HAPIVERI Magazine

A Mirror of Inner Darkness: The Distinctive Visual Expression Shaped by Hideaki Anno's Upbringing

A Mirror of Inner Darkness: The Distinctive Vis...

Hideaki Anno was born in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in May 1960. From childhood, he showed a strong interest in special-effects productions and anime, developing a rich inner world. Growing up...

A Mirror of Inner Darkness: The Distinctive Vis...

Hideaki Anno was born in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in May 1960. From childhood, he showed a strong interest in special-effects productions and anime, developing a rich inner world. Growing up...

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying Lived Detail and Humor to Educational Videos

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying L...

Animation may bring grand adventures or fantasy to mind. Yet Isao Takahata's films contain no magic or supernatural powers. Instead, they carefully depict ordinary daily life, revealing its small joys...

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying L...

Animation may bring grand adventures or fantasy to mind. Yet Isao Takahata's films contain no magic or supernatural powers. Instead, they carefully depict ordinary daily life, revealing its small joys...

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's Possibilities to Video Production

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's P...

Animation may bring spectacular action and fantastical worlds to mind. Yet a different quality runs throughout director Isao Takahata's work: realism.

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's P...

Animation may bring spectacular action and fantastical worlds to mind. Yet a different quality runs throughout director Isao Takahata's work: realism.

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging for Love: Applying Stories That Confront the Past to Video Production

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging fo...

Released in 1998, Begging for Love is a moving human drama that moves between the past and present of a woman abused by her mother in childhood. Based on Harumi...

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging fo...

Released in 1998, Begging for Love is a moving human drama that moves between the past and present of a woman abused by her mother in childhood. Based on Harumi...

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Film Direction: Applying Character Portrayal to Corporate Videos

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Film Direction: Applying Ch...

Hideyuki Hirayama was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1950. He is said to have developed a strong interest in cinema from childhood and visited local theaters constantly. Influenced deeply by...

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Film Direction: Applying Ch...

Hideyuki Hirayama was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1950. He is said to have developed a strong interest in cinema from childhood and visited local theaters constantly. Influenced deeply by...

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Applying Silence and Tension to Video Production

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Apply...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Tatsumi Kumashiro’s films is effective use of silence. Particularly evident in The Master of the Gensenkan (1968) and Atonement (1976), it successfully expresses...

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Apply...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Tatsumi Kumashiro’s films is effective use of silence. Particularly evident in The Master of the Gensenkan (1968) and Atonement (1976), it successfully expresses...