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Dandadan Production Notes #05-07 – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUNovember 22, 202435Views 0Likes 0Comments

As Dandadan moves on to its next adventures, let’s give a final look at the Acrobatic Silky arc—the people responsible, their fascinating influences, and especially, the majestic final episode led by up-and-coming star Shuuto Enomoto. Although we frankly didn’t plan to write about Dandadan again this soon, the Acrobatic Silky arc came to an end…

Irreverent Romcom, Timeless Slapstick, And Occasional Spectacle Of Loose Animation – Puniru Is A Cute Slime – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUNovember 18, 202427Views 0Likes 0Comments

Puniru Is A Cute Slime irreverently defies stylistic eras and demographics to put together a really funny slapstick manga. Its anime adaptation can’t always capture its full appeal, but outstanding creators help it occasionally reach insanely vibrant highs—let’s see who, why, and how! Some works take pride in their inability to be neatly placed within…

Dandadan Production Notes #01-04 – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUOctober 29, 202414Views 0Likes 0Comments

Now that the first arc of the Dandadan anime is over, we can look back at how it represents its series director’s extraordinary obsession with internal logic, the way that has enabled creative choices, and also the limitations that its team has to navigate. In our first article about Dandadan, we focused on introducing the…

Dandadan Production Notes #01 – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUOctober 4, 202412Views 0Likes 0Comments

After the broadcast of Dandadan‘s first episode, it’s time to explore the team behind this work: not just the personnel and their creative choices, but the easily misunderstood directorial philosophy behind such bombastic fun. There are works you must let simmer before you get a good read on them. In the case of an inspired…

Makeine Production Notes – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUSeptember 30, 202426Views 0Likes 0Comments

Too Many Losing Heroines! / Makeine’s cheeky romcom antics hide a dramatic edge, a mix that its promising rookie director calls a bright, cheerful nostalgia. To convey this feeling already channeled by the original author, his team physically and emotionally rooted the series in its real setting to a degree that is hardly seen within…

Approaching The Culmination Of TV Anime’s Most Ambitious Acting Effort – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUSeptember 29, 202413Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

An Exceptional Production To Embrace The Paradox Of The Artist [Annecy 2024] – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUSeptember 27, 202410Views 0Likes 0Comments

Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back presents the creative process as inherently isolating and frustrating, yet inevitable and a means of connection. Now, its stunning film engages with those ideas through Kiyotaka Oshiyama’s exceptional production methods. We classify gold according to its purity, most often expressed through Karats; a unit of fineness that contrasts the presence…

Gorgeous Eclectic Co-Production, Parenthood, And A Funny Cat [Annecy 2024] – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUSeptember 26, 202424Views 0Likes 0Comments

10 years ago, a project began moving. Now, the result is one of the greatest directors of dry Japanese cinema teaming up with a rising star in animation for a rotoscoped film about found family, the role of parents, and the funniest irreverent orange cat. Nobuhiro Yamashita is a name that should be familiar…

A Polychrome Prayer For Art [Annecy 2024] – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUSeptember 25, 20249Views 0Likes 0Comments

Naoko Yamada’s recent film draws from its relationship with nature, art and the creative process, spiritual imagery, and very specific choices of instruments for its teenage band—all of them, becoming the director’s tools to express her thesis. Guest piece by Jade. You can find her being an adventurous librarian somewhere in France. Naoko Yamada’s The…

Naoko Yamada’s Love Spins Round and Round [Annecy 2024] – Sakuga Blog

Lari ada WIBUSeptember 23, 202424Views 0Likes 0Comments

Naoko Yamada’s new film Kimi no Iro / The Colors Within is gorgeous, highly entertaining on the surface, but as densely packed as ever. Through colors, light, faith, spinning, and gravitation, it formulates the director’s kindest message of acceptance. When she was conceptualizing her first film around 14 years ago, Naoko Yamada’s surreal pitch was…