Rafael Motamayor
Location
Stavanger, Norway
School
University Of Stavanger
Expertise
Shonen Anime, Star Wars Animated Projects, Kids' Animation
- Rafael was part of a team of writers that selected the 100 best animated sequences in history that won an award from the New York Press Club.
- He interviewed Hideaki Anno about making the last Evangelion movie.
- Rafael has covered every major international festival, from Cannes to Venice.
Experience
Rafael Motamayor has worked as a writer specializing in covering animation since 2018 for outlets such as Vulture, IGN, Polygon, IndieWire and The Hollywood Reporter. He keeps up with as many new anime shows as humanly possible while looking forward to his next film festival.
Education
Rafael has bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism and documentary production from the University of Stavanger, where he combined his passion for both filmmaking and journalism.
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Stories By Rafael Motamayor
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Agatha All Along has emerged as a highlight of Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, setting a Rotten Tomatoes record along the way.
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Arcane is a very popular, critically-acclaimed hit, so why has Netflix canceled the animated series after two seasons? Turn out, there's another factor at play.
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A billboard in a new episode of The Simpsons references one of the show's greatest moments and sparks questions about the future of a beloved character.
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2024 has seen a handful of major box office flops, but one of the biggest theatrical bombs of the year has gained new life on Netflix.
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Netflix's animated series Jurassic World: Chaos Theory is delivering on the promise that the Jurassic World film trilogy failed to follow through on.
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From the horrors of Sleepy Hollow to the trauma of The Neverending Story, here are the 10 best dark fantasy movies ever made.
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Patrick McHale's animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall has made the leap from 2D animation to stop motion, thanks to Aardman.
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Having directed a couple of films already, Jason Bateman nearly called the shots on what wound up being one of the best comedies since 2000.
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Dragon Ball Daima makes the Dragon Ball anime franchise more accessible than ever, and not just because it's streaming on Netflix.
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The Simpsons season 36 pokes fun at a lesser-known Martin Scorsese movie in what might be one of the show's most hyper-specific parodies ever.
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Movie theme parks used to showcase how movies were made, but while American parks have abandoned this, the idea lives on in Japan.
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The Simpsons season 36 episode 'Shoddy Heat' revealed why Homer still works at Springfield's nuclear power plant, despite being terrible at his job.
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Bones fans may not have noticed that a major person in protagonist Seeley Booth's life was recast toward the end of the series' 12 season run.
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There are a lot of intriguing parallels between Hunger Games lead Katniss Everdeen and Lucy Gray Baird from Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.
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At the very end of Squid Game season 1, Lee Jung-jae's character dyes his hair red. The inspiration for that act is something we never would have guessed.
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It's not spooky season without Stephen King, with three movies based on the horror maestro's work currently topping the streaming charts on Max.
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Tim Burton and spooky season go together like peas and carrots, so it's no surprise to see one of his best films recently cracked Max's top 10 streaming titles.
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The rather popular (and very scary) video game Outlast is getting a movie adaptation from a key creative behind several great recent horror films.
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Would Josh Brolin ever return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play Thanos again? Here's what the actor had to say about that.
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M. Night Shyamalan's latest film, a twisted serial killer flick, was only a modest box office hit but is currently topping the charts on Max.
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Netflix has another Squid Game project in development, from Fight Club and Gone Girl director David Fincher, and the rumored details are intriguing.
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Dragon Ball Daima has seemingly introduced a major retcon to the Dragon Ball franchise, and it's all to do with Namekians like Piccolo.
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Fox ordered the makers of The Simpsons to ban a certain recurring joke when the long-running animated series was renewed for season 23.
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Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice actress Jenna Ortega shared her five favorite horror movies, and her choices are notable because of how varied they are.
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Pop quiz, hotshot: What would it take to get Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock to return for Speed 3? Lucky for you, we have the answer.
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Before he broke out into superstardom, Michael B. Jordan had a very small guest role on the hit procedural series Bones.
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Dragon Ball Daima finally provides an answer as to why the Eternal Dragon Shenron's wish-granting has been so inconsistent in other Dragon Ball shows.