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Free Online Talk by Director of Netflix's Pokemon Concierge on Friday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
As of writing, tickets are still available for a free Zoom online talk on Friday November 29 given by Iku Ogawa, the stop-motion animator who is the director of the Netflix series Pokémon Concierge. The one-hour talk will begin at 1 p.m. and is presented by The Japan Foundation and Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival.
The talk must be booked here, and it is described as follows:
"As part of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2024, with which The Japan Foundation is proud to partner, animation director OGAWA Iku is joining us for a very special talk revealing the behind-the-scenes of stop-motion film-making. Giving exclusive insights into the direction and character creation processes of the animated works he has been involved in, such as HIDARI (screened at the 2024 Kotatsu Festival) and Netflix's Pokémon Concierge, OGAWA will discuss what it is like to work in the Japanese animation industry - don't miss this rare opportunity to discover its fascinating inner workings. This talk will be given with British Sign Language interpretation."
