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Daiz @daiz.moe · 03/10/2026

Remember when Crunchyroll tried to make their subtitles significantly worse a year ago? They backtracked on it at the time, but I suspected they were just delaying their plans to shift from Aegisub to OOONA, and sadly, it seems I was right: Crunchyroll is actively pushing OOONA subs to users now.

Screenshot of Crunchyroll English subtitle metadata for #I'm Looking For a Zombie episode 1, showing "Exported from Ooona Tools" and "Internal Delivery"

Screenshot of Crunchyroll English subtitle metadata for Vertex Force episode 1, showing "Exported from Ooona Tools" and "Internal Delivery"

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In the vein of Rilakkuma, Pan Dorobou is one of those kids-oriented shows with more luxurious staff than most megahits. Takahiko Kyougoku leading, Chieko Nakamura as the art director, main animators like Shingo Takenaka... Seihantai's designer Mako Miyako already snapped animating episode #01

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ayaka Nakata directed, boarded, and co-painted the color script for Kusuriya's new opening. Not as striking as her S2 intro, but at its best it showcases her ability to sublimate core ideas of a series into OP imagery that will stick with you. Love the lavish animation by Odashi in cuts 3-4 here

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The upcoming Hirayasumi anime is a beauty, in a way that perfectly captures its appeal. Backgrounds fade to white but without introducing surreality, comfortable linework in all layers so that a lot of detail can still come together into a relaxed screen. Lived-in and chill, like it should be

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wrote about Jaadugar gathering an amazing team for its final arc. Despite battling production fatigue, their pointed creative choices solidify an (only for now!) incomplete story as an already thematically perfect journey blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/09/20/j...

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Jaadugar's author said she sometimes resents the steady pacing she ought to keep in the manga. With ample time for this arc & armed with the desire to root the scheming in the personal, the anime gets closer to the characters and helps you grasp why they're capable of even committing atrocities

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Though overall, Sayonara Lara's triumph is platforming one bold episode director after another, yet everything feeling part of the same organic whole. It's closer to a movie than a TV show in that regard, and I think proves the clarity of Koide's vision (especially wrt style & motifs)

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Jaadugar's commitment to depicting cultures with care means not only animating their material aspects, but also attempting to capture their beliefs. Kotaro Matsunaga, who'd already overseen the stunning ceremony in episode #06, was a perfect choice to direct/board the highly spiritual ninth episode

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Only in Sparks of Tomorrow do you get a pivotal point in a character arc about freedom beyond gender roles, while at the same time they're inventing heavy metal by accident. Such a visual rollercoaster too, with deranged concepts meeting Tomomi Sato's traditionally excellent, emotive animation

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sayonara Lara has been an amazing outlet for debuting storyboarders & episode directors, with #06 being the turn for Kinema regular Asuka Kosato. The way they slot into the overall rhythm and build into the overarching motifs suggests very close, effective supervision by Koide as the series director

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Wrote about Jaadugar's incredible dedication to cultural accuracy, but how rather than trapping itself in the constraints of objective reality, it thrives in the gaps between factual history and compelling lies. A gorgeous, unique production worth exploring blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/08/07/j...

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Sayonara Lara #05 links her struggles to reflections, photography, and subjective perception, in a way the script can't fully articulate but that rookie director Hirota elevates. Lara's focus on fairy tale-ish True Love blinds her to angles (like Mari maybe being her partner) revealed by reflections

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Sparks of Tomorrow poses electricity as a dazzling revolution to blast away the grit & stagnancy embodied by a steampunk Kyoto. Minoru Ota's wild imagery and choices of material do a great job of conveying the thrill, while the more traditional acting captures how this resonates with the characters

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Nobukage Kimura's direction for Victoria of Many Faces is sleek & stylish, in a way that synergizes with its protag's emotional baggage as she seeks ordinary happiness. DEEN keeps betting on idiosyncratic directors to elevate ultra-limited productions - not ideal, but they sure appoint cool people!

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Sparks of Tomorrow shows that rookie director Minoru Ota loves pushing boundaries, but also how sharp he is when doing so. It reimagines this story & Kyoto itself as a gritty, beautiful but apathetic steampunk world in need of a revolution. The tools to invoke it, electricty & Ota's radical artistry

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Masahiro Ando called dibs on the storyboard for Tsugai's first big action ep, casually proving he's one of the greatest in this field *and* antithetical to modern trends. So much of this is rooted in Arakawa's original manga, but the organic connective tissue & tweaks for flow sell the experience

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Really effective direction this week for Akanebanashi, with Chihsia Wang in SB/ED duties and proactively tweaking the script he was given. Sells not only the allure of her performance, but the way she grows from an artist gifted at mimicry to one who can truly become different characters

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Shizue Kaneko is a prestigious artist you wouldn't expect leading a TV episode, but she did amazing with Akanebanashi #08. Love the direction that leans into the inherent bit of What If Rakugo Was Shonen Action, but is also crafty enough to use an eye to bookend someone's acting philosophy flashback

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HiMyNameisChair 🏳️‍⚧️ @himynameischair.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

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...

a post from Maryco on X that reads as follows.

" I was 14 and he was 23. I was groomed by @FARfromani
and it lasted throughout my adolescence. I want to talk about it because I don't want something like this to happen again to anyone else. "

There is a drive link titled: "Farfromani Grooming.pdf"

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idlkllr @idlkllr.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

all related parties of farfromani / fede ceo of butapro absolutely need to see this. i will have more to say about my experience working for him as i am able. x.com/maryco02_/st...

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The prophesized Kawagoe episode of Witch Hat Atelier lived up to the crazy high expectations. He's very meticulous and thoughtful, happy to adapt to the environment of an adaptation that has been fleshing out the characters in the margins, but he's NOT going to leave his grandiose flair at the door

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Following last week's character study, Needy Girl Overdose #4 shifts the focus back to its protagonist and her struggle to find her own unrestrained individuality. Fun contrast between 4:3 in Kache's flashback & cinemascope, hinting that Michica's apparent freedom is just another brand of oppressive

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Kamiina Botan wears its influences on its sleeves, and even more so this week. The third episode transports you into the realm of storyboarder/supervisor/everything ginsan, with unique linework, blatant SHAFT vibes, and a weaponization of his personal style to evoke someone's love for analog art

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Excellent episode of Awajima this week. A story about inherited trauma through vignettes that span multiple generations, threaded together by an idiosyncratic lead artist who gives them both thematic continuity and pointed stylistic diversity. Worth watching on its own, even better in context

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Needy Girl Overdose #3 is a rebelious cry of rage, told through the perspective of its poster girl and embodying the thesis behind the episode's titular song. Very personal story, partly reflective of original creator Nyalra's own experiences, easy to see why they felt so strongly about it now

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Official statements noted that the Witch Hat Atelier anime was, under Shirahama's supervision, expanding on the original work. And it hasn't been until the incredible third episode that we've really seen what they meant, with Coco's test being fleshed out & connected more firmly to her character arc

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Yomi no Tsugai isn't just another Arakawa adaptation: it's at BONES, led by a director adjacent to her work & with sensibilities that have remained as those of the late 00s. It starts with an episode closely supervised by FMA's character designer. Damn right you can promote this as the new FMA

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

"No only does the animation staff in the second episode continue to mirror FMA 2003, but also the ending is a solo Norimitsu Suzuki sequence with familiar textures & volume" ok bro!!! You're showing off at this point!!! It rules though!!!!

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Good to see Akanebanashi's performances coming across as actual acting. VAs will be doing the heavy lifting, yet in moments like this, you can see the animation forming not just different faces but sets of expressions that belong to different characters

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Needy Girl Overdose's pilot is a heavy trip. Maximalism that straddles the fine line between stimulus-driven escapism and obsessive idolization, self-destructive actualization, and oppressive objectification. Hard to avoid gratuitous self-indulgent pitfalls, but it's done a commendable job so far

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

With Hat Atelier is, no exaggeration, one of the most mesmerizing comics out there. Kamome Shirahama isn't "good at drawing" - she has great technical skill, yes, but she controls the flow like no one else, comes up with imagery that projects a world, and roots all of it in the themes of her series

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Kirio Fanclub's opening is a very cool collage, on multiple levels. A fun collection that embraces the idea of character cels as assets to simulate the combination of physical materials, a mix of ideas that connect to a teenage crush... and also a number of hints at *another* love story

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Fantastic way to end Yuushakei, ruthlessly subverting the typical expectations of a season finale. The peak of Kivia's confrontation with her uncle stands out, relying on visceral drawings, muted colors, and gut-wrenching voice acting to underscore the tangible anguish and desperation on screen

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Ligton x Suisei 💙 💙 💙

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

What a show. Whereas Gimai Seikatsu proved Ueno's potential to break the mold in commercial animation, Shiboyugi is the radically transformative work that defies traditional adaptive narrative structure to craft something special, even if imperfect and incomplete, in service of an unyielding vision

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Very international episode of Invisible Man and his Soon-to-be-Wife this week, led by first-time director/storyboarder CHAFIK. Exceptional not just in the composition of its animation team, but in its sharp portrayal of the daunting experience of stepping into a foreign, sometimes hostile, world

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Gakumas MVs have been amazing lately (and their bar is high!), but holy crap the Wildest Flower one. Directed/boarded/composited by Takashi Ohashi of G-Witch's endings fame, featuring other artists who straddle the line between commercial & indie like Namiko Ishidate www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiiL...

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Shiboyugi's final stretch would be an all-time great sickos anime on its own, but it's even more compelling in the context of such a transformative adaptation. Every single structural change & original addition before this final arc make this conclusion more deliciously twisted

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

𝓒𝓻𝓾𝓼𝓽𝔂 𝓑𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Divine sword-summoning being in dire need of constant pampering

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kViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

As we do every year, we gathered creators in all positions related to animation as well as people passionate about art to share the works, old and new, that they've loved the most over the last year. It's finally time for the Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025! blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/23/s...

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Two episodes in and she already has more forms than a Pokemon

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Frieren is back like it never left. Reassuringly familiar in aspects like its delicate palettes and soothing art direction deeply rooted in culture, or the emphasis on ephemeral elements of its world, both constantly tied to its central themes of time and the transience of things

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Kyouhei Ishiguro is back! His OP for You and I Are Polar Opposites follows a mixed media formula reminiscent of his Shoushimin opening, using analog devices like zoetropes and thaumatropes to emphasize how Miyu tends to go round in circles or the main leads' polar opposite selves

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

When presented with the chance to helm his own show, Souta Ueno showed himself to be a true wildcard director, but his unabashedly avant-garde approach had yet to be proven effective beyond teen intimacy and societal norms. Shiboyugi is the bold answer to that - a confident and resounding Hell Yeah

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Silva 🌸 @silvpokkii.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

In love with Ikoku Nikki's anime adaptation. Ooshiro's depiction of grief and search for solace stands out through her visualization of Asa's emotional drought as a vast desert, a versatile motif that also comes to embody her aimlessness and the unfamiliar place she's now in

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