Statistics
All Anime Stats Anime Stats
Days: 225.6
Mean Score:
6.24
- Watching21
- Completed908
- On-Hold148
- Dropped873
- Plan to Watch628
- Total Entries2,578
- Rewatched59
- Episodes14,011
All Manga Stats Manga Stats
Days: 42.5
Mean Score:
4.00
- Total Entries78
- Reread5
- Chapters6,358
- Volumes426
All Comments (77) Comments
D.C. Da Capo III, the original Ongaku Shoujo, Sakura Trick (all directed by Ishikura Kenichi, a series director on seasons of Natsu no Arashi and Hidamari and episode director on a lot of other Shaft shows. Sakura Trick is less recognizable than the other ones, and I can only guarantee the first episode for both that and Da Capo)
Medaka Box (directed by Saeki Shouji, whose main contribuition was in the ShaftxGainax collabs but whose style here resembles Shaft a lot, especially in the last episode of season 2, but he worked as an episode director in many Shaft anime throughout the years and recently came back to the studio as the director of Lily, Luminous Witches (all without Shinbou though))
Softenni (directed by Kamitsubo Ryouki, director of season 1 of Hidamari Sketch, episode director on others. Again, I only watched an episode)
Hyakko (directed by Michio Fukuda, who storyboarded a lot of early Shaft anime, also with Kamitsubo Ryouki. The only episodes that feel like Shaft are episode 1 and 12, though, but episode 1 is a great example of it)
Nourin (this is another Shin Oonuma show, but it's notable for the use of many of the same stylistic flourishes of Paniponi Dash (like having chibi versions of the characters flying along the screen), but also for having a character who's pretty much just Becky, the protagonist of Paniponi, as a side-character)
Comic Girls (directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto, episode director on Negima and Monogatari, with some shinbouisms at least on episode 1)
There's also this Fate/GO PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZkoV7KsY8 that might have Tatsuya Oishi or someone else from Bake/Kizu working under a pen name, though it's not on MAL, produced by A-1 pictures.
from that denpa webring
I didn't look too deep into the staffs before asking, I just looked at the directors. But now that you mention it it makes sense, I also know that he worked with Shinbou on SoulTaker, there's even a character there that inspired Senjougahara Hitagi's design. So yeah, really, Akio's presence gives it a Shaft vibe. And yeah, I also understand the similarities you've picked up on them.
also, why are Kaminomi, Grisaia and Gyakuten Sekai on the list?
I'm curious, what's the seasonal meetup that you are talking about??
how has your week/weekend been so far, any plans? anything interesting you've been watching or reading recently?