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Animator Spotlight: Hiroyuki Yamashita & Boruto: Naruto the Movie (Part 3 of 5)

January 18, 2022February 13, 2022 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

Boruto: Naruto the Movie is representative of an irreversible turning point for the NARUTO franchise. This is the story of its impossible production, and the director who oversaw its success: Hiroyuki Yamashita.

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Neon Genesis Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: Deho Gallery and Tatsuya Kushida’s post-apocalyptic Eden

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 ~ PurpleGeth ~ 1 Comment

Let’s dive into the staff working under Tatsuya Kushida at Deho Gallery and why their contributions to the final Evangelion were so meaningful.

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Animator Spotlight: Hiroyuki Yamashita (Part 2 of 5)

July 29, 2021April 11, 2022 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

Our second part focuses on a pair of promotions for Hiroyuki Yamashita, examining his style and exploring the way in which he would shape the Naruto series from the Animation & Episode Director positions!

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Animator Spotlight: Hiroyuki Yamashita (Part 1 of 5)

July 3, 2021February 13, 2022 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

Hiroyuki Yamashita is an artist whose contributions to the Naruto franchise are second only to Masashi Kishimoto himself. Join me in this five part series commemorating his career to date!

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Bakuten!! #03 – Production Notes

April 23, 2021April 24, 2021 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

Bakuten!! #03 introduced a host of new characters, so who better to direct their arrival than a new face to the production- Doga Kobo’s Yoshiyuki Fujiwara wasted no time getting acclimated to the series’ approach and it shows in the result!

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Bakuten!! #02 – Production Notes

April 20, 2021April 23, 2021 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

The second episode of Bakuten!! was every bit as impressive as the first. To that end, lets take a look at the staff involved, the ideas and approaches they explored, and whether this impressive trend can possibly continue.

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Keiichiro Watanabe: Jujutsu Kaisen #02

October 10, 2020February 19, 2021 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

Most of the time I do this kind of analysis on twitter because aside from reaching a larger audience much faster, I also feel less of a need to adhere to things like grammar and paragraph structure. I feel like mixing it up this time though and going a bit beyond what character limit restrictions […]

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Mekakucity #12 – Yuki Yase’s Particular Thirds

June 28, 2020October 10, 2020 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

I just happened to be taking a closer look at the career of Yuki Yase on a whim and this scene from Mekakucity Actors managed to catch my eye. It’s the last episode of the series so naturally he handles the board and direction. Animated by Tomohiro Shinoda, it should come as no surprise that […]

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Winter 2020: Anime Season in Hindsight and Production Notes

April 8, 2020April 9, 2020 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

On this blog I commonly find myself writing from a position of anticipating something which has either yet to happen, or conversely reacting to recent events around the industry. So with that in mind, I think there is some merit in looking back on the entire season which has just passed us by and share […]

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Sakuga Week in Review #10: Jan. 6, 2020 – Jan. 12, 2020

January 16, 2020April 2, 2020 ~ PurpleGeth ~ Leave a comment

We’re back in 2020 and evidently chose a good week to return. @HiMyNameisChair joins me to discuss the blobby goodness of Eizouken, a grotesque morphing scene in In/Spectre, and the latest on My Hero Academia. Meanwhile Haikyuu!! S4 aired and I’ve been dying to talk about it!

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