Resourcefulness Reigns Supreme – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Production Notes 05-10 While fans tend to think about production circumstances as black and white, Frieren exemplifies what success tends to look like in the real world: a result of resourceful management, delegation of …

Wrote about Frieren's production again, and what things are like beyond the rose-tinted glasses of fans who see a gorgeous adaptation. They do face adversity on the regular, what really sets them apart is resourcefulness - excellent contacts and scouting, clear vision, smart delegations, and more

The Eyecatch: Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron & Masayuki Yoshihara’s Komada, Frieren #06,... By popular demand, we’re starting a new column for shorter commentary on animated works and their craft, as well as news and general industry happenings. To open things up: parallels between …

Started a new Sakuga Blog column for shorter analysis of animated works & industry happenings, with a look at Miyazaki and Yoshihara's new films (plus their unexpected parallels), good seasonal anime like Overtake, Frieren, and Precure, and a bunch more topics. Yell at me to write these regularly

Crafting A Tangible, Aging World – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Production Notes 01-04 Frieren is, at its best, a story tightly written about time; its passage, how different people perceive it, and the tangible marks it leaves in the world and its inhabitants. Its anime adaptation i…

Wrote about the exceptional team & production behind the Frieren anime. Namely, their efforts to imagine its setting and people beyond the original boundaries of the story, which gives this adaptation a tactility and sense of history that solidifies the central theme: the passage of time

Kyoto Animation’s Exception To Industry Norms And The Dedication To Animation As Writing: Hibike! ... Hibike! Euphonium Ensemble Contest is the belated comeback of a series that has come to represent its team’s understanding of animation as a fundamental step in the writing process, and also …

Wrote about the new Euphonium OVA, the accumulative quality in KyoAni's process of humanizing characters through animation, and fun production circumstances

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