ANIME SANCTUARIES

ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION

The size of the Japanese animation market was 2,426 billion yen by 2020. More than half of that amount came from overseas sales. The manga market is a

2023

10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki

A chronicle of the creative process of the legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, a passionate artisan, a steadfast trailblazer, and a father bu

2019

Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki

Urasawa Naoki no Manben (Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions) is a TV Documentary airing on NHK Educational TV. It follows acclaimed mangaka Naoki Urasawa

2015

OT23: La gira

2024

THE ANIME STUDIO

Japan's anime studios have captured the world's attention. In this program, we go behind the scenes for an in-depth look at the most prominent studios

2021

Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo

Reboot of the original Manben series from 2014-2017. Naoki Urasawa is returning to visit eight different manga authors, observe them in their daily wo

2020

ZENSHU

After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a direct

2025

Hey, Your Cat Ears Are Showing!

Daisū is a a manga creator who grew up in an orphanage, and whose works do not sell very well. Daisū lives each lonely day in boredom, but one day he

2018

SHIROBAKO

In a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinb

2014

All Your History Are Belong To Us

2009

Tales From The Wild Wood

Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.

2012

Prehistoric Autopsy

A journey into our evolutionary past, piecing together the bodies of our prehistoric family.

2012

George Clarke's Amazing Spaces

For many the dream of having a bolt hole or a place to escape from their hectic lives can seem unobtainable. Architect George Clarke shows how such bi

2012

Fight Club - A History of Violence

2012

Stranger Than Nature

The series unravels the mysteries behind the planet’s most unprecedented and shocking natural events.

2011

Rolf's Animal Clinic

2012

Crash Course Biology

And thus begins the most revolutionary biology course in history. Come and learn about covalent, ionic, and hydrogen bonds. What about electron orbita

2012

Access 360 World Heritage

2012

Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature

Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world, and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human

2012

Celebrity Crime Files

Diving deep into the heart of black entertainment's most perplexing mysteries, this investigative series exposes the hidden truths and untold stories

2012