News
Helen McCarthy Interviewed for Osamu Tezuka Exhibit

posted on 2008-08-31 02:41 EDT by Egan Loo

UK website Eye on Anime has interviewed British author Helen McCarthy (The Anime Encyclopedia, Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation, The Erotic Anime Movie Guide) regarding manga and anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka. In the interview, McCarthy discusses her love for Tezuka and his impact on fans and other manga creators.

Barbican will commemorate Tezuka's 80th birthday with an exhibition of Tezuka's drawings, feature films, anime shorts, and full episodes from September 18 to September 24.

discuss this in the forum (7 posts) |

News homepage / archives

RightStuf - Anime, Manga and More

column

6 comments

This Week in Games - Yes Ma'am

Jan 25, 16:02

6 comments

games

Resident Evil Village reignited Heidi (and everyone's) desire to be stepped on by an intimidating woman. ― Hi folks! We're past January 20th and the USA didn't implode, so I think that's certainly cause for celebration! Normally around this time of year I'd be off at MAGfest hanging out with my friends in the DC metro area, playing arcade games and attending panels and concerts until ungodly hours in...

ep. review

165 comments

Attack on Titan The Final Season ‒ Episode 7

Jan 25, 15:30

165 comments

anime

“Assault” serves as a perfect escalation of the climactic action that began when Eren brought the bloody fury of Paradis to Marley's doorstep.

review

1 comment

Man and His Cat GN 3

Jan 25, 15:00

1 comment

manga

If there is a category for “feel-good manga of the year” in any book award, I would nominate A Man and His Cat immediately. ― If there is a category for “feel-good manga of the year” in any book award, I would nominate A Man and His Cat immediately. The third volume of this heartfelt series is every bit as good as the two that came before it, managing to exude warmth and charm without ever coming off...

feature

10 comments

Just What the Heck is Genshin Impact?

Jan 25, 14:00

10 comments

games

With the game's major story arcs still being very unfinished, you might be wondering just what Genshin Impact's player base is spending so much time on. But once you set foot in Teyvat's big, open environment, you'll definitely start to understand: this world was built for lots of replayability. ― If you look at the list of Twitter's most talked-about games of 2020, you'll see a bunch of names you pr...

news

10 comments

Yūji Kaku's Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Manga Gets TV Anime

Jan 24, 22:45

10 comments

anime manga

Manga about ninja on quest to find elixir of immortality ends on Monday ― This year's eighth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Yūji Kaku's Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Kaku commented on the adaptation, stating: An anime adaptation! ... it makes me so happy but, it hasn't really sunk in yet and it feels like a dream. ...

news

7 comments

Kazu Kakazu's Our Blood Oath Manga Ends in Shonen Jump

Jan 24, 22:30

7 comments

manga

Manga about vampire siblings launched on September 14 ― This year's eighth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter on Monday of Kazu Kakazu's Our Blood Oath (Bokura no Ketsumei) manga. Kakazu launched the manga in last year's 41st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on September 14. The manga's first volume shipped on January 4, and the second and final...

review

5 comments

Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina Novels 1-3

Jan 24, 15:00

5 comments

novels

Beautiful as it is, the 2020 anime adaptation of Jougi Shiraishi's original light novels Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina is but a pale imitation of the source material. ― Beautiful as it is, the 2020 anime adaptation of Jougi Shiraishi's original light novels Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina is but a pale imitation of the source material. Mostly that's because, like many an adaptation b...

game review

3 comments

Shiren the Wanderer: the Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

Jan 23, 18:00

3 comments

games

If you love roguelikes as a genre and want to experience one of the most satisfying, well-crafted examples of the genre, you owe it to yourself to pick Shiren the Wanderer up. ― When you ask Japanese gamers about roguelike dungeon-crawling games, there is one series that stands out as a benchmark among all others: Shiren the Wanderer. The formula developers Chun Soft (now part of Spike-Chunsoft) have...

game review

7 comments

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne

Jan 22, 13:00

7 comments

games

Prophecy of the Throne tells a compelling story that satisfied me greatly as a Re:Zero fan. It has everything I like about the original series: An intriguing mystery, fun characters, entertaining dialogue, and clever foreshadowing. ― The anime world is filled with cheap tie-in visual novel games aimed at niche collectors, very few of which get localized. In fact, this isn't even the first Re:Zero con...

survey

ANN 2021 Reader Survey

Jan 22, 11:55 merch

We would truly appreciate it if you could take five minutes to fill out our annual reader survey. It's tremendously helpful to us.

News Helen McCarthy Interviewed for Osamu Tezuka Exhibit

News
Helen McCarthy Interviewed for Osamu Tezuka Exhibit