#Dragon Ball Super, One Piece Celebrate Annecy’s 60th With Some Spirited Short Videos

#Dragon Ball Super, One Piece Celebrate Annecy’s 60th With Some Spirited Short Videos

“#Dragon Ball Super, One Piece Celebrate Annecy’s 60th With Some Spirited Short Videos”   This year marked the 60th anniversary of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and many animation houses created some special short clips for the long-running celebration of animation. With Japan near the forefront of animation for most of the past century, anime…

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#1st Japan Sinks 2020 Anime Episode Gets Nominated for Annecy International Animation Film Festival TV Division Award

#1st Japan Sinks 2020 Anime Episode Gets Nominated for Annecy International Animation Film Festival TV Division Award

“#1st Japan Sinks 2020 Anime Episode Gets Nominated for Annecy International Animation Film Festival TV Division Award”   It was announced today that the 2020 disaster anime series Japan Sinks 2020 and director Masaaki Yuasa have been nominated for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival award in the TV Division for the first episode of the Netflix-released anime. Yuasa…

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#Reimagining an Icon in ‘Lupin III: The First’

#Reimagining an Icon in ‘Lupin III: The First’

“#Reimagining an Icon in ‘Lupin III: The First’” In 1967, manga artist Kazuhiko Katō — known better by his pen name, Monkey Punch — was tasked with making an “adult-oriented series” for publication in Weekly Manga Action, a seinen-genre (intended for older boys and young men) magazine published by Futabasha. What Katō created was Lupin III, (a.k.a….

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