I have discussed character-acting and action animation quite extensively on the show (and will continue to do so) but this week I want to go just a bit deeper by looking at the concept of 'form'. How animators interpret the body and give life to it through movement is very important not just for understanding how a character is feeling at a certain point in time, but also what the overarching ideas of a story really are. In this epiosde, I think about realism, distorting features of the human body and more.
Staff Mentioned: Toshiyuki Inoue, Hiroyuki Okiura, Shinya Ohira, Yutaro Kubo.
Anime Mentioned: Maquia - When The Promised Flower Blooms, Millennium Actress, Your Name, Ping Pong: The Animation, The Girl From The Other Side.
Specific Sequences Referenced:
Maquia Running Sequence: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/60770
Millenium Actress Running Sequence: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/12578
Your Name Running Sequence: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/36789
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MUSIC IN THIS PRODUCTION
Syth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch
Mandatory Overtime by Joth
“Anomaly” Eric Matyas www.soundimage.org (Edited for length)