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Tarō Iwasaki unfortunately didn't make a very strong first impression as director but that doesn't matter in the end since MKD put in hella work as the AD
just look at those hands
Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 Rewatch: Episode #14
SB/ED: Tarō Iwasaki
AD: Takashi Mukōda
The second cour opens strong to our second Doga Kobo-outsourced episode, pulled together by the strength of its animation director
The gags are hilarious, the somber moments hit, and the direction and the animation are both strong, couldn't think of a better way to round out the first cour, easy 10/10 episode and one of my favorites in the series
the goat draws near
Tomoki Kyōda storyboards this episode and the preceding one (#10, which I skipped) back-to-back, and his work here is quite nice, really strong framing and occasional use of lens distortion effects
no but seriously the MHA S5 finale was great
don't know how they got Kō Matsuo to do a bit more than the bare minimum as a regular SB artist this season but they did and the results were strong
MVA S5E21 preview images are here
Already seeing some really interesting angles and directing, looking forward to this one