Director Seiji Mizushima talks about the FMA movie and being a freelance director.
Via Anime Insider: Seiji Mizushima (December 2005)
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Via Anime Insider: Gen Fukunaga (December 2005)
Gen Fukunaga talks about the Funimation channel.
Via Anime Insider: Anime on UMD (December 2005)
A short article talking about R1 UMD anime releases.
Via Anime Insider: Producing IGPX (November 2005)
A fairly detailed look into the interesting way IGPX got funded and produced, with comments from the persons involved.
Via Anime Insider: Samurai Champloo Director’s Commentary (November 2005)
Shinichiro Watanabe offers comments on each episode of Samurai Champloo.
Via Anime Insider: Early-Age Phone Manga (November 2005)
A short article talking about manga available on phones in the pre-smartphone era.
Via Anime Insider: Naruto’s US TV Ratings (November 2005)
A short article detailing Naruto’s early success on US TV.
Via Anime Insider: US DVD Production and Markets (October 2005)
A pair of articles here. One long one about the process of producing an R1 release, and a short one about the state of the market in 2005.
The second article gives 30,000-50,000 copies as a range for strong R1 titles, with Appleseed and Ghibli titles selling over 100,000.* In contrast, B-list titles seem to rarely break 20,000.
*I can confirm this second claim, as I recently got an opusdata trial account and pulled sales figures for a bunch of anime movies, which I will post sometime soon. Unfortunately, their extended weekly charts, which would be invaluable for US market research, cost something in the range of $1000 (or more if you want the backlog), which I’m not paying.
Via Anime Insider: Mahiro Maeda (October 2005)
Gankutsuou director Mahiro Maeda talks about the details of the adaptation and his favorite parts of the series.
Via Anime Insider: Tetsuya Nomura (October 2005)
FF7 Advent Children Director Testuya Nomura talks about how the project evolved from a 20-minute short to a 97-minute movie.
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