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Thanks! I'll check out Locas for sure.

Hi there :) I like your encyclopedic approach to reading manga and I was wondering if you read western comics too. If yes, could you recommend me something?

I need to rewatch the first one as it's been years since I watched it and I can't recall much about it. I'm not terribly familiar with Okamura aside from Stink Bomb and a few of his episodic work. Wolf's Rain is definitely on my to-watch list.

I enjoyed the second movie-- especially a bit more now when I compare it with what Kawasaki did with Sprigann (which is not a good movie). It's his best effort so far directing-wise (what I've seen of Onigamiden indicates that Kawasaki hasn't gotten better when it comes to his storytelling).

As Otomo's protoge, it's obvious Kawasaki's directing style is highly influenced by him-- both the good (the visuals) and the bad (becoming more interested in design and animation work than any sensible or interesting story arc). He takes a bit too much from the later. At the very least Kawasaki has a good reputation in the industry since he's a good animator, so he gets a lot of other good animators to work on his projects.

The 3rd is my favorite, in large part due to the animation in the last act. The Rock Lee fight was storyboarded and animated by Norio Matsumoto. He also animated most of the climax once the lead 3 face off against the 3 bad guys, up until Naruto's army of shadow clones disappear. He's also the main animator on the Atsushi Wakabayashi episodes in the TV show.

It's that time: Vote for the titles and character you'd like to see added as relations for the Anime Alley Champagne Room club. Voting thread is here by June 21, 2011: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=300724

Nominees are:

Anime
Durarara!
One Piece
Rurouni Kenshin
Paranoia Agent

Manga
Yotsuba!
Gunsmith Cats
Chobits
Emma

Characters
Gokou Ruri "Kuroneko Shironeko" ( Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai)
Oe Kintaro (Golden Boy)
Rakka (Haibane Renmei)
Shiro (Deadman Wonderland)
Kasuga Ayumu "Osaka"

Not really. He's posted on ANN as recently as April, so I imagine he's still aware of what's going on anime-wise. But I haven't seen him pop up to discuss any currently airing shows since High School of the Dead.

I figured Pasta was a factor in why you picked it up. ;)

Yeah, Shikamaru's episode is 82. If 133 from the first series (yeah that's Naruto vs. Sasuke) is the pinnacle of Wakabayashi's fighting coreography, then 82 from Shipuuden is the pinnacle of what Tsuru and Suzuki wanted to do dramatically on the show. Everything from the photography, to the storyboarding, to the animation was damn perfect for that episode. Tsuru has been messing around with photography effects and CG for quite some time and you can see the results in 82, since the lighting in some of those scenes are killer. Suzuki's style is more conducive to slower, dramatic movements too, so that's definitely a factor.

They've worked together on other shows like Colorful and Kaze no Yojimbo, so I'm interested in checking those out to get a full grasp on how the duo has evolved over time. I also want to check out Gungrave, since Tsuru directed that one. But from what I've heard the only episodes that are really worth watching are the ones Tsuru directed himself and everything else varies greatly in quality.

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