Tengoku Daimakyou is an exceptional series facing equally exceptional challenges. It’s got a production environment and an amalgamation of talent most anime would die for, but also the duty to tackle a fascinatingly weird post-apocalyptic story that is somehow both terrible dense and also mostly laid back in nature. One of a kind!
Skip and Loafer is as pleasant as anime gets. Its director is Kotomi Deai, and this is how she went from being a fan of Shinichiro Watanabe, to collaborating with him and other renowned creators, carving her inconspicuous niche in the industry.
Today we bring you a translation of a long conversation between My Dress-Up Darling‘s core staff about the massively talented animation team that gathers around Shouta Umehara, the ups and downs of its production, and what it’s like to animate a work about unashamedly dedicating yourself to the creative process.