Gundam Thunderbolt: Kentaro Waki Director of Photography

The following interview is from the animation works booklet that comes with the special edition release of Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky. I highly recommend it for anyone, because the illustrations in it are fantastic. Also, be sure to follow Waki on twitter! — What kind of request did you receive from the director (Kou) Matsuo …

Q&A with Granbelm’s Armanox Designer and Chief Animation Director, Jimmy Stone

With permission, these questions and answers were taken from Jimmy Stone's question box that he answers on his twitter. — When I see the design for the secondary protagonist, the black one with cat ears, I can't help but think about the Black Ox from Gigantor. There are lots of homages to Black Ox, but …

∀ Gundam Question Corner with Okawara Kunio & Yasuda Akira

This interview is from the 1999 May release of Animage, so only shortly after the series began airing. It's very short but I hope you enjoy it! Okawara Kunio Mechanical Designer — What kind of meeting did you have with Tomino? Okawara: There were plenty of meetings with Tomino when he was in his trial …

Girls’ Gundam: Yasuhiko Yoshikazu

This interview is from a book called GIRL'S GUNDAM: No Boys Allowed published in 2009 that goes over all the male characters throughout the various Gundam series, but also includes interviews with some of Gundam's creators about how they tried to tailor their shows to attract more women to watch their show. Yasuhiko dives into …

Dougram: A Short Interview with Director Takahashi Ryosuke

This interview is from the 1983 August edition of OUT with a brief word from Takahashi Ryosuke on his, at the time, recently completed series Fang of the Sun Dougram. I will warn you right now that this interview has MASSIVE SPOILERS, so if you absolutely despise spoilers and haven't seen the show, it might be …

Creating Zambot 3: Mechanical Designer Hirayama Rioji

This interview was originally published in the 2018 autumn edition of Great Mechsnics G. — You were credited as the mechanical designer for Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, but wasn't that your first time working on an anime? Hirayama Rioji: Yeah, getting my foot into Nippon Sunrise’s (Currently: Sunrise) office was my first step. Getting …

The Path to Penguin Highway: Talking with Director Ishida Hiroyasu and Author Morimi Tomihiko

Morimi Tomihiko, known for his novels that sparked the hit anime The Eccentric Family, Tatami Galaxy, and The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, teamed up with Ishida Hiroyasu, creator of Fumiko's Confession, to bring Morimi's novel penguin highway to the big screen. Original article from Anime!Anime! released August 17th. This was published before the movie …