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But how did those qualities manifest in the very earliest anime? We can now easily see for ourselves, thanks to the selection of 64 Japanese animated film classics made freely available online , as a celebration of the centenary of the form, by Japan’s National Film Archive.
Recently translated by Frederik L. Schodt and released by Stone Bridge Press, The Osamu Tezuka Story — first published serially in Japan between 1989 and 1992 — is a massive, 900-page tome...
Nov 4, 2021 · Finding the emotional core in stories is a skill that Oliva has refined throughout his more than 20 years of experience in the animation industry. From his first job as a cleanup artist on the 1996 Spider-Man animated series to his directorial work for DC Animated Universe films like Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and Batman: The Dark ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Known in Japan for his work on many early classic works by the Toei Animation studio, his best-known film in the West is Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer from 1985, produced by the French company DiC with animation work done in Japan.
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Oliva first started in animation as a cleanup artist for the animated Fox TV series Spider-Man in 1996, where he eventually started his career as a storyboard artist. He then moved to Sony Animation in 1997 and storyboarded on Extreme Ghostbusters.
Feb 20, 2024 · A storyboard artist and rising director, Oliva had already made a name for himself helming the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, but he saw a unique opportunity...
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The oldest surviving example of Japanese animation, Namakura Gatana (Blunt Sword), dates back to 1917, though much of the earliest animated movies were lost following a massive earthquake in Tokyo in 1923.