Little Witch Academia TV: Episode 6
An important episode storyboarded by an artist who doesn’t actually exist. Let’s talk about pseudonyms in the anime industry.
Background Art Company Atelier BWCA Closing Down
It’s always depressing to report on news like this. Atelier BWCA has been one of the best art studios in this field for years, and now they’ve been reluctantly forced to stop their services.
Anime Craft Weekly #29: Major Mainstream Misunderstanding – Part 2
On the first part of this essay I addressed some common misconceptions about anime widely enjoyed by general audiences; first regarding misguided attitudes like mainstream acceptance being related to excellence and artistic intent, but also important facts like the existence of huge family series invisible in online discourse. And perhaps more relevant to people’s interest, a sample of latenight shows that managed to reach non-anime fans, which proved that the assumed biases against common aesthetics and premises are massively exaggerated…
Anime Craft Weekly #28: Major Mainstream Misunderstanding – Part 1
Mainstream popularity is often looked down upon by snobby fans who deem themselves more refined than the masses, but anime’s peculiarities have caused the similarly ridiculous opposite thoughts to flourish; latenight titles have rightfully earned the scorn of many fans, and the subsequent demonization of otaku properties made the idea of anime not aimed at those niches sound inherently better. A very questionable train of thought, made even worse by the fact that most people don’t really know which titles…
What Unannounced Works Do Anime Studios Have Planned for 2017?
If you’re wondering what your favorite studios have in store for 2017, this article might be up your alley.
SakuQ&A: Anime Industry and Production Questions #2
A bunch more questions from our Patreon supporters! The various costs of producing anime, the intricacies of international licenses, rotoscoping and more!
SakuQ&A: Anime Industry and Production Questions #1
Let’s begin a new series of posts where we’ll address questions by our Patreon supporters, involving right about everything related to anime, its craft and business. Since these may be doubts other people have as well, we’ll be sharing the answers as long as we’re not explicitly asked not to. Here’s hoping this becomes a useful column!
Manga Editors Roundtable – The Growth of Yuri
Today megax brings us another translation dealing with an “anime industry” aspect beyond what is usually highlighted. This is an roundtable covered for Akiba Blog (NSFW link) by KarzuSP. I felt it’s an interesting discussion about a topic that seems to be growing both domestically in Japan and internationally with many fans devouring the yuri genre. It may lead to more anime adaptations, so this could be a good ground point for a growth in yuri fandom. Enjoy. Up until now,…
Anime Financials 2016
While this site is meant to appreciate anime as an art, pretending it doesn’t exist as a business is a mistake. The industry is always a two-sided coin, and here is megax to unveil its performance over the last year. Enjoy! Hello everyone and welcome to the start of hopefully a new annual tradition. Here at Sakuga Blog, we not only look at the names involved in animation; we also look at the names involved in producing/financing that animation as…
Anime Craft Weekly #25: Decrypting Anime Production
Last week I mentioned the outrageous number of artists who had to work on Yuri!!! On ICE’s finale so that it could be finished in time. The general reaction seemed to be of bewilderment as people realized just how messy the situation had become, but I also noticed confused outliers; people who simply lacked any frame of reference, and even some who thought that multitude was something positive. It’s time for some research into how many animators it takes to…