Documentary series · NHK WORLD-JAPAN
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yoichi Takahashi
Self - Manga Artist
1 eps
Shoji Kawamori
Self - Mechanical Designer
1 eps
Naoyuki Ito
Self - Director
1 eps
Shingo Natsume
Self - Director
1 eps
Atsuko Ishizuka
Self - Director
1 eps
Yuki Kawashita
Self - Compositing Director
1 eps
Toshiyuki Kato
Self - Director
1 eps
Yuuki Takada
Aki (voice) (archive footage)
1 eps
Sawako Hata
Fuyu (voice) (archive footage)
1 eps
Mutsuki Iwanaka
Shu (voice) (archive footage)
1 eps
Masaki Terasoma
Gidoku (voice) (archive footage)
1 eps
Yoshiko Kamei
Yakin (voice) (archive footage)
1 eps
Toshiki Hirano
Self - Director
1 eps
Tenshin Nasukawa
Self - Professional Fighter
1 eps
Masaaki Osumi
Self - Director
1 eps
Tadashi Takezaki
Self - TMS Entertainment President/CEO
1 eps
Shuhei Matsushita
Self - Director
1 eps
Hiroshi Nishikiori
Self - Director
1 eps
Kensuke Yamamoto
Self - Director
1 eps
Masakazu Hishida
Self - Director
1 eps
The story
What it's about
The size of the Japanese animation market was 2,426 billion yen by 2020. More than half of that amount came from overseas sales. The manga market is also expanding, reaching 675.9 billion yen in 2021. Those unique visuals and stories from Japan have struck a chord with fans around the world and are growing into a huge industry. ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION will actively feature major works that are highly recognized by overseas fans and reveal the secrets of Japanese anime and manga creation through the series.
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