anime industry

55 min read 2022-01-01 04:40:58

Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2021

Our yearly animation awards have once again gathered animators, directors, producers, writers, translators, fans, and everything in between to pick

61 min read 2022-01-01 04:40:58

Our yearly animation awards have once again gathered animators, directors, producers, writers, translators, fans, and everything in between to pick

12 min read 2021-12-16 00:59:43

Makoto Shinkai’s modern work is defined by its immediate circumstances to a larger degree than most people realize, be it the themes he decides to

10 min read 2021-11-29 02:30:10

Anime’s production schedules, the wellbeing of its creators, and the quality of their work are deeply interconnected. It’s a complex balance

1 min read 2021-11-01 00:21:07

The Fall 2021 anime season is frontloaded with a few truly exceptional creative efforts, then chockful of titles with interesting teams having to

1 min read 2021-11-01 00:20:36

Let’s dedicate a final look at Maidragon‘s second season and its role in KyoAni’s gradual rebuild—the why and how they made a beautiful show

1 min read 2021-09-03 17:09:53

KyoAni’s most renowned director Naoko Yamada left the studio she had dedicated her entire career to and is now directing Heike Monogatari at

1 min read 2021-08-30 01:29:19

The upcoming Stone Ocean adaptation marks the return of one of the most brilliant Jojo directors, so there has been no better time for a long

1 min read 2021-07-19 01:59:38

The second episode of Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S happens to embody some ongoing changes to Kyoto Animation’s inner workings: forced to adapt

1 min read 2021-07-14 01:05:10

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway is shaping up to be an excellent film trilogy, a collective effort by creators who approach realism from their own angle

1 min read 2021-07-09 03:29:37

Maidragon is back. KyoAni is back—in more ways than one, having given free rein to the next generations of creators trained under the studio’s

1 min read 2021-06-09 22:29:08

Everyone knows what outsourcing means on a basic level, but at the same time, few get how it works in anime—so here’s a summary of this

1 min read 2021-06-01 01:29:09

Today we bring you this translated interview with SSSS.Gridman and SSSS.Dynazenon‘s director Akira Amemiya, talking about how each series came to

1 min read 2021-05-05 03:04:44

Studio Tonton’s excellent Naruto homage stands toe to toe with professional work, but don’t let its quality fool you: it was actually made by a

10 min read 2021-04-29 04:38:08

SSSS.Dynazenon is an already fascinating follow-up to 2018’s Gridman, an equally evocative love letter to tokusatsu and mecha titles that wears its