Short, short interview with Alien 9’s Hitoshi Tomizawa, here mostly because he talks about his work habits.
Via Anime Insider: Hitoshi Tomizawa (August 2003)
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Via Anime Insider: Producing Big O 2 (August 2003)
Not much to speak of here, except a mention by Cartoon Network creative director Sean Akins that many overseas meetings/dinners were involved in the process of getting Big O 2 produced.
Via Anime Insider: Kanji Wakabayashi (August 2003)
Kaidohmaru director Kanji Wakabayshi talks about how he got the position and his choice of color palattes.
Via Anime Insider: Early US TV Edits (June 2003)
A neat piece on the early censorship present in US releases of various anime and the role cable/Cartoon Network played in making it less necessary.
Via Anime Insider: Mari Iijima (June 2003)
Mari Iijima gives brief comments on dealing with the role of Lynn Minmay years after the end of Macross.
Via Anime Insider: Shoji Kawamori (June 2003)
Shoji Kawamori talks about Arjuna, working with Yoko Kanno, and near-death experiences.
Via Anime Insider: Reader Mail (June 2003)
Not a huge fan of this section personally, but this one has two bits of info, albeit ones probably corroborated elsewhere. One, it specifies the type of paper mangaka generally use, and two, it verifies that Yoshiyuki Tomino was responsible for the exclusion of The Island of Kukuras Doan from Gundam’s original US run.
Via Anime Insider: Numerical Tidbits (April 2003)
Two separate bits of info that come in small blurbs – one gives the sales total for the first issue of US Shonen Jump as about 250,000 copies (a factor of 10 less than its Japanese parent), and the other gives the contemporary box office records of the best-performing anime movies released in the US.
Via Anime Insider: Peter Chung on Reign the Conqueror (April 2003)
Peter Chung, creator of Aeon Flux and character designer for the Reign the Conqueror anime, talks about working with Madhouse and dealing with language barriers.
Via Anime Insider: Spirited Away’s Oscar Campaign (April 2003)
A very interesting article commenting on the lack of publicity Spirited Away got in the states, containing quotes from industry experts on why the release was limited and Disney’s underwhelming campaign for the Oscar Spirited Away eventually won.
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