Spring 2025 is coming to an end, and with it, a lot of incredible opening and ending sequences. It’s time to delve deep into those works and their creators, but even more importantly, how the state of the industry and commercial/viewer expectations have changed who conceives anime’s OP/ED.
Shoushimin S2: An unsurprisingly evocative ending hides…
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 acting, fewer realize how strongly he’s driven by broader interests—and how many of them happen to be concentrated in Tensei Ojisan, his well-meaning,…
Season 3 of Hibike! Euphonium has been a masterful exercise in building up dread out of the mundane, with just as uncanny of a combination of storytelling efficiency and whimsical charm. But how did its team achieve it, and what awaits the show and studio in the future?
Hibike! Euphonium 3 is one of the…