Film Jan 24, 2020
Remembering Satoshi Kon, one of anime's best-loved creators
by Matt Schley
The Annie Awards bestows a posthumous honor on anime director Satoshi Kon, who died in 2010 at the age of 46.
Books / Reviews Dec 21, 2013
by Andrew Lee
Within the pages of Satoshi Kon's "Tropic of the Sea" is a scene that will send chills down the spine of anyone who witnessed footage of the tsunami that swept over coastal towns in Japan's Tohoku region on March 11, 2011. It's only two ...
Reader Mail May 18, 2008
Last month I read about (U.S. Democratic presidential candidate) Hillary Clinton's win in the Pennsylvania primary. Every Japanese newspaper put Clinton's exciting big face in their articles. She looked so happy, pointing her finger at supporters. Looking at these photos, I thought that Americans ...
Reader Mail May 11, 2008
Regarding David Quintero's May 4 letter, "High Japanese suicide rate mystifies," and the question he poses (Why do so many Japanese people kill themselves?): I don't have a definitive answer, but I have come up with a few theories: • There is historically, in Japan, ...