Storyboard & Director: 沼田誠也 (Seiya Numata) Animation Director: 坂井久太 (Kyuuta Sakai) Animation: 沼田誠也 (Seiya Numata), 坂井久太 (Kyuuta Sakai) It was late at night after a long week. Lying on the…… Read more “Episode Spotlight: Needless 13”
Anime Snapshots: Mob Psycho #10 Fire Scene
Sometimes an anime struts along that is charismatic from beginning to end, a complete package that is so much more than the some of its parts . And sometimes a more run-of-the-mill series can…… Read more “Anime Snapshots: Mob Psycho #10 Fire Scene”
Episode Spotlight: Mob Psycho 100 #8
Director: 立川譲 (Toshiyuki Takei) Storyboard: 立川譲 重原克也 (Yuzuru Tachikawa Katsuya Shigehara ) Animation Director: 亀田祥倫 (Yoshimichi Kameda) Yoshimichi Kameda is undoubtedly the pedestal animation force behind this series. Although he…… Read more “Episode Spotlight: Mob Psycho 100 #8”
Art Direction: Illya vs Orange
In simple terms, what you see when watching an anime is the culmination of two different visual elements – the animation, which is the things that move,…… Read more “Art Direction: Illya vs Orange”
On the Postponement of Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars
Phew, that was close! I was almost a tragic victim of irony. You see, I was just about to sit down and polish off a new blog…… Read more “On the Postponement of Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars”
Episode Spotlight: Mob Pycho 100 #1
Staff: Director & Storyboard: 立川譲 (Yuzuru Tachikawa) [Series Director] Writer: 瀬古浩司 (Hiroshi Seko) [Series Composition] Animation Director: 亀田祥倫 (Yoshimichi Kameda) [Series Chief Animation Director] If you have an…… Read more “Episode Spotlight: Mob Pycho 100 #1”
The Magic of Mitsuo Iso
Mitsuo Iso is my favourite animator – that’s an unequivocal fact. Regrettably, it hasn’t been a good decade to be a fan of Iso. Since his work…… Read more “The Magic of Mitsuo Iso”
Episode Spotlight: Re:Zero 15
Staff: Director: 土屋浩幸 (Hiroyuki Tsuchiya) [9,15] Writer: 梅原英司 (Eiji Umehara) [14,15] Storyboard: 細田直人 (Naoto Hosoda) [10,15] Monster Animation Director: 小柳達也 (Tatsuya Koyanagi) [Show-wide] Last night I watched an episode of anime…… Read more “Episode Spotlight: Re:Zero 15”
Erased – Digging Deeper
Over the last couple of years, I can see that my focus on this blog has pivoted from general anime enthusiasm toward celebrating a very particular strain…… Read more “Erased – Digging Deeper”
Ryo-Chimo & The Digital Animation Movement
3 months ago I started writing a blog entry on one of my favourite ‘under-appreciated’ anime from the last few years, Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta (NOT…… Read more “Ryo-Chimo & The Digital Animation Movement”