Director Yoshimitsu Ohashi and tie-in manga artist Sumita Takeru (who is actually a follower of western comics) talk about story details and the degree to which they had to keep their plots true to the original work.
Director Takahiro Omori gives quotes on Baccano.
Writer Dai Sato talks about his career, his background as a musician, how Eureka Seven’s pre-production slot switch influenced its story, and his feelings on adapting manga (as opposed to adapting novels or writing original material).
Aya Hirano, Yuko Goto, and Minori Chihara talk about their different voice-acting backgrounds; Hirano was a child actor, Goto was a college dropout and ex-AD, and Chihara started after graduating high school.
Producers Joseph Chou and Jeff Conner talk about the Appleseed movie.
An article on Crayon Shin-chan that includes an interview with Hiroshi Ogawa, who didn’t think the show would last a year.
A short interview with NA voice actor Chris Patton.
An article on the evolution of the demographics making up the North American anime fanbase.
Taka Kato, Kenji Muto, Ryosuke Aoike, Saya Fukase, Toshikatsu Wada share their inspirations and experiences as independent animators. Includes a delicious little segment on their preferred work snacks.
Romeo x Juliet director Fumitoshi Oizaki offers mainly platitudes about how mixed-style the show is, and also mentions how they found a 1-week in-show timeframe to be too short for a 24-episode series.
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