Director Kazuhiro Furuhashi talks about his reasons for working on Le Chavalier D’Eon.
Via Anime Insider: Kazuhiro Furuhashi on Le Chavalier D’Eon (October 2006)
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Via Anime Insider: Mamoru Oshii on Tachigui (October 2006)
Mamoru Oshii talks about Tachigui/Eat and Run, one of his live-action movies, and fast food.
Via Anime Insider: Female Audiences in the US (September 2005)
An interesting piece examining efforts by various people within the US anime/manga industry to reach female viewers, which also mentions that female viewers fairly consistently made up about 25% of the 6-11 viewership of toonami around this time (specifically, a 26% value for June 2005 is said to be “fairly consistent” by an industry source).
Via Anime Insider: Howl’s Moving Castle at the US Box Office (September 2005)
Short article comparing the US box office rollout of Howl’s Moving Castle as compared with Spirited Away, including the gross and number of screens for each.
Via Anime Insider: Kouta Hirano and Yasuyuki Ueda (September 2005)
Author Kouta Hirano and Yasuyuki Ueda talk about rebooting the Hellsing franchise with different goals and Hirano’s inspiration as an author, and various other things.
Via Anime Insider: Steve Blum (September 2005)
A short interview with [the best US voice actor ever] Steve Blum.
Via Anime Insider: Takuhito Kusanagi (August 2005)
Samurai 7 character designer Takuhito Kusanagi walks through his thoughts on designing the series’ main cast.
Via Anime Insider: TM Revolution (August 2005)
A short pre-Gundam Seed s2 interview with TM Revolution. According to him, TM Revo being involved was one of the conditions set by Director Mitsuo Fukuda to come back and direct the sequel.
Via Anime Insider: Manga in School Libraries (August 2005)
Short piece on the rising popularity of manga in US school libraries.
Via Anime Insider: Mangaka’s Taxes (August 2005)
A short article on the most-taxed mangaka (a list topped in 2005 by Rumiko Takahashi). There are probably more recent lists that would be likewise interesting to see and almost certainly include Oda Eiichiro, though I couldn’t find them with a casual google.
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