Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored. With Phil Mulloy’s films, it’s easy to see ...

As Mipcom’s 2016 country of honor, Japan has been selected for its “spirit of imagination.” And a big reason is the upcoming centennial of Japanese animation. The Japanimation industry has a long ...

For a brief decade-long period in animation history, between the late-1960s and late-1970s, feature animation filmmakers cast aside their inhibitions and created films that aimed to titillate and ...

In the late 1960's, Osamu Tezuka — manga and anime visionary, as well as the creator of Astro Boy — helped create a 26 part serial for Japanese television called Vampire, in which a "vampire" (really ...

Osamu Tezuka is arguably one of the most important figures in Japanese anime and manga, creating the very groundwork from which the mediums would come to define themselves. Throughout his ...

All the best stuff's made in Japan. Marty McFly knew it, Nintendo fans know it, and a newly announced artbook only reinforces that fact. Entitled 'Capcom Vs. Osamu Tezuka Characters', this 112-page A4 ...

Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions, trans. from the Japanese by Frederik L. Schodt. Stone Bridge, $29.95 (914p) ISBN 978-1-61172-025-9 Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989), the “god of manga” and creator of such ...

The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God Of Manga Osamu Tezuka was a seminal figure in 20th century Japanese popular culture, yet the West regards him as a creator of children's cartoons. A new book by Helen ...

Each year in late July, the movers and shakers of the comics industry gather for the largest and oldest convention of its kind in the U.S.: Comic-Con International. Highlighting the event are the Will ...