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Fall 2022 Sakuga MAD | Part 1
Watch w/ the original song here: https://vimeo.com/784037458 Song: Guitar, Loneliness, and Blue Planet Guitar cover by MattyyyM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je4G739nPnA Fall 2022 has been the most stacked anime season in many years, so…
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Fall 2022 Sakuga MAD | Part 2
This is a re-upload of a MAD which was originally removed for copyright due to the song. For some reason, this one is now available everywhere but Russia…
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Fall 2022 Sakuga MAD | Part 2
Watch w/ the original song here: https://vimeo.com/789079030 Song: That Band Guitar cover by PulseGTR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbsqFtg-k0g It took longer to finish than it should have, but here's a showcase of highlights from…
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Redline Sakuga MAD
A few weeks ago I purchased the Redline Key Animation book on Amazon JP. I had planned to do a detailed breakdown of the shots that were indentified…
FMA: Milos Sakuga MAD.
It took a lot of work to get it done, but the MAD for FMA: Milos finally got finished! I helped out a bit on it, but Murad…
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One Piece【ワンピース】Wano Part 3 | ONIGASHIMA Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw32SUCdp5U As the raid on Onigashima continues, the efforts of the One Piece production team continue to impress. I was originally planning to limit my Wano series to…
Cowboy Bebop【カウボーイビバップ】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rdiy9IzATQ Recently I finally finished watching the Cowboy Bebop anime, and the movie has been one of my favorite action films for a long time. I quickly knew…
One Piece【ワンピース】Egghead Sakuga MAD
Here we are! One Piece is only days away from returning after a long break, so now felt like a perfect time to revisit some of the highlights.…
Spinning Action Sakuga 作画 MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIW0n36TUSQ I was recently thinking about a certain kind of action shot that I enjoy, and after hours of searching through my memory & sakugabooru I had assembled…
Jujutsu Kaisen【呪術廻戦】Season 2 Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXzGkZ7M6I I had a lot of fun putting this one together. Despite being such a disastrous production, JJK S2 is a gold mine of MAD potential. I've been…
Exploring sakuga – Part 1 : Birth of otaku, birth of sakuga
If you ask different people what “sakuga” is or means, chances are you’ll get different answers ; but all these answers will probably revolve around a few similar…
Fall 2024 Mid-Season Report, part 1
Week 7 of the Fall ’24 season marks the season’s official midway point, so let’s take a look at how some of the series airing this season are…
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2013 Fall season First Impressions! Part 1
I have returned from my long hiatus, reason being I felt Stella Jogakuin wasn’t really getting views or reads for the most part so I figured it would be…
Coppelion, Infinite Stratos, Kyousougiga, Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea, Outbreak Company
Yuki Hayashi【 林祐己】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfRWFei-rbk This was very much a case of randomly finding a song I wanted to use and picking the topic afterwards, but who doesn't love some Yuki Hayashi.…
One Piece【ワンピース】Wano | ONIGASHIMA Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a147TpzfVHI End card made by @MixtheSkele on Twitter After 3 months without internet I'm back, and the One Piece anime was going absolutely wild in my absence. It has…
Masami Mori【森匡三】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWnak7V8hr0 SOTY SAIKOOOUUUUU also known as Keisuke Mori, and another kanji reading is 森雅美
Shuu Sugita【杉田柊】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN7w2YEV9DU I discovered this song a couple days ago and was immediately compelled to do something with it. Sugita's career could be better represented by a longer MAD…
One Piece【ワンピース】Wano FINALE Sakuga MAD
4 years later, to the conclusion of an arc that never stopped delivering and in appreciation of every individual who made that possible. By a pretty wide margin this…
Riki Matsuura【松浦力】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2IQpD8Wzo0 Of the many artists Fire Force brought into the light, Riki Matsuura stands out the most stylistically. His draftsmanship befits his shaft roots, as does his approach…
Fall 2022 1
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Animecast: Fall 2021 Anime Season Review Part 1
With the wrap up of the Fall 2021 Anime Season, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to give their reviews of 15 amazing titles for…
Fall 2022 Season Preview
Wooper: Rare is the anime season that gets me interested in upwards of ten shows, but Fall 2022 seems to have managed it, even while packing itself full…
Kazuhiro Miwa【三輪和宏】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04A_3wUR8Cg My search for suitable music for Kazuhiro Miwa has been long and arduous, but a recent Zutomayo release finally brought about its conclusion. Something about editing Miwa's…
Takashi Kojima【小島崇史】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onhBN0qkUcE Takashi Kojima is an animator of enormous talent and skill, with the ability to draw any character design perfectly while still maintaining his own unique style. I've…
Yoshimichi Kameda【亀田祥倫】Sakuga MAD
I seriously can't wait for Yaiba. 99.9 has had my heart in a chokehold since 2019, so I'm glad to finally be using it. Kameda seemed like the ideal…
Shingo Yamashita【山下清悟】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Y4OIWGr4w The main theme of Tetsuwan Birdy Decode 02 is my favorite anime soundtrack of all time, and is attached to one of my favorite shows of all…
Masami Mori【森匡三】Sakuga MAD 2
Innocent Arrogance - BiSH soty saikou. Mori has been busy since my original MAD to say the least, so I thought it was about time for a new showcase.…
Takeshi Maenami【前並武志】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A0ICz6rVvU I've been wanting to make a Maenami MAD for a very long time at this point, but given that his work has such unique timing and the…
Masayuki Kunihiro【國弘昌之】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcBIPurP5yo With Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon Slayer blowing minds recently, I wanted to showcase one of Ufotable's ace animators that makes such sakuga spectacles possible.
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Toshiyuki Sato【佐藤利幸】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q Few animators exist with works as diverse and extensive as Toshiyuki Sato. He qualifies as an action specialist, effects specialist, gag animation specialist, and acting specialist all…
Norio Matsumoto【松本憲生】Sakuga MAD
Song: Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd So this is more than double the length of any other MAD I've made, but I was committed to using the whole song,…
Exploring sakuga – Part 3 : The sakuga debate
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Exploring sakuga – Part 3 : The sakuga debate
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Itsuki Tsuchigami【土上いつき】Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwrI-DkXiWQ Itsuki Tsuchigami (alternatively miso) is a favorite animator of mine, and I've planned to make a MAD with his work for a long time. Now that FGO…
Kai Ikarashi 【五十嵐海】Works Sakuga MAD
This showcase includes anything Kai Ikarashi has animated, as well as anything that falls within the 4 episodes for which he had the most creative control. As storyboard…
Yaiba: Samurai Legend 【真•侍伝 YAIBA】Sakuga MAD
Artists as charismatic as those that brought us the first 2 cours of Yaiba are rarely all in one place. Not only did this project bring them together,…
Spring 2022 – Week 6 & Mid-Season Part 1.
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Exploring sakuga – Part 2 : The birth of Western sakuga
In the previous essay in this series, I argued that one of the most important factors for the development of sakuga in Japan was the VCR and its…
Exploring sakuga – Part 2 : The birth of Western sakuga
In the previous essay in this series, I argued that one of the most important factors for the development of sakuga in Japan was the VCR and its…
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