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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.

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!

Creators Rebelling Against The Odds: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Production Notes 1-13

Creators Rebelling Against The Odds: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Production Notes 1-13

At its absolute best, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 is a focused effort to fully realize its directors’ ideas, from the grandest action to the least perceptible details. But at all points, it’s also something else: a fight against an asphyxiating schedule. Let’s catch up with one of the biggest, coolest, but also most troublesome productions of the year.

The Eyecatch: Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron & Masayuki Yoshihara’s Komada, Frieren #06, Overtake! & More

The Eyecatch: Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron & Masayuki Yoshihara’s Komada, Frieren #06, Overtake! & More

By popular demand, we’re starting a new column for shorter commentary on animated works and their craft, as well as news and general industry happenings. To open things up: parallels between Hayao Miyazaki and Masayuki Yoshihara’s new films, the quiet theming amidst the bombast of Frieren #06, and much more!

Crafting A Tangible, Aging World – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Production Notes 01-04

Crafting A Tangible, Aging World – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Production Notes 01-04

Frieren is, at its best, a story tightly written about time; its passage, how different people perceive it, and the tangible marks it leaves in the world and its inhabitants. Its anime adaptation is a beautiful spectacle, but what makes it truly extraordinary is how it imagines that setting and people beyond the original boundaries, solidifying their existence so that you can feel their aging almost physically.

Tengoku Daimakyou Production Notes: An Exceptional Adaptation Facing Exceptional Challenges

Tengoku Daimakyou Production Notes: An Exceptional Adaptation Facing Exceptional Challenges

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!

The Low Profile Brilliance Of Kotomi Deai, Or How A Protegee Of Legendary Directors Became Skip And Loafer’s Inconspicuous Director

The Low Profile Brilliance Of Kotomi Deai, Or How A Protegee Of Legendary Directors Became Skip And Loafer’s Inconspicuous Director

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.