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Luluco Falls In Love

AnTgry “I Love You”

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LOOP LOOP CO

Baby, everything is all right. Uptight, outta sight.

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The Man Behind the Modern Doraemon: An Interview with Atsushi Takahashi (Animage, July 2017)

This interview was originally published in the July issue of Animage, 2017. The interview was translated by Twitter user @HwpMatthews © 2017 Wave Motion Cannon Hey, translations are expensive! Hel…

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Weekly Motion Cannon Podcast Episode 15 – Netflix’s Death Note

Want to have your question answered on the podcast? Support us on Patreonand ask away! CJ and Subs cover the recent release of Netflix’s Death Note film. If you’d like to submit a quest…

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The First Third

There is a scene you know. In films about racing, or that involve cars or vehicles in some way, there is a style of scene where the hero is experiencing some doubts. Usually it is after some diffic…

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A Hawk In Flight – The Blood Spray of Ishikawa Goemon

The Blood Spray of Ishikawa Goemon opens with a pastoral view, a field of lilacs before a stately manor, and singular butterfly amid the flowers. A dull thud in the distance causes the butterfly to…

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The Forgotten Lupin III Interviews – Yuzo Aoki

These interviews were translated by Twitter user @NohAcro © 2017 Wave Motion Cannon Help us make future translations possible, support us on Patreon! With the help of Reed Nelson and LupintheThird.…

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Gintama Looking Back and Thanks: Producer Hiromitsu Higuchi (Animage, July, 2017)

This interview was originally published in the July issue of Animage, 2017. The interview was translated by Twitter user @HwpMatthews © 2017 Wave Motion Cannon Hey, translations are expensive! Hel…

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Lupin the Third: The Blood Spray of Ishikawa Goemon – An Interview with Director Takeshi Koike (Animage, March 2017)

This interview was originally published in the March issue of Animage, 2017. The interview was translated by Twitter user @HwpMatthews © 2017 Wave Motion Cannon Lupin month continues! Please suppo…

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In This Corner of the World: An Exclusive Interview with Director Sunao Katabuchi

The following interview was originally conducted by Eldur_380 from OtaCrew at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 2017. This interview has been translated by Twitter user @NohAcro © 2…

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The film itself was a big hit, but it felt like it was overshadowed by Your Name, what is your impression?

Katabuchi: Well, animation is not a genre but a technique in my mind, a mean to represent things and make movies, and I think In a Corner and Your Name are not the same kind of movie. So even if there are some similarities, I feel like most of it is quite different, hence I think the audience is not the same either. But the fact that different kind of movies emerge like this is a good thing for Japanese animation in my mind.

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Welcome to the Ballroom – Episode 5

Don’t let us dance solo, be our partner in producing more content like this! Be sure to check out the write-ups for prior episodes! Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 J…

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I think it’s safe to say that Welcome to the Ballroom is the underdog of this season. Before we go down that path, let’s be totally and completely fair: this show is my darling of the season. I remember sitting the panel for the show at Anime Expo (as featured in the first three posts of this series, go check it out), sick with a fever. But as soon as I laid eyes on the preview a miraculous healing took place – to say I am biased is a polite understatement at best.

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Lupin III – A Short Interview with Monkey Punch (Animage, 07/1978)

The following interview was originally published in the July issue of Animage, 1978. The interview has been translated by Twitter user @kit_flowerstorm © 2017 Wave Motion Cannon You can support the…

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Tell us about Lupin and the supporting characters...?

Monkey Punch: I didn't have much in mind for Fujiko originally, but I wanted a strong character who contrasted with Lupin... who could be seen as going against him, too. But I didn't really have much in mind other than that... so every time she appeared, she changed a bit, didn't she? (laughs)

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Interview With Naruto Animator Chengxi Huang (Part 2/2)

The following interview was originally conducted with the help and translation by my good friend, Xin without whom this would not have been possible © 2017 Wave Motion Cannon Support the site so we…

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– Tell us how you were brought on to work on Naruto Shippuden?

Before I came to Japan, I had already decided to try to be involved in the production of Naruto. Fortunately, Zhu Xiao, proprietor of Candybox, had worked for Studio Pierrot and had a good relationship with them, and we was gradually able to hand me cuts to work on for Naruto. Maybe it was because I had been copying Kishimoto’s style, but I got used to it very quickly. At the same time, it was my dream to meet Hiroyuki Yamashita for the longest time. Then I got the chance my last day working at Candybox. From there, Yamashita sent me an invitation to join the production staff. So that’s how I joined team Naruto.

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From Page to the Screen: How Kenichi Suemitsu Adapts Welcome to the Ballroom for Television (Animage, July 2017)

This interview was originally published in the July issue of Animage, 2017. The interview was translated by Twitter user @HwpMatthews © 2017 Wave Motion Cannon If you would like to see more curren…

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Animage: Were there any scenes you felt yourself getting into as you were writing the screenplay?

Suemitsu: There’s a scene in the first episode where Tatara was given a DVD from Tamaki and was faced with the calls of “Look at me” coming from all of the dancer’s souls. In the source material, a big and unique appeal of manga comes from showing through pictures, but as I wrote the anime screenplay I felt like I wanted to deliver a portrayal that would be unique to anime...

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2016 Anime of The Year: Part 1

THE WAIT IS OVER Our 2016 Anime of the Year Award Show is finally being released! WMC has no excuses why this is coming out so late, only apologies and our assurance that next year’s releases…

In Part 1, we debate which 2016 anime deserve the prestigious awards for: Best Mecha Design, Best Music and Best New Character.

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