Tag: maayasakamoto

Book Review: MASAAKI YUASA SKETCHBOOK FOR ANIMATION PROJECTS

(Book titles don't get more truthfully descriptive than that...) One of the most distinctly unique talents working in animation, Japanese artist Yuasa Masaaki has had quite some coverage on the ScreenAnarchy site. You can say we're big fans of his...

New Blade Anime Trailer Featuring More Action Animation

The fourth Madhouse project based on Marvel superheroes, the upcoming BLADE series, is having its world premiere in Japan on the 1st July. A new trailer has arrived and it features more action animation than the first teaser that...

Watch The First BLADE Anime Teaser

Yes, that is Blade as in the Marvel comic series Blade or, if you prefer, the character portrayed on the big screen by Wesley Snipes.Marvel is continuing their far reaching deal with Japanese animation studio Madhouse - who have already...

noitaminA - THE TATAMI GALAXY reviewed

noitaminA is a suite of experimental, outside the box anime productions (produced by Fuji TV) premiering late night in Japan that have thankfully been licensed by the fine folks at Siren Visual. These stellar series comprise almost all of the...

SciFi Anime APPLESEED XIII In Trailer Form

Anime fans hungry for whatever series would fill the gap post Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex have been keeping their eyes on Appleseed XIII for a good while now. It makes sense. The two series share a production...

NASU: SUITCASE NO WATARIDORI Review

Every year at the start of the summer vacation the biggest cycling circus of the world opens its doors for three weeks of almost inhuman labor. The Tour de France is without a doubt the biggest cycling event of the...

THE TATAMI GALAXY (Yojōhan Shinwa Taikei) review

So someone in the West finally pre-licensed one of Masaaki Yuasa's creations, then. Why so exciting? A quick recap; the animation wunderkind shot to fame after production house Studio 4C gave him a shot at the director's chair on the...