Arthell Isom

Culture | CULTURE SMASH Jan 6, 2020

When American country meets Japanese anime

by Roland Kelts

The lineup of artists onstage at the Tokyo premiere of "Sturgill Simpson Presents: Sound & Fury" was as eclectic as the film they'd all made: a 41-minute anime music video set to an entire album by the Grammy-winning Simpson.

Culture | CULTURE SMASH Dec 24, 2017

Foreign anime artists still face a long haul

by Roland Kelts

In an interview with Buzzfeed two years ago, American animator Henry Thurlow, who had moved to Tokyo from New York six years earlier, summed up his dilemma. "When I was working as an animator in New York, I could afford an apartment, buy stuff ...