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It's a real shame that Ponyo is getting little recognition outside Japan, and even less by people over the age of eight.I wrote about that on the blog yesterday and then watched Ponyo again last night after a 5k run. Something about running on a cold nig… more »

Here are the 2009 Golden Globe nominations for Best Animated Feature:•Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing•Coraline — Laika, Inc.; Focus Features •Fantastic Mr. Fox �… more »

The decade is over, most of the "best of" lists have been compiled and published, and reaction and commentary on what has been and what will be abounds.I don’t have a lot to say about the previous decade and I have few “most anticipated” upcomi… more »

On a cheery yearend note, it looks like I'm finally not the only one saying the comic and animation industry is eating its own and killing the art over here in Japan. This has been the case for a very long time and anyone who's had an opportunity to loo… more »

According to Switch Magazine, Eiichiro Oda is releasing a book of his concept art for the One Piece movie "Strong World". The book will be released by Shueisha in Japan on December 18th.Switch also has a feature article on Oda and Mr. Children, who d… more »

I was thumbing through some magazines at a bookstore yesterday when this poster caught my eye.I just liked the art. It seemed to pull me away from trying to read an interview with Slash in Japanese, over to the comics section to see what it was… more »

I'm nearly done my next translation but it's a couple days away from post ready and I feel the need to clear out a few things before then.This is one of those akward one's that isn't really enough for a full blog post but too much for twitter, but he… more »

I almost wish I hadn't watched this because Space Battleship Yamato deserves better. I was on the bandwagon until a few minutes ago when I finally watched the trailer for Space Battleship Yamato: RebirthWhen I heard a CGI Yamato was coming out I coul… more »

Ok, I've been away for too long!I stumbled upon a small article on the making of a new animated movie coming out this December here in Japan, and liked the look so much that I decided to find out more about it.It's called "Yonayona Pengiun", a rare 3… more »

Just a post to say that I haven't dropped the final part of the Urasawa interview translation and abandoned this blog. On the contrary, I'm nearly finished my next piece of Urasawa goodness, and I expect to have it ready early next week... more »

I was having my usual look around all the major comic sites on the internet yesterday when I got stuck on something I was lead to via one of the must see sites of the English speaking Japanese comic world, aka MangaBlog. It was a debate on the Japanes… more »

Before I get going with this, I'd like to give a little background into why I'm ranting about anime. I've been thinking about the use of terms like manga and anime in English ever since I wrote about manga and comics a few weeks back. As much as I… more »