Some words about series I completed recently: Princess Lover If there was any surprise this summer season, then it’s certainly Princess Lover. It’s the debut project of studio GoHands as main animation producer, and despite being a generic H-Game adaption it has its share of strong points. GoHands originated from the former Osaka [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Princess Lover, Aoi Hana and Nadia
Posted in Animation, Animator, Summer Season on September 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Must-watch animated game openings: Part 2
Posted in Animation, Animator, Game on September 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
To return to this topic, let’s proceed with an opening which also features some amazing work by Kou Yoshinari, the animator/illustrator I highlighted in my first entry: Sakura Wars 3 Opening (2001) ‘Amazing’ is the best word to describe this intro, the direction and animation are top-notch and considering the year of production [...]
Kara no Kyoukai Key Animation Book
Posted in Animation, Animator, ufotable on September 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Recently I bought the key animation book of the first Kara no Kyouaki movie to cast a glance at the raw drawings and get some additional information on which animator did which scene, though the book doesn’t provide much (new) information in the latter case. I like to look at the original and unaltered [...]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2009 #24 / Taichi Ishidate
Posted in Animation, Animator, Haruhi Suzumiya, Kyoto Animation on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The final episode of “The Sigh” – respectively the last new episode of the 2009 rerun of “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” – happens to be the best one of that “new season” of sorts, finely crafted and well directed with lots of nice animation work and a good script by Tatsuya Ishihara (director [...]
