Women Directors at Nippon Connection 2017

Women Directors at Nippon Connection 2017 http://www.nipponconnection.com Since 2010, I have made a point to watch all of the…

A Black Cat (黒い猫, 2015)

After teaching for many years, the Kansai artist Mika Seike returned to her career as an independent animator in 2014 when she b…

GAKI Biwa hōshi (GAKI琵琶法師, 2005)

In feudal Japan, biwa hōshi , “lute masters” or “lute priests”, were travelling performers who earned their living performing voc…

An Instant (2003)

" Things begin with 1, and return to 1 " 物事は１から始まり１に戻る。 Azuru Isshiki ’s 2003 animated short An Instant , pares the a…