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Anime

Ahoy, Luffy! Director Goro Taniguchi Gives Us the Scoop on ‘One Piece Film Red’

Charles Solomon - October 25, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** Straw Hat Pirates captain Monkey D. Luffy’s rubbery features can’t compete...

Anime

‘Drifting Home’: Hiroyasu Ishida’s Acclaimed Feature Celebrates the Strange Magic of Everyday Life

Charles Solomon - September 30, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the November '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 324)*** “We tear down buildings and construct new ones...

Features

How Atsuko Ishizuka Assembled a Beautiful Misfit Adventure in ‘Goodbye, Don Glees!’

Charles Solomon - August 29, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)*** “I wanted to create an original story that would be seen...

Features

The Red Ribbon Army Returns! ‘Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO’ Producer on the Franchise’s Latest Big Screen Brawl

Charles Solomon - August 14, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO, directed by Tetsuro Kodama,...

Features

Hypnotic History: Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Inu-Oh’ Brings a Rock Opera Note to a Historical Tale

Charles Solomon - August 10, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the August '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 322) *** Based on the novel The Tale of the Heike...

Anime

Riding the Japanese New Wave: Visionary Anime Auteurs of the Past 35 Years

Charles Solomon - June 23, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** Although few people realized it at the time, 1998 was a...

Anime

Sorcerers’ Apprentice: ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ Takes the World by Storm

Charles Solomon - April 11, 2022

Gege Akutami’s 2018 manga Jujutsu Kaisen and its animated TV series and feature film adaptation have become quite a global phenomenon. Released at the...

Anime

Complex Anime Heroines Are Blazing New Trails in Animation

Charles Solomon - January 28, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the March '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 318)*** In recent years, animators in Japan have created an impressive array...

Anime

It’s Time to Redefine What ‘Anime’ Encompasses

Charles Solomon - January 21, 2022

“Words… innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across...

Anime

Early Miyazaki Series ‘Future Boy Conan’ Reveals Helmer’s Magic Touch

Charles Solomon - December 22, 2021

Based loosely on the largely forgotten juvenile science fiction novel The Incredible Tide by Alexander Key (best known as the author of Escape to...

Features

‘Poupelle of Chimney Town’: The Art of Treasuring Discarded Objects

Charles Solomon - December 3, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the January '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)*** Bringing any well-loved book to screen presents challenges, but Akihiro Nishino,...

Animated People

Happy 80th Birthday, Yoshiyuki Tomino! ‘Gundam’ Creator Discusses Inspirations & Legacy in Rare Interview

Charles Solomon - November 5, 2021

Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) ranks among the most successful franchises in animation history: The various broadcast series total more than 750 episodes,...

Features

The Beauty and the Metaverse: Mamoru Hosoda on ‘Belle’

Charles Solomon - October 28, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the December '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 315)*** Considered to be his most ambitious and opulent film to date,...

Features

All Eyes on Ghibli’s First CG Heroine: Gorō Miyazaki Discusses ‘Earwig and the Witch’

Charles Solomon - February 1, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the March '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 308)*** One of the most-anticipated animated films of 2021 is Gorō Miyazaki’s...

Anime

‘Weathering with You’: A Torrent of Talent

Charles Solomon - December 5, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the January ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 296)*** Weathering with You, which debuted earlier this year in Japan, is...

Anime

‘Gravitation’: Boy-Meet-Boy Anime Made for Teen Girls

Charles Solomon - November 22, 2019

Gravitation: Complete Collection Nozomi: 3 Blu-rays ($39.99) Based on a popular manga by Maki Murakami, Gravitation (2000) epitomizes the curious genre of shounen-ai or “boys’...

Anime

‘One Piece: Episode of East Blue’: A Pirate with a Big Heart

Charles Solomon - November 4, 2019

One Piece - Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His Four Friends’ Great Adventure Funimation: $34.98; 1 DVD, 1 Blu-ray The rollicking comedy-adventure One Piece ranks...

Anime

‘Megalobox’: Tale of an Underdog Fighter

Charles Solomon - October 7, 2019

Megalobox VIZ: $19.99 (two DVDs), $34.99 (two Blu-rays), $49.99 (Limited Edition, two Blu-rays, 120-page artbook) One of the big hits of 2018 in Japan, TMS Entertainment’s Megalobox...

Anime

‘Okko’s Inn’: A Healing Escape to a Haunted Hotel

Charles Solomon - March 29, 2019

***This review originally appeared in the April ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 289)*** Based on a popular series of children’s books written by Hiroko...

Anime

‘I Want to Eat Your Pancreas’: A Five-Hanky Romance with an Unforgettable Title

Charles Solomon - March 22, 2019

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas Directed by Shin'ichirō Ushijima Aniplex, ABC Animation, Fathom Studios Based on a light novel by Yoru Sumino that has already been...

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