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Keiichi Ishida’s Dororo Action
One anime of late that I can really get behind is Dororo. What could have been a perfunctory remake of an old classic to cash in on people’s nostalgia turned out to be a winner in its own right. It...
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Yasuo Otsuka’s Pioneering Realism
The more I dig into the history of anime the more I’m coming to understand the impact that one man had in turning it into what it is today. Sure, Hiroshi Okawa bankrolled the start of the industry in...
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The start of the anime industry – Toei Douga & Hakujaden
Anime historians loathe to settle on one ‘first anime’, going to great lengths to traverse back to the most ancient relics of Japanese animation. But I’m going to have to pick a practical starting...
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Anime Snapshot: Kameda Burns Lust (FMA Brotherhood)
Spoiler warning: Significant spoilers for Full Metal Alchemist It’s been a long while since I watched Full metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Names of characters, the beats of the story and most of the...
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Anime Snapshot: Attack on Titan 39 – Levi’s Chase
I’ve been really enjoying this new season of Attack on Titan so far. Of course, we’re only two episodes in and I know that’s not saying much when we’re talking about a WIT production, but it’s already...
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Why 3DCG Cannot be Allowed to Replace 2D Animation!
In the late 90s, after Gegege no Kitarou 4 went digicel after the 64th episode, the Japanese animation industry quickly transitioned from being filmed with a camera to being scanned and composited in...
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In Defence of Ore Imo
I recently rewatched Ore Imo and thought I’d better get something off my chest: I really like Ore Imo, you could even say that I love it! But don’t mistake me; I don’t think Ore Imo (appreciably short...
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Depth in Anime – Photography, Compositing and Animation
So I watched the first episode of A-1 Picture’s ‘Granblue Fantasy the Animation’ last night. Not sure I’m a fan. Like so many other anime these days, Granblue appears to be a victim of its own...
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Please Give Occultic;Nine a Second Chance
A murder scene seemingly foretold by the events depicted in a Boys Love doujinshi; a mysterious, prescient voice that talks through a radio; a key without a lock; an unexplained mass-suicide; a...
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Kabaneri’s ‘Make-Up Animation’
If you’ve seen Koutetsu no Kabaneri I think it’s safe to assume you noticed that a few times every episode, a particular shot would rear its head as particularly beautiful and well-drawn. I know a lot...
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Episode Spotlight: Needless 13
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 couch...
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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 break...
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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...
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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, and the art, which is the static backdrop. After...
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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 post extolling the 2D hand-drawn mecha animation and surprising levels of...
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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...
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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 as director on the commercially unsuccessful Denno Coil,...
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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...
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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 of anime with a gushing, obsessive level of...
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Ryo-Chimo & The Digital Animation Movement
Illustration by Ryo-chimo, featuring his own mascot character on the right 3 months ago I started writing a blog entry on one of my favourite ‘under-appreciated’ anime from the last few years, Yozakura...
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