Tag: Masaaki Yuasa

December 5, 2021 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. The paradox of Masaaki Yuasa’s series Kaiba is that for much of the time, it’s a sad story, and yet there’s something joyous about it. What lies behind that joy would be expressed succinctly in a more recent Yuasa anime. At the start of his 2020 series Keep Your Hands of Eizouken!, […]

December 22, 2020 · 0 comments

By Masaaki Yuasa. Up to this point, I’ve always had large casts in my work. That’s because I always had a desire to draw the entire World” of each piece. But in this project, Ride Your Wave, I thought it would be better to limit the number of characters to focus more on the characters’ […]

December 19, 2020 · 0 comments

By Motoko Tamamuro. All the stories continue: There are sequels and side stories. Why are they born? Stories are told and disappear, read and forgotten. But, if that is all there is, it is ephemeral. That’s why there is a sequel. The Tale of the Heike: Chapter of Inu-Oh is a modern novel by Hideo […]

August 14, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Ride Your Wave by director Masaaki Yuasa is a romantic-supernatural drama about a young couple, their love for each other, the wonder of sea and surf, and the magic properties of water. It’s an unpredictable film, with crazy and heart-breaking story developments, and as such, it reflects Yuasa’s anime over the past […]

April 1, 2020 · 0 comments

“It’s -3°C outside and there’s an ice cream van in my street” Jeremy Graves and Andy Hanley welcome special guest Dr. Jonathan Clements to the podcast to discuss a boat load of topics to bring new nearly two hours of audio! We’ve intentionally steered away from talking about the current state of play around the […]