Pokemon: Twilight WingsKey Animation: ? Geth: With a mere six minutes per month to work with, one has to imagine efficient use of available time is at the forefront of director Shingo Yamashita’s mind when it comes to his approach to these shorts. Having said that, packing in too much information, whether it be visually, […]
Read more →Pushing through the limits: Yoshihiro Kanno and SAO War of Underworld
SAO: WoU was a production full of surprises and great artists but one of them stood out for the quality and quantity of his works throughout the arc: Yoshihiro Kanno!
Read more →Sakuga Week in Review #10: Jan. 6, 2020 – Jan. 12, 2020
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!
Read more →Haikyuu!! Season 4: Preview
Haikyuu!! Season 4 will feature a new director, new chief animation director, as well as a modified approach to the series’ iconic designs. Let’s take a look at what we might expect to see from all these new changes!
Read more →Boruto Year in Review & Animator Spotlight: Kana Ito
Kana Ito is the Boruto series’ brightest animation star over this past year, delivering time and again whether it be expressive acting or strong action. Her latest outing on #135 was a perfect opportunity to look back on her whole career!
Read more →Sakuga Week in Review #8: Dec. 02, 2019 – Dec. 08, 2019
Some fancy footwork in SAO:A, the short but sweet return of franchise ace Hiroyuki Yamashita on Boruto, and a guest appearance in Psycho Pass from a bonafide legend all highlight the last week in animation, so lets discuss!
Read more →Sakuga Week in Review #7: Nov. 25, 2019 – Dec. 01, 2019
Today we aim to uncover the mystery and/or magic of Kazuhiro Miwa’s absurd output on Fire Force, an Azur Lane episode which sparked controversy (none of which is specifically worth addressing), as well as finally giving the verdict on Seishun Buta: The Movie
Read more →Sakuga Week in Review #6 (F/Go Takeover Edition): Nov. 18, 2019 – Nov. 24, 2019
We did something a little different for the week of Nov18– Nov24, seeing as how animation-wise, F/Go Babaylonia stole the show- we each took our own personal favorite sequences to dive deep on in this edition of sakuga week-in-review
Read more →Sakuga Week in Review #5: Nov. 11, 2019 – Nov. 17, 2019
Let’s look back at two standout scenes wherein Sakiko Uda channeled robot loving goodness on MHA and the new Pokemon OP made strives to carry on the powerful cartoon momentum from Sun & Moon!
Read more →A Cut by Cut Analysis of Yutaka Nakamura on MHA #68
Don’t blink or else you’ll miss it! Yutaka Nakamura’s latest contributions to the MHA franchise might be stylistically familiar to fans, but few were expecting the legend himself to lead off the episode without even an opening segment to allow us time to reach our seats.
Since there are only eight of them, lets go cut by cut breaking the whole scene down.
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