Sakuga Thread #1

So here's an attempt at to get some long term Sakuga discussion going here.

Some Links:
The Sakuga Wiki [JP] - http://www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/
ANN - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/

English Sakuga Blogs:
http://aninomiyako.wordpress.com/
http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/

English Sakuga Twitters:
http://twitter.com/raito_kun
http://twitter.com/Duune99
http://twitter.com/kyouray
http://twitter.com/catsuka

To start things off, here's a Summer Wars MAD with Key animator's listed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpoHxWV3IG0

Animators around ~25-30 ARE still young. An 18-year old something who only just finished high-school is completely unusable as key animator for studios. He may have some artistic drawing skill but he lacks experience, proper tutoring, can't do proper layouts nor is he able to produce results in an actual working environment. A key animator should be able to drawn any kind of animation from any kind of pov and make it polished on top of that. You know, there's a reason why pretty much all professional animators have gone through animation courses at trade schools, studio training schools and/or art colleges before even allowed to draw inbetweens at a real studio.