Month: August 2014

Otakon 2014: 15-minutes with Sunao Katabuchi

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The name of Sunao Katabuchi has found a place in people’s minds for two very different anime: the high octane action series Black Lagoon and his gentle and timeless film Mai Mai Miracle. But Mr. Katabuchi is a veteran to the anime world, having started his career doing a few stories for Sherlock Hound.

Building on his strength of portraying the wonder of everyday life in Mai Mai Miracle is his next directorial work, In This Corner of the World based on the manga by Fumiyo Kouno. The story takes place takes place in pre-World War II Hiroshima and follows the new experiences of a young newlywed woman.

At Otakon, Mr. Katabuchi spoke a lot about the project which is being produced by Masao Maruyama of studio MAPPA with animation direction by Hidenori Matsubara, both of whom were in attendance.  A special exhibit of production artwork was also shown over the weekend which revealed how much care they are taking to get the historical details right.

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All Points Bulletin: Japanese Cuisine Storm

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If you have any suggestions for what to highlight on an APB drop us a line via email or Twitter.

hisui_icon_4040 Alain’s picks:

  • If You Just Have Too Much Money in Your Wallet
    Then you might want to contribute to these two crowd funding campaigns:

    • Histeria!: The Extra Credits crew is trying to raise some money to do more history videos. If you want to see what their Punic Wars videos they are all here.
    • Filling the Super Combo Gauge: The crew of Alpha Counter and the Method to Madness podcast are testing the waters with a Indiegogo. They do some funny stuff so you can check them out and maybe give them a little tip for their efforts.
  • Otakon Graffiti 2014
    Lets get some more Otakon reports!

    • Is Paris Burning?: Anigamers shows off their interview with Hidenori Matsubara as well as his public Q&A. Hidenori Matsubara was probably the most overlooked Japanese guest this year so I’m glad someone is giving him some attention.
    • Aww Shuckett: I have listened to some horribly done Otakon review podcast in hopes of finding some gems. The Grand Shuckett Crew’s report is one of the diamonds. They might have done almost nothing I did at Otakon but they report on all of it really well.
  • More Shadowrun
    You know you want to listen now. This is a look at the Shadowrun Returns: Nightmare Harvest mod.
  • Clothes Make the Man
    Naked people have little or no influence on society.
  • Storm Warning
    The secretive Penguinbear Project has finally be revealed and it is a Yurikuma Arashi TV anime by Studio Silver Link. It seems that more details will arrived on a new countdown clock for the next two months.

 narutaki_icon_4040 Kate’s picks

  • All the Shonen Jump
    If it is new in Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump, we’ll be seeing it in the U.S. version, too. A bunch of new titles are set to premiere and we’re promised to get “most” them…unless they are sports titles I suspect…
  • Travel the World of Japanese Food
    …in NYC! A handy guide for trying a myriad of Japanese cuisine.

 

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hisui_icon_4040 Itsa Me, Mako!

 

Type-Moon Weekly News Roundup: The Faker is also a Hatter

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This Saturday post is the weekly Type-Moon news in addition to the regular APB post on Sunday. If you have any suggestions for what to highlight on the Type-Moon Weekly News Roundup drop me a line via email or Twitter.