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Key Animation: Noriyuki Kitanohara (北之原 孝将) (?)
Anime: CITY THE ANIMATION (2025)
www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/28...
Anime: CITY THE ANIMATION (2025)
www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/28...
January 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Key Animation: Noriyuki Kitanohara (北之原 孝将) (?)
Anime: CITY THE ANIMATION (2025)
www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/28...
Anime: CITY THE ANIMATION (2025)
www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/28...
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If you enjoy big projects like this or regular write-ups about the artistry & labor behind animation, you can support us @ www.patreon.com/c/Sakugabooru It also funds sakugabooru (which has new, way more expensive servers now) and gets you extra perks, like Discord access and not-so-secret notes
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January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
If you enjoy big projects like this or regular write-ups about the artistry & labor behind animation, you can support us @ www.patreon.com/c/Sakugabooru It also funds sakugabooru (which has new, way more expensive servers now) and gets you extra perks, like Discord access and not-so-secret notes
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As we do every year, we gathered creators in all positions related to animation as well as people passionate about art to share the works, old and new, that they've loved the most over the last year. It's finally time for the Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025! blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/23/s...
January 23, 2026 at 7:54 PM
As we do every year, we gathered creators in all positions related to animation as well as people passionate about art to share the works, old and new, that they've loved the most over the last year. It's finally time for the Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025! blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/23/s...
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Shinomiya 🙏 youtu.be/msYhg_3tTvo
『花緑青が明ける日に』主題歌入り本予告｜𝟯.𝟲 (𝗙𝗿𝗶) ❉
YouTube video by Asmik Ace
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Shinomiya 🙏 youtu.be/msYhg_3tTvo
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Oshi no Ko has always been harsh on the entertainment industry, but there's a fundamental difference between its usual critique (which *can* be pointed) and allowing a brilliant woman to direct an opening that's explicitly about aspects like the commodification of young, predominantly female bodies
January 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Oshi no Ko has always been harsh on the entertainment industry, but there's a fundamental difference between its usual critique (which *can* be pointed) and allowing a brilliant woman to direct an opening that's explicitly about aspects like the commodification of young, predominantly female bodies
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Begging people to watch Ikoku Nikki
January 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Begging people to watch Ikoku Nikki
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But what I think makes the anime in particular interesting is the inviting worldbuilding, where the beautiful art direction is the vehicle to show you distinct forms of culture and how those relate to time. And that's still very much there, because the ideologues behind this philosophy never left
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
But what I think makes the anime in particular interesting is the inviting worldbuilding, where the beautiful art direction is the vehicle to show you distinct forms of culture and how those relate to time. And that's still very much there, because the ideologues behind this philosophy never left
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Obviously it rules that they get the bombastic parts right. Kouta Mori's sequence (maru corrections!) feels like it channels Tano-ish effects from a different era altogether, matched with an example of good modern processing. The way the flare is given weight by pushing him back? Soooooooo good
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Obviously it rules that they get the bombastic parts right. Kouta Mori's sequence (maru corrections!) feels like it channels Tano-ish effects from a different era altogether, matched with an example of good modern processing. The way the flare is given weight by pushing him back? Soooooooo good
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Sometimes, a vtuber Minecraft server spawns a novel that gets published *and* animated, which then baits an animator who's known for action but eternally yearns to return to a bygone era of bishoujo. Those are things that happen, and I get a Naoto Hosoda ED out of it www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQhx...
TVアニメ『人外教室の人間嫌い教師』ノンクレジットED映像｜『人間カムトゥルー！』
YouTube video by KADOKAWAanime
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Sometimes, a vtuber Minecraft server spawns a novel that gets published *and* animated, which then baits an animator who's known for action but eternally yearns to return to a bygone era of bishoujo. Those are things that happen, and I get a Naoto Hosoda ED out of it www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQhx...
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In no uncertain terms, fuck the US
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
In no uncertain terms, fuck the US
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Wrote about how Apocalypse Hotel, through a bumpy creative process, accumulated many artistic lineages & viewpoints. Just like its story about a hotel operating after the end of the world, it thrives thanks to everything that a curious group of people left behind blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/02/a...
January 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Wrote about how Apocalypse Hotel, through a bumpy creative process, accumulated many artistic lineages & viewpoints. Just like its story about a hotel operating after the end of the world, it thrives thanks to everything that a curious group of people left behind blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/02/a...
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"Ruridragon" anime series by KyoAni studio is coming.
youtu.be/Fw0gYw_rMHc?...
youtu.be/Fw0gYw_rMHc?...
December 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Ruridragon" anime series by KyoAni studio is coming.
youtu.be/Fw0gYw_rMHc?...
youtu.be/Fw0gYw_rMHc?...
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Real announcement ends up being understandable but insanely out of left field. Well played, PR person
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Real announcement ends up being understandable but insanely out of left field. Well played, PR person
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Wrote about Hyakuemu / 100 Meters as the intersection of two rising stars in manga and film: Uoto & Kenji Iwaisawa. Despite their very distinct voices, a shared fascination with illogical human passion led to an incredible, affirming movie that will make you RUN blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/27/h...
December 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wrote about Hyakuemu / 100 Meters as the intersection of two rising stars in manga and film: Uoto & Kenji Iwaisawa. Despite their very distinct voices, a shared fascination with illogical human passion led to an incredible, affirming movie that will make you RUN blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/27/h...
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Normally, the copium responses to the studio's teasers are completely detached from reality... but what they've done with this one is diabolical. Generic enough to be many things, yet brutally close to some people's dreams
December 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Normally, the copium responses to the studio's teasers are completely detached from reality... but what they've done with this one is diabolical. Generic enough to be many things, yet brutally close to some people's dreams
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Happy holidays yall! Hope everyone gets a chance to relax, eat good food, or idk be a menace to society if you want. I did some of those things
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Happy holidays yall! Hope everyone gets a chance to relax, eat good food, or idk be a menace to society if you want. I did some of those things
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Baited into watching an episode of extremely questionable anime because Shigeyasu Yamauchi is still swinging in 2025
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Baited into watching an episode of extremely questionable anime because Shigeyasu Yamauchi is still swinging in 2025
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Galaxy Express 999 - TV Series Complete Collection is out!
The entire classic 113 episode TV series from Leiji Matsumoto featuring the adventures of Tetsuro & Maetel traveling the galaxy in a single set!
store.crunchyroll.com/products/gal...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Hh...
The entire classic 113 episode TV series from Leiji Matsumoto featuring the adventures of Tetsuro & Maetel traveling the galaxy in a single set!
store.crunchyroll.com/products/gal...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Hh...
Galaxy Express 999 - TV Series Complete Collection - Opening from Blu-ray
YouTube video by Discotek Media
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November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Galaxy Express 999 - TV Series Complete Collection is out!
The entire classic 113 episode TV series from Leiji Matsumoto featuring the adventures of Tetsuro & Maetel traveling the galaxy in a single set!
store.crunchyroll.com/products/gal...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Hh...
The entire classic 113 episode TV series from Leiji Matsumoto featuring the adventures of Tetsuro & Maetel traveling the galaxy in a single set!
store.crunchyroll.com/products/gal...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Hh...
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I do feel a bit for the people who paid for Virgin Punk screenings without knowing it's not a movie, and the messaging should definitely have been clearer, but cmon we need a bit of grift to fund Umetsu's team locking themselves in the basement for 23 years so that they can finish it
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I do feel a bit for the people who paid for Virgin Punk screenings without knowing it's not a movie, and the messaging should definitely have been clearer, but cmon we need a bit of grift to fund Umetsu's team locking themselves in the basement for 23 years so that they can finish it
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Speculated about Momoka Hase being the art director because she worked in the novel. The secret artboards did look Liz-ish which fit the bill, but the painterly style is something I'd associate with Mao Takayama and she's also available for a debut
That or Yamasaki since she's the big weirdo--
That or Yamasaki since she's the big weirdo--
October 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Speculated about Momoka Hase being the art director because she worked in the novel. The secret artboards did look Liz-ish which fit the bill, but the painterly style is something I'd associate with Mao Takayama and she's also available for a debut
That or Yamasaki since she's the big weirdo--
That or Yamasaki since she's the big weirdo--
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More Patreon notes! Infinity Castle & the production philosophy that correlates to Kimetsu's success. Also: Milky Subway rules, Ruri Rocks' emphatic delivery binds edutainment and character writing, what to expect from Liar Game & Scenes from Awajima, plus other news www.patreon.com/posts/141290...
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
More Patreon notes! Infinity Castle & the production philosophy that correlates to Kimetsu's success. Also: Milky Subway rules, Ruri Rocks' emphatic delivery binds edutainment and character writing, what to expect from Liar Game & Scenes from Awajima, plus other news www.patreon.com/posts/141290...
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Wrote about the end of CITY: The Animation and how it once again raised the bar of brilliant animation, design, music, and sheer imagination to breathe life into Arawi's world. Many thoughts about an all-timer production & how it might connect to KyoAni's future blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/29/c...
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Wrote about the end of CITY: The Animation and how it once again raised the bar of brilliant animation, design, music, and sheer imagination to breathe life into Arawi's world. Many thoughts about an all-timer production & how it might connect to KyoAni's future blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/29/c...
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CITY was one of a kind, and I don't think anything except seeing it can convey that. It is wildly creative, a celebration of the studio behind it as it heads towards the future in the wake of tragedy (and what a bright future it is), as well as an unabashed love letter to the medium of animation.
September 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
CITY was one of a kind, and I don't think anything except seeing it can convey that. It is wildly creative, a celebration of the studio behind it as it heads towards the future in the wake of tragedy (and what a bright future it is), as well as an unabashed love letter to the medium of animation.
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Wrote about the lengthy, bold production of CITY: The Animation. What Keiichi Arawi's active role in the process meant materially but also ideologically, the outstanding commitment to a style, and why this show kicks ass on levels rarely ever seen before blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/20/c...
September 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Wrote about the lengthy, bold production of CITY: The Animation. What Keiichi Arawi's active role in the process meant materially but also ideologically, the outstanding commitment to a style, and why this show kicks ass on levels rarely ever seen before blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/20/c...