Category: Interviews

Otakon 2015: 15-minutes with Director Seiji Kishi

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Seiji Kishi is a director with a wide swath of genres under his belt. He has worked on numerous video game to anime adaptions like the Persona 3 movie, Devil Survivor 2: The Animation, and Danganronpa: The Animation. He helped bring to the life the multi-media project Hamatora. He knows magical girls (Yuki Yuna is a Hero) and alien teachers (Assassination Classroom) and washed-up heroes (Astro Fighter Sunred). He has worked with Type-Moon. And he is currently working on the Noitamina series Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace inspired by the works of Japan’s most beloved mystery writer Edogama Rampo. We sat down with Mr. Kishi for a few minutes to discuss his unique style.

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Otakon 2015: 15-minutes with Director Shinji Takamatsu

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Shinji Takamatsu started his career with giant robots, working on shows in the seminal franchises of the Brave and Gundam series. He has, in more recent years, moved on to making fans laugh with his work on School Rumble, Gintama, and Daily Lives of High School Boys. His latest project Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! follows in his line of comedies. We were lucky enough to sit down with him for a few minutes to speak about robots and magical boys.

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Otakon 2013: 10-minutes with Yuzuru Tachikawa and Michihiko Suwa

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narutaki_icon_4040 There was a special presentation at Otakon 2013 about the young animator and director project called Anime Mirai with producer Michihiko Suwa and director of the Death Billiards short Yuzuru Tachikawa. Over the weekend all of the shorts were shown in 3-parts divided up by year.

At this point, most people have probably seen Little Which Academia but may not know it was funded through the Anime Mirai initiative. Many more probably hadn’t seen Death Billiards until Otakon’s weekend. Once you have seen it however, it is impossible to forget. Many are looking forward to what Mr. Tachikawa will do next.

Mr. Suwa has a great history in the anime business as a producer for mega hits like City Hunter and Inu-Yasha, as well as the indomitable Detective Conan. He appeared at Otakon before in 2007 along with director Mr. Kenji Kodoma and presented the U.S. with its first look at Kekkaishi.

Anime Mirai started in 2010 and was renewed in 2012 and 2013. Studios have already been announced for the continuation of the project in 2014, too. Each year studios pitch ideas and are given the funds to make a short anime. These shorts are funded by Japanese government grants in the hopes of promoting innovation and young talent in the anime industry.

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