MAQUIA: When the Promised Flower Blooms is written and directed by Mari Okada, a screenwriter known for various popular works including Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. Main staff includes Original Character Design: Akihiko Yoshida and Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Yuriko Ishii. In addition, two seasoned animators contributed to the animating; Main [...]

The Portrait Studio is a short animated film directed, written, and drawn (all keyframes) by Takashi Nakamura, the animation director of AKIRA and the director of A Tree of Palme and Fantastic Children. The film depicts the interactions between a woman and an owner of a portrait studio through Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), and Showa [...]

Japan’s renowned anime, Lupin the 3rd had its fourth series “Lupin the 3rd PART 4” released in 2015. The great thief, Lupin III; the invincible gunman, Daisuke Jigen; the samurai, Goemon Ishikawa; the mysterious beauty, Fujiko Mine; and their longtime foe, Inspector Zenigata all gather in Italy for another adventure. Both experienced and young animators [...]

This film was originally written by Mamoru Oshii and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura. The story of JIN-ROH is set in a parallel 1950s Japan following the sad relationship between a member of a special police unit and a terrorist girl, and is an animated feature film released in 2000 and produced by Production I.G. This [...]

ANIME : E-ANIME (epub 12M) World’s First Online Anime Magazine! So Much Info Straight From Japan! About E-ANIME TWO Special Features! Feature 1: Anime Japan The world’s largest Japanese anime event “Anime Japan” was hosted in Tokyo in March! A lot of Cosplay pictures too! Feature 2: Introducing Anime SAKUGA Let’s first learn about [...]

This is iBook Author version of the second book of the key frames collection(English Version), EVANGELION:3.0 You Can (Not) Redo., using E-SAKUGA technology that was created with the greatest care and love for animation otherwise unforeseen in the world. Take this opportunity to interact with the beautiful drawings, delicate lines, and dynamic motions that make [...]

This is the multi-touch book version of the first book of the key frames collection, EVANGELION:3.0 You Can (Not) Redo., using E-SAKUGA technology that was created with the greatest care and love for animation otherwise unforeseen in the world. Please take this opportunity to interact with the beautiful drawings, delicate lines, and dynamic motions that [...]

This is a Multi-Touch book of the key frame collection for the feature film animation Giovanni’s Island. Unlike conventional paper books, through the unique Multi-Touch book features, we give you a chance to see the animators’ hand-drawn key frames in motion, like a flip book, using the originally tool “Tapmation” You can try out "Tapmation" [...]