Here’s the list of translations and editorials that I’ve posted as part of a project that looks at how the anime we love are created and written. If you’re new to it, I recommend starting with my first editorial, where I compared the planning stage of the typical anime production with that of Avatar: The Legend of Korra. A more comprehensive collection of links to behind-the-scenes resources can also be found right here on this blog. I hope you find this project interesting and informative, and that you will join in the discussion on anime production here and elsewhere!
List of project posts
- Project Launch
- A comparison with the writing of Avatar: The Legend of Korra (editorial)
- I also recommend reading writer/journalist Yuichirō Oguro’s take on ‘who writes an anime?’
- Kiznaiver and Mayoiga: Mari Okada in Spring 2016 (editorial)
- Flashback 2011: Koji Yamamoto on the future of noitaminA
- Mari Okada on Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- Mari Okada on the people who’ve made her who she is
- Director Kenji Yasuda on Macross ∆
- Shōji Kawamori x Hiroyuki Yoshino on Creating Macross Frontier
- Hiroyuki Yoshino’s interview from the Macross Frontier official fan book
- Shōji Kawamori’s interview from the Macross Frontier official fan book
- Yasuhito Kikuchi’s interview from the Macross Frontier official fan book
- Shōji Kawamori’s interview from 2059: Memories and his commentary on each episode of Macross F
- Yasuhito Kikuchi’s interview from the Macross F the Movie: Perfect Triangle guidebook
- Shōji Kawamori’s interview from the Macross F the Movie: Perfect Triangle guidebook
- Iron-Blooded Orphans is NOT “Mari Okada’s Gundam” (editorial, on WMC)
- Mitsurō Kubo on the beginnings of Yuri!!! on ICE.
- I also recommend reading this later interview on how they created Yuuri, Victor and Yuri!
- Sayo Yamamoto on the origins of Michiko & Hatchin
- Anime pre-production: from story to script (editorial, on WMC)
- Code Geass screenwriter Ichirō Ōkouchi takes a trip down memory lane.
- Part One: The impact of the timeslot
- Part Two: Watching TV in the Internet age (SPOILER WARNING)
- Part Three: Worldbuilding with cellphones
- Part Four: How we chose their names
- Part Five: the perks of being a screenwriter
- Part Six: How we chose their names, redux!
- Mari Okada and ‘Anime Writing’
- a critique of this video by The Canipa Effect