Makoto Wada’s Movie Inspired Art 1: Early Hollywood

Makoto Wada ( 和田誠 , b. 1936) is best known as an illustrator whose work has adorned the book covers and pages of writers as dive…

Dot (点, 1971)

In his long and varied career in animation, Shin’ichi Suzuki has worked behind the scenes on many anime classics. He was a key a…

The Gourd Bottle (ひょうたん, 1976)

The Gourd Bottle ( ひょうたん , 1976) is an independent animated short by Shin’ichi Suzuki.  Suzuki belongs to the first generation o…

Japanese Auteur Animation at RICA Wissembourg, Part 2: The Invention of the Animation Auteur

Japanese Auteur Animation at RICA Wissembourg, Part 2: The Invention of the Animation Auteur « L'animation japonaise d'au…