Yoshinobu Nishizaki wanted Yamato to be different from all previous anime productions. One way to achieve that was to hire Toshio Masuda, an award-winning director of live-action films, who would bring his own sensibilities to the fray. Here, Masuda looks back on his important contributions to Yamato.
Dozens of books were published about Leiji Matsumoto in his lifetime. Many of them attempted to catalog and analyze his enormous output of manga and anime projects, but a few were devoted to the man himself to explore the biographical origins of his unique talents. Presented here are excerpts from two of them.
As we passed the halfway point between Chapters 4 and 5, news and announcements streamed in from various corners, fan activity rolled on, and the classics reappeared as we looked toward what will likely be the concluding year for 3199.
