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17 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Umetsu's opening sequence for Bishounen Tanteidan feels like a spiritual successor to his iconic Soremachi one, just as fun and with the technical excellence to match the crazy list of animators he gathered
A production team specifically credited to The Umetsu Crew at SHAFT so remember to act extremely surprised when they reveal that he's directing an anime over there. There was no way to know. Not a single hint
It was hard to pick but I think these are the dancing bits I like the most. Fun performances with character specificity and the draftsmanship to support them

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17 Apr
My weary brittle bones shatter just by watching a virtual person perform acts of physical prowess in between a lot of dancing
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