Archive for August, 2009
Posted on August 31, 2009. Filed under: anime, Creating, designing, Japan, manga, writing | Tags: 500 Manga Heroes and Villains, Anime Encyclopedia, Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, contemporary art, Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation, Horse Hospital, Manga Cross Stitch, Mr X Stitch, Neil Gaiman, shitamachi, William Morris |
What does an author hope for from a review – apart from “go and buy it”, that is? Visibility, credibility and empathy.
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Posted on August 28, 2009. Filed under: Creating, needlework, workshops | Tags: education, learning to draw, manga, Manga Cross Stitch, playscheme, workshop |
Why, apart from the money, does a writer or artist want to run summer holiday workshops for children?
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Posted on August 27, 2009. Filed under: history, Japan, travel | Tags: APA, Battle of the Planets, Bird Scramble!, Cartoon/Fantasy Organisation, Charles Treadwell, Dave Merrill, David C. Matthews, Gatchaman, Gloria Oliver, House of Three Gaijin, Star Blazers, Vaunda K. Perrry |
One year ago today, our dear friend Vaunda passed away after a long fight with sarcoma. Soon afterwards, writer Gloria Oliver posted this on her blog, and old-school anime god Dave Merrill recorded a few of his own memories. I was thinking of Vaunda when I started this blog a few months ago, and today [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2009. Filed under: anime, books, Creating, history, Japan, manga, writing | Tags: Abrams ComicArts, anime, Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, Fred Patten, Frederik L. Schodt, Ilex, Jonathan Clements, Kenji Ito, Steve Kyte, Takeshi Tanikawa, Tezuka Production, Tim Eldred |
I finally got a copy of my new book on Osamu Tezuka. The launch process is under way, but the transformation sequence that preceded it took a lot of effort from a talented team.
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Posted on August 22, 2009. Filed under: Consuming, costume, Creating, films, history, manga | Tags: Christopher Reeve, Dangerous Liaisons, Dion Clayton Clathrop, Goro Miyazaki, historical costume, Janet Arnold, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Curtiz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Somewhere in Time, The Tudors |
Glitz, glamour, rumpy-pumpy and religious reformation – yes, The Tudors is back on TV, and it still has about as much to do with history as Big Brother does with decorum. Does it matter?
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Posted on August 17, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: anime, Castle in the Sky, Disney, Goro Miyazaki, Hakujaden, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Panda and the Magic Serpent, Ponyo, Shakespeare, Spirited Away, The Little Mermaid, Toshio Suzuki |
Hayao Miyazaki’s little mermaid has a long line of elder sisters in world literature, as well as in his works. But does she mark an ongoing shift in how he presents female characters?
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Posted on August 14, 2009. Filed under: anime, comics, Consuming, Japan, manga | Tags: anime, collecting, Gundam, Kanto Earthquake, manga, matchmaking, multigenerational household, otaku, Tokai Earthquake |
Stay at home with your collection – how risky is that?
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Posted on August 12, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan, manga | Tags: 1 Corinthians, Barbican Japanimation, Ghost In The Shell, Iemasa Kayumi, Kenji Kawai, Mamoru Oshii, Masamune Shirow, Production I.G., Randy Thom, Skywalker Sound, St. Paul, Yoshiko Sakakibara |
Watching a remastered classic with a group of wildly enthusiastic fans made for an exciting evening – but mass hysteria aside, how does the new version hold up?
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Posted on August 10, 2009. Filed under: anime, comics, Consuming, Japan, manga | Tags: Anime Encyclopedia, Barbara, Be-Boy magazine, Captain Tsubasa, Club Dorothee, Editions Asuka, Katsuhiro Otomo, manga, Marilyn Monroe, Nicole Kidman, Olive et Tom, Osamu Tezuka |
France is the land of romance – more so than ever, with the launch of a French edition of Be-Boy magazine.
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