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Komugiko was in charge of the new ending sequence for the Dandadan anime! Retains some ideas from the show itself color-wise, but it's very distinctly his work and directly channeling the manic energy from the manga www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxUe...
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Komugiko was in charge of the new ending sequence for the Dandadan anime! Retains some ideas from the show itself color-wise, but it's very distinctly his work and directly channeling the manic energy from the manga www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxUe...
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I swear the next two articles will be short and focused write-ups about recent shows I liked, not historical dives attached to 10 other essays. You can hit me with rocks if this isn't true in the end
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I swear the next two articles will be short and focused write-ups about recent shows I liked, not historical dives attached to 10 other essays. You can hit me with rocks if this isn't true in the end
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The decisions they've been taking point in that direction. Going streaming-only lets them depict the extremely sensitive topics of bullying, physical abuse, suicide, etc without TV censorship, but what they actually had in mind was the creative freedom of not being bound by episode numbers & lengths
June 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The decisions they've been taking point in that direction. Going streaming-only lets them depict the extremely sensitive topics of bullying, physical abuse, suicide, etc without TV censorship, but what they actually had in mind was the creative freedom of not being bound by episode numbers & lengths
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SudoP has expressed his wariness of Takopi being reduced to viral memes even while the manga was still running, and how he concluded that the author used the shock to convey a message rather than for its own sake. The type of awareness you want from creators but can't take for granted from producers
June 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
SudoP has expressed his wariness of Takopi being reduced to viral memes even while the manga was still running, and how he concluded that the author used the shock to convey a message rather than for its own sake. The type of awareness you want from creators but can't take for granted from producers
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The TBS producer for Takopi, who's been working on it since 2022, is Kotaro Sudo. Which is to say, the amazing madlad who spent their once-in-a-lifetime wildcard to approve the demented Pop Team Epic anime... then left King Records having accomplished his mission blog.sakugabooru.com/2018/02/16/p...
Pop Team Epic – Interview with Producer Kotaro Sudo
Pop Team Epic has caught many people’s attention with its unique brand of irreverent, shamelessly referential humor and often surreal gags, crafted in frankly inventive ways. A production thi…
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June 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The TBS producer for Takopi, who's been working on it since 2022, is Kotaro Sudo. Which is to say, the amazing madlad who spent their once-in-a-lifetime wildcard to approve the demented Pop Team Epic anime... then left King Records having accomplished his mission blog.sakugabooru.com/2018/02/16/p...
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I was always going to admire the craft of the Takopi anime, but wasn't sure I wanted to watch it in full because the manga was tough to digest and the tactile approach to the animation was going to make it even tougher. Beware, that part *is* true, but finding out who the producer is won me over
June 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I was always going to admire the craft of the Takopi anime, but wasn't sure I wanted to watch it in full because the manga was tough to digest and the tactile approach to the animation was going to make it even tougher. Beware, that part *is* true, but finding out who the producer is won me over
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Trying to explain the production of Kusuriya S2
June 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trying to explain the production of Kusuriya S2
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Now that the Maidragon movie is out and the new batch of young animators at KyoAni has been publicly credited (and promoted!), thread on their new key animators
Chihiro Kashihara, 2023 trainee who most likely was already part of the main team in the Uji short that we don't have full credits for
Chihiro Kashihara, 2023 trainee who most likely was already part of the main team in the Uji short that we don't have full credits for
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Now that the Maidragon movie is out and the new batch of young animators at KyoAni has been publicly credited (and promoted!), thread on their new key animators
Chihiro Kashihara, 2023 trainee who most likely was already part of the main team in the Uji short that we don't have full credits for
Chihiro Kashihara, 2023 trainee who most likely was already part of the main team in the Uji short that we don't have full credits for
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("Acting" and not just "character animation", as the former requires characters to actually be written and have distinct demeanors to pivot from. The show isn't the most articulate anime in that regard but it definitely has the thing that many, *many* TV anime lack)
June 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
("Acting" and not just "character animation", as the former requires characters to actually be written and have distinct demeanors to pivot from. The show isn't the most articulate anime in that regard but it definitely has the thing that many, *many* TV anime lack)
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Things definitely got tighter for the production around the end, but the contrast between pink joy and an eruption of energy Yachiyo doesn't know how to process is a delightful bit of acting
June 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Things definitely got tighter for the production around the end, but the contrast between pink joy and an eruption of energy Yachiyo doesn't know how to process is a delightful bit of acting
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And because she's wired like that, humanity's nonchalant attitude will always drive her fucking insane. What a good relationship
June 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And because she's wired like that, humanity's nonchalant attitude will always drive her fucking insane. What a good relationship
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Yachiyo's growth is compelling because it's not an erasure of her original self, hence why she's blind to the fact that she expanded her welcoming attitude to the whole cosmos rather than given humanity a cold shoulder. She's very human but will always have that dense, by-the-books robot dorkiness
June 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Yachiyo's growth is compelling because it's not an erasure of her original self, hence why she's blind to the fact that she expanded her welcoming attitude to the whole cosmos rather than given humanity a cold shoulder. She's very human but will always have that dense, by-the-books robot dorkiness
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The show ends with a positive development, as usual resulting from cultural exchanges. And yet, it's also a time for characters to come to terms with change being inevitable - goalposts move, and we need dreams themselves to evolve without obsessing about whether we accomplish them perfectly
June 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The show ends with a positive development, as usual resulting from cultural exchanges. And yet, it's also a time for characters to come to terms with change being inevitable - goalposts move, and we need dreams themselves to evolve without obsessing about whether we accomplish them perfectly
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Aggressively original, confident in its mix of outrageous comedy and pathos, well-meaning and with enough wit to sharpen many of its ideas, downright beautiful more often than not
Any of Apocalypse Hotel's qualities would earn it a recommendation. All of them together make me beg people to watch it
Any of Apocalypse Hotel's qualities would earn it a recommendation. All of them together make me beg people to watch it
June 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Aggressively original, confident in its mix of outrageous comedy and pathos, well-meaning and with enough wit to sharpen many of its ideas, downright beautiful more often than not
Any of Apocalypse Hotel's qualities would earn it a recommendation. All of them together make me beg people to watch it
Any of Apocalypse Hotel's qualities would earn it a recommendation. All of them together make me beg people to watch it
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🚨 Foi anunciado o especial para TV de Kaguya-sama.
"Kaguya-sama: Stairway to Adulthood" estreia em breve.
"Kaguya-sama: Stairway to Adulthood" estreia em breve.
June 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🚨 Foi anunciado o especial para TV de Kaguya-sama.
"Kaguya-sama: Stairway to Adulthood" estreia em breve.
"Kaguya-sama: Stairway to Adulthood" estreia em breve.
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Capa do volume 29 do mangá D.Gray-man, de Katsura Hoshino.
Novo volume do mangá será lançado após 3 anos.
Novo volume do mangá será lançado após 3 anos.
June 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Capa do volume 29 do mangá D.Gray-man, de Katsura Hoshino.
Novo volume do mangá será lançado após 3 anos.
Novo volume do mangá será lançado após 3 anos.
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Do you know how good an episode has to be to drop this after silently walking around the remains of a long-dead human race & it feels entirely earned
June 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Do you know how good an episode has to be to drop this after silently walking around the remains of a long-dead human race & it feels entirely earned
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Best episode in an already crazy good anime?
June 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Best episode in an already crazy good anime?
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ApoHotel believes that community is good, necessary, and frankly inevitable, so it feels right that Yachiyo finds salvation by being herself - happy to join even animals she comes across and entertain them
June 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
ApoHotel believes that community is good, necessary, and frankly inevitable, so it feels right that Yachiyo finds salvation by being herself - happy to join even animals she comes across and entertain them
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Easier to believe that you can pull off a quiet episode where someone simply walks around when your art direction & color design are exceptionally good, tbf
June 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Easier to believe that you can pull off a quiet episode where someone simply walks around when your art direction & color design are exceptionally good, tbf
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It feels very ApoHotel that this adventure kicks off with the post-apocalyptic dorks finding out about labor laws and enforcing a holiday, which means that they automatically take them more seriously than the human society that passed those laws
June 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It feels very ApoHotel that this adventure kicks off with the post-apocalyptic dorks finding out about labor laws and enforcing a holiday, which means that they automatically take them more seriously than the human society that passed those laws
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You have to be very confident to believe that quiet resignation over mortality contrasted with the inevitability of life are enough to carry an episode with basically no dialogue. And you have to be *very* good for that confidence to be founded.
Apocalypse Hotel is both
Apocalypse Hotel is both
June 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You have to be very confident to believe that quiet resignation over mortality contrasted with the inevitability of life are enough to carry an episode with basically no dialogue. And you have to be *very* good for that confidence to be founded.
Apocalypse Hotel is both
Apocalypse Hotel is both
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Takeuchi is paired with Lapintrack's Yayoi Takano again, with whom he clearly feels kinship as two broadly skilled artists. This time she was the episode *and* animation director, with separate top credits for 1st & 2nd key animation so she drew a damn lot. Sure helps a show barely making deadlines
June 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Takeuchi is paired with Lapintrack's Yayoi Takano again, with whom he clearly feels kinship as two broadly skilled artists. This time she was the episode *and* animation director, with separate top credits for 1st & 2nd key animation so she drew a damn lot. Sure helps a show barely making deadlines
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