Jonz

2y

Finna peep "A Place Further than the Universe" next

Everything

2y

There's a bunch

Carmen is Composed

2y

After doing an astounding amount of work on shows like Gurren Lagann, Serei Moribito, Sword of the Stranger, and countless Precure movies Umakoshi was brought on as primary character designer on Casshern Sins released in 2008

Produced by Tatsunoko Productions and animated at Madhouse this felt like a changing of the guard from the original series. The show had gone through several iterations, with its original 70s anime, a 90s OVA, and even a live action 2004 tokusatsu movie. Umakoshi’s take feels completely unique and fresh with new angular warped take on the original designs.



Umakoshi’s designs ooze style. There is a serious sense of aerodynamics to the big swooping shapes that are exuding this sense of speed and ferocity, and given the more darker take on the series it works incredibly well. Directer Yamauchi Shigeyasu helped bring the series to life with his storyboards, and Umakoshi was involved with the AD process. For this show Umakoshi’s action directed scenes opted for a heavy use of speed lines, and of course his renowned Umakoshi Eye, with it here being more prominent than ever.



The scenes have a stylistic influence of 70s action rife with his flare. The show featured a few Toei vets, such as Kigami, Tatsufomi Ito (who solo animated Episode 8), Madhouse animators Hidehiko Sawada and Kanako Maru but also an appearance from the illustrious Norio Matsumoto who’s arrival on Episode 6 was seemingly untouched by any of Umakoshi’s corrections https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/161288 marking a huge animation shift in the middle of the action. Umakoshi himself was not credited for any KA, though it is widely noted that his corrections might have been complete redraws in some instances on several episodes making it his own animation https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/64981 https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/201410\. Umakoshi during this time let his line work define the action. Instead of taking more safer approaches and having the brunt of the action be seen in camera, Umakoshi goes for incredibly close up and intimate shots of the action with anticipated shots of kicks or punches being followed through by just a one quarter shot of the body and not an entire bodily reaction. It’s different, and feels heavily influenced by past 80s works truly showing he is a disciple of Junichi Hayama.

proper

2y

is that dooly in the bottom right corner

PIMP

2y

Ended up starting Monster

Very nice

I want to find more serious anime like this - less childish acts

PIMP

2y

Ended up starting Monster

Very nice

I want to find more serious anime like this - less childish acts

youngtubesteak2

2y

latest bleach episode was on some junji ito type stuff

Lorenzo de Medici

2y

Anyone a fan of Demon Slayer?

Lorenzo de Medici

2y

Anyone a fan of Demon Slayer?

Wisdom

2y

Finished Yu Yu Hakusho 9.5/10

Finished My Home Hero 8/10

Im sad as f***

Mictlan

2y

With his style fujimoto should be putting out more pages. Look what dandadan doing

Mictlan

2y

With his style fujimoto should be putting out more pages. Look what dandadan doing

hayabusa

2y

blows my mind how there isnt a dandadan anime yet feels like a no brainer

I Love Sushi

2y

wasn't it announced that it was getting one? or was that cap