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.

BS Fuji previously aired an irregular variety/documentary program called Japacon TV focusing on anime/games/etc. Starting April 6, the program will become a regular piece of weekly programming on the channel. As part of this new format, they have commissioned a brand new opening animation for the show.

The Animeanime news site reported on their twitter account that the complete staff list for the opening animation is as follows:

Director: Tadashi Hiramatsu

Animators: Hideaki Anno, Hidetsugu Ito, Yoshimichi Kameda, Shouko Nakamura, Tetsuya Nishio, Takashi Hashimoto, Shinji Higuchi, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Takeshi Honda

Production: Studio Khara

http://www.bsfuji.tv/japacon/