Via Anime Insider: Manga’s Performance in the US (December 2004)

A quick article on the impressive dominance of manga in the US in 2004, where manga titles reportedly made up 47 of the top 50 selling titles.

(Which reminds me: I should probably go back and add 2003-2006 US manga data at some point.)

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Via Anime Insider: Shoji Kawamori (December 2004)

Shoji Kawamori talks about the largest number of projects he ever worked on at once (17!) and the difference between doing comedy versus drama. He also names The Spring of Kenji (aka Spring and Chaos/Kenji no Haru) as his favorite among his many works. Coincidentally, studio Satelight’s work on that project was how he became involved with them.

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Via Anime Insider: Bones/Fullmetal Alchemist (December 2004)

Various studio Bones staffers. the voices of Ed and Al, and author Hiromu Arakawa discuss various aspects of symbolism in the FMA series.

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