Animation Appreciation Thread #3

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

Animation Blogs [Eng]:
http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/
http://aninomiyako.wordpress.com/

Animation Twitters [Eng]:
http://twitter.com/raito_kun
http://twitter.com/Duune99
http://twitter.com/kyouray
http://twitter.com/catsuka

Previous threads:
#1 http://dis.4chan.org/read/anime/1291816034
#2 http://dis.4chan.org/read/anime/1314681601

I want to move away from using the term "Sakuga" as it often alienates people and can be misleading. There has been a bit of backlash against the Sakuga movement lately, and I'd like to think many people come to this thread to talk about the animation and visual aspect of anime, which is something that often gets overlooked elsewhere. It would be nice if we could get a wider appreciation of visuals in the anime fandom without being seen as elitists.

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Does anyone but sakugafags consider welcome to the Pedoshow great? Does anyone at all consider King of Thorn and Mardock Scramble great? As for films like Sword of the Stranger and 5cm, they're a well done action film and melodrama respectively that are neither better and worse than what live action offers in those genres so they could appeal to anyone - but they don't because only "otaku" care about animation. What you guys think of mainstream is often even more niche within a niche. Old anime fans who are tired of the usual anime cliches watches Noitamina instead of getting a new hobby.