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.
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Via Anime Insider: Mandy Bonhomme (December 2008)
A short interview with US VA Mandy Bonhomme.
Via Anime Insider: Legal Streaming (December 2008)
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.
Via Anime Insider: Reader Mail (December 2008)
A reader mail segment included because it discusses a number of shows and how they performed commercially (on the first 2 pages).
Via Anime Insider: Shigeru Mizuki (November 2008)
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.
Via Anime Insider: Hiroyuki Birukawa (November 2008)
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.
Via Anime Insider: Vic Mignogna (November 2008)
A short interview with US VA Vic Mignogna.
Via Anime Insider: Kano Sisters (November 2008)
Kyoko and Mika Kano talk about the Abunai Sisters anime they star in.
Don’t watch Abunai Sisters – it’s not great.
Via Anime Insider: Reader Mail (November 2008)
A reader mail segment included because of the discussion of manga volume numbering found on the second page.
Via Anime Insider: Tite Kubo (October 2008)
An interview with Bleach author Tite Kubo, touching on his approach to character design and how characters end up with theme songs.