Sorairo Utility is Kengo Saito’s passion project through and through—not only as its original author and all-encompassing lead creative within the production team, but also in how it embodies his whole career, influences, hobbies, and the honest desire for people to chase their dreams without self-doubt.
To talk about Sorairo Utility is to talk about…
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,…
In addition to all the articles we’ve published, and before properly moving onto Spring titles, enjoy this lengthy compilation of comments and short essays about other works that have impressed us early in 2025. There are some notes about big hits of course, but also a look at specific moments that elevated shows, smaller works…
Uma Musume’s Beginning of a New Era movie is the fiercest, most aggressively expressive sports film in a while. Beneath that bombastic animation horsepower, you’ll find an ingenious director’s uplifting story about possibilities that is worth exploring.
Prisms are a universal symbol for potential, an array of possibilities. The way a ray of white light…
The time has come again. To bid a final goodbye to 2024, we gathered animators, designers, directors, producers, studio founders, and individuals with all sorts of relationships with animation to share the works they loved the most in 2024—both new and classic. Join us at the Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2024, aka Sakugabowl!
Entries:
— Aarón…
Kenji Nakamura is a disruptive, unique, truly avantgarde anime director. An ever-evolving creator whose mindset shifted 15 years ago when he directed Kuuchuu Buranko / Trapeze, despite having achieved amazing works by that point already. Even as he chases new forms of expression, that can still be felt in his new Mononoke films.
Calling Kenji…