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Azar said:
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The aforementioned Summer issue of Sight & Sound is now available

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50 essential films
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From the breakthrough of Akira in 1988 through the exquisite films of Miyazaki Hayao to the recent blockbuster Your Name, Japanese animation has captivated audiences around the world. But anime’s history runs deeper still. Here we select 50 titles that celebrate its full, fascinating riches. Introduced by Nick Bradshaw.


+ Back to square one: the seeds of anime
The international anime phenomenon was fired in a Japanese crucible of changing technology, financing and demographics in the years after World War II. By Jonathan Clements.


+ Parallel lines: independent animation
Far from the commercial mainstream, Japanese animators have been experimenting with the form since the early years of cinema – an eclectic tradition that’s still thriving. By Jasper Sharp.

+ A show of hands: women and anime
The scarcity of women at the highest levels in Japanese animation has traditionally left female characters at the mercy of male preconceptions and fantasies – a state of affairs a new generation is eager to draw to a close, writes Serena Scateni.


+ Tick tick… boom: anime goes global
With Japan’s anime market close to saturation and its global fanbase continuing to expand, canny producers are creating works with an increasingly international flavour, writes Alex Dudok de Wit.

+ TV trailblazers: strength in numbers
The small screen is where anime began and where it made its greatest impact, building the franchises that support the art and the industry. By Helen McCarthy.


+ Public anime: where to learn more
Your heart’s content of anime books, podcasts, websites and blogs.
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The trailer looks good, but i'm doubtful Mappa can keep that level for a single episode, let alone 24. I don't think it will be another JC Staff disaster though.
 
But to lose all your staff Bar composer and writer before “Final” season is bad so so bad (Helps I hate the material being adapted so I have -100 expectations)
 
Quite happy about this, a lot of series just don't know when to quit! I think all series should run 10, 15, 20 or at a push 25 volumes to prevent them becoming stale and to let the manga ka move on to something else.
Look at some well known manga Death Note (12) Assassination Classroom (21) Bakuman (20) but then look at series like Food Wars (36) Bleach (74) don't even get me started on Naruto & One Piece! Would genuinely love to see something different from Eiichiro Oda but he's been doing One Piece for TWENTY THREE years! At what point do Luffy, Zoro and the gang sit back and say 'maybe this treasure ain't worth the hassle' 😂
 
Jon O Fun said:
Quite happy about this, a lot of series just don't know when to quit! I think all series should run 10, 15, 20 or at a push 25 volumes to prevent them becoming stale and to let the manga ka move on to something else.
Look at some well known manga Death Note (12) Assassination Classroom (21) Bakuman (20) but then look at series like Food Wars (36) Bleach (74) don't even get me started on Naruto & One Piece! Would genuinely love to see something different from Eiichiro Oda but he's been doing One Piece for TWENTY THREE years! At what point do Luffy, Zoro and the gang sit back and say 'maybe this treasure ain't worth the hassle' 😂
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Well, I believe Oda definitely has a plan on how to end it, but I think he claims that One Piece is something like 60% complete. I've probably got the figures wrong mind.
 
Ian Wolf said:
Well, I believe Oda definitely has a plan on how to end it, but I think he claims that One Piece is something like 60% complete. I've probably got the figures wrong mind.
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Eiichiro Oda is the George R.R. Martin of Japan 😂 they're on 90+ volumes now just end it at a 100 and call it a day. Let some other writer & artist do a spin off set x years later ala Boruto (but with One Piece I'd rather it be hundreds of years later)
 
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