@@Ramsey276one Sakugabooru have been a thing for more than 7 years now. Other older Sakuga related blogs that served a similar purpose before Sakugabooru are older than a decade by now...
RIP Yoshiji Kigami, one of the best Sakuga artist. He died on July 18th 2019 during the Kyoto Animation arson attack. He worked on Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Clannad, A Silent Voice and many of Kyoto Animation greatest animes.
@@brandonmallick9614 From what I understand the consensus is the first ten are crap, the next ten are starting to catch their stride, the next ten are pretty solid, and it's uphill from their. Eventually it gets a story and becomes even better.
Brandon Mallick I’d say it’s always good but one of the first serious arcs starts at episode 58. I’m only on episode 173 and I’d have to say take your time and enjoy every episode
@@michaelharrison1746 if you are at episode 173 you havents seen the best yet. Around 200 and 300 we get the biggest jumps in quality, and upcoming Final movie is going to beat that
gonna help you out where I can: 0:56 is Liz to Aoi Tori (Liz and the blue bird)(Sound Euphonium spin-off movie) 2:53 Shirobako 3:38 The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 5:32 A place further than the universe 8:05 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 8:09 Sound! Euphonium 8:20 Monogatari series (specifically one of the Kizumonogatari movies) 8:29 Baccano! 12:54 Revolutionary Girl Utena 13:50 FLCL (Fooly Cooly) 14:42 Right: K-On! 15:29 Anohana
@@slep4984 don’t know if you’ve seen my earlier reply already but it’s one of the Kizumonogatari movies, which are basically the prequel to the monogatari series ^^
Geoff, I can honestly say, I don't watch absolutely all of your videos, but some of the things you said in this video were genuinely thought-provoking, great video, one of your finer pieces, in my opinion, It made me rethink what it means for an anime to emotionally impact me through visuals alone. I used to simply put the animation up to the collective efforts of a studio, but I can see how some animation sequences carry the sole emotion of a single lone animator somewhere out there. It's an art onto itself, how a single frame can carry the signature and emotion of an animator. How even if that someone works in a different studio, with a different budget, you can still somehow tell that the animator whose emotions once touched you are trying to do it again.
Jeezus Christ, I’m sorry Geoff but I’m not even 3 minutes in and I’m having so much trouble paying attention to what you’re saying when my eyes are “Awooga-ing” every 5 seconds
As an animator, working in a big Western company, this was super inspiring for me to animate more again. Maybe one day animators will be treated, respected and paid just as well as actors, seeing as they are the soul of the characters people love. Thanks for naming the animators!
@@frizen9328 That's true, in my head there's also a culture built around who is a 'celebrity' or is celebrated and maybe it's just pushing towards highlighting more artists for the work and effort they put in... maybe I'm just looking for a pay rise haha.
@@frizen9328 Haha very true! If I asked anyone else if they'd want to be seen they'd probably say "no but here's a drawing of me I guess" haha So sad that animation isn't taken seriously and that America seems to decide the 'creative' path!
Rock Lee vs Gaara in the Chuunin Exams. That was a jaw dropping scene and taken to an epic level when it was animated. When Lee dropped his training weights, it was intense.
Me the ALPHA MALE of this comment section and me command RESPECT. Right now me ordering you to NOT view any of me v*de*s. Instead just look at me th*mbnails and be JEALOUS. Bye bye icji
If you guys are talking about the arson, that's like the opposite of an avoidable situation. How can you prevent some unhinged person from lighting up a building? Not to mention, the guy didn't even manage to get 100 meters before getting apprehended. They also changed the laws surrounding the situation to try and prevent future attacks. So what's your point? The thread starts with someone saying KyoAni paying their staff well is good, and then you pop in to reference some wild unrelated shit that happened?
Before watching this video, imma just assume half of this is gonna be filled with Yutaka Nakamura EDIT: I'm glad I didn't make a drinking game outta this
Honestly i was surprised at how little imaishi there was and how most of it was Promare Like more than half of Dead Leaves was just early Imaishi Sakuga
The thing I loved the most about this video is how there is the name of animators in the corner instead of the anime. Animators really deserve more attention
When I first watched the pink Steven scene in Steven Universe, I started crying and when my partner asked me what was wrong I said, “So many frames...”
My Hero Academia spoilers: That moment when Deku had Eri equipped like a backpack, and layed down the final punch on Overhaul. The lighting, lightning, and Deku's determined glare of an incoming ass-whooping made my eyes melt with how deliciously smooth that looked
"Tamers is dark" Yes yes it is, fun fact mildly related: it is directed by one of the 'Hellsing' writers(yes that Hellsing) who also happens to write in the Cthulhu Mythos
Weilin Zhang is practically new to the industry but holy shit he's done some incredible work on Mob Psycho, Boruto and Jujutsu Kaisen. Everyone talks about Nakamura (and for good reason) but more light needs to be shone on the lesser known talent here as well.
Wow, when you said you owed your addiction to sakuga moments in anime I remembered falling in love with the robot in FLCL doing a jumping spinning whip kick in one of my first moments experiencing sakuga and was forever hooked.
There’s a reason why I want Studio Trigger to do a Sonic anime. Imagine how cool it would be to see a Sonic anime with such a fast pace in animation. Hell imagine if Trigger did their own take on Sonic SatAM/Forces. It’d be better looking than Sonic X at least.
I think some of my favorite sakuga has to be any part of the Castlevania anime where Trevor is swinging one of his whip or whip-style weapons around. Being able to animate a whip fighting style at all takes serious talent; being able to animate it to the degree of showing off in a sakuga moment is jaw-dropping.
Is natoshi shida in the video? I dont think ive noticed it, but that name is literally the reason as to why i decided to care more about the artists that make the good cuts and check sakurabooru
praise be to monty oum, may he rest in peace. RWBY got me into anime, and the fights in particular are what got me into it. So I'll always have a soft spot for it
@@zackrose6261 yeah, its really shitty. like you can not like the show, or the direction they're taking it right now. but the "Monty wouldn't want X" argument is just plain disrespectful
Legit expected at least a few clips of Medabots. That show was absolutely filled to the brim with small moments of Sakuga, movement was generally amazing to watch in it.
Sakuga is what made me fall in love with anime. When an animator is able to show their passion for their work, it just can't be beat. In my opinion, Sakuga is at its best when the animator and the writer have been inspired to accentuate the same moment.
I'm the kind of person who cans up their emotions and never cries over anything but... as an amateur animator, sakuga can bring tears to my eyes. Watching this video, with a compilation of many of my favorite sakuga moments and even more I wasn't aware of, almost made me cry. Thanks Geoff. This was a fantastic video.
The way Gaara's head sluggishly whips around to look at Rock Lee bouncing in and out of existence, as his sand barrier gets pummeled from all fronts, is an image that will never leave my mind. I'm thankful for the people who made my childhood come alive like this
Sakuga is amazing, and always will be, but I feel that audio direction is extremely underrated. Like certain shows that don't even have breathtaking animation still have sound design that just helps express the emotions of shows with emotional narratives.
One of the first sakuga sequences that i noticed as a kid was that time Madara was fighting an entire army in Naruto. And to this day imo mob psycho has the best sequences I've seen to this day (at least for a battle sakuga)
I play your videos while I go to bed, cause you have a nice voice and the pacing of your video is great and easy to understand. Thank you for introducing me to so many wonderful anime.
After watching this, I only have two questions: 1. "How is the money disbursed in an anime production?" 2. "Who in the production committee takes home the largest slice of the return?"
For question 2, each member of a production committee is ranked based on how much they invested in the anime project, and the returns are proportional to their investment. So the first name on the list, the one leading the production will most probably get the largest slice of the return. Of course circumstances vary between each production, depending on marketing, merch and events (there are a wide variety of revenue sources for an anime project) but my impression is that it doesn't stray too much from the above. From the outside there's no way to know the exact proportion between each member however.
The Naruto vs Pain Fight. When Naruto transforms and he just brushes off every one of Pain’s attacks and jutsu, and then the Planetary Devastation/Chibaku Tensei moment, I was just amazed and awestruck, I had no words
Fr it was so cathartic seeing pain get absolutely stomped, and the insanely over exaggerated animation makes it feel like it lasts forever even though it only lasts a few minutes at best.
Probably the scene in Violet Evergarden, when she tries to jump across the pond, while holding an umbrella... but that might partially be my anticipation for the blue-ray copy I ordered to arrive. Other than that, most fights involving Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho had some good shots, but I might be letting my chuunibyou show too much with that admission
Hi Geoff! Love your channel! Nailed the interior/hyper-detail to exterior Open World analogy. 😀I’d also add cinematics versus gameplay too. We load in a higher level detailed character models and lighting since shots are locked in place and don’t have to burn milliseconds rendering everything in sight when a player can swinging the camera around. 🎥 Source: I worked on SM. 🕷 The animation director is Bobby Coddington if you wanted to know (not sure of the specific animator credit for the shots back then though). Cheers!
He said a lot of wrong things and half truths in this video, but this is completely right, even though of course, SAKUGA for the japanese only means the stuff that doesn't have limited animation.
@@erufailon4723 Of course, I am so sorry that the corrector didn't recognize a word that is Japanese and not in my mother language, changing it. I can write 作画 for you if that's better.
When he clarified the definition of sakuga I thought: Yeah the monogatari toothbrush scene technically counts, but there's no way he'll put that in the editing.
well technically, depending on how you look at it it's easily a 10/10 scene, it has great animation, great voice acting, more fanservice than you'll find anywhere else, AND it even has a narrative purpose to be in the story. That's quality right there xD
The biggest moment I've had where I was so blown away by how beautiful the scene was that it was an actual conscious thought was in the season finale of Demon Slayer in the Demon Castle
@@aylitrwygtctw37 why would I be trolling? From dorohedoro to now MAPPA has had top notch sakuga. Let's go back to dororo then, or maybe punchline or zombie land saga. Those anime aren't even from this year
They're getting better and better, but I wouldn't say kings. Bones, Ufotable and Trigger are still some of the best when it comes to intense action, and Kyoani some of the best with character animation work. Mappa is doing great tho! (and Dororo is underrated but had a lot of inconsistencies with animation during the last half of the show).
I absolutely love Yukata Nakamura. Mostly for his work on MHA and mob. But everyone you've shown in this video looks amazing too, I've loved sakuga for awhile but I didn't know this much about it. Good video basement dweller
I think maybe one of the most impressive pieces of animation I've ever seen is a shot from Modest Heroes by (presumed) Shinji Hashimoto. The main character is an invisible man, and the camera is able to fly Through his clothes in one shot. It really drives home that animation can do things that are literally impossible for any other artform.
I've gotta say, I think I need to watch this video a second time. All the visuals just took me for a ride man. Could not focus on your narration and commentary for the life of me. My apologies. Actually, the views for this vid will probably be insane. So many recognisable gems. So much artistry on display. And from what commentary I did catch, well done man. Proper homage to one of anime's strengths. Visual "priority" is something these folks do with ease, and it's not easy. At all. Thanks for shining a spotlight on this!
Shinji Hashimoto's sakuga work is top tier. That scene in the third episode of FLCL where they are on the school roof because of that alien that is controlling Ninamori while Canti comes to the rescue is so beautifully made. He also worked on my favorite animated film, Tekkonkinkreet and that sakuga work was also stunning.
What a brilliant video! You succinctly put into words something I've always loved about anime, that I couldn't find the words to describe myself. Sakuga truly is core to what makes anime so magical, because, as you say, they can make the worlds and characters of their series tangible and believable in an artful, human way that lets not just my eyes, but my whole mind believe the impossible for a few moments. Other animation styles can evoke something similar in me, but rarely in such a personal way - in my opinion. When Luffy uses his Gatling punches on Rob Lucci in One Piece's Enies Lobby arc is a moment that's gonna stick in my mind until the day I die. The desperation, the up until then seemingly insurmountable odds, the insane pressure of the situation and how that moment releases all of it - the animators made sure I felt every fist impact in the very depths of my soul.
the most beatiful sakuga ive remember its the last fight between naruto and sasuke in shippuden, seeing the end of my journy of watching naruto from since like 13YO was amazing
@@silverview_ both shows were produced simultaneously by the same studio and lots of people suspect the budget was heavily siphoned to konosuba because that season of seven deadly sins looked terrible lmao
as someone who is kind of backed into a corner and needing to animate something for school, this video did wonders and made me think back to a lot of separate pieces of anime I have seen over the year. I hope when I do get my shit together I can honestly take all I have seen during this video into account when making the animation I need to. My favorite sakuga is the sequence that plays as kyons final instance of deja vu hits at the end of the endless eight
I like this deep dive into the power of animation! I know you tend to stick to the land of the rising sun, but I would LOVE to see analysis of the art western countries bring.
One of the first anime I watched was your lie in April and just seeing a snippet of that scene instantly made me tear up. I attribute a lot of my love of anime to your channel and the deeper examination of the shows and moments that I knew and loved for some reason. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Indeed. Both Okiura, Toshiyuki Inoue, Takeshi Honda, Mitsuo Iso, Tetsuya Nishio and other realist animators just ain't human for animating such astounding and high fidelity detailed sakuga animation. Their realistic character movement that can be easily mistaken as rotoscoped like Jin-Roh and their effects and everything are so volumetric and what blows my mind is the dragon in Maquia i think was animated by Inoue, it's just how well animated the hand drawn dragon is from the volume and shading that others mistakenly think it's CG. Even Inoue posted the gengas of that scene on his Twitter account but you can spot and rewatch it again on SAKUGABOORU.
I agree with your statement, that growing up, what i didnt understand back then were sakuga were what grabbed me most about watching anime. Gradually, as i started becoming a fan, i started appreciating authors, studios, directors, actors and learning their names before the animators who many do not know even today. Unsung and underpaid, but such is the life of artists, as history has shown. I hope this video is the least we can give them as thanks for many great and inspiring memories.
So, Sakuga is the Anime equivalent of "spending your Special effects budget on one big episode per season", while using stock footage the rest of the time. Just instead of money, it is time budget. And the time is split more across episodes, the focussed in 1-2 episodes.
Pretty much, and the other animation style is basically the same as video file compression, if 2 frames are 90% the same you only need to store the data for what changed and reference in from the previous frame. Of course this realistically means make a copy of the last frame in photoshop and edit it slightly. I'm sure there are tons of tricks, like drawing transparency regions and place the clasic anime blury line background from the stock vault behind it. All to save time so you can draw every detail in that cinematic final battle, or every pore on that hideous monster.
thank you for crediting every scene to their respective artists
All credit goes to MrNiesguy for that meticulous work!
Still amazed there's a Wiki for Sakuga!
@@Ramsey276one Sakugabooru have been a thing for more than 7 years now. Other older Sakuga related blogs that served a similar purpose before Sakugabooru are older than a decade by now...
Aside from when the handshakers segment was up lmao
amen!
RIP Yoshiji Kigami, one of the best Sakuga artist. He died on July 18th 2019 during the Kyoto Animation arson attack. He worked on Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Clannad, A Silent Voice and many of Kyoto Animation greatest animes.
Wow his style has made me cry before especially feave of the fireflies
*grave
The scene where mob repaires the girls notebook
Any 360 degree in a gintama opening
I've just started gintama . I'm about 18 episodes in , i've heard it is quite a good start so when can i expect shiz to get good?
@@brandonmallick9614 From what I understand the consensus is the first ten are crap, the next ten are starting to catch their stride, the next ten are pretty solid, and it's uphill from their. Eventually it gets a story and becomes even better.
Brandon Mallick I’d say it’s always good but one of the first serious arcs starts at episode 58. I’m only on episode 173 and I’d have to say take your time and enjoy every episode
@@michaelharrison1746 if you are at episode 173 you havents seen the best yet. Around 200 and 300 we get the biggest jumps in quality, and upcoming Final movie is going to beat that
"You need to pick up the things you feel are important."
So guys, I'm going to try and make an entire list of anime in this video. Thank you to everyone that helped.
0:14 - The Tale of Princess Kaguya
0:17 - Five Centimeters Per Second
0:23 - My Hero Academia
0:18 - Cowboy Bebop
0:31 - Summer Wars
0:35 - Children of the Sea
0:41 - Weathering with You
0:44 - Dragon Ball Super: Broly
0:47 - Bleach
0:52 - Redline
0:56 - Liz and the blue bird
0:59 - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
1:03 - Akira
1:07 - One Piece
1:09 - Hunter x Hunter (2011)
1:13 - (TV) Game of Thrones
1:17 - (TV) Stranger Things
1:21 - (TV) The Walking Dead
1:24 - (TV) Supernatural
1:29 - (TV) Godzilla
1:31 - (TV) Kamen Rider
1:40 - Blood Blockade Battlefront
1:44 - Erased
1:47 - Attack On Titan
1:52 - Sword Art Online
1:56 - One Punch Man
2:15 - Demon Slayer
2:20 - The Great Pretender
2:26 - Sword of the Stranger
2:36 - Mob Psycho 100
2:44 - Gurren Lagann
2:51 - Sailor Moon
2:53 - Shirobako
2:56 - Golden Boy
3:01 - Keep Your Hands off Eizouken!
3:03 - One Piece
3:08 - Pokemon (2019) AKA Pokemon Journeys: The Series
3:13 - Demon Slayer
3:17 - March Comes In like a Lion
3:20 - My Hero Academia
3:27 - Fire Force
3:31 - Mob Psycho 100
3:34 - My Hero Academia
3:38 - The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
3:41 - Neon Genesis Evangelion
3:46 - My Hero Academia
3:56 - My Hero Academia
4:05 - (Cartoon) Spongebob
4:08 - (Cartoon) Looney Tunes
4:11 - (Cartoon) Scooby Doo
4:21 - (Cartoon)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4:29 - Neon Genesis Evangelion
4:31 - Little Witch Academia
4:33 - Brand New Animal
4:34 - Mob Psycho 100
4:36 - Fullmetal Alchemist
4:38 - Pokemon
4:43 - Mob Psycho 100
4:45 - Fullmetal Alchemist
4:49 - Pokemon (2019) AKA Pokemon Journeys: The Series
4:56 - Neon Genesis Evangelion
5:01 - Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
5:05 - Paprika
5:10 - My Hero Academia
5:17 - Mob Psycho 100
5:22 - Haikyuu!!
5:27 - Violet Evergarden
5:32 - A place further than the universe
5:39 - My Hero Academia
5:46 - Mob Psycho 100
5:54 - Fate Series
6:10 - KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
8:05 - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
8:07 - K-On!
8:09 - Sound! Euphonium
8:15 - Jujutsu Kaisen
8:20 - Monogatari series (specifically Kizumonogatari II Nekketsu hen)
8:24 - Night is Short, Walk on Girl
8:27 - Mushishi
8:29 - Baccano!
8:35 - Outlaw Star
8:39 -
Urusei Yatsura
8:41 - (Game) Spiderman (PS4)
8:52 - Space Dandy
8:55 - Cowboy Bebop
8:59 - Akudama Drive
9:03 -
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
9:08 -
Sword of the Stranger
9:19 - Cowboy Bebop
9:28 -
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
9:55 - Fate Series
10:07 - Demon Slayer
10:17 - Hand Shakers
10:29 - Naruto
10:32 - The Great Pretender
10:37 - Space Dandy
10:39 - One Piece
10:49 - Kill La Kill
10:52 - Sailor Moon
10:56 - Digimon Frontier
11:03 - Digimon
11:05 - Sailor Moon
11:08 - Pokemon (1997)
11:12 - Sailor Moon
11:17 - Cardcaptor Sakura
11:20 - Gundam
11:28 - Digimon Tamers
11:55 - Mob Psycho 100
11:57 - Jujutsu Kaisen
12:01 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
12:03 - My Hero Academia
12:06 - KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
12:15 - Soul Eater
12:18 - Mob Psycho 100
12:23 - Fullmetal Alchemist
12:26 - One Punch Man
12:37 - Gurren Lagann
12:41 - Promare
12:46 - Cowboy Bebop
12:50 - Gundam
12:54 - Revolutionary Girl Utena
12:58 - Neon Genesis Evangelion
13:01 - Space Dandy
13:04 - Carole And Tuesday
13:08 - Beaststars
13:15 - Ride Your Wave
13:18 - Your Name
13:22 - Spirited Away
13:25 - Fullmetal Alchemist
13:28 - The Promised Neverland
13:31 - Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
13:33 - My Hero Academia
13:35 - One Punch Man
13:36 - Promare
13:38 - Cowboy Bebop
13:39 - Welcome to the NHK
13:40 - Neon Genesis Evangelion
13:42 - Macross Do you Remember Love
13:44 - My Hero Academia
13:47 - Ghost In The Shell
13:49 - Clannad
13:50 - FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
13:52 - Escaflowne
14:04 - Violet Evergarden
14:06 - Darlinng In The Franxx
14:16 - New Game!
14:19 - Deca-Dence
14:27 - Princess Monoke
14:28 - Howl’s Moving Castle
14:30 - Howl’s Moving Castle
14:31 - Demon Slayer
14:33 - Vinland Saga
14:39 - Shin Chan
14:42 - Left: Akira Right: K-On!
14:59 - Appare-Ranman!
15:03 - One Punch Man
15:07 - Hunter x Hunter (2011)
15:09 - Made in Abyss
15:14 - Your Lie In April
15:23 -
Nisemonogatari
15:24 - Haikyuu!
15:29 - Anohana
15:32 - Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
15:34 - Wolf Children
15:42 - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
15:45 - Death Parade
15:48 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
15:50 - Pokemon (1997)
15:53 - Naruto
15:55 - Steins Gate
15:59 - Samurai Champloo
16:02 - Mob Psycho 100
16:04 - Neon Genesis Evangelion
16:08 - Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms
16:12 - Cowboy Bebop
gonna help you out where I can:
0:56 is Liz to Aoi Tori (Liz and the blue bird)(Sound Euphonium spin-off movie)
2:53 Shirobako
3:38 The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
5:32 A place further than the universe
8:05 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
8:09 Sound! Euphonium
8:20 Monogatari series (specifically one of the Kizumonogatari movies)
8:29 Baccano!
12:54 Revolutionary Girl Utena
13:50 FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
14:42 Right: K-On!
15:29 Anohana
3:17 is 3-gatsu no lion
14:28 and 14:30 are both Howl’s Moving Castle
15:34 is Wolf Children
I’m going to reply to this so when someone finds out what 8:20 is i can know
@@slep4984 don’t know if you’ve seen my earlier reply already but it’s one of the Kizumonogatari movies, which are basically the prequel to the monogatari series ^^
@@animusswtor4822 Thank you. :)
Geoff: "I'll put the names of the animators in the top left corner for detail's sake!"
Yutaka Nakamura: "It's free real estate"
he don't miss
yutapon cubes are just shorthand for sakuga at this point
The man's a legend.
its just all yutaka nakamura lmao
@@naiknaik8812 *cocks gun*
Always has been.
Geoff, I can honestly say, I don't watch absolutely all of your videos, but some of the things you said in this video were genuinely thought-provoking, great video, one of your finer pieces, in my opinion,
It made me rethink what it means for an anime to emotionally impact me through visuals alone. I used to simply put the animation up to the collective efforts of a studio, but I can see how some animation sequences carry the sole emotion of a single lone animator somewhere out there. It's an art onto itself, how a single frame can carry the signature and emotion of an animator. How even if that someone works in a different studio, with a different budget, you can still somehow tell that the animator whose emotions once touched you are trying to do it again.
Jeezus Christ, I’m sorry Geoff but I’m not even 3 minutes in and I’m having so much trouble paying attention to what you’re saying when my eyes are “Awooga-ing” every 5 seconds
Jeezus
@@uddinmashrafeZusjee
No kidding
Then just watch "sakuga-mad" 's if you like that, Sakuga Hobbes make incredible montage with less errors in crediting.
Check out Hobbes Sakuga channel, he has lots of great sakuga compilations!
As an animator, working in a big Western company, this was super inspiring for me to animate more again. Maybe one day animators will be treated, respected and paid just as well as actors, seeing as they are the soul of the characters people love. Thanks for naming the animators!
@@frizen9328 That's true, in my head there's also a culture built around who is a 'celebrity' or is celebrated and maybe it's just pushing towards highlighting more artists for the work and effort they put in... maybe I'm just looking for a pay rise haha.
@@frizen9328 Haha very true! If I asked anyone else if they'd want to be seen they'd probably say "no but here's a drawing of me I guess" haha
So sad that animation isn't taken seriously and that America seems to decide the 'creative' path!
@@Luk1Cjust wearing cooling glasses on a screen for hours doens't deserve this much attention (actors)
Animators need more attention
Rock Lee vs Gaara in the Chuunin Exams. That was a jaw dropping scene and taken to an epic level when it was animated. When Lee dropped his training weights, it was intense.
The first time my brother and I saw the primary lotus we ranted for hours about Rock Lee.
Even people who straight up dislike Naruto will admit that scene is breathtaking. Where were you when Rock Lee dropped the weights?
Animated by Norio matsumoto imo the best animator ever, sad no clip of him is here...
Friendly reminder that he still got his ass whooped and his opponent was barely even trying
@@tutumazibuko2510 Yeah, it was pretty much the worst matchup possible for Rock Lee and the best possible for Gaara. Still awesome though.
Literally every fight in Fire Force Seasons 1 and 2! Absolutely beautiful. 🔥
Facts
Literally anime fight scenes are sakuga. Including Pokemon.
@@snowhunter7536 not really
I'm looking at you Meliodas vs Escanor
@@babyllamach.8116 that’s right. I meant I’m looking at X and Y, and Sun and Moon.
And one punch man
why did you make us watch that handshakers clip again
why
He is sponsored :P
Me the ALPHA MALE of this comment section and me command RESPECT. Right now me ordering you to NOT view any of me v*de*s. Instead just look at me th*mbnails and be JEALOUS. Bye bye icji
WISS
I mean, Wiz
XD
To remind us of mistakes that should not be made again.
never forget
we must never forget
Anything involving Kyo ani is guaranteed to look incredible because they actually treat their animators like normal workers.
...Except for the safety issues in their offices that got people killed.
@@alchemysaga3745 what ?
@@alchemysaga3745 That arson incident of last year?? 😥😞😢
If you guys are talking about the arson, that's like the opposite of an avoidable situation. How can you prevent some unhinged person from lighting up a building?
Not to mention, the guy didn't even manage to get 100 meters before getting apprehended. They also changed the laws surrounding the situation to try and prevent future attacks.
So what's your point? The thread starts with someone saying KyoAni paying their staff well is good, and then you pop in to reference some wild unrelated shit that happened?
@@0dayrepairs Hmm, good point.
I came for the thumbnail. Because Darkness is funny.
Facts
Same
I'm a simple man , is see tiddy , I click
Because Darkness is hot*
Emphasis on "came."
Mob's Fight against purple hoodie guy, and Todoroki vs Midoriya are so emotionally jam packed that I love re-watching those scenes over and over.
No comma before and, the latter only gets sakuga at the end.
Before watching this video, imma just assume half of this is gonna be filled with Yutaka Nakamura
EDIT: I'm glad I didn't make a drinking game outta this
Smart choice
XD
Honestly i was surprised at how little imaishi there was and how most of it was Promare
Like more than half of Dead Leaves was just early Imaishi Sakuga
most glazed and circle-jerked by western brainrot plebs
Geoff: "tamers is dark"
Subtitles: "tamers is good"
I'm dying laughing rn
3:40 "... a side character fight there" - proceeds to show the elevator scene from NGE
The thing I loved the most about this video is how there is the name of animators in the corner instead of the anime.
Animators really deserve more attention
Friend: What's Sakuga?
Me: You know James Baxter? The anime equivalent.
Something to Google!
XD
IM GOING TO USE THAT EXPLAINATION ALL THE TIME NOW TY
I came here hoping to find a comment mentioning James Baxter, and I was not disappointed... James Baxter is a god in TV animation
@@TakeMinamoto Same. Glad that horse is getting his due!
When I first watched the pink Steven scene in Steven Universe, I started crying and when my partner asked me what was wrong I said, “So many frames...”
My Hero Academia spoilers:
That moment when Deku had Eri equipped like a backpack, and layed down the final punch on Overhaul.
The lighting, lightning, and Deku's determined glare of an incoming ass-whooping made my eyes melt with how deliciously smooth that looked
I felt like it was too stretched out.
if your still wondering who worked on that scene it was yutaka nakamura the absolute god of animation.
Ya know, hearing all this really brings to mind the phrase: "Less is more" allowing our minds to creatively fill in gaps however we want.
Make no mistake, this video was just an excuse for Geoff to show 16 minutes of his favorite sakuga. A good excuse but an excuse nonetheless.
With added education!
4:06
God bless the people who upload on sakugabooru, blessing us with sakuga and allowing us to appreciete the people behind it
I love you.
I didnt know that existed
Same here, thank you.
"Tamers is dark" Yes yes it is, fun fact mildly related: it is directed by one of the 'Hellsing' writers(yes that Hellsing) who also happens to write in the Cthulhu Mythos
Weilin Zhang is practically new to the industry but holy shit he's done some incredible work on Mob Psycho, Boruto and Jujutsu Kaisen. Everyone talks about Nakamura (and for good reason) but more light needs to be shone on the lesser known talent here as well.
Weilin Zhang is extremely young as well and is Western. The dude's way beyond our comprehension.
THIS!!! Xenophoss is an absolute legend
Sounds like the next Nakamura is from Closer East
XD
The stuff he did on anime is not even close to the chinese animation he did.
@@MaxIronsThird Go figure when the Chinese animation industry, in a stroke of irony, has better working conditions than Japan does
Wow, when you said you owed your addiction to sakuga moments in anime I remembered falling in love with the robot in FLCL doing a jumping spinning whip kick in one of my first moments experiencing sakuga and was forever hooked.
There’s a reason why I want Studio Trigger to do a Sonic anime.
Imagine how cool it would be to see a Sonic anime with such a fast pace in animation.
Hell imagine if Trigger did their own take on Sonic SatAM/Forces.
It’d be better looking than Sonic X at least.
That be something
Well Trigger are busy with a cyberpunk anime, so let’s see how that turns out
There is a sonic cartoon being made by Man Of Action I guess
Best idea ever
there is a music video of sonic boom from toei animation which is really good
I think some of my favorite sakuga has to be any part of the Castlevania anime where Trevor is swinging one of his whip or whip-style weapons around. Being able to animate a whip fighting style at all takes serious talent; being able to animate it to the degree of showing off in a sakuga moment is jaw-dropping.
Well, it's about time some larger figure talked about this niche community; sakugabooru is like my personal crackpot at this point.
pretty sure Geoff mentions it like... every 3rd or 4th video.
@@pyrosianheir I think he meant like, talking in more depth.
Is natoshi shida in the video? I dont think ive noticed it, but that name is literally the reason as to why i decided to care more about the artists that make the good cuts and check sakurabooru
Suggestion to all who enjoyed the Sakuga shown:
"Hobbes Sakuga"
A channel that compiles Sakuga theme-based in an amazing editing flow and great music.
praise be to monty oum, may he rest in peace. RWBY got me into anime, and the fights in particular are what got me into it. So I'll always have a soft spot for it
3D sakuga predating Houseki no Kuni by years. Gorgeous stuff.
Saw a few clips of that guy's work and I genuinely felt so bad when I heard of what happened to him
It's just sad that people have to use monty's name to attack RT, like people just don't want that man to rest in peace.
@@zackrose6261 yeah, its really shitty. like you can not like the show, or the direction they're taking it right now. but the "Monty wouldn't want X" argument is just plain disrespectful
Came here to say this. Monty's animation really inspired me, and the only animator ive seen come close to his style is dillon goo
This video is missing Arifumi Imai's Levi Chase from AoT Season 3.
Yes!!!
Or Levi vs Beast, my personal highlight from the show.
@@Hanfgurkenhasser this
@@Hanfgurkenhasser Also Arifumi Imai, btw.
YESSSSSSSSS. When i watched that scene, i played that back at least 4 times cause that was so cleannnnnn
Legit expected at least a few clips of Medabots. That show was absolutely filled to the brim with small moments of Sakuga, movement was generally amazing to watch in it.
It's always interesting to see how and when animators can express their technical chops in kids' shows. Precure has a lot of that, too.
Sakuga is what made me fall in love with anime. When an animator is able to show their passion for their work, it just can't be beat. In my opinion, Sakuga is at its best when the animator and the writer have been inspired to accentuate the same moment.
Watching this through once to see the animation then again later to listen to what you're actually saying
Crazy amount of skill these animators have
I appreciate the fact that you credited the animators responsible for each scene
I'm the kind of person who cans up their emotions and never cries over anything but... as an amateur animator, sakuga can bring tears to my eyes.
Watching this video, with a compilation of many of my favorite sakuga moments and even more I wasn't aware of, almost made me cry.
Thanks Geoff. This was a fantastic video.
The way Gaara's head sluggishly whips around to look at Rock Lee bouncing in and out of existence, as his sand barrier gets pummeled from all fronts, is an image that will never leave my mind.
I'm thankful for the people who made my childhood come alive like this
I love that it's been happening more in non-anime. The Owl House for example has some IMO top tier sakuga animation
Sakuga is amazing, and always will be, but I feel that audio direction is extremely underrated. Like certain shows that don't even have breathtaking animation still have sound design that just helps express the emotions of shows with emotional narratives.
These specific touches of animators is what motivated me to pursue animation. Thanks for this Geoff!
I kind of lost my shit when I saw the little Rise of the TMNT clip in this video.
One of the first sakuga sequences that i noticed as a kid was that time Madara was fighting an entire army in Naruto.
And to this day imo mob psycho has the best sequences I've seen to this day (at least for a battle sakuga)
The only 2 names that come to mind when I think of explosions are Megumin and Yoshinori
I play your videos while I go to bed, cause you have a nice voice and the pacing of your video is great and easy to understand.
Thank you for introducing me to so many wonderful anime.
FMA: *appears for 0.005 seconds*
Me: *happy noises*
“Real life isn’t anime”
2020 who’s been getting a stronger form every other day: *Observe*
A Turtle approved the Power Of Sakuga.
yes
Yes Lord.
Kame-sama.
Ninja Turtles also
Amen
When I experienced “Your Name” for the first time, that’s when I realized Sakuga existed
I left DBZA for this. Probably worth it tho, it's Mother's Basement
Edit: All hail Yutaka Nakamura
Heck yeah!
Which ep?
@@ironicvoices4364 33. I'm on 39 now. Android Saga is fire lol
@@spideykong777 It only gets better and better.
most glazed and circle-jerked by western brainrot plebs
Animators need to get paid fairly
Was that a Digimon Season 4 clip? Glad people still remember that season.
You mean Digimon Frontier? Not my favourite digimon series, but still good. Never got around to watching all of it.
This helped me gain a new appreciation for the artist and everything that goes into each and every frame. Thank you
After watching this, I only have two questions:
1. "How is the money disbursed in an anime production?"
2. "Who in the production committee takes home the largest slice of the return?"
You should probably ask this on reddit or a forum. It'll get lost in the sea of comments here.
@@deus_ex_machina_ That's not a bad idea.
voice actors are ridiculous overpayed in the anime industry.
For question 2, each member of a production committee is ranked based on how much they invested in the anime project, and the returns are proportional to their investment. So the first name on the list, the one leading the production will most probably get the largest slice of the return.
Of course circumstances vary between each production, depending on marketing, merch and events (there are a wide variety of revenue sources for an anime project) but my impression is that it doesn't stray too much from the above. From the outside there's no way to know the exact proportion between each member however.
That is just the best thumbnail ever
YO A MUSHISHI CLIP LOVE IT WHEN THAT SHOW GETS RECOGNITION!
I know, it’s SO under-appreciated!
*hugs my first season dvd box set*
Still some of the best low-key horror I've ever seen.
The Naruto vs Pain Fight. When Naruto transforms and he just brushes off every one of Pain’s attacks and jutsu, and then the Planetary Devastation/Chibaku Tensei moment, I was just amazed and awestruck, I had no words
Fr it was so cathartic seeing pain get absolutely stomped, and the insanely over exaggerated animation makes it feel like it lasts forever even though it only lasts a few minutes at best.
Probably the scene in Violet Evergarden, when she tries to jump across the pond, while holding an umbrella... but that might partially be my anticipation for the blue-ray copy I ordered to arrive. Other than that, most fights involving Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho had some good shots, but I might be letting my chuunibyou show too much with that admission
Hi Geoff! Love your channel!
Nailed the interior/hyper-detail to exterior Open World analogy. 😀I’d also add cinematics versus gameplay too.
We load in a higher level detailed character models and lighting since shots are locked in place and don’t have to burn milliseconds rendering everything in sight when a player can swinging the camera around. 🎥
Source: I worked on SM. 🕷
The animation director is Bobby Coddington if you wanted to know (not sure of the specific animator credit for the shots back then though). Cheers!
"Unfortunately, no one can be told what sakuga is. You'll have to see it for yourself. "
He said a lot of wrong things and half truths in this video, but this is completely right, even though of course, SAKUGA for the japanese only means the stuff that doesn't have limited animation.
@@MaxIronsThird ... "saguka"?
@@erufailon4723 Of course, I am so sorry that the corrector didn't recognize a word that is Japanese and not in my mother language, changing it.
I can write 作画 for you if that's better.
Subtitles don't match the words at 11:36
Voice: Holy shit, Tamers is dark.
Subtitle: Holy shit tamers is good.
Who is this "Boruto's Dad" character? They should write a spin off series on him
Kakaruto.
the better question is, who is boruto?
@@asianpersuasion4901 Boruto's dad's son.
an evergreen meme, truly!
@Marc Vollrath Lol
yuyu hakushou's spirit orb scene STILL makes me hold my breath when i watch it.
So, it's these moments where I go "Ohhhh OHHHHH" and "YOOOOO" ?
The amount of detail in budget of time description between properties. Is outstanding. Thank you.
Masaaki Yuasa, when it's about sakuga that man takes it to the next level.
Thank you crediting the animators as they show up. It means alot.
When he clarified the definition of sakuga I thought: Yeah the monogatari toothbrush scene technically counts, but there's no way he'll put that in the editing.
Yup, no way an infamous scene degenerates everywhere know will make the cut
It's in there
well technically, depending on how you look at it it's easily a 10/10 scene, it has great animation, great voice acting, more fanservice than you'll find anywhere else, AND it even has a narrative purpose to be in the story. That's quality right there xD
I HATE THAT I LOVE THAT SCENE AND I HATE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT
YOU THOUGHT
The biggest moment I've had where I was so blown away by how beautiful the scene was that it was an actual conscious thought was in the season finale of Demon Slayer in the Demon Castle
When the Talented guy works on a anime episode or movie
Love the lil shinchan touch around 14:30
As of late mappa has been the kings of sakuga. It seems like every anime they make recently, has top notch sakuga moments
You’re trolling right??
@@aylitrwygtctw37 why would I be trolling? From dorohedoro to now MAPPA has had top notch sakuga. Let's go back to dororo then, or maybe punchline or zombie land saga. Those anime aren't even from this year
yeah, I agree,they keep better and better every anime they adapt.
@@kimochiwarui5324 apparently I'm trolling though 😂😂
They're getting better and better, but I wouldn't say kings. Bones, Ufotable and Trigger are still some of the best when it comes to intense action, and Kyoani some of the best with character animation work.
Mappa is doing great tho! (and Dororo is underrated but had a lot of inconsistencies with animation during the last half of the show).
I absolutely love Yukata Nakamura. Mostly for his work on MHA and mob. But everyone you've shown in this video looks amazing too, I've loved sakuga for awhile but I didn't know this much about it. Good video basement dweller
Masaaki Iwane is my GUY 🔥
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Toshiyuki Sato, definitly my favorite animator, his work on mob hit's me in ways no other work ever did
Sakuga? That’s that pretty Pink Tree right?
Jujutsu kaisen is a sakuga fest I guess it's expected when it's studio mappa
It's really not though lol
@@surgeonofdeath9121 it is. notice how most fight scenes have different animations ? its coz they have more keyframes
@@jinxblaze no I mean it's not a "sakuga fest" most episodes have like one outstanding scene
@@surgeonofdeath9121 lmao it has 11 episodes and already 4 pages on sakugabooru 😂😂 go cry
😑 are you serious? I said "outstanding scene " and One Piece episode 946 has a page by itself on sakugabooru soooo stfu lol
I really liked the pacing in this video! All the editing was also really well done, too, and it just goes to show the passion behind the project 👏👏
I think maybe one of the most impressive pieces of animation I've ever seen is a shot from Modest Heroes by (presumed) Shinji Hashimoto. The main character is an invisible man, and the camera is able to fly Through his clothes in one shot. It really drives home that animation can do things that are literally impossible for any other artform.
I've gotta say, I think I need to watch this video a second time. All the visuals just took me for a ride man. Could not focus on your narration and commentary for the life of me. My apologies. Actually, the views for this vid will probably be insane. So many recognisable gems. So much artistry on display. And from what commentary I did catch, well done man. Proper homage to one of anime's strengths. Visual "priority" is something these folks do with ease, and it's not easy. At all. Thanks for shining a spotlight on this!
The thumbnail is just beautiful
Shinji Hashimoto's sakuga work is top tier. That scene in the third episode of FLCL where they are on the school roof because of that alien that is controlling Ninamori while Canti comes to the rescue is so beautifully made. He also worked on my favorite animated film, Tekkonkinkreet and that sakuga work was also stunning.
Damn I hit notif so fast it showed 0 likes and 0 dislikes. (I'm commenting like half way through)
What a brilliant video! You succinctly put into words something I've always loved about anime, that I couldn't find the words to describe myself. Sakuga truly is core to what makes anime so magical, because, as you say, they can make the worlds and characters of their series tangible and believable in an artful, human way that lets not just my eyes, but my whole mind believe the impossible for a few moments. Other animation styles can evoke something similar in me, but rarely in such a personal way - in my opinion.
When Luffy uses his Gatling punches on Rob Lucci in One Piece's Enies Lobby arc is a moment that's gonna stick in my mind until the day I die. The desperation, the up until then seemingly insurmountable odds, the insane pressure of the situation and how that moment releases all of it - the animators made sure I felt every fist impact in the very depths of my soul.
the most beatiful sakuga ive remember its the last fight between naruto and sasuke in shippuden, seeing the end of my journy of watching naruto from since like 13YO was amazing
the amount of effort and passion that goes into each of your videos is truly astounding and inspiring.
Can someone tell me who animated the Kazuma's hand scene?
I really need to know.
Bump
If you mean the one from OP 1 its Shuu Sugita, if you mean the panty stealing scene then I wouldn't know :/
@@silverview_ The panty stealing scene killed seven deadly sins lmao
@@IRONMANWAGWAN I thought this was about konosuba?
@@silverview_ both shows were produced simultaneously by the same studio and lots of people suspect the budget was heavily siphoned to konosuba because that season of seven deadly sins looked terrible lmao
as someone who is kind of backed into a corner and needing to animate something for school, this video did wonders and made me think back to a lot of separate pieces of anime I have seen over the year. I hope when I do get my shit together I can honestly take all I have seen during this video into account when making the animation I need to. My favorite sakuga is the sequence that plays as kyons final instance of deja vu hits at the end of the endless eight
I like this deep dive into the power of animation! I know you tend to stick to the land of the rising sun, but I would LOVE to see analysis of the art western countries bring.
One of the first anime I watched was your lie in April and just seeing a snippet of that scene instantly made me tear up. I attribute a lot of my love of anime to your channel and the deeper examination of the shows and moments that I knew and loved for some reason. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Here's the most memorable Sakuga moment: "LET'S SEE YOU GRIT THOSE TEETH!"
i appreciate that you stretched "wow sakuga is cool" into an agonizing 16 minutes. thank you for that :)
Some animators have twitter accounts where they put some of their individual work. More people should check that stuff out
Sakuga is great. I really love Hiroyuki Okiura's work, his key animation is pretty incredible.
at first glance, people will think its rotoscoped but damn its just that good
Indeed. Both Okiura, Toshiyuki Inoue, Takeshi Honda, Mitsuo Iso, Tetsuya Nishio and other realist animators just ain't human for animating such astounding and high fidelity detailed sakuga animation. Their realistic character movement that can be easily mistaken as rotoscoped like Jin-Roh and their effects and everything are so volumetric and what blows my mind is the dragon in Maquia i think was animated by Inoue, it's just how well animated the hand drawn dragon is from the volume and shading that others mistakenly think it's CG. Even Inoue posted the gengas of that scene on his Twitter account but you can spot and rewatch it again on SAKUGABOORU.
When the sakuga hits, it hits harder than I do to people who talk shit about my waifus.
I agree with your statement, that growing up, what i didnt understand back then were sakuga were what grabbed me most about watching anime. Gradually, as i started becoming a fan, i started appreciating authors, studios, directors, actors and learning their names before the animators who many do not know even today. Unsung and underpaid, but such is the life of artists, as history has shown. I hope this video is the least we can give them as thanks for many great and inspiring memories.
So, Sakuga is the Anime equivalent of "spending your Special effects budget on one big episode per season", while using stock footage the rest of the time.
Just instead of money, it is time budget. And the time is split more across episodes, the focussed in 1-2 episodes.
Pretty much, and the other animation style is basically the same as video file compression, if 2 frames are 90% the same you only need to store the data for what changed and reference in from the previous frame. Of course this realistically means make a copy of the last frame in photoshop and edit it slightly. I'm sure there are tons of tricks, like drawing transparency regions and place the clasic anime blury line background from the stock vault behind it. All to save time so you can draw every detail in that cinematic final battle, or every pore on that hideous monster.
You are doing God's work dude... especially for crediting.
As an animator myself, this is really appreciated. Thank you so much.
I already knew what sakuga was but I still watched cuz I like your content :)