The recent NHK special created quite some buzz about Yoshinori Kanada‘s succession and by which standard his ‘successors’ should be determined, i.e. if it’s sufficient to just copy Kanada‘s style or if they have to be ‘men of revolutionary talent’ themselves and expand Kanada‘s style to a whole new level. Many weren’t satisfied with [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Seiya Numata – Kanada’s successor?
Posted in Animation, Animator on August 23, 2010 | 9 Comments »
BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER
Posted in Animation, Animator, Kyoto Animation, Ordet, Yutaka Yamamoto on August 5, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Studio Ordet‘s long-awaited first project as main animation studio is finally here and it turned out pretty much as I’d expected. It’s a well produced OVA with nothing particularly new regarding content, but an enjoyable watch nevertheless. I was mildly impressed with Shinobu Yoshioka‘s directing skills, he did a pretty good job with setting [...]
