Mohtalim

Not quite an article, so I'll put it here.

I just watched an interesting 9-part youtube video about sakuga animation (e.g. extremely high-quality key animation, often by only one animator).

Here it is in case anyone's interested:

• 1/9: Intro & Nakamura: Grandmaster Fight Animator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pm8AYpOJMw
• 2/9: The Japanese Animation Process in a Nutshell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKIDJQuKHg
• 3/9: Japanese Animation History, from Mori to Otsuka to Kanada: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVGeGLhDis
• 4/9: Hiroyuki Imaishi: Kanada to the Extreme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZl8I3Q9OLc
• 5/9: Ichiro Itano and the Missile Circus Revolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxHYf35rJa8
• 6/9: Shinya Ohira's Surrealist Animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41syYubRKfc
• 7/9: Mistsu Iso and New Realism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYoetH95nQ
• 8/9: Web Generation Animators: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iIum5Raxyo
• 9/9: Why Animation Matters in Anime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85W561aadzs

In case anyone's watching Fate/Zero (/me hears crickets), there's a rumor that Nozomu Abe (with HIronori Tanaka and Yukata Nakamura 'Legendary Fighting Animator' that did Fate/Zero episode 4 will be back for episodes 14,24,25.

Related links:

• Post where I originally got the info:
  http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/105902 ... ost4875433
• Fate/Zero Promotional Video 1 (HD)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQBUfCYniCY
  - It's surprisingly difficult to find the actual anime opening sequence on youtube
• Fate/Zero legit stream (subbed)
  http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/fate-zero
  - Only has the latest episode (currently 6)
  - Opening starts at ~1:12; you probably want to pause and let it buffer
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