Animation cels… Artifacts from a bygone age…

Absolutely shocking how much hand drawing goes into animation production.

Many tendonitis cases indeed.

Thank you so much for posting your photos and comments on the exhibition!

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Pretty good mini episode!

The hanko, chop seal that they used to sign for their paychecks, is still a traditional Japanese way of signing your name. https://jobsinjapan.com/living-in-japan-guide/hanko-the-importance-of-your-personal-seal-in-japan/

It’s a reflection of the money involved with anime, or any other medium.

The moment the banks get involved, they start demanding higher returns and lower risk in exchange for financial backing in an art that they don’t really care about the audience for.

Same happened in Hollywood. The creative freedom dropped in the late 80s and 90s as production budgets soared.

It’s why manga/manhwa/light novels can be creative, because the budget is essentially zero, so there’s no pressure to please anyone except the usually niche audience.

For a quick intro, I’d recommend the 1986 Fist Of The North Star movie.

It’s well directed, and captures the essence of the 80s TV show.

Thanks for posting this!

The latest preview for this new show was released 2 days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxgSFfKTGBo

It looks like it’s done in the same CG character style as Kengan Ashura

The style might just work, for an extreme violent story like this.

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Cool fight!

I enjoyed this better than the manga.

Awrighty then, how about this alternative screenshot?

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How else are they supposed to used the urinals when dressed in catsuits?

Future Boy Conan is from my favorite era of Miyazaki’s work. You’ll see ideas that he would later use in Lupin III: Cagliostro’s Castle and Nausicaa

Appalling.

We can’t have a little thing like disclosing massively increasing risk of hurricanes, flooding or forest fires getting in the way of a real estate commission can we? /s

Somali and the Forest Spirit

Made In Abyss

and if you like old school, Miyazaki’s Future Boy Conan

I’m also catching up with Sanda. It’s good, but not appointment or binge viewing for me.

The “Santa powers” thing is kinda cool.

I used to play Champions, the superhero RPG, and I can see the translation of Santa myth into superhero powers and ethical codes.

I am just catching up with Shuumatsu Touring, and it’s a heavy take on the travelogue genre (e.g. Encouragement of Climb/Yama No Susume, Yuru Camp, etc.),

The ED, “Glide” by Myuk is good.

That was pretty good, with multiple good scenes in a 3 minute episode!

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Hmm,

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The red neck scarf that Hopeman is wearing and the unusual way that it’s tied resembles the one worn by classic Kamen Riders 1 and 2

Hopeman is

But it’s cool to see how customers actually behave in an oden stand.

What I believe is going on:

First clue is the title: “Trendlocity”, which is a mashup of Trend and Velocity which likely hints that this has something to do with the speed at which trends emerge.

Second clue is the first word of dialogue, which refers to mood rings which were a fad from the 1970s.

3rd clue is the character in the red vest’s hat changes in each frame that he’s in:

• First frame: Cowboy hat
• 2nd frame: Hard hat with beacon
• 3rd frame: ???

I’m not super familiar with when any of these may have been entered popular imagination, but this may reflect the trendiness of these various hat styles.

4th clue: The character or cosplay in the center frame with the wide oval face, large eyes, and fur surrounding the face resembles a Labubu, which was this year’s fad toy.

5th clue: The “Raymon” hint that the red vest character has on a sign, reminds the foreground character of what the center oval face character is a reference to.

The name “Raymon” resembles the typical name format for a monster in a Japanese monster raising game, such as Pokemon and Digimon.

Persons above a certain age who didn’t play the games, or persons who played earlier versions of the games may not be familiar with some of the monsters in the games.

The foreground character in the center frame is unable to name the character or cosplay reference.

In the last frame, the foreground character sees red vest’s hint, and is able to name the character, or character reference in the oval face character’s cosplay, giving him relief over the anxiety of not being able to name the character or reference.

This awkward situation that the foreground character finds themselves resembles meeting someone they have met before, and not being able to remember their name, but with the transposition of obscure references to videogames and fads on the situation.

Ergo humor has been wrought.

Tonari No Yokai-san A heart warming take on an alternate universe where Yokai, Japanese mythological critters, live and work alongside regular humans. We see them get involved in regular life, and mythological events. It’s really great!