Natural-born leader with #goals

Not sure who made the call, but yeah, Staple's founder must be acquainted with Yamauchi from Hoods projects like Daitosho and Drifters

I know people loved some of his Sengoku Youko episodes, and for as timid an adaptation as that seemed, Mizukami is a solid baseline. Conversation gets scary after that though...

At this point, I appreciate directors simply for introducing friction. Yamauchi's action is susceptible to feeling off if the production can't keep up with it - always been! Now it's just more likely to become apparent. And yet, it's great that people will be asking wtf was up with these closeups

Fantasy therapists HATE this one weird trick

I've already accepted that he's going to retire before that has a real chance to happen...

Aired just a few hours ago so no surprise it's still not there! When a friend pointed it out on Discord earlier, the general reaction was basically "this show has been airing for 2 cours??????". I doubt there's going to be much #discourse around the stylistic shift this time

Can't recommend others do the same, but it's good for the world that he can still show up and change an anime's rhythm entirely with a hazy atmosphere & nothing but extreme closeups

The gates of heaven for yuruchara fuckers

Same studio, so they hoped it would land in this exceptionally good production line (which isn't even out of the cards?). Reminded me of how there was some backlash against TMS for having a more impressive team in Conan films than for Sakamoto Days, like the former isn't a cultural institution

Not that there's a direct correlation between popularity & what creators choose to/are able to work on, but if that's your angle, maybe you should be more aware of the type of works you literally can't step into the streets for 30 seconds without seeing

They just launched a crowdfunding campaign to help them finish the project, for those interested motion-gallery.net/projects/NOT...

If I had to describe it, it'd be 13 Sentinels-esque sensibilities with his emphasis on texture and seamlessness - unifying it all as if it were BG art, rather than in cel-like fashion. Alongside the roto/reference-based acting that highlights children's spontaneity, it's a cocktail evoking nostalgia

It's honestly really cool, especially for a weird project that's been in the works for a long time

Shita Kanda Toki to Daitai Issho

Definitely not as much as Hiro does, tbh