A Glimpse into Anime Screenwriting with Gundam Wing’s Katsuyuki Sumizawa

The veteran writer discusses specificity in screenwriting, filler arcs, and more in our Otakon 2017 interview.

By Evan Minto

Wednesday, Jul 24, 2019

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• Dragonball
• Gundam
• Katsuyuki Sumizawa
• Otakon 2017
• Sailor Moon
• Sunrise

Escaping from Chairs and Shredding Books

The Games of GDC 2019

By Evan Minto

Monday, Apr 15, 2019

• Feature
• conventions
• video games
• alt.ctrl.GDC
• Black Emperor
• Cards Against Calamity
• Game Developers Conference 2019
• HOT SWAP: All Hands on Deck
• King of the Hat
• Line Wobbler
• Octopad
• Ruins Climber
• The Book Ritual
• The Sojourn
• Tied Escape: The Curse of Cortez

Ani-Gamers Podcast #112 – Permadeath and Taxes

By Evan Minto David Estrella

Monday, Apr 01, 2019

• Podcast
• anime
• conventions
• video games
• Game Developers Conference 2019
• labor
• Lost Levels
• The Witcher
• ufotable
• unions

The “Radically Casual” Charm of Lost Levels

A rundown of the microtalks from the GDC-adjacent game design unconference

By Evan Minto

Saturday, Mar 23, 2019

• Feature
• conventions
• video games
• Game Developers Conference 2019
• Lost Levels

Ani-Gamers Podcast #107 – Boss Baby’s First Comiket

By Evan Minto David Estrella

Monday, Jan 21, 2019

• Podcast
• anime
• conventions
• manga
• Comiket
• Japan
• Studio Trigger

Ani-Gamers Podcast #105 – Netflix Presents The Reappraisal of Evangelion with Tom Aznable

By Evan Minto David Estrella

Thursday, Dec 06, 2018

• Podcast
• anime
• conventions
• movies
• Anime NYC 2018
• Blade Runner
• Cowboy Bebop
• Evangelion
• Gridman
• Masami Obari
• Netflix
• Studio Trigger
• The Cockpit
• Tom Aznable

The Double Directors of Ultraman and Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Our interview with Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama from AnimeNEXT 2018

By Evan Minto Ink

Wednesday, Dec 05, 2018

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• AnimeNEXT 2018
• Kenji Kamiyama
• Shinji Aramaki

Ani-Gamers Podcast Bonus – No Need for Dippin' Dots at Otakon 2018

By Evan Minto

Saturday, Aug 18, 2018

• Podcast
• anime
• conventions
• manga
• Anime World Order
• DENPA
• Otakon 2018
• Shoji Kawamori
• Studio Trigger
• Tenchi Muyo
• The Cockpit

Studio Trigger Staff Reminisce About Gainax and Look Ahead to Co-Productions

Director Yoh Yoshinari and producers Masahiko Otsuka and Naoko Tsutsumi’s Otakon 2018 press conference

By Evan Minto

Thursday, Aug 16, 2018

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• Darling in the Frankxx
• Masahiko Otsuka
• Naoko Tsutsumi
• Otakon 2018
• Studio Trigger
• Yoh Yoshinari

Impressions: SSSS.Gridman Episode 1

A surprisingly tame Trigger reboot of the ’90s tokusatsu series

By Evan Minto

Wednesday, Jul 25, 2018

• Post
• anime
• conventions
• Akira Amemiya
• Anime Expo 2018
• Gridman
• Studio Trigger

“Throwing Words”: Mari Okada and Kenji Horikawa Discuss Maquia

The writer/director and P.A. Works president on the importance of emotion and the challenges of making fantasy anime

By Evan Minto David Estrella

Friday, Jul 20, 2018

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• Anime Expo 2018
• Eleven Arts
• Kenji Horikawa
• Maquia
• Mari Okada
• P.A. Works

Impressions: Sirius the Jaeger Episodes 1–2

Killer vampire-vs-werewolf action from Sword of the Stranger’s director

By Evan Minto

Monday, Jul 16, 2018

• Post
• anime
• conventions
• Anime Expo 2018
• Masahiro Ando
• P.A. Works
• Sirius the Jaeger

Ani-Gamers Podcast #098 – E3 is Every Day with Miranda Sanchez

By Evan Minto David Estrella

Monday, Jun 25, 2018

• Podcast
• anime
• conventions
• manga
• video games
• Bethesda
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Death Stranding
• E3 2018
• Fallout
• Halo
• Kill la Kill
• Kingdom Hearts
• Miranda Sanchez
• My Hero Academia
• Nintendo
• Resident Evil
• Shonen Jump
• Super Smash Bros
• The Last of Us
• The Rose of Versailles

Come See My Panels, Plus Studio Trigger, at Genericon 2018!

By Evan Minto

Saturday, Feb 24, 2018

• Notice
• animation
• anime
• comics
• conventions
• manga
• movies
• traditional games
• video games
• Genericon 2018
• Kazuya Masumoto
• Masahiko Otsuka
• panels
• Studio Trigger
• Takafumi Hori

Yuri!!! on Ice Staff Discuss Sayo Yamamoto and Skating Animation

Our AnimeNEXT 2017 interview with animators Junpei Tatenaka and Noriko Itou, color designer Izumi Hirose, and producer Takahiro Ogawa

By Evan Minto Ink

Saturday, Feb 03, 2018

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• AnimeNEXT 2017
• Izumi Hirose
• Junpei Tatenaka
• Noriko Itou
• Sayo Yamamoto
• Takahiro Ogawa
• Yuri!!! on ICE