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Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025 blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/23/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #takopi #animeCITY #apocalypsehotel #100meters #TheSummerHikaruDied #MyDressUpDarling #AveMujica #ChainsawManMovie #YAIBA #shoshimin #GQuuuuuuX #anime_ann_e #cocoon #mononoke #milkysubway #sakugabowl
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025 - Sakuga Blog
Animation creators and people passionate about art shared the works that resonated with them the most in the 2025 Sakugabooru Animation Awards!
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January 23, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc - The Movie Of The Moment blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/06/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #ChainsawManMovie #劇場版チェンソーマン #reze #チェンソーマンレゼ篇
Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc - The Movie Of The Moment - Sakuga Blog
CSM Reze isn't only a blast to watch, nor just a hit. It's a film embodying the current methodology of high-profile anime, taken to ridiculous extremes.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc - The Movie Of The Moment blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/06/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #ChainsawManMovie #劇場版チェンソーマン #reze #チェンソーマンレゼ篇
Apocalypse Hotel And Legacies That Outlast The End Of The World blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/02/a... #anime #animation #sakuga #アポカリプスホテル #apocalypsehotel
Apocalypse Hotel And Legacies That Outlast The End Of The World - Sakuga Blog
Apocalypse Hotel made the bumpy road of its creation into a virtue, confidently mixing different styles, viewpoints, and moods
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January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Apocalypse Hotel And Legacies That Outlast The End Of The World blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/02/a... #anime #animation #sakuga #アポカリプスホテル #apocalypsehotel
Shoushimin Series' Cinematography And The Unnerving Pretense Of Ordinariness blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/31/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #shoshimin #小市民 #小市民シリーズ #hyouka
Shoushimin Series' Cinematography And The Unnerving Pretense Of Ordinariness - Sakuga Blog
Shoshimin’s odd leads seek normalcy. Contrast with sibling series Hyouka and the clash between wishes & nature make its direction captivating
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December 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Shoushimin Series' Cinematography And The Unnerving Pretense Of Ordinariness blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/31/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #shoshimin #小市民 #小市民シリーズ #hyouka
Hyakuemu / 100 Meters: Uoto & Kenji Iwaisawa's Full Force Sprint blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/27/h... #anime #animation #sakuga #ひゃくえむ #100meters #KenjiIwaisawa #Uoto
Hyakuemu / 100 Meters: Uoto & Kenji Iwaisawa's Full Force Sprint - Sakuga Blog
Hyakuemu / 100 Meters is led by emerging, charismatic artists brought together by the illogical, deeply human passion that fuels this story.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hyakuemu / 100 Meters: Uoto & Kenji Iwaisawa's Full Force Sprint blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/27/h... #anime #animation #sakuga #ひゃくえむ #100meters #KenjiIwaisawa #Uoto
Secret Sabunga Notes #04 (Fall 2025 Anime Season Pre/Overview Edition) www.patreon.com/posts/secret... #anime #animation #sakuga
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October 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Secret Sabunga Notes #04 (Fall 2025 Anime Season Pre/Overview Edition) www.patreon.com/posts/secret... #anime #animation #sakuga
The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu’s Seeping Horror And The Concept Of Enshutsu Anime blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/10/19/h... #anime #animation #sakuga #TheSummerHikaruDied #Hikanatsu #光が死んだ夏 #ひかなつアニメ
The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu’s Seeping Horror And The Concept Of Enshutsu Anime - Sakuga Blog
The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu‘s anime was conceptualized around Ryohei Takeshita’s adventurous direction, but without losing sight of the author’s core ideas. With a sequel on the horizon, it’s t...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu’s Seeping Horror And The Concept Of Enshutsu Anime blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/10/19/h... #anime #animation #sakuga #TheSummerHikaruDied #Hikanatsu #光が死んだ夏 #ひかなつアニメ
Secret Sabunga Notes #03 www.patreon.com/posts/141290... #anime #animation #sakuga #kimetsunoyaiba #demonslayer #rurinohouseki #rurirocks #milkysubway
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October 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Secret Sabunga Notes #03 www.patreon.com/posts/141290... #anime #animation #sakuga #kimetsunoyaiba #demonslayer #rurinohouseki #rurirocks #milkysubway
The Exceptional Growth Of My Dress-Up Darling / Kisekoi Season 2 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/10/08/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #MyDressUpDarling #MyDressUpDarlingSeason2 #bisquedoll #着せ恋 #着せ恋アニメ
The Exceptional Growth Of My Dress-Up Darling / Kisekoi Season 2 - Sakuga Blog
My Dress-Up Darling / Kisekoi was always charming, but it has reached a new level with a sequel that's more wildly creative, thematically tighter, and in that
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October 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Exceptional Growth Of My Dress-Up Darling / Kisekoi Season 2 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/10/08/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #MyDressUpDarling #MyDressUpDarlingSeason2 #bisquedoll #着せ恋 #着せ恋アニメ
CITY: The Animation Final Production Notes And Kyoto Animation's Future blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/29/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
CITY: The Animation Final Production Notes And Kyoto Animation's Future blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/29/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY
Keiichi Arawi and Kyoto Animation's Imaginative Quest To Defy The Norms - CITY: The Animation Production Notes #02-11 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/20/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY
Keiichi Arawi And Kyoto Animation’s Imaginative Quest To Defy The Norms – CITY: The Animation Production Notes #02-11
Working closely together, CITY’s original author Keiichi Arawi and a Kyoto Animation team built around Taiichi Ishidate defied the norms of TV animation scheduling, stylistic trends, and regu…
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September 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Keiichi Arawi and Kyoto Animation's Imaginative Quest To Defy The Norms - CITY: The Animation Production Notes #02-11 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/20/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY
Secret Sabunga Notes #02 www.patreon.com/posts/secret... #anime #animation #sakuga #silentwitch #mamoruhosoda #dandadan #letoiledeparisenfleur #witchhatatelier #akanebanashi #sekiro #whitefox
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August 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Takopi's Original Sin Production Notes: The Lengthy Road To Proper Communication blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/08/15/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #takopi #タコピーの原罪 #タコピー
Takopi’s Original Sin Production Notes: The Lengthy Road To Proper Communication
The anime adaptation of Takopi’s Original Sin is the extraordinary result of a bold producer, an overlooked director, and an up-and-coming studio joining hands to make choices others don̵…
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August 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Takopi's Original Sin Production Notes: The Lengthy Road To Proper Communication blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/08/15/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #takopi #タコピーの原罪 #タコピー
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Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi's Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/07/07/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY
Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi’s Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01
CITY: The Animation is finally here, through an unusually close collaboration between author Keiichi Arawi and Kyoto Animation. To capture his original charm, the team led by Taiichi Ishidate found…
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July 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi's Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/07/07/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY
Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi's Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/07/07/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY
Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi’s Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01
CITY: The Animation is finally here, through an unusually close collaboration between author Keiichi Arawi and Kyoto Animation. To capture his original charm, the team led by Taiichi Ishidate found…
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July 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi's Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/07/07/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY
Who Comes Up With Anime’s Openings & Endings? The Impressive Sequences Of The Present And The Historical Evolution Of Their Creators blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/06/28/w... #anime #animation #shoshimin #WITCHWATCH #anime_ann_e #kusuriya #GQuuuuuuX #YAIBA #lazarus #シングレ #APOCALYPSEHOTEL
June 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Who Comes Up With Anime’s Openings & Endings? The Impressive Sequences Of The Present And The Historical Evolution Of Their Creators blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/06/28/w... #anime #animation #shoshimin #WITCHWATCH #anime_ann_e #kusuriya #GQuuuuuuX #YAIBA #lazarus #シングレ #APOCALYPSEHOTEL
The Many Other Gems Of Animation In Early 2025 (And Earlier) blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #cocoon #ハニーレモンソーダ #HoneyLemonSoda #アニメ全修 #ZENSHU #kusuriya_anime #俺だけレベルアップな件 #SK8THEINFINITY #AveMujica
The Many Other Gems Of Animation In Early 2025 (And Earlier)
In addition to all the articles we’ve published, and before properly moving onto Spring titles, enjoy this lengthy compilation of comments and short essays about other works that have impress…
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May 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Many Other Gems Of Animation In Early 2025 (And Earlier) blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #cocoon #ハニーレモンソーダ #HoneyLemonSoda #アニメ全修 #ZENSHU #kusuriya_anime #俺だけレベルアップな件 #SK8THEINFINITY #AveMujica
Tensei Ojisan / From Bureaucrat to Villainess And Tetsuya Takeuchi: A Kind Comedy Tailor-made For One Of Anime's Most Renowned Action Stars blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #tensei_ojisan #転生おじさん
Tensei Ojisan / From Bureaucrat to Villainess And Tetsuya Takeuchi: A Kind Comedy Tailor-made For One Of Anime’s Most Renowned Action Stars
Tetsuya Takeuchi is a beloved animator, and as it tends to happen, it’s his action work that receives the most attention. Though many do know he builds upon his characteristic articulation of…
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May 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tensei Ojisan / From Bureaucrat to Villainess And Tetsuya Takeuchi: A Kind Comedy Tailor-made For One Of Anime's Most Renowned Action Stars blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #tensei_ojisan #転生おじさん
Sorairo Utility: A Mirror Reflecting Kengo Saito's Career, Passions, And Philosophy blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #空色ユーティリティ #sorairo_utility
Sorairo Utility: A Mirror Reflecting Kengo Saito’s Career, Passions, And Philosophy
Sorairo Utility is Kengo Saito’s passion project through and through—not only as its original author and all-encompassing lead creative within the production team, but also in how it embodies…
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May 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sorairo Utility: A Mirror Reflecting Kengo Saito's Career, Passions, And Philosophy blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #空色ユーティリティ #sorairo_utility
Chi / Orb: On the Movements of the Earth - The Challenge To Animate The Uncompromising Human Spirit blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #orb #チ #チ球の運動について
Chi / Orb: On the Movements of the Earth – The Challenge To Animate The Uncompromising Human Spirit
Chi / Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is a thoughtful, uplifting tale about curiosity and the indomitable human spirit. Its adaptation has earned critical praise among illustrious members of the…
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May 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Chi / Orb: On the Movements of the Earth - The Challenge To Animate The Uncompromising Human Spirit blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #orb #チ #チ球の運動について
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era Production Notes: Ken Yamamoto's Prism of Possibilities blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/04/04/u... #anime #animation #sakuga #umamusume #ウマ娘 #新時代の扉 #劇場版ウマ娘
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era Production Notes: Ken Yamamoto’s Prism of Possibilities
Uma Musume’s Beginning of a New Era movie is the fiercest, most aggressively expressive sports film in a while. Beneath that bombastic animation horsepower, you’ll find an ingenious dir…
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May 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era Production Notes: Ken Yamamoto's Prism of Possibilities blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/04/04/u... #anime #animation #sakuga #umamusume #ウマ娘 #新時代の扉 #劇場版ウマ娘
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2024 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/01/04/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #lookback #ONEPIECE #eupho_anime #新時代の扉 #frieren #kusuriya #dungeonmeshi #makeine #anime_bbb #きみの色 #ghostcatanzu #義妹生活 #dandadan #ぷにかわ #小市民 #WallaceandGromit
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2024
The time has come again. To bid a final goodbye to 2024, we gathered animators, designers, directors, producers, studio founders, and individuals with all sorts of relationships with animation to s…
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May 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2024 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/01/04/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #lookback #ONEPIECE #eupho_anime #新時代の扉 #frieren #kusuriya #dungeonmeshi #makeine #anime_bbb #きみの色 #ghostcatanzu #義妹生活 #dandadan #ぷにかわ #小市民 #WallaceandGromit
The Evolution of Kenji Nakamura’s Avantgarde Creation: 15 Years Between Kuuchuu Buranko and Mononoke The Movie blog.sakugabooru.com/2024/12/30/t... #空中ブランコ #kuuchuuburanko #tsuritama #gatchamancrowds #ガッチャマンクラウズ #mononoke #劇場版モノノ怪 #モノノ怪
The Evolution of Kenji Nakamura’s Avantgarde Creation: 15 Years Between Kuuchuu Buranko and Mononoke The Movie
Kenji Nakamura is a disruptive, unique, truly avantgarde anime director. An ever-evolving creator whose mindset shifted 15 years ago when he directed Kuuchuu Buranko / Trapeze, despite having achie…
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May 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Evolution of Kenji Nakamura’s Avantgarde Creation: 15 Years Between Kuuchuu Buranko and Mononoke The Movie blog.sakugabooru.com/2024/12/30/t... #空中ブランコ #kuuchuuburanko #tsuritama #gatchamancrowds #ガッチャマンクラウズ #mononoke #劇場版モノノ怪 #モノノ怪
