Satoshi Kon’s Farewell Message
Makiko Itoh has translated Satoshi Kon’s farewell.
RIP, Kihachiro Kawamoto
It’s a sad week for animation with the passing of Satoshi Kon and now Kihachiro Kawamoto. A student of Jiri Trnka, Kawamoto created beautiful stop motion puppet animation grounded in Japanese bunraku and Noh theater. Here’s his short, “Oni / The Demon.”
Supervillain Erotica
Evan Munday has been working on a calendar of supervillain erotica. You can get an eyeful here.
RIP, Satoshi Kon
Creator of Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Paprika, Satoshi Kon has died at 46. In memoriam, Midnight Eye’s substantial interview with Kon, here. Updated: Satoshi Kon wrote a farewell.
Gotham Girls Episodes
Some kind, considerate fan saved and uploaded episodes of the old web series, Gotham Girls. And they’re right here.
Kung Fu Walls
A kung fu novel was found written of the walls of an abandoned apartment. How outsider art is that?
The Cultural Gutter 