Director Koichiro Sotome talks about Hakushaku to Yousei/Earl and Fairy, mentioning his focus on having the characters solve their problems using wits and courage, and naming The Thing from Another World as a movie he’s fond of.
A short interview with US VA Mandy Bonhomme.
A pair of articles, one on crunchyroll and one on joost, with the cr one being considerably more detailed and discussing many of the nuances around the early emergence of large-scale simul-streaming.
A reader mail segment included because it discusses a number of shows and how they performed commercially (on the first 2 pages).
An interview with living legend of manga Shigeru Mizuki (author of Gegege no Kitaro/Hakabe Kitaro, among other things). He talks about the storyteller during his childhood (whose stories have stayed with him), the place of traditional folklore in modern Japan, how the manga industry changed since he started, and a new series of his.
Producer Hiroyuki Birukawa talks about Linebarrels of Iron/Kurogane no Linebarrel, including some interesting tidbits on the finer points of the show’s mecha animation.
A short interview with US VA Vic Mignogna.
Kyoko and Mika Kano talk about the Abunai Sisters anime they star in.
Don’t watch Abunai Sisters – it’s not great.
A reader mail segment included because of the discussion of manga volume numbering found on the second page.
An interview with Bleach author Tite Kubo, touching on his approach to character design and how characters end up with theme songs.
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