The second day of @NIAFF_animation concluded with a talk by director Yoshiyuki Tomino and mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi about Char’s Counterattack (spoiler: they almost didn’t talk about CCA)
Here are a few of the hottest takes from these two legends! The talk show was followed by a screening of CCA, which sold out almost immediately: the room was filled in a few instants

The infamous “webgen” term in the anime industry was initially used to describe animators who learned their craft online before entering the industry, often disrupting traditional norms.
This innovative approach to animation has led to an obvious shift in the industry.
One of the 3 pillars of this movement, Ryo-Timo, likes to compare it to the Rock ‘n’ Roll lifestyle.

Gundam creator and legendary anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino recently gave an interview for the Japanese newspaper Toyo Keizai.
As usual, he's got some interesting things to say on quite a lot of topics...

toyokeizai.net/articles/-/721… As the title ("The anime boom is currently at its peak") indicates, Tomino believes that animation is currently going through a golden age in Japan, and he's thankful for that.
But he's not sure it will last, talking about potential "decline" by 5 or 6 years

If you've been on anime or sakuga Twitter in the last few hours, you've surely seen this scene.
Frieren has kept providing some fantastic animation this season, but Myoun's dance sequence on #15 has become a big topic. Let's get into some of what makes it special First, let's introduce the key animator
Myoun is a young Korean artist active since 2017, who quickly specialized in character acting on works like Wonder Egg Priority & Akebi-chan's Sailor Uniform
They also worked with director Keiichirô Saitô once before, on Bocchi the Rock #05

Yesterday, Japanese media Gigazine released a report of a talk by producer Kazuya Masumoto regarding problems within the anime industry. Some of what he said we already discussed in previous threads or articles, but we thought it might interesting to provide a summary
To begin with, let’s introduce Masumoto @kenji2413 One of the representative directors of studio Trigger, he is also the leader of the circle “Ogikubo 100W”, which releases dôjinshi about the work of production assistants in the anime industry

Today might be the beginning of the end not only for the anime industry but Japanese entertainment as a whole, as the new Invoice System for Japanese Consumption Tax comes into effect. It has been an issue looming for a few months, and despite the devastating consequences it is bound to have, few people outside Japan are talking about it.