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Remembering Animator and Director Yuuki Kinoshita

Animation director Yuuki Kinoshita (木下勇喜 / 木下ゆうき) died from complications related to COVID-19 in 2022. We take a look at his career and works in this feature.

Sarca • January 03

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Animation Studio EKACHI EPILKA Files for Bankruptcy

According to information verified through the commercial registry of Japan, the animation studio EKACHI EPILKA (株式会社エカチエピルカ) commenced bankruptcy proceedings on July 31, 2025. The studio is best known for producing the first season of Demon Lord, Retry! and the short-form television works Crossing Time, 180 Byou de Kimi no Mimi

Sarca • October 18

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Anime Studio Mito Animation Dissolves

The Mito Animation studio has dissolved.

Sarca • October 17

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The Work and Legacy of Shin Oonuma

Of the three directors who made up “Team Shinbo”—a designation describing a trio of directors consisting of Akiyuki Shinbo (新房昭之), Tatsuya Oishi (尾石達也), and Shin Oonuma (大沼心)—I think that Oonuma is the most underappreciated. Shinbo’s gothic aesthetics, bold use of color, and esoteric staging tendencies secured his

Sarca • October 02

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Interview: Producer Kanako Ayano and Director Hiroaki Sakurai

Anime Atelier had a chance to interview FuRyu Pictures' producer Kanako Ayano and director Hiroaki Sakurai at the Otakon 2025.

Tamara Lazic • September 02

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Sekiro and a Problem With the Anti-Generative AI Movement

Generative AI is a problem of our times, but so are those who blindly accuse creators of using it.

Sarca • August 21

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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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Remembering Animator and Director Yuuki Kinoshita

Animation Studio EKACHI EPILKA Files for Bankruptcy

Anime Studio Mito Animation Dissolves

The Work and Legacy of Shin Oonuma

Interview: Producer Kanako Ayano and Director Hiroaki Sakurai

Sekiro and a Problem With the Anti-Generative AI Movement

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

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