In 2003, on assignment from Animerica Magazine, I interviewed Satoshi Kon, a renowned director of Japanese animated films, at the Big Apple Anime Fest in New York. He was at the festival for showings of MILLENNIUM ACTRESS (2001) and his newest film, TOKYO GODFATHERS (2003). He was also known at the time for writing the […]
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