By all accounts, the short form OVA is dead. There have been a few direct-to-video shows recently, such as Munto and Macross Zero, but what they’ve had in animation has been lacking in their scripts. But thankfully, there’s one OVA in the last five years popular enough to make a sequel…Animation Runner Kuromi. A …
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Considering that the animation industry contributes a nice chunk to the Japanese economy and produces around 50% of the programming seen on Japanese television, it’s surprising that there aren’t more stories about the industry itself. Hollywood has produced a number of “insider” stories and satires like The Player, Sunset Boulevard, and Bowfinger for over 70 [...]
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