazz music has a long, storied history…
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Getting Into Character with Ragna Crimson’s Chiaki Kobayashi
ANN’s coverage of Anime Expo 2023 sponsored by Yen Press! © 小林大樹／SQUARE ENIX・「ラグナクリムゾン」製作委員会 At Anime Expo 2023, Anime News Network…
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Crafting a Hell in Heaven with Heavenly Delusion Creator Masakazu Ishiguro
© 2023 DENPA Manga creator Masakazu Ishiguro‘s work spans multiple genres, from the unexpected maid café workers in the comedy…
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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Voicing Cid in The Eminence in Shadow
ANN’s coverage of Anime Expo 2023 sponsored by Yen Press! © 逢沢大介・KADOKAWA刊／シャドウガーデン The Eminence in Shadow follows a young man…
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J-Rock Star Yoshiki Talks About His Past and Future in London
On September 11, rock star YOSHIKI appeared in London to accompany a screening of his directorial debut and feature film…
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