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Ryuichi Ikegami is one of the best-known artists in the manga community both in his homeland and the US. His photorealistic work is simply unmistakable; no one else draws characters like him. Because of the eye for detail and his own personal taste for violence and erotica (as he states in the back of some [...]
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 [...]
In my pocket review that I wrote for Akira nearly eight years ago now, I called it “the ultimate cyberpunk anime.” What is ultimately astounding is that the title is still very worthy even today. Certainly, there have been many entries since–from Ghost in the Shell, which I found essentially toothless in comparison, to Lain, [...]