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Yu-Gi-OH-OH! A Veteran Anime Director Is Arrested For Massacre Threats

Japanese police in Osaka arrested 42-year-old animation director Masaki Kitamura today for allegedly threatening to drive a truck into …

Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty opened in the US with $6.4 million last weekend, and a total of $8.7 million over the …

In addition to the usual mix, there’s a few holiday-themed greeting cards in this edition of Animated Fragments. If you’ve made your own …

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Hayao Miyazaki, who has been known to often take a negative tone about the animation industry and society in general, recently tweeted …

Drawn Animation for Chris Milk’s interactive video “Three Dreams of Black” by Anthony Schepperd (US) Brainflow by Fiorella Pierini …

Immerse yourself in the expressionistic atmosphere of Takuya Hosogane’s Assimilation. It was made using After Effects, Cinema 4D and …

I’m not sure how effectively Plug, the New World promotes Nissan’s electric vehicles, which is the soft sell purpose of the commissioned …

Canadian artist Eric Bates made Sayonara while studying animation in Japan at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. “This story was …

For more about Animated Fragments, see this earlier post. Subscribe to our channel on Vimeo to see all the Fragments. Animatope by …

This is a graduation film of Hiroyasu Ishida (a.k.a. Tete) at Kyoto Seika University. The mood, backgrounds and color style are very, …

This Japanese music video for group_inou’s “Heart” by ACéƒ¨ is pretty incredible. I can’t find any information in English about the …

Cute imagery and creepy lyrics rub up against each other in Farm Music, a short by up-and-comer Yousuke Oomomo. To learn more about …

“Nuclear Boy Has a Stomachache” explains the nuclear crisis in Japan through animation. The cute scatalogical analogies illustrate the …

I’ve got the proof: (via Maorinette)

This experimental music video for Oorutaichi’s “Hamihadarigeri” directed by Sojiro Kamatani defies easy description but it excites my …

Among the gems discovered this year in Ottawa was Shin Hashimoto’s The Undertaker and the Dog, a student short made at Tokyo’s Tama Art …

What the hell is this? Actually, these are officially licensed Cubic Mouth Disney Key Covers (above), designed by Satoshi …

Whereas the age of a live-action film, no matter how classic, can always be discerned by the appearance of its actors, the …

After surviving internment in concentration camps in the United States, these artists paved the way for Japanese-Americans in the animation industry.