Once again, we’ve gathered animators, directors, producers, designers, and people passionate about art to share the works that resonated with them the most last year. It’s time for the 2025 Sakugabooru Animation Awards, our very own Sakugabowl!
Entries:
— Yuichiro Iida — Fede — Takuya Niinuma — Franziska van Wulfen — ちな — S(p)am —…
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…
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 themselves experimenting with all sorts of inventive, fresh techniques. This is the story of the circumstances and creative choices that led to this adaptation, which…
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 don’t dare to. A tough path, but in the end, a stunning embodiment of the series’ plea for communication.
If you are sensitive to depictions of physical…
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 regular workflows, all with a single goal: creating a unique show that’d spark the imagination.
A fact about Kyoto Animation’s productions that is worth reiterating on a regular basis…
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 regular workflows, all with a single goal: creating a unique show that’d spark the imagination.
A fact about Kyoto Animation’s productions that is worth reiterating on a regular basis…
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 don’t dare to. A tough path, but in the end, a stunning embodiment of the series’ plea for communication.
If you are sensitive to depictions of physical…
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 themselves experimenting with all sorts of inventive, fresh techniques. This is the story of the circumstances and creative choices that led to this adaptation, which…
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…
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 anime industry, yet at the same time, some equally notable peers have pointed out the friction between its message and the approach to…