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Production Highlights – Aikatsu Friends! 01

Production Highlights – Aikatsu Friends! 01

The beginning of an anime season is our chance to pick up new noteworthy productions to detail their ins and outs on a consistent basis… but that’s not quite what we’re here to offer this time around. Plenty of shows offer their share of highlights even if they don’t justify our usual level of coverage, particularly in seasons like this. With that in mind, we’ve decided that it’s only right to offer irregular analysis of them as well, focusing on…

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Spring 2018 Anime Preview

Spring 2018 Anime Preview

We’re heading into a Spring anime season that, barring a few exceptions, won’t have as many prestige projects and obvious animation festivals as some of the lineups we’ve covered before. However, it makes up for that with a multitude of smaller projects with potential to shine in unique ways. With talent being spread so thin, including some unlikely projects that would normally get overlooked, this preview is more needed than ever!

Anime’s Future: Naoya Ando

Anime’s Future: Naoya Ando

Our new post about a rising figure in anime isn’t about a young creator who immediately achieved success, but rather someone who had to train under various veterans for a while to hone up his skills as director. Today we won’t just talk about how Naoya Ando personally uses lighting to root his animation work in reality, but also briefly touch on the struggles of creators in kids shows to catch the eye of both fans and critics.