2014 was fun. It’s also just about over, which made for a fun excuse to go back through the year and rank what my favorite things in it were. My favorite OP/ED sequences, Episodes, Anime, and Manga, are presented without comment below; I tend to think that these sorts of things speak for themselves.
Quantifying the tradeoff between two key flavors of anime aesthetics
A short interview with living legend of manga, Takehiko Inoue.
Director Naoyoshi Shiota and producer Tetsuya Nakatake talk about the animation techniques and contracts involved in the production of Tokyo Marble Chocolate.
Short Interview with Sam Regal and Liam O’Brien talk about the localization of The Third.
A short interview with US VA Brina Palencia.
A short article on alternative programming offered by some US anime channels, something I’m posting primarily because it keyed me in to the existence of semi-interesting documentary, Anime: Drawing a Revolution, which you can watch here.
This Fall pretty much dropped off a cliff for me, entirely due to personal time-based reasons. Plus I just swapped up one of my imports, so it’s worth talking about why.
A short article on Ghost Hound including quotes from writer Chiaki Konaka, who talks about working with the late, great Ryutaro Nakamura and avoiding getting bogged down in terminology.
A short interview with Bandai Visual USA’s president Tatsunori Konno dealing with his perspective on the future of the overseas anime industry.
Animetics 