Japan is celebrating the centenary of anime this year. Due to the paucity of early cinema records in Japan there is much debate as to ...

In his long and varied career in animation, Shin’ichi Suzuki has worked behind the scenes on many anime classics. He was a key animato...

The Gourd Bottle ( ひょうたん , 1976) is an independent animated short by Shin’ichi Suzuki.  Suzuki belongs to the first generation of p...

http://gregholfeld.com/ http://www.sumolake.blogspot.de/ http://www.benjaminspeed.com/ Sumo Lake ( 相撲の湖 , 2011) is a humorou...

The young filmmaker Takashi Iitsuka ( 飯塚貴士 , b. 1985) wowed Nippon Connection 2012 with the international premiere of his short film...

Takashi Namiki ( なみきたかし , b. 1952) of Anido has been documenting the world of animation both at home and abroad since the 1970s throu...

There are many theories as to how the Asian variety of mock strawberry hebi  ichigo ( Duchesnea chrysantha ) – quite literally “snake ...

Hollywood has lost the plot when it comes to romantic comedies. Back in the genre’s golden years, actresses with solid acting chops an...

Suzume “Sparrow” Katagura ( Juri Ueno of Swing Girls and Nodame Contabile ) has an unusual turtle named Taro with a green and red paint...

Kotatsu shots aplenty in this film set in traditional Osaka houses. Saddled with an unfortunately awkward English title and an even more u...