Have you ever heard of a studio created specifically to produce an anime? That's the legend behind Studio Bind, founded in November 2018 as a joint effort between the production companies White Fox and Egg Firm. But how true is that claim? Let's delve into the history of Studio Bind and its most important figures, as well as its two anime series, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation and Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! The Work That Necessitated the Creation of Studio Bind Every story has a beginning, this one starts with Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation and how it was eventually chosen as Studio Bind’s first project. The original web novel by Rifujin na Magonote was published on the website Shosetsuka ni Naro from September 2012 to April 2015 , before transitioning to light novel format under Media Factory's Mf Books imprint, with illustrations by ShiroTaka. This version was published from January 2014 to 2022, totaling 26 volumes.
- 5/27/2024
- by Amílcar Trejo Mosquera
- Crunchyroll
Misa from “Death Note,” Saitama from “One-Punch Man,” and Code:002 from “Darling in the Franxx” walk into a convention center. It’s the set-up to what could be a pretty good joke. Like the rabbi, priest, and monk, these are religious figures in their own right—anime heroes, favorite deities of a subcultural movement known as cosplay.
By many metrics—not simply the more-than 100,000 attendees to Anime Expo in Downtown Los Angeles this month—cosplay, and its guiding form of media, anime, have been undergoing a resurgence in the past few years. Consumed in the 1990s and early 2000s mainly by Japanese teens, and their worldwide counterparts known colloquially as weebs, anime is now a significant programming genre for streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, not to mention the anime-only services Crunchyroll, Viewster, and Funimation.
Crunchyroll, which has been around since 2006, and is a subsidiary of Warner Bros., announced...
By many metrics—not simply the more-than 100,000 attendees to Anime Expo in Downtown Los Angeles this month—cosplay, and its guiding form of media, anime, have been undergoing a resurgence in the past few years. Consumed in the 1990s and early 2000s mainly by Japanese teens, and their worldwide counterparts known colloquially as weebs, anime is now a significant programming genre for streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, not to mention the anime-only services Crunchyroll, Viewster, and Funimation.
Crunchyroll, which has been around since 2006, and is a subsidiary of Warner Bros., announced...
- 7/30/2019
- by Maxwell Williams
- Variety Film + TV
For something that started up in 2011, Studio Trigger has produced a number of memorable series. One of the most recent is a mecha show called Darling in the Franxx, which has received a fair amount of attention because it wasn’t exactly subtle about its symbolism to say the least. Said series had two main character, with the male lead being Hiro and the female lead being Zero Two. Here are 10 things that you may or may not have known about Zero Two from Darling in the Franxx: 1. She Would Be the Veronica There are two female characters
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Zero Two...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Zero Two...
- 12/30/2018
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Anime fans are hoping that animation Trigger will bring back fan-favorite character Zero-Two for Darling In The FranXX Season 2. It really depends on how they plan on ending Episode 24, but is it possible that the second season of DarliFra could be similar to the second act of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann? Keep in mind that studio Trigger was founded by former Gainax employees Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ohtsuka. Hiroyuki was the director for Gurren Lagann and now director and storyboard writer for the Darling In The FranXX anime. Besides meaning that certain characters are doomed, audiences could end up watching another […]
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- 6/20/2018
- by Patrick Frye
- Monsters and Critics
Korean actress, Lee Chae-Yeon will star in HBO Asia’s new horror anthology, and original drama series, “Folklore.”
Production has wrapped for the six-part hour-long series that was shot in various locations in Asia including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea. The series is scheduled to premiere later this year on HBO Asia’s on-air, online and on-demand platforms.
Developed by HBO Asia and created by award-winning Singaporean film maker, Eric Khoo, all six episodes take place across multiple Asian countries including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Each episode is based on each country’s deeply-rooted superstitions and myths, and presented in the local language of the country that the episode is based in, with English and local-language subtitles.
The six directors involved in “Folklore” are Indonesia’s Joko Anwar; Japan’s Takumi Saitoh; Lee Sang-Woo from Korea, Ho Yuhang from Malaysia; Eric Khoo (“12 Storeys”) from Singapore,...
Production has wrapped for the six-part hour-long series that was shot in various locations in Asia including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea. The series is scheduled to premiere later this year on HBO Asia’s on-air, online and on-demand platforms.
Developed by HBO Asia and created by award-winning Singaporean film maker, Eric Khoo, all six episodes take place across multiple Asian countries including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Each episode is based on each country’s deeply-rooted superstitions and myths, and presented in the local language of the country that the episode is based in, with English and local-language subtitles.
The six directors involved in “Folklore” are Indonesia’s Joko Anwar; Japan’s Takumi Saitoh; Lee Sang-Woo from Korea, Ho Yuhang from Malaysia; Eric Khoo (“12 Storeys”) from Singapore,...
- 4/26/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
"It’s like a new closet that everyone is coming out of," said Twitter user Mr. Shadow of Hollywood's sudden obsession with all things "nerdy." Between Drake admitting to his love of Epic's new video game Fortnite to Kim Kardashian and Michael B. Jordan sharing their interest in anime, it seems like the stigma around nerd culture is lifting while stars bring it to the mainstream. On March 14, a man named Ninja, who has become well-known for live-streaming on website Twitch while playing video games, signed on for a regular stream of the incredibly popular new game Fortnight: Battle Royale. However, things got crazy when none other than Drake, using the screen name TheBoyDuddus, signed on to play with him. He wasn't as talented as Ninja, but he held his own. It was clear that he's a true fan of the game, and it was also obvious that he'd...
- 3/17/2018
- by Emy LaCroix
- In Touch Weekly
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