In anime, animation direction is incredibly important – it has the ability to change our entire understanding of an episode and can help convey the ideas that the creatives are attempting to convey. In this week’s episode, I take a closer look at how this can really affect out experience as viewers and what we can learn when we make ourselves more aware of this important credit.
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS (very minor) SPOILERS:
(Main) Creatives Mentioned In This Episode: Masaaki Yuasa – Shinya Ohira – Kai Ikarashi – Kiyotaka Oshiyama – Eunyoung Choi – Yoshimichi Kameda
(Main) Anime Mentioned In This Episode: The Hakkenden, SSSS.Dynazenon, Space Dandy
Timestamps (Audio Version):
0:00 – Intro
1:26 – Context
3:35 – Case Study 1 – The Hakkenden Episode 10
7:33 – Case Study 2 – SSSS.Dynazenon Episode 10
11:33 – Case Study 3 – Space Dandy
15:58 – Animation is a Craft
18:41 – Outro + Music Credits
Music In This Episode:
Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch
Mandatory Overtime by Joth
Get In The Mecha 