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Sukiyaki Western Django

Posted By yonghow on February 21st, 2008


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Sakuran and the auteur that is Ninagawa Mika

Posted By yonghow on February 17th, 2008


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Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd GIG and the Glico Morinaga case

Posted By yonghow on February 12th, 2008


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I need a higher ceiling.

Posted By yonghow on January 27th, 2008


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Freedom 6 dvd – Ao

Posted By yonghow on January 10th, 2008


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Kazuo Oga Ghibli Background Art Exhibition DVD Review

Posted By yonghow on December 26th, 2007

Kazuo Oga Ghibli Background Art Exhibition DVD Review ジブリの絵職人 男鹿和雄展 トトロの森を描いた人
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Freedom 5 dvd – Takeru & Ao on earth vehicle

Posted By yonghow on October 3rd, 2007

Cover art for Freedom 5 dvd, due for release on the 26th of October. Ao makes her debut cover together with Takeru on the earth modified vehicle.

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Upcoming anime films 1 – Sword of the Stranger

Posted By yonghow on September 30th, 2007


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Denno Coil Galore Part I – Special limited edition dvd 1

Posted By yonghow on September 27th, 2007

With its captivating storyline and jawbreaking animation, Madhouse’s Denno Coil ( 電脳コイル) has been keeping me on a fix ever since its release a few months back. The initial press limited edition dvd 1 ( containing episode 1 & 2, plus a bonus making of disc and storyboard book ) just arrived in the mail yesterday.


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Who is Katsuhiro Otomo ? 大友克洋 新解説

Posted By yonghow on September 13th, 2007


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Tekkon Kinkreet dvd + Hiroaki Ando autograph

Posted By yonghow on September 6th, 2007

Work on Freedom 5 has just ended, and I finally get a little free time in the studio. The first thing I did was to grab my Tekkon Kinkreet dvd and ask for Ando-san’s autograph, who was the co-director on the film.


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Tekkon Kinkreet limited edition dvd

Posted By yonghow on July 1st, 2007

Just received this today, Michael Arias’s Tekkon Kinkreet 2 disc limited edition dvd, which I had also watched in Shinjuku a few months back. The limited edition comes in a thick, sturdy cardboard case, with the main feature labelled Kuro ( black ) and the specials on Shiro ( white ). There are also 2 booklets, ‘Director’s Notes’ and ‘Essence Tekkon Kinkreet Making of’. Everything is in Japanese, except a production note that Plaid wrote.

Update 060907- I managed to haggle Ando-san, co-director of Tekkon Kinkreet for an autograph on this dvd. Read more about it here.

Tekkon is a visual powerfest conjured up by the top talents in the industry, and one viewing is simply not enough to fully appreciate the insane amount of detail and beauty created by the art direction team, headed by Kimura Shinji, who also worked his magic in Steamboy. ( Morita-san once lamented that it was a pity Kimura-san was unable to work with us on Freedom )

For those who can’t get enough of the artwork behind Tekkon, these 2 official art of books, Shiro and Kuro (book covers and purchase links below ) are must buys; there’s so much artwork to show, they couldn’t cramp in one book.



I also have a few rare copies of the above books that are autographed by Kimura Shinji ( art director of Tekkon Kinkreet ) for sale, if you are interested please contact me about details. While stocks last.

You can purchase a set of the Tekkon Kinkreet limited edition dvd here.