21 Oct 2014
A Visit to Hokusai
A look at the work of Japanese woodblock printing artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).
Otaku Unite!
Otaku Unite! is a feature-length documentary on the history of Japanese animation fandom in the United States: from the importation of anime in the early 60s to the current boom in both the visibility and accessibility of its accompanying fandom.
Top Billed Cast
Jonathan David Cook Himself
Peter Fernandez Jan Scott-Frazier Carl Gustav Horn Trish Ledoux Helen McCarthy 
Matt K. Miller 
Corinne Orr Frederick Patten Robert J. Woodhead Daniel Taraschke Himself
Doug Smith Gilles Poitras Himself
Frederik L. Schodt Himself
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