"A Dunesbury Special" is maybe the only genuine example of American "adult animation" I've ever seen in the sense that it addresses adult concerns and in the sense that any child who tried to watch it would probably find it pretty boring. It also maintains visual interest despite its verbosity.

incredible stuff from harlock ep 9. directors are masayuki ozeki and johei matsuura, but i don't know who did which half

It's shoujo time! Baby & I!

RIP Yuji Ohno. His music on the Lupin III series, countless other shows and solo albums are an incredible body of work. I learned so much about composing and keyboard from studying his songs. Also I like that one of his bands was called Super Sexual Transport.

Sharing this post from Maryco over on X, where she posted a 33 page PDF on how she was groomed by @farfromani.bsky.social , the head of Butapro. Glad she spoke up, absolutely damning. drive.google.com/file/d/1TxOA...

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One of my favorite aspects of the Popeye shorts is how, for awhile, every short had a new title arrangement! Often the cues were thematic: The Spinach Overture has a more brazen orchestral sound, like a fanfare; Brotherly Love is more pious (that bell!), Shiver Me Timbers has a literal shiver to it

Wanted to see if Procreate Dreams was more wieldy than the last time I touched it upon release (and it is, yay!) Been awhile since I've consciously done frame-by-frame animation rather than just keyframes, but nice to hop back on the saddle!

finished the taxes

Somethin’ cute and simple! Been on a very big Urusei Yatsura kick—one of the most joyously madcap shows I’ve ever seen (and loved!)

My newest article for MagicalStage, all about Pierrot’s return to 80s mahou shoujo with “LuluttoLilly” 🪄

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Hey everyone! @znotetaku.bsky.social is back writing about this new anime called LuluttoLilly! I doubt they're as magical as me! 💜 https://magicalstage.moe/2026/04/10/pierrots-magical-return-magical-sisters-luluttolilly-and-tradition/

discord is useful for letting us curate our perfect communities of like-minded people but there was admittedly something to the town square nature of twitter that brought together people who’d normally never interact, forcing us out of our comfort zones. but also that was hell. i could never go back

While we're all talking about Ko Takeuchi, here's the incredible piece they drew for me lmao

oh hey new SubparGeekGirl96 cartoon (not an April Fools thing, actually a whole new episode) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxXD...

‼️OUT NOW‼️The George Nicholas Animator Reel is finally out! This has been a true labor of love and I'm so excited to see it go live! I hope you enjoy!!~ youtu.be/QBZi-82Vtr4

Kasumin 15 is out now.

More importantly, an amazing person who shaped a humane philosophy that the studio carried from its founding until now, and in the hands of his family, into the future. People who crossed paths with him remember both small acts of kindness and his ahead-of-their-time views on animation production

All my condolences about the passing of KyoAni founder & president Hideaki Hatta. No exaggeration to say that he's been one of the most important individuals in the history of this industry, especially if you consider that he also had a hand in IG's inception www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/information/...

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dustydaggers.the-comic.org made a beat little comicfury site for my comic book Dusty Daggers in preparation for issue #2. if you never got to read #1, now you can easily!

Dusty Daggers

Issue #1 - Cover

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as some of you may know i run a discord called "world animation!" unfortunately due to the trials of moderating a discord we've had to make our invite process somewhat selective. if you're interested, here's a quick guide on how to join! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

JOINING THE WORLD ANIMATION DISCORD

JOINING THE WORLD ANIMATION DISCORD Priit Pärn’s “Aeg maha” (“Time Out”), 1984 The World Animation Discord is a server for talking about international animation and animation history! To request an...

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Telecom Animation Film is getting dissolved and absorved by TMS Entertainment. As far as I remember, they had been in debt for a long time so it doesn't come as a total surprise, but it's still a sad news. Lupin the IIIRD The Immortal Bloodline was basically their swan song gamebiz.jp/news/421008

トムス・エンタテインメント、テレコム・アニメーションフィルムを吸収合併 | gamebiz

トムス・エンタテインメントが子会社のテレコム・アニメーションフィルムを吸収合併することがわかった。本日2月16日付の「官報」に掲載された「合併公告」で判明した。トムスがテレコムの権利義務をすべて引き継ぎ、テレコムは解散する。テレコムは、1975年に設立されたアニメーション制作会社。『ルパン三世 カリオストロの城』や『名探偵ホームズ』、『じゃりン子チエ』、『ルパン三世PART5』、『神之塔』、『L…

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made a music video of cartoons i think you should see before you die. highly biased, personal, and non-comprehensive youtu.be/6T5bsHjb-dE?...

Cool Cartoons to See Before You Die

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made a list for easy access to some of my favorite posts on ben ettinger’s defunct anipages blog. let me know if there’s any i should add! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Anipages Links

Anipages Links Selected links from Ben Ettinger’s Anime Blog (2004-2015) [Full list of the Internet Archive's Anipages links] The 11 Cats A Production / Shin-Ei Animation Animaru-ya Anime games [...

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year in review

I don’t think an anime opening has ever made me laugh so hard.

NO KINGS.

The fun part is they all have their own tricks! Kitanohara did something similar with objects rather than characters. Ota turned digital effects like sparkles, shading, reflections, etc into clearly drawn effects... then it all contrasts with the physical backdrop. "Handmade" from a different angle!

The ways CITY's creative width becomes specific technical choices is also fascinating. Given how stylized everything is, each director basically adapts to the "level of technology" of the series. Ishidate started by translating photography ideas like being out of focus into the drawings themselves

One of CITY's greatest achievements is pushing veteran artists to tackle new challenges. Joji Unoguchi started as an in-betweener in the 80s, became a leader of KyoAni's budding BG art crew, then spent decades as art & 3DBG director His role in CITY #05? Creating a diorama to set the episode into