Posted on February 12, 2010. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, history, Japan | Tags: Barbican Cinema, D. W. Griffith Orphans of the Storm, Great Kanto Earthquake, Group TAC, James Cameron Avatar, Jonathan Clements, Lilian and Dorothy Gish, Natsuki Matsumoto Noboyuki Tsugata, Osamu Tezuka, Photoplay Productions, Planet Bibliotheque de Cinema, Shigeru Mizuki, silent black and white film, The Anime Encyclopedia, Yoshitsugu Tanaka Perrault |
The early history of film has been rescued and reconstructed by dedicated enthusiasts all over the world.
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Posted on January 8, 2010. Filed under: anime, books, Consuming, Japan, kamishibai, manga | Tags: anime, Brigitte Koyama-Richard, Fred Patten, Frederik L. Schodt, Gegege no Kitaro, Great Yokai Wars, Hiroko Yoda, Jonathan Clements, Locarno Film Festival, Manga Impact, Matt Alt, Mechademia, Michael Dylan Foster, Noboyuki Tsugata, Paul Gravett, Philip Brophy, Shigeru Mizuki, Zilia Papp |
More books are appearing on anime and manga in English – a positive sign of movement from the ghetto to the Fringe.
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Posted on November 21, 2009. Filed under: anime, appearances, books, events, writing | Tags: Anime Encyclopedia, Jonathan Clements, obsolecence of books, Smithsonian Institution, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga |
Are books obsolete? Not everyone thinks so, as I found out at the Smithsonian Institution’s Tezuka festival.
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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 June 12, 2009. Filed under: anime, appearances, events, manga, writing | Tags: A-Kon, anime, Bruce Lewis, Colin Odell, convention, Gloria Oliver, Jonathan Clements, Lee Martindale, manga, Marc Hairston, Michelle LeBlanc, Rough Guide to Anime, Schoolgirl Milky Crisis, Simon Richmond, Steve Kyte, Studio Ghibli, Vic Mignogna, writing |
Behind every convention, there’s another world – the secret world of conrunners, working their socks off to give you a good time.
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