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Smart Management Makes Room For Ambitious Creators: Dungeon Meshi Production Notes 04-08

Smart Management Makes Room For Ambitious Creators: Dungeon Meshi Production Notes 04-08

Outsourcing and various delegations of duties have become tools for TV anime to barely survive, but with its team’s clear vision and enviable contacts, Dungeon Meshi has been able to alternate between external production excellence and Trigger’s explosive in-house ambition.

Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2023

Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2023

It’s time for a last look at 2023 with the Sakugabooru Animation Awards. We’ve gathered directors, animators, designers, producers, and passionate fans to share their favorite, most resonant works of animation across the last year – and other years, frankly! In short: Sakugabowl time!

The Eyecatch: Kyoto Animation’s Quest To Make Their Staff Comfortable, Spy x Family’s Tricky Workload Management, And Charming Pokemon Spinoffs

The Eyecatch: Kyoto Animation’s Quest To Make Their Staff Comfortable, Spy x Family’s Tricky Workload Management, And Charming Pokemon Spinoffs

In today’s collection of writing topics, we dive into the neat staffing changes at Kyoto Animation to further improve working conditions, how Spy x Family‘s co-production has further adjusted (and struggled) to accommodate a big workload, and the production of some lovely Pokemon web series.

Studio Troyca’s 10th Anniversary And The Work That Came To Embody Their Evolution: Overtake! Production Notes

Studio Troyca’s 10th Anniversary And The Work That Came To Embody Their Evolution: Overtake! Production Notes

Overtake! wasn’t first conceived as studio Troyca’s 10th anniversary project, but over many years of development, it came to naturally embody the studio’s current strengths: a beautiful mix of grounded, naturalistic writing with punchy, confident delivery.

Resourcefulness Reigns Supreme – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Production Notes 05-10

Resourcefulness Reigns Supreme – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Production Notes 05-10

While fans tend to think about production circumstances as black and white, Frieren exemplifies what success tends to look like in the real world: a result of resourceful management, delegation of the right tasks to the right people, and ingenuous solutions to tricky situations.

The Weight Of Hayao Miyazaki And Ghibli – The Boy And The Heron / How Do You Live?

The Weight Of Hayao Miyazaki And Ghibli – The Boy And The Heron / How Do You Live?

Hayao Miyazaki’s storytelling is built upon the dreamlike, empowering physics of the animation that builds his worlds. This offers a fascinating contrast with his latest film The Boy and the Heron, one noticeably burdened with weights—physical, psychological, of life, and of Ghibli’s legacy.

The Eyecatch: Spy x Family’s Shifting Co-Production Dynamics, The Whys And Hows Of Kusuriya No Hitorigoto’s Transcendent Highs, And More

The Eyecatch: Spy x Family’s Shifting Co-Production Dynamics, The Whys And Hows Of Kusuriya No Hitorigoto’s Transcendent Highs, And More

It’s time to talk about the somewhat confusing, misunderstood shifting labor and creative dynamics of Spy x Family’s co-production, how Kusuriya no Hitorigoto is able to elevate from a solid adaptation to an exceptional one, and more!

The Eyecatch: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto’s Creative Team & Production Circumstances, Overtake!’s Elegant Control Of the Information, And More

The Eyecatch: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto’s Creative Team & Production Circumstances, Overtake!’s Elegant Control Of the Information, And More

It’s time to discuss the late but interesting arrival of Kusuriya no Hitorigoto / The Apothecary Diaries—with a focus on its well-fitting creative team, but also the industry trends that surround the project. Also, other topics like Overtake!‘s elegant control of the information, matching confident writing & direction, plus more fun stuff!