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This is a totally random find but it's too good not to be it: Eva's Pen Pen has to be named after Mr PenPen, a 1980's anime about the eponymous penguin which was adapted into 2 TV specials in 1986
Same for the action just after that. The spacings are very close here, and there are just a bit more lines on Jigen's arm and back. We really feel the exertion and strength he's putting into his motion, this gives a great sense of realism to the moment
Already in the first shot, Miyazaki exhibits his mastery for detail, realism and the sense of weight
The boat goes right to anticipate the turn towards the left ; said turn is accompanied by Lupin leaning, giving the motion the necessary heaviness and force
Today we celebrate Hayao Miyazaki's 80th birthday ! 🥳🥳
You may know that before he became a director, Miya-sensei was a renowned animator... So let's see what made him so good with this 1980 sequence from ep 145 of Lupin III Part II !
Is this the first ever Itano Circus ? Maybe, maybe not.
At least I'm confident this is Itano: this looks so much like Kazuhide Tomonaga you really see how much he was trying to imitate him
And finally, this absolutely legendary moment. I love how everything suddenly accelerates - the Gundam crouches on 2s - and then slows back down as the animation goes back to 3s
She seems to have been a bit forgotten, but Mutsumi Inomata is one of my favorite character designers and illustrators
Here are some of the pictures she made for two of my favorite projects of hers, Genmu Senki Leda and Windaria
(from her artbook Tsuki no Koe, Hoshi no Yume)
Surprised that Oniisama E doesn't seem to be counted among the canonical yuri texts, bc Maria sama ga miteru (*the* canonical yuri anime) irradiates some big Dezaki energy