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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Just look at all those names! But yest it was a great episode.

I'm wondering something. How much input can an animator have on things like coloring? With certain animators you can sometimes tell who did it due the way it's colored - Kakita's explosions is a good example Ben mentioned in his Eureka post. Miyazawa's scenes also tend to be colored very differently from the rest. This only seems to apply to FX-animation. I know that in the past (some?) fx-animators also indicated how the shot should be lit. Is it the same principle that's developed further in the digital era?