Sakuga pt.1 - Intro & Yutaka Nakamura: Grandmaster Battle Animator
Presenter Colin Groesbeck shows you a new way to appreciate the anime you watch.
This is the first part of "Sakuga: The Animation of Anime", presented at Anime Central (Chicago) 2013, a two-hour extended edition of our 2011 presentation. I will gradually upload the recordings as I produce them.
Sakuga pt.2 - Anime Production in a Nutshell
Sakuga pt.3 - Japanese Animation History, from Mori to Ōtsuka to Kanada
Turn the [CC] on. "Believe it or not, anime used to look something like Disney." Presenter Neil Clingerman lays out how Japanese animation got to look (and move) like anime.
Sakuga pt.4 - Hiroyuki Imaishi: Kanada-School to the Max
Presenter Colin Groesbeck covers Hiroyuki Imaishi, a Japanese animator who takes "limited animation" stylization to its furthest heights.
Sakuga pt.5 - Ichirō Itano and the Missile Circus Revolution
Presenter Sean Bires (that's me!) covers Ichirō Itano and his influence on anime battles.
Apparently in some circles it's called "missile spam" or "Macross missile massacre", but rest assured that "Itano Circus" is its true name.
Sakuga pt.6 - Shinya Ohira's Surrealist Animation
Presenter Neil Clingerman covers Shinya Ohira & Shinji Hashimoto, two influential surrealist animators.
Sakuga pt.7 - Mitsuo Iso and New Realism
Presenter Sean Bires (that's me!) talks about the highly influential Japanese animator Mitsuo Iso, the "flagbearer of new realism". Much of this segment is based on the writing of Anipages' Ben Ettinger. You should look up his articles & translated interviews on Mitsuo Iso, e.g. http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.p...
Sakuga pt.8 - Yoshimichi Kameda's Brushwork Style
Presenter Colin Groesbeck showcases the Kanada-school Bones animator, Yoshimichi Kameda.
Sakuga pt.9 - Hironori Tanaka: Surrealism for the Masses
Presenter Sean Bires discusses an animation powerhouse at a creative midpoint of those who came before him.
Sakuga pt.10 - Hiroyuki Okiura and the Anime Realists
Turn the subtitles on. Presenter Neil Clingerman covers the masters of cinematic realism.
We also wanted to show more of Okiura's effects animation (e.g. the chopper attack scene from Patlabor 2) but we cut it in the interest of time. We also decided it would be a bad idea to open the panel with his cut from Evangelion 3.33. As a director, Okiura's most recent film is the Ghibli-esque "A Letter to Momo", which is worth seeing for its absurdly precise character animation.
Sakuga pt.11 - You Yoshinari: Gainax & Trigger Superstar
Sakuga pt.12 - Tetsuya Takeuchi and the One-Man Episode
Presenter Sean Bires (that's me!), in his fluffiest piece, covers Tetsuya Takeuchi. In addition to Honey & Clover 7, he also soloed both "Yuri Seijin Naoko-san" OVAs incl. all of its key staff positions; lots of wonderful animation there.
In addition to covering a full-solo episode, I also wanted to showcase someone who doesn't specialize in, you know, sick fights and explosive effects (though he has certainly done both). Sakuga comes in all forms, including lower-key character animation & comedy animation.
Sakuga pt.13 - Masaaki Yuasa's Super-Cray Anime
Presenter Neil Clingerman on Kick-Heart's Masaaki Yuasa, one of the zaniest and most under-appreciated anime creators. His varied, global influences (and the unusually international teams he assembles for his works) vitalize the sometimes too-insular anime industry. Though he is a prolific director, this is a look at Yuasa the animator.
Sakuga pt.14 - Redline's Takeshi Koike
Colin Groesbeck gives his take on Takeshi Koike.
Sakuga pt.15 - Kōji Morimoto's Cyberpunk City
MAJOR CORRECTION: Bobby's Girl scene was done by Takashi Nakamura. BahiJD (another sakuga animator worth looking up!) did some original research for us and contacted Morimoto himself to confirm.
Neil covers a classic animator & creator who defined Studio 4°C's golden age of shorts & music videos. Something worth taking a look at his Morimoto's artbook, "0range" --https://plus.google.com/+SeanBires/po...
Sakuga pt.16 - Why Animation Matters in Anime Storytelling
The conclusion in which I preach the sakuga gospel. Thanks for sticking with us through the whole presentation. The end scroller contains some titles & resources to check out.
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