Jean Snow [.net]

Category: Anime

  • Production I.G History

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    Fans of the Production I.G studio — or anyone simply looking to know more about how an anime studio gets started — should enjoy this history of the company, in English, posted on their official site.

  • Animated Nana

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    Fans of NANA rejoice! Anime News Network reports that an anime adapation of Ai Yazawa’s (Paradise Kiss) older audience shoujo drama Nana will be adapted into an anime series to air on Japanese TV in Spring 2006. The series follows the lives of two 20 year old women named Nana, a middleclass girl who considers…

  • Tees from Skwat

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    Get your anime/manga flavoured Apple-lovin’ tees from Skwat, a Belgian t-shirt designer! Link via Cult of Mac.

  • Living Off Japanese Subculture

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    Patrick Macias is blogging a storm these days, describing his adventures from all points of the Yamanote, and everywhere in between, and turning into a budding celebrity at the same time. He’s also appearing in some of the DVD extras for the new Japanese (Region 2) international version of GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE.…

  • Production I.G Exhibition

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    I don’t mention exhibitions much anymore now that I have the TAB badge in my sidebar (you can also subscribe to a feed of my recommended events), but I do want to make an exception for this new show at the Parco Museum of Art and Beyond covering the work of Production I.G. “Production I.G”…

  • Black and White, the Movie

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    Great, great news, if you’re fan of Taiyo Matsumoto’s work (like me): Anime News Network reports that Taiyo Matsumoto’s symbolic urban fantasy Black & White, released domestically by Viz, will be adapted into a movie for release in 2007. The movie directed by Animatrix producer Michael Arias and animated by Studio 4C. In a short…

  • Tokyo Asia-Pacific Entertainment Festival

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    This looks like fun, and I believe it’s the event where Sony is going to be premiering some PS3-related vids (and possible hands-on gameplay). While the contents of the “Tokyo Content Market” […] is rather business-oriented, this festival here is more for the end user. It’s the first big event gathering various aspects of entertainment…

  • Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

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    I just got done watching FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN and, well, I’m just blown away. On a visual level, it’s got some of the most insane and thrilling action sequences I’ve seen in a film, and I was literally on the edge of my seat while watching it. Remember those ultra-cool bike sequences from…