Swamp Jawn explained how the Rankin Bass characters from "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" were outsourced to a studio in Japan ...
The puppet adaptation is called “Chopper, Embarking from the Winter Sakura” in English. Its all-kanji Japanese title reproduces Chopper’s name pronunciation by adding the word “cho ...
Renowned puppeteer Basil Twist talks about his inspiration from Japan's traditional puppet theater, experiments with abstract puppetry, and his work on a hit stage adaptation of "My Neighbour Totoro.