Since this year is the 30th anniversary of "Mobile Fighter G Gundam," and a certain Gundam-themed podcast is going to be covering it fairly soon, I translated this nifty interview with chief director Yasuhiro Imagawa from a 2016 issue of "Animage" magazine... www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/produ...
Still exist, just been tied up with real-life stuff, plus a deadline crunch to finish a bunch of extra bonus artwork for the planetarium version of the Everest opera: www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperform...
This feels almost too obscure to be worth mentioning, but I'm gradually translating the "Coelacanth Kazama's True Stories" columns that have been appearing for the past decade in the quarterly robot-anime magazine "Great Mechanics"... www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/produ...
Another great rumination from the ever-wise @schweizercomics.bsky.social .
Finally done! Part I of an ongoing history of the Sunrise anime studio, covering its first incarnation as "Soeisha" in the mid-70s. Now including heartwarming caveboy show "Kum Kum," legendary robot show "Com-Battler V," and slapstick sitcom "Robokko Beeton." www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/produ...
Micro update: I needed to translate some interview material on the 1976 robot show "Com-Battler V" for my Sunrise history, so here it is. www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/produ...www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/produ...
Just FYI, Sunrise production history is updated with info on the legendary planning office, lots of background on "Reideen the Brave" (where director Tomino was replaced mid-series), and a tiny blurb on "Star of La Seine." Next, cute caveboy hijinks. www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/produ...
In other news, it was an intense cake-making day. I had to make that meringue three times before I got a usable batch!
The unfolding Sunrise production history is updated again, with more than you ever thought you needed to know about Soeisha-era works like "Hazedon" and "0-Tester"... www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/produ...
Finally putting together that long-threatened history of the Sunrise anime studio. Here's the first part of its pre-history as "Soeisha Inc." (1972 to 1976) - next I'll add discussion of the individual shows, and a lot more pictures. www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/produ...