Browsing: Anime

Philippines — Trading Wars, an upcoming Filipino-produced anime series by Mishkam Technologies, a start-up technology company based in Quezon City, aims to break barriers in the anime industry using synthography, a combination of human-directed and AI-assisted production methodologies

Takashi Okazaki described the origins of his manga series “Afro Samurai!” in an interview with UGO, and it began as modestly as possible. It seems that Okazaki was fond of the American Blaxploitation aesthetic and was always drawn to the sound as an aesthetic of hip-hop and soul music. He taught himself to draw Black…

Ghost in the Shell has always been fascinated by what happens when technology fundamentally changes what it means to be human. From cybernetic bodies and computerised brains to artificial intelligence and global networks, Masamune Shirow’s manga imagined a future in which the boundary between humanity and technology had become increasingly difficult to define.

Since I last reviewed Yukino Sonoyama’s Bless, a TV anime adaptation has been announced for 2027, handled by studio A-1 Pictures! So with excitement rising, this seems like as good a time as any to return to the manga from Kodansha.