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Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025 - Sakuga Blog Animation creators and people passionate about art shared the works that resonated with them the most in the 2025 Sakugabooru Animation Awards!

Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025 blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/23/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #takopi #animeCITY #apocalypsehotel #100meters #TheSummerHikaruDied #MyDressUpDarling #AveMujica #ChainsawManMovie #YAIBA #shoshimin #GQuuuuuuX #anime_ann_e #cocoon #mononoke #milkysubway #sakugabowl

Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc - The Movie Of The Moment - Sakuga Blog CSM Reze isn't only a blast to watch, nor just a hit. It's a film embodying the current methodology of high-profile anime, taken to ridiculous extremes.

Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc - The Movie Of The Moment blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/06/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #ChainsawManMovie #劇場版チェンソーマン #reze #チェンソーマンレゼ篇

Apocalypse Hotel And Legacies That Outlast The End Of The World - Sakuga Blog Apocalypse Hotel made the bumpy road of its creation into a virtue, confidently mixing different styles, viewpoints, and moods

Apocalypse Hotel And Legacies That Outlast The End Of The World blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/02/a... #anime #animation #sakuga #アポカリプスホテル #apocalypsehotel

Shoushimin Series' Cinematography And The Unnerving Pretense Of Ordinariness - Sakuga Blog Shoshimin’s odd leads seek normalcy. Contrast with sibling series Hyouka and the clash between wishes & nature make its direction captivating

Shoushimin Series' Cinematography And The Unnerving Pretense Of Ordinariness blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/31/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #shoshimin #小市民 #小市民シリーズ #hyouka

Hyakuemu / 100 Meters: Uoto & Kenji Iwaisawa's Full Force Sprint - Sakuga Blog Hyakuemu / 100 Meters is led by emerging, charismatic artists brought together by the illogical, deeply human passion that fuels this story.

Hyakuemu / 100 Meters: Uoto & Kenji Iwaisawa's Full Force Sprint blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/12/27/h... #anime #animation #sakuga #ひゃくえむ #100meters #KenjiIwaisawa #Uoto

Secret Sabunga Notes #04 | Sakugabooru, Sakuga Blog, and Sakuga Video Get more from Sakugabooru, Sakuga Blog, and Sakuga Video on Patreon

Secret Sabunga Notes #04 (Fall 2025 Anime Season Pre/Overview Edition) www.patreon.com/posts/secret... #anime #animation #sakuga

The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu’s Seeping Horror And The Concept Of Enshutsu Anime - Sakuga Blog The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu‘s anime was conceptualized around Ryohei Takeshita’s adventurous direction, but without losing sight of the author’s core ideas. With a sequel on the horizon, it’s t...

The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu’s Seeping Horror And The Concept Of Enshutsu Anime blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/10/19/h... #anime #animation #sakuga #TheSummerHikaruDied #Hikanatsu #光が死んだ夏 #ひかなつアニメ

Secret Sabunga Notes #03 | Sakugabooru, Sakuga Blog, and Sakuga Video Get more from Sakugabooru, Sakuga Blog, and Sakuga Video on Patreon

Secret Sabunga Notes #03 www.patreon.com/posts/141290... #anime #animation #sakuga #kimetsunoyaiba #demonslayer #rurinohouseki #rurirocks #milkysubway

The Exceptional Growth Of My Dress-Up Darling / Kisekoi Season 2 - Sakuga Blog My Dress-Up Darling / Kisekoi was always charming, but it has reached a new level with a sequel that's more wildly creative, thematically tighter, and in that

The Exceptional Growth Of My Dress-Up Darling / Kisekoi Season 2 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/10/08/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #MyDressUpDarling #MyDressUpDarlingSeason2 #bisquedoll #着せ恋 #着せ恋アニメ

CITY: The Animation Final Production Notes And Kyoto Animation's Future blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/29/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY

Keiichi Arawi And Kyoto Animation’s Imaginative Quest To Defy The Norms – CITY: The Animation Production Notes #02-11 Working closely together, CITY’s original author Keiichi Arawi and a Kyoto Animation team built around Taiichi Ishidate defied the norms of TV animation scheduling, stylistic trends, and regu…

Keiichi Arawi and Kyoto Animation's Imaginative Quest To Defy The Norms - CITY: The Animation Production Notes #02-11 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/09/20/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY

Secret Sabunga Notes #02 | Sakugabooru, Sakuga Blog, and Sakuga Video Get more from Sakugabooru, Sakuga Blog, and Sakuga Video on Patreon

Secret Sabunga Notes #02 www.patreon.com/posts/secret... #anime #animation #sakuga #silentwitch #mamoruhosoda #dandadan #letoiledeparisenfleur #witchhatatelier #akanebanashi #sekiro #whitefox

Takopi’s Original Sin Production Notes: The Lengthy Road To Proper Communication The anime adaptation of Takopi’s Original Sin is the extraordinary result of a bold producer, an overlooked director, and an up-and-coming studio joining hands to make choices others don&#821…

Takopi's Original Sin Production Notes: The Lengthy Road To Proper Communication blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/08/15/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #takopi #タコピーの原罪 #タコピー

Secret Sabunga Notes #01 | Sakugabooru, Sakuga Blog, and Sakuga Video Get more from Sakugabooru, Sakuga Blog, and Sakuga Video on Patreon

Secret Sabunga Notes #01 www.patreon.com/posts/secret... #anime #animation #sakuga

Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi’s Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01 CITY: The Animation is finally here, through an unusually close collaboration between author Keiichi Arawi and Kyoto Animation. To capture his original charm, the team led by Taiichi Ishidate found…

Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi's Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/07/07/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY

Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi’s Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01 CITY: The Animation is finally here, through an unusually close collaboration between author Keiichi Arawi and Kyoto Animation. To capture his original charm, the team led by Taiichi Ishidate found…

Kyoto Animation And Keiichi Arawi's Most Imaginative Collaboration Arrives: CITY The Animation Production Notes 01 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/07/07/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #keiichiarawi #kyotoanimation #アニメCITY #animeCITY

Who Comes Up With Anime’s Openings & Endings? The Impressive Sequences Of The Present And The Historical Evolution Of Their Creators blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/06/28/w... #anime #animation #shoshimin #WITCHWATCH #anime_ann_e #kusuriya #GQuuuuuuX #YAIBA #lazarus #シングレ #APOCALYPSEHOTEL

The Many Other Gems Of Animation In Early 2025 (And Earlier) In addition to all the articles we’ve published, and before properly moving onto Spring titles, enjoy this lengthy compilation of comments and short essays about other works that have impress…

The Many Other Gems Of Animation In Early 2025 (And Earlier) blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #cocoon #ハニーレモンソーダ #HoneyLemonSoda #アニメ全修 #ZENSHU #kusuriya_anime #俺だけレベルアップな件 #SK8THEINFINITY #AveMujica

Tensei Ojisan / From Bureaucrat to Villainess And Tetsuya Takeuchi: A Kind Comedy Tailor-made For One Of Anime’s Most Renowned Action Stars Tetsuya Takeuchi is a beloved animator, and as it tends to happen, it’s his action work that receives the most attention. Though many do know he builds upon his characteristic articulation of…

Tensei Ojisan / From Bureaucrat to Villainess And Tetsuya Takeuchi: A Kind Comedy Tailor-made For One Of Anime's Most Renowned Action Stars blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/t... #anime #animation #sakuga #tensei_ojisan #転生おじさん

Sorairo Utility: A Mirror Reflecting Kengo Saito’s Career, Passions, And Philosophy Sorairo Utility is Kengo Saito’s passion project through and through—not only as its original author and all-encompassing lead creative within the production team, but also in how it embodies…

Sorairo Utility: A Mirror Reflecting Kengo Saito's Career, Passions, And Philosophy blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #空色ユーティリティ #sorairo_utility

Chi / Orb: On the Movements of the Earth – The Challenge To Animate The Uncompromising Human Spirit Chi / Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is a thoughtful, uplifting tale about curiosity and the indomitable human spirit. Its adaptation has earned critical praise among illustrious members of the…

Chi / Orb: On the Movements of the Earth - The Challenge To Animate The Uncompromising Human Spirit blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/05/09/c... #anime #animation #sakuga #orb #チ #チ球の運動について

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era Production Notes: Ken Yamamoto’s Prism of Possibilities Uma Musume’s Beginning of a New Era movie is the fiercest, most aggressively expressive sports film in a while. Beneath that bombastic animation horsepower, you’ll find an ingenious dir…

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era Production Notes: Ken Yamamoto's Prism of Possibilities blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/04/04/u... #anime #animation #sakuga #umamusume #ウマ娘 #新時代の扉 #劇場版ウマ娘

Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2024 The time has come again. To bid a final goodbye to 2024, we gathered animators, designers, directors, producers, studio founders, and individuals with all sorts of relationships with animation to s…

Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2024 blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/01/04/s... #anime #animation #sakuga #lookback #ONEPIECE #eupho_anime #新時代の扉 #frieren #kusuriya #dungeonmeshi #makeine #anime_bbb #きみの色 #ghostcatanzu #義妹生活 #dandadan #ぷにかわ #小市民 #WallaceandGromit

The Evolution of Kenji Nakamura’s Avantgarde Creation: 15 Years Between Kuuchuu Buranko and Mononoke The Movie Kenji Nakamura is a disruptive, unique, truly avantgarde anime director. An ever-evolving creator whose mindset shifted 15 years ago when he directed Kuuchuu Buranko / Trapeze, despite having achie…

The Evolution of Kenji Nakamura’s Avantgarde Creation: 15 Years Between Kuuchuu Buranko and Mononoke The Movie blog.sakugabooru.com/2024/12/30/t... #空中ブランコ #kuuchuuburanko #tsuritama #gatchamancrowds #ガッチャマンクラウズ #mononoke #劇場版モノノ怪 #モノノ怪

An Animator’s Hand Toward A Kinder World: Dandadan Production Notes #05-07 As Dandadan moves on to its next adventures, let’s give a final look at the Acrobatic Silky arc—the people responsible, their fascinating influences, and especially, the majestic final episod…

blog.sakugabooru.com/2024/11/21/a... #anime #animation #sakuga #dandadan #ダンダダン

Irreverent Romcom, Timeless Slapstick, And Occasional Spectacle Of Loose Animation – Puniru Is A Cute Slime Puniru Is A Cute Slime irreverently defies stylistic eras and demographics to put together a really funny slapstick manga. Its anime adaptation can’t always capture its full appeal, but outst…

Irreverent Romcom, Timeless Slapstick, And Occasional Spectacle Of Loose Animation - Puniru Is A Cute Slime blog.sakugabooru.com/2024/11/17/i... #anime #animation #sakuga #puniru #ぷにるはかわいいスライム #ぷにかわ