My friend Nobuaki translated my Basic Animation Aesthetics essay into Japanese. See it here:

Nobu has also recently translated PSS into Japanese for submission to Hiroshima, which I heard is an amazing festival.

Some months ago I disappointed some jury members because I wasn’t a Japanese schoolgirl. They kind of expected after seeing the film for some reason. I found the comparison very weird. Or maybe they were fetishists for that kind of thing…