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.
Read more →Sakuga Week in Review #4: Nov. 4, 2019 – Nov. 10, 2019
Hataage! Kemono Michi got its bi-weekly sakuga scene, Yoshihara showed up again to save a key moment in Black Clover, Babylon keeps on being the surprise of the season and we got a short acting cut in One Piece!
Read more →The creators of Fate/Grand Order Babylonia III: Shota Umehara
Over the last few years the figure of the production assistant (制作進行, seisaku shinkou) has been widely popularized by Aoi Miyamori, the protagonist of the anime Shirobako. Finally, after years of ill-treatment, this vital figure for the completion of animated productions is recognized in its fundamental role: following the production of an episode from the […]
Read more →The creators of Fate/Grand Order Babylonia II: Miyuki Kuroki
Welcome to another installment of what is going to be a long series. This time, I’ll be covering the extremely talented assistant director of Fate/Grand Order Babylonia: Miyuki Kuroki.
Read more →Sakuga Week in Review #3: Oct. 7, 2019 – Oct. 13, 2019
Fire Fist Ace, a high octane goblin smack-down, EVE MV’s continuing to kick ass, and many more scenes highlight the last week in animation. Let’s take a closer look!
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