More information on South Bank Show manga special

Earlier this week, we reported that ITV1’s The South Bank Show had produced a documentary taking an introductionary look at the growing influence of anime and manga in Western culture, due to air on ITV1 on the 19th of February at 23:05. The official site for this is now online and reveals that it will contain fresh interviews with Hayao Miyazaki, Jamie Hewlett (of The Gorillaz, who claims his work is heavily influenced by anime) and Katsuhiro Otomo.