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Interview With the Team Behind The Last Blossom

Anime Atelier had the opportunity to speak with some of the production staff behind the upcoming The Last Blossom (Housenka) film: director Baku Kinoshita, animation producer Ryoichiro Matsuo, and producer Hirofumi Ito.

Sarca • August 09

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Summer 2025 Anime Gross Production Notes: July

We take a look at episodic anime production credits for July 2025.

Sarca • August 01

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A Look Into How the Pros Make Anime & Manga Panel at Anime Expo

Amuse Creative Studio Presents: How the Pros Make Anime & Manga was a featured panel at Anime Expo 2025. It hosted Rei Hebiguchi, manga editor at Weekly Shonen Champion; Shinobu Seguchi, manga artist known for Prisoner Riku; and Kazuhiro Nishikawa, founder and CEO of DandeLion Animation Studio.

Tamara Lazic • July 20

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The Global Producer: Making Animation Across Borders at Anime Expo 2025

This year's Anime Expo hosted a panel dubbed The Global Producer: Making Animation Across Borders, dedicated to the realities and challenges of modern anime production. The featured panelists (listed below) shared their experiences working in the Japanese animation industry, while especially focusing on working in Japan as foreigners.

Tamara Lazic • July 17

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Interview With the Team Behind KILLTUBE

Anime Atelier had the opportunity to speak with some of the production staff behind the upcoming "Edopunk" film KILLTUBE: the director Kazuaki Kuribayashi, animation producer Kenichi Shimada, and animation producer Fuuko Noda.

Sarca • July 14

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Behind the Scenes of New The Ghost in the Shell at Anime Expo 2025

Anime Expo 2025 brought together staff of the upcoming Science SARU's The Ghost in the Shell anime. The new adaptation of Masamune Shirow's work is scheduled to premiere in 2026.

Tamara Lazic • July 07

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Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 4 Unveils First Trailer by WIT Studio, Staff

Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 4 revealed a visual and trailer at Anime Expo earlier this week. The anime will begin broadcasting in the Spring 2026 season. WIT Studio is animating the new season.

Tamara Lazic • July 07

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Spring 2025 Anime Gross Production Notes: June

We take a look at the anime production notes for June of 2025. This month marks the end of the Spring 2025 anime season.

Sarca • July 01

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Revisiting the Works of Yasuomi Umetsu

Yasuomi Umetsu (梅津泰臣) is one of the most identifiable animators still working in the anime industry. His art style, specifically, has been uniquely identifiable since the 1980s; and while it developed over the course of nearly two decades into the amalgamation of semi-realistic qualities with unique world and fashion design

Sarca • June 26

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SHAFT Announces 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Animation studio SHAFT (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Monogatari series, Nisekoi) and Mixalive TOKYO in Ikebukuro announced the SHAFT 50th Anniversary Exhibition in commemoration of the studio's 50th anniversary.

Sarca • June 14

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Spring 2025 Anime Gross Production Notes: May

The following is a list of episodes that have premiered during the Spring 2025 anime season between May 1 and May 31. The main production studio(s) are listed in parentheses next to the title of the work. Each episode is then listed showing which studio(s) produced it, either

Sarca • June 02

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The Origin of SHAFT: Hiroshi Wakao

Do you know who Hiroshi Wakao (若尾博司) is? Probably not, after all: he retired as president of SHAFT in 2004 before the company's modern brand had been established. Wakao was the first president and founder of the studio, which has existed since long before the era of Akiyuki Shinbo's...

Sarca • May 24

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Spring 2025 Anime Gross Production Notes: April

The following is a list of episodes that have premiered during the Spring 2025 anime season between April 1 and April 30. The main production studio(s) are listed in parentheses next to the title of the work. Each episode is then listed showing which studio(s) produced it, either

Sarca • May 01

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MAPPA Sister Studio Grizzly Dissolves

According to the National Tax Registry of Japan and Commercial Registry of Japan, animation studio GRIZZLY (株式会社GRIZZLY) was dissolved on February 20, 2025. GRIZZLY was founded on December 25, 2017, with the intention of exclusively producing boys' love (BL) anime. The company's website was registered under an

Sarca • April 30

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What Does Akiyuki Shinbo Even Do?

Whenever you watch a SHAFT anime, you may be wondering who Akiyuki Shinbo is or what exactly it is that he does. I'm here to bring the answers.

Sarca • April 24

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Interview With the Team Behind The Last Blossom

Summer 2025 Anime Gross Production Notes: July

A Look Into How the Pros Make Anime & Manga Panel at Anime Expo

The Global Producer: Making Animation Across Borders at Anime Expo 2025

Interview With the Team Behind KILLTUBE

Behind the Scenes of New The Ghost in the Shell at Anime Expo 2025

Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 4 Unveils First Trailer by WIT Studio, Staff

Spring 2025 Anime Gross Production Notes: June

Revisiting the Works of Yasuomi Umetsu

SHAFT Announces 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Spring 2025 Anime Gross Production Notes: May

The Origin of SHAFT: Hiroshi Wakao

Spring 2025 Anime Gross Production Notes: April

MAPPA Sister Studio Grizzly Dissolves

What Does Akiyuki Shinbo Even Do?

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