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October '20 Our Motivations

Why Weekly Shonen Jump? The Importance of the World’s Biggest Manga Magazine

Why Idols? How Becoming a Fan Taught Me To Be Critical of My Preferences

Freedom of Expression vs. Strict Uniformity: The Unique Balance of Life in Tokyo

Coming Soon 10.29.20

[To Be Announced]

September '20 OTAQUEST CONNECT 1.11

OTAQUEST CONNECT 1.11 Powered by Anime Central // October 2-4, 2020

Yoko Kanno Talks With ☆Taku Takahashi [OTAQUEST CONNECT Transcript]

Toshihiro Nagoshi speaks with EXILE SEKAI Pt. 1 [OTAQUEST CONNECT Transcript]

Seiji Mizushima Interview Pt. 1 [OTAQUEST CONNECT Transcript]

Kenji Nagasaki & Masahiro Mukai Interview Pt. 1 [OTAQUEST CONNECT Transcript]

August '20 OTAQUEST CONNECT

OTAQUEST CONNECT Powered by Anime Central // Online Streaming Convention August 15-16!

OTAQUEST CONNECT Day 1: Panel Recap

OTAQUEST CONNECT Day 2: Panel Recap

OTAQUEST CONNECT: Music Recap

July '20 Anime Conventions

A Discussion with Taku Takahashi About the Importance of Anime Conventions

Interview with TeddyLoid: Reaching out Internationally and the Positive Impact of Conventions

Interview with Anime NYC Founder Peter Tatara Part 1: Looking Back on Humble Beginnings

Interview with Anime NYC Founder Peter Tatara Part 2: Present Day, Present Time

Interview with LisAni Producer Ryo Majima: Taking Convention Music Events Online

June '20 SEGA 60th Anniversary

SEGA 60th Anniversary Special Presentation: Interview with Toshihiro Nagoshi

Interview with Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka

SEGA 60th Anniversary Special Interview with SEGA Sound Team Composer Hiro

SEGA 60th Anniversary Special Interview with Masayoshi Kikuchi

A Love Letter to SEGA: The Company That Shaped the Way I Play

May '20 BNA: Brand New Animal

Interview with Yoh Yoshinari, Director of BNA: Brand New Animal

How does a girl find her way in a new society? – Interview with BNA: Brand New Animal Series Writer Kazuki Nakashima

Interview With BNA: Brand New Animal Concept Artist Genice Chan

Interview With BNA: Brand New Animal Character Designer Yusuke Yoshigaki

Different Perspectives Creating Harmony: How the World of BNA Mirrors the Development

April '20 Ghost In The Shell

Interview With Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045 Directors Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki

Interview with Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045 Opening Artist Daiki Tsuneta of millennium parade

Bringing Ghost In The Shell’s Thermo-Optical Camouflage to Life: Interview With Japanese Engineering Doctorate, Professor Masahiko Inami

An Interview With the Researcher & Engineer Who Created a Real Tachikoma: Updating the World by Communicating With Robots

Interview with Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045 Character Designer Ilya Kuvshinov

March '20 Madoka Magica

Madoka Magica’s Musical Legacy: A Basis for Something Truly Special

Finding Their Own Way: Interview with ClariS

Special Talk Session: EXILE NESMITH Speaks With Magia Record Producer Tatsuya Ishikawa

A Unique World Brought by the Design Differences of Puella Magi Madoka Magica & Magia Record

Interview with Doroinu of Gekidan Inu Curry, the Designers Behind Madoka Magica’s Witches

February '20 BEASTARS

Interview With the Creators Behind the BEASTARS Anime From Studio Orange

Interview With BEASTARS Composer Satoru Kosaki: Music Inspiring Instinct

The Themes of BEASTARS: Human Nature, Multiculturalism and Social Diversity

Instinct & Self-Consciousness: Analyzing BEASTARS and how it Portrays the Conflicts of Adolescence

Special Talk Session: EXILE SEKAI Speaks With BEASTARS Creator Paru Itagaki

January '20 Shibuya // Harajuku

POGGY’S Picks: 4 Essential Shops in Shibuya/Harajuku

Interview With Photographer YONE: History Through the Lens

Interview with PARK Harajuku: FASHION × OTAKU × CREATION

Interview with REO SANO of GENERATIONS: Style Influenced by Music

The Look Of Now: How Tokyo’s Fashion Centers Have Changed

December '19 Street Fighter

Yoshinori Ono Interview – For The Players, For The Community

From Behind The Crowd: A Personal History Of Street Fighter

Keeping The Game Alive: Interview With MIKADO Game Center

Capcom Cup 2019 Finals Recap

Blending Worlds With Music: Interview With Composer Yoko Shimomura

November '19 Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe Interview Part One – Doing Something With Music

☆Taku Takahashi Loves: Cowboy Bebop’s Legacy In Animation

Dai Sato Interview – Reflecting On Shinichiro Watanabe

Looking At Samurai Champloo’s Musical Legacy And An Interview With MINMI

Shinichiro Watanabe Interview Part Two – Doing Something Different