■Mamoru Oshii　 He was born in Tokyo on August 8, 1951. He attracted attention by his "Urusei Yatsura" etc. in 1980's. Subsequently he handled theatrical works such as "Urusei Yatsura 2 Beautiful Dreamer" and "Mobile Police PATLABOR Theater Version" etc.. He ca...

Ranking first at "goo" blog in terms of access times, Kitten essay manga "Kuruneko" boasts a sales volume of 600,000 copies, published by Enter Brain. Its TV anime adaptation is on air now. The manga describes daily life of the author Kuruneko Yamato and her k...

■　Makoto Nakamura ■　"Cheburashka" "Cheburashka" is a Russia's national film boasting overwhelming popularity. This is the puppet animation which Roman Kachanov who is a maestro of puppet animation visualized original piece of Eduard Uspensky who is a famous ch...

Ponyo Blu-ray version was released for sale on December 8th 2009. Ponyo is the latest film anime made by renowned Director Hayao Miyazaki. It is also the first Blu-ray work released by Studio Ghibli. During the production of Ponyo Blu-ray version, the collabo...

Takeshi Koike was born in 1968 .He is working for Madhouse ( anime production and design studio) . He joined Madhouse after graduation from high school. He participated in many famous works directed by Yoshiaki Kwajiri including "Wicked City"(1987) and "Nin...

■　Ryo Katsuji He was born in Tokyo August 20, 1986. He appeared in film, drama and stage since his debut in 2000. He received Rookie of the Year of Japan Academy Prize by “Aegis, No Home Country” (05) and attracted great attention. There are “...