An article on the Japanese doujinshi community circa 2007.
Via Anime Insider: Doujinshi Overview (August 2007)
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Tag Archives: Borderline Plagarism for the Freedom of Information
Via Anime Insider: David Matranga (August 2007)
A short interview with US VA David Matranga.
Via Anime Insider: Makoto Shinkai (July 2007)
Makoto Shinkai talks about a bunch of stuff, including being inspired by the styles of Andrew Wyeth and Goro Sasaki, picking the theme song for 5cm/s, his sense of a bad ending, and his favorite movies.
Incidentally, he mentions Revenge of the Sith as a recent film he enjoyed enough to watch “many, many times on DVD”.
Via Anime Insider: Takayuki Hamana (July 2007)
Takayuki Hamana talks about the research trip he took to Germany to gather reference material for Wellber no Monogatari (and gives some platitudinal comments about the show’s contents).
Via Anime Insider: Beck’s US Voice Cast (July 2007)
An article on Beck which includes a several-page interview with VAs Mike McFarland, Greg Ayers, and Justin Cook.
Via Anime Insider: Manga and Plagarism (July 2007)
An article which notes some of the plagarism accusations flying around the manga industry, a topic which still comes up today.
Some claims are probably more justified than others; I mean, of course Takehiko Inoue modeled Slam Dunk from his knowledge of the NBA, but is it really violating intellectual property to use photographs as reference material?
Via Anime Insider: Lance Heiskell (July 2007)
Funimation’s One Piece brand manager Lance Heiskell talks briefly about their plans to rerelease the series.
Via Anime Insider: Kari Wahlgren (July 2007)
Short Interview with US VA Kari Wahlgren.
Via Anime Insider: Drama CDs in the US (July 2007)
An article detailing Bandai/AAA Anime’s release of some Haruhi Suzumiya series drama CDs in the US.
Via Anime Insider: Mitsuru Hongo (June 2007)
Director Mitsuru Hongo talks about the “blank check” he got to direct mecha series Reideen.
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