Anime’s Game Changers – Sayo Yamamoto
Sayo Yamamoto’s catalog might still be small, but it is impossible to ignore her impact on anime. Focused on realism akin to fellow director, and sometimes collaborator, Shinichiro Watanabe, Yamamoto’s…
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Anime’s Game Changers: Our Interview with FACETS
The spaces in which we enjoy anime and the people who share in that joy can be just as much a game changer as the creatives behind anime works. On…
Anime’s Game Changers: Shinichiro Watanabe, Part 2
Acclaimed anime director Shinichiro Watanabe’s career didn’t end with the fantastic Samurai Champloo. Even with a long gap between Champloo and his next work, Watanabe has continued to produce quality…
Anime’s Game Changers: Shinichiro Watanabe, Part 1
Recorded live at C2E2 2023, this episode of Anime’s Game Changers focuses on the early smash hit works of director Shinichiro Watanabe, notably Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Host JPod…
Anime’s Game Changers: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
In this episode of Anime’s Game Changers, hosts Neil and JPod traverse the well-structured sci-fi optimism of director Yasuhiro Yoshiura. We dive deep into Yoshiura’s growing body of work, including…
Anime’s Game Changers: Hiroyuki Imaishi
This is Anime’s Game Changers, the podcast dedicated to highlighting the people, ideas, and events that shaped the anime you know and love. For the pilot episode, JPod and Neil…
Rare Manga Reviews: Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Today marks the first ever review of a manga on my new series for AnimeChicago “rare manga reviews” which aims to take a look at a harder to find or…
Alternative Manga Panel Guide
“…in terms of popularity and sales, manga in America can be divided into Naruto and everything else. Aren’t most comics “alternative” to most of America? So what the hell. For…
The Wind Rises
The Wind Rises review by Neil Clingerman Rating 10/10 (Masterpiece) “But he who knows the body, who knows life, also knows death. Except that’s not the whole thing — but…