Reposted by ZNotekViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026On the left, Yuta Tanaka talking about the changes in Toei's output causing his departure in 2024. On the right, a Nijiiro Hotaru piece from 2022 where I talked about the loss of projects that act as creative escape valves, pushing brilliant people away from the studio 211648
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 02/10/2026All of a sudden, I want to take waltz lessons. #avemujica #bangdream #bandori #ournotes 050
Reposted by ZNoteRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight. 5761831682
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 27/09/2026REVIEW of "Sparks of Tomorrow." Click the link below! Tagline: Invention is not just a dream created, but a creative state of dreaming. Kyoto Animation gets it. anilist.co/review/33166 071
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It has arrived!!! (after getting delayed an additional 3 days lol) 150
Reposted by ZNoteRumic World @furinkan.com · 11/09/2026Scenes such as this where the light is reflecting on the water are accomplished through a process called "backlighting", "underlighting" or "bipack glow". To create the effect a matte is cut and light is shone through the holes. 141659626
Reposted by ZNotekViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Jaadugar returns with another stunning rendition of Mongol mythology. These otherworldly scenes also serve as an outlet for more radical idiosyncrasy (like the stylizations of director/boarder/layout artist Kenji Zenba) and to reinforce the adaptation's motifs, like Tolui feeling like dazzling light 18630
Reposted by ZNoteRev @therev28.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Minor piece of visual language I haven't seen anyone mention from "Goodbye, Lara" ep8: the colors in the boxing tournament mirror the hair colors of Lara and Lisa, and Mari is in Lara's red. Mari's victory is a physical representation of Lara's worldview "winning" over Lisa's #SayoLara 212541
Reposted by ZNotekViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026(Baffling that a show so obsessed with imbuing shots with meaning, but also so transparent about the intent, somehow ended up being discourse fodder because of a single episode btw) 515943
Reposted by ZNotekViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Jaadugar'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 29539
Reposted by ZNoteAshleigh Taylor-Martínez 🇵🇷 🇺🇸 @ashleigh-taylor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The only Data center I respect is:static.klipy.comStar Trek TNG Data ShrugsALT: Star Trek TNG Data Shrugs 252503337
Reposted by ZNotekViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026KyoAni reached out to two key figures from their past like Reiko Yoshida and Yukiko Horiguchi, and now their work is animated by their most promising present & future. Gorgeous Sougen no Kagayaki CM led by rookie director/boarder Uno Nakata, supervisor Tomomi Sato, and art director Mayu Harashima 310332
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Shout-out especially to “Sword of Paros” in the original post. Year 24 / Year 24 adjacent manga always had rocking covers, sick art, and THE most melodramatic stuff ever. 030
Reposted by ZNotekViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Only 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 114147
Reposted by ZNoteSpooky Nights @spiritusnox.bsky.social · 02/08/2026#Denmoku was Denmoku this week, I don't anticipate it entering my AOTS race but I continue to appreciate how pulpy and cheeseball it is compared to what a lot of Shiny KyoAni Stuff has been over the last decade or so. 142
Reposted by ZNotekViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sayonara 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 224677
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Listening to the Dodgers-Yankees game is intolerable. The announcers (Sabathia, Clemens, et al) don’t shut up and are filling air with such irrelevant stories and self-congratulating. Not gonna watch this. I’ll catch the highlights tomorrow. 120
Reposted by ZNoteSpooky Nights @spiritusnox.bsky.social · 20/07/2026#Denmoku continues to be fun. Increasingly unlikely it contends for my personal AOTS but it feels like the most deliberately pulpy KyoAni I've maybe ever watched, and I'm finding myself quite enjoying that aspect of it. 031
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 15/07/2026What is that annoying low hum that occasionally sounds on the #allstargame #mlb broadcast??? 050
Reposted by ZNotekViN @yuyucow.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Sparks of Tomorrow is the result of a unique director reframing a romcom pitch to incorporate the unusual stylistic & thematic links that only a brilliant weirdo would make. That *could* risk being too self-serious, but the show's simple romanticism is so wrapped up in his madness that it's a blast 39033
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The response to #DenMoku / Sparks of Tomorrow is something I find unsurprising, but still upsetting. "Poor / lazy writing." It being an adventure comedy means it's not truly attempting to be the kind of Violet Evergarden-adjacent melodrama that some may have expected given the historical framing. 2114
Reposted by ZNoteSpooky Nights @spiritusnox.bsky.social · 12/07/2026more anime should have their villains canonically be high as a kite at all times #Denmoku 0102
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 10/07/2026By design, "Black Lagoon" takes great pains to show that, for all her extraordinary marksmanship, tongue lashing, and boisterousness, Revy is at her core a nihilistic, miserable soul. The ED's solemnity is haunting, a quiet, sharp contrast to the explosiveness of a job or the noise of the world. 120
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"Sayonara Lara" is the World Masterpiece Theatre for a 2026 audience, a gorgeous, colorful array of an old story that has the immediacy of the Hans Christian Andersen "The Little Mermaid" faerie tale while giving it room to become more than itself with new aesthetic, direction, and energy. 1145
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Part of what makes "Sparks of Tomorrow's" first episode compelling is that it's about chasing and believing in an idea that seems almost too fanciful to be real. It’s easy to sit here in 2026 and take electricity for granted, something that has revolutionized the world in incalculable ways. 1126
Reposted by ZNotethg98 @thg98.bsky.social · 09/06/2026x.com/touhou398kt/... Wowx.comm on X: "Cigar Kiss #上伊那ぼたん https://t.co/r4mQUfo15d" / XCigar Kiss #上伊那ぼたん https://t.co/r4mQUfo15d 02710
Reposted by ZNoteSolaris Dreamweaver🎭 @solarisdreamweaver.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Soviet animation is criminally underrated 231858
Reposted by ZNoteMasuko Mii 💜✏️ magicalstage.moe @magicalstage.moe · 24/06/2026Wow another article already!? @znotetaku.bsky.social looks back at the first 12 episodes of Magical Sisters Luluttolilly by doing a big review of the series so far! magicalstage.moe/2026/06/24/halfway…magicalstage.moeHalfway Home: Checking in with Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly - Magical StageThe first season / cour of "LuluttoLilly" is done! What did it do well, where did it struggle, and what lies ahead? 075
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 24/06/2026My newest article for @magicalstage.moe - let's take a look at the recent season of #luluttolilly and see what it did well, where it struggled, and what to expect going forward! Special thanks to @buildknuckle.bsky.social for the opportunity! :)magicalstage.moeHalfway Home: Checking in with Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly - Magical StageThe first season / cour of "LuluttoLilly" is done! What did it do well, where did it struggle, and what lies ahead? 011
Reposted by ZNoteMasuko Mii 💜✏️ magicalstage.moe @magicalstage.moe · 24/06/2026A new interview! @oddishhime.bsky.social interviews Michelle Flores, producer of the English dub of Smile Precure, Glitter Force! magicalstage.moe/2026/06/24/glitter…magicalstage.moeGlitter Force production secrets: a behind the scenes Q&A with series producer Michelle Flores - Magical StageAn exclusive interview with producer of Glitter Force, Michelle Flores! 12013
Reposted by ZNoteDave Capdevielle @cadaverdave.com · 22/06/2026It's pretty simple... If you use AI to create art, then you're not an artist. If you use AI to write, then you're not a writer. If you use AI to make music, then you're not a musician. If you use AI to animate, then you're not an animator. If you use AI to make films, then you're not a filmmaker. 940621459
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I still don't know what a "BUBEE" is, but this show was so much fun :) From: Magical Sisters LuluttoLily, episode 12youtu.be【Live Clip Ep12】ルルットリリィ「マジカルランデブー」ライブシーン/TVアニメ『魔法の姉妹ルルットリリィ』 #ルルットリリィ #るるりりYouTube video by バンダイナムコフィルムワークス チャンネル 010
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Talking about this manga again reminded me that this is my most popular post. People really do love their yuri lol 000
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Finally made my way through all of Walt Whitman's poetry. Genuinely stirring in a cynical 2026, I believe it when he wrote, "For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you." ~Song of Myself #poetryhardcover.appZNote's Review of The Complete Poems by Walt Whitman - HardcoverRead ZNote's review of The Complete Poems by Walt Whitman on Hardcover 030
Reposted by ZNote❄️if you get lost theres a song here🍑 @dualaurorawave.bsky.social · 07/06/2026luluttolilly~ 110862
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Still one of the funniest examples of bad comp in anime. From: A Couple of Cuckoos, S2 E4 160
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Aaron Judge's injury demonstrates that, once again, the Yankees medical staff are inept at discovering or diagnosing problems quickly. Rizzo had a concussion that basically wrecked him. Judge's rib stress fracture should've been caught sooner. No one has a drop-off that crazy "just because." 000
ZNote @znotetaku.bsky.social · 30/05/2026New "Finding Kyoto Animation" video! The more I watch clips from "Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu," the more convinced I am that it's one of the best things the studio ever made. This was their FIRST full TV anime, and the level of excellence on display in every respect is out of this world.youtu.beFull Petal Panic? Fumoffu - Finding Kyoto AnimationYouTube video by ZNoteTaku 1106
Reposted by ZNotebuildknuckle @buildknuckle.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I wrote over 2,000 words about how sometimes anime staff can appear in the credits with silly names. I'm very very proud of what I've achieved, please read it! 1116