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Kenji Nakamura is a disruptive, unique, truly avantgarde anime director. An ever-evolving creator whose mindset shifted 15 years ago when he

As Dandadan moves on to its next adventures, let’s give a final look at the Acrobatic Silky arc—the people responsible, their fascinating in

Puniru Is A Cute Slime irreverently defies stylistic eras and demographics to put together a really funny slapstick manga. Its anime adaptat

Now that the first arc of the Dandadan anime is over, we can look back at how it represents its series director’s extraordinary obsession wi

After the broadcast of Dandadan’s first episode, it’s time to explore the team behind this work: not just the personnel and their creative c

Too Many Losing Heroines! / Makeine’s cheeky romcom antics hide a dramatic edge, a mix that its promising rookie director calls a bright, ch

Back in 2011, Nichijou was an ambitious, bombastic, yet also thoughtful experiment to match the unique style of Keiichi Arawi’s with Kyoto A

Oshi no Ko S2 has had to navigate tricky waters to be able to animate a stage play with the type of authenticity that the source material di

Series director Midori Yoshizawa has ushered in a new era of visual creativity in the Monogatari series that synergizes with its themes of t

TV anime productions are often severely limited, so how do you rise from that to make something not simply good but genuinely extraordinary?

Hibike! Euphonium Season 3 ended not just by paying homage to its legacy within anime, but also to its real environment, and everyone who co

Naoko Yamada’s recent film draws from its relationship with nature, art and the creative process, spiritual imagery, and very specific choic

Naoko Yamada’s new film Kimi no Iro / The Colors Within is gorgeous, highly entertaining on the surface, but as densely packed as ever. Thro

10 years ago, a project began moving. Now, the result is one of the greatest directors of dry Japanese cinema teaming up with a rising star

Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back presents the creative process as inherently isolating and frustrating, yet inevitable and a means of connection

Season 3 of Hibike! Euphonium has been a masterful exercise in building up dread out of the mundane, with just as uncanny of a combination o