Favourite animators: hair animation by Megumi Kouno (河野恵美)
Learn/watch more:
Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door opening animation by Hiroyuki Okiura (沖浦啓之) and Tetsuya Nishio (西尾鉄也)
Favourite animators: Hidehiko Sawada (澤田英彦) and his work on Hunter x Hunter
Learn/watch more:
- He usually works with animation director Tomoko Mori. All of the scenes in this gifset come from their episodes.
- Hunter x Hunter (2011) Animation Analysis
- More scenes animated by Hidehiko Sawada
- List of anime he’s worked on + sakuga wiki
Learn/watch more:
- Gen'ichirou Abe: profile on ANN and sakuga wiki + MAD
- Ryo Imamura: profile on ANN and sakuga wiki + MAD
- Don’t forget to click the gifs to see the captions (or refer to this post if they’re not showing anymore)
Favourite animators: Takeshi Koike (小池健)
Learn/watch more:
- Takeshi Koike’s profile on Anipages (these profiles were written a couple of years ago so they might be somewhat outdated)
- Sakuga: The Animation of Anime pt.14 - Redline’s Takeshi Koike
- More scenes animated by Takeshi Koike: part 1, part 2
- List of anime he’s worked on + sakuga wiki
- It took him almost seven years to complete “Redline”. He is also directing the upcoming “Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen’s Gravestone” movie
- Don’t forget to click the gifs for the titles (or refer to this post if they’re not showing anymore)
Favourite animators: Toshiyuki Inoue (井上俊之)
Learn/watch more:
- Toshiyuki Inoue’s profile on Anipages (these profiles were written a couple of years ago so they might be somewhat outdated)
- More scenes animated by Toshiyuki Inoue: MAD by BlueSakuga (HD)
- List of anime he’s worked on + sakuga wiki
- Also, don’t forget to click the gifs for captions (or refer to this post if they’re not showing anymore)
Huh, it looks like the captions don’t work anymore… I don’t understand tumblr sometimes. Here you go then!
List of anime used in my sakuga photosets (from left to right, top to bottom; please refer to this post in the future):
Favourite animators: Tetsuya Nishio (西尾鉄也) and his work on FLCL
Learn/watch more:
- Tetsuya Nishio’s profile on Anipages (these profiles were written a couple of years ago so they might be somewhat outdated)
- More scenes animated by Tetsuya Nishio: part 1, part 2, part 3
- List of anime he’s worked on + sakuga wiki
Favourite animators: Shinya Ohira (大平晋也)
Learn/watch more:
- Shinya Ohira’s profile on Anipages (keep in mind that it’s a bit old and might be somewhat outdated)
- Creator Spotlight: Ohira Shinya
- Sakuga: The Animation of Anime pt.6 - Shinya Ohira’s Surrealist Animation
- More scenes animated by Shinya Ohira: MAD by BlueSakuga (HD), Flipbook Sakuga
- List of anime he’s worked on + sakuga wiki
- He also directed one of the Genius Party short films - “Wanwa the Puppy”
- Don’t forget to click the gifs for the titles (or refer to this post if they’re not showing anymore)
Favourite animators/production designers: Gekidan Inu Curry (劇団イヌカレー)
Learn/watch more:
- Gekidan Inu Curry are an animation troupe famous for their designs of the witches and the witches’ otherworld in Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica. Their techniques draw inspiration from Russian animation and Czech animation. They utilize stop-motion animation and coloring that resembles hand-drawn illustrations.
- Their pen names are 2shiroinu (2白犬) and Doroinu (泥犬). 2shiroinu, or Ayumi Shiraishi (白石 亜由美), is a former Gainax animator. Doroinu, or Yousuke Anai, worked at Tanto Do-GA Studio. (source)
- NND video of openings, endings and music videos made by Gekidan Inu Curry
- tumblr blog dedicated to Gekidan Inu Curry
- Japanese wikipedia + sakuga wiki
- Don’t forget to click the gifs for the titles (or refer to this post if they’re not showing anymore)