'In This Corner of the World' director Sunao Katabuchi questioned remasters changing colors to match modern tastes:

“If animation, too, is to be passed down as cultural heritage, conveying its expression to future generations, its original form should be preserved as much as possible.”

You'll Never See it Coming!

APWOT issue 7 is here with Atlus's Katsura Hashino, legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu, Expedition 33’s Guillaume Broche, Monster Hunter's Ryozo Tsujimoto and so much more!

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so much win

In 1989, a pelican named Katta-kun began going to a kindergarten in Japan where it played and interacted with the children as if it were one of them.

Thank you to everyone who purchased our "The Wor[l]ds of Yoko Taro" book, a dive in the writing process in games through the lens of NieR creator based on 30+ hours of interviews.

Available on our website, shipping just in time for the holidays: archipel.jp/collections/bo…

「HANDS」から「THANKS」へ、変化の様子をご覧ください🎥

#ありがとうハンズ渋谷店
#ハンズ渋谷店の思い出

福島敦子さんが描いた『迷宮物語』「ラビリンス＊ラビリントス」のキャラクター設定です。（Manie-Manie 迷宮物語 LD）

新聞の記事でちば先生の訃報を知りました。

SF、ファンタジーを専らとした手塚先生や石森先生達が、あまり手をつけなかった少年スポーツものというジャンルを根付かせ、その周辺の登場人物達を地に足の着いた目線で生き生きと表現し、日本漫画の地平を拡大していった稀有な作家でした。
ちば先生、ゆっくりお休みください。　　

2026年10月28日
大友克洋

We spent some time in-between event, book and other work projects, but documentaries are still in progress. Our upcoming content includes two animation directors, one game creator and a modeler portrait, with more projects still in early stages. Thank you for following Archipel!

【訃報】「あしたのジョー」漫画家のちばてつやさん死去 87歳
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「あしたのジョー」「おれは鉄兵」などのヒット作で知られ、文化勲章を受章した漫画家、ちばてつやさんが死去したことがわかった。

Jon Collin playing at Hojo Ambient Railway🛤️

japanese radiohead ad (1997)

Backgrounds for 'Akira' (1988, dir: Katsuhiro Otomo)

R.I.P. Ryu Murakami (1952–2026), enfant terrible of Japanese literature and author of "Coin Locker Babies" "Almost Transparent Babies", "In the Miso Soup" and "Audition". He was also known for directing TOKYO DECADENCE and for Hideaki Anno's adaptation of his novel LOVE & POP.

僕のバイブルでした。

R.I.P.

Japanese saxophonist Chika Asamoto (朝本千可) outside Kowloon City 

In 1988,  Asamoto travelled through Hong Kong for a documentary called “STRAY - Hong Kong: A City of Nonbelievers.”