CG Animator Naoki Yoshibe on Effects Animation and JoJo’s Openings

The animator and director explains his process, influences, and approach to balancing 2-D and 3-D animation.

By Evan Minto

Monday, Nov 23, 2020

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• Gatchaman
• Gatchaman Crowds
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Kamikaze Douga
• Naoki Yoshibe
• Otakon 2019
• Studio Orange

Ani-Gamers Podcast #141 – We Sushi Otakon Online and Tsuredure Children

By Evan Minto Patrick Sutton

Thursday, Aug 06, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• conventions
• manga
• Kodansha
• Otakon 2020
• Toshiya Wakabayashi
• Tsuredure Children

Ani-Gamers Podcast #139 – Streaming Anime Con-pocalypse

By Evan Minto Patrick Sutton

Friday, Jul 10, 2020

• Podcast
• anime
• books
• conventions
• manga
• video games
• Anime Expo 2020
• Crunchyroll
• DENPA
• Eniale & Dewiela
• Final Fantasy
• FUNimation
• FunimationCon 2020
• J-Novel Club
• Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
• KuroCon
• Manga Planet
• Seven Seas
• Silent Möbius
• Slayers
• The World Ends with You
• Yen Press

Anime Lockdown’s Director of Operations John-Paul Discusses Aides, Efforts, and Intentions

By Ink

Friday, Jun 19, 2020

• Interview
• conventions
• Anime Lockdown
• conventions
• interviews

Ani-Gamers Podcast Special Episode: Anime Lockdown with Daryl Surat

By Evan Minto Ink

Monday, May 11, 2020

• Podcast Special Episode
• anime
• conventions
• Anime Lockdown
• Daryl Surat

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Designer and Assistant Director on Genre Conventions and Walk Cycles

Animator Ryōma Ebata and director Atsushi Nakayama discuss the appeal of isekai anime and the character animation process.

By Evan Minto David Estrella

Monday, Jan 27, 2020

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• Atsushi Nakayama
• Ryouma Ebata
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Hiroshi Nagahama on Mushi-shi, Flowers of Evil, US Comics, and Stop-Motion at Otakon 2019

The superhero anime needs.

By Ink

Monday, Nov 11, 2019

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• Battle Angel Alita
• Flowers of Evil
• Fruits Basket
• Hiroshi Nagahama
• interviews
• Jubei-chan
• Mushi-shi
• Otakon 2019
• Record of Lodoss War
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Rinshii Ekodachan
• Sexy Commando Gaiden
• The Reflection
• Yawara Fashionable Judo Girl

Scenes from Nagahama, Part 3

Mushi-shi, Detroit Metal City, Flowers of Evil, and The Reflection

By Ink

Saturday, Oct 05, 2019

• Post
• anime
• conventions
• Detroit Metal City
• Detroit Metal City
• Flowers of Evil
• Flowers of Evil
• Hiroshi Nagahama
• Hiroshi Nagahama
• Mushi-shi
• Mushi-shi
• Otakon 2019
• Otakon 2019
• panels
• panels
• The Reflection
• The Reflection

Scenes from Nagahama, Part 2

Revolutionary Girl Utena, Sexy Commando, and Jubei-chan

By Ink

Friday, Sep 27, 2019

• Post
• anime
• conventions
• Hiroshi Nagahama
• Jubei-chan
• Kunihiko Ikuhara
• Otakon 2019
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Sexy Commando Gaiden

Masao Maruyama on Collaborating with Directors and Anime Industry Working Conditions

The Madhouse, MAPPA, and M2 founder discusses a wide range of topics in our Otakon 2019 interview.

By Ink Evan Minto

Saturday, Aug 24, 2019

• Interview
• anime
• conventions
• M2
• Madhouse
• Mappa
• Masao Maruyama
• Otakon 2019

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