Smooth is a very widely used, but also very narrow way to describe and analyse animation. This idea goes much further than the word itself; it in fact reveals a fundamental issue that exists within animation discourse. In this episode, I discuss what my problem with ‘smoothness’ really is as a way of looking at animation. I debate what the objective of animation is, what Akira can teach us about Japanese Animation and how varied is anime as a meta!
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS LIGHT / NO SPOILERS:
Staff Mentioned: Toshiaki Hontani, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, Makiko Futaki, Toshiyuki Inoue, Koji Morimoto, Hironori Tanaka, Shinya Ohira, Shinji Hashimoto.
RELEVANT LINKS:
AKIRA: The 24 Frames-Per-Second Myth (by APLattanzi) (YouTube)
MUSIC IN THIS PRODUCTION:
Mandatory Overtime by Joth
8-Bit Title Screen by Joth
Difference by chasersgaming
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