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.

>>855
EVERY anime is handled by a production committee, which is mainly for splitting costs/risk and securing distribution and rights sales ways. Usually the committee consists out of at least the production studio, a publishing label and a sound label, who share the main cost, and a few small unnamed companies, the rest of the money is coming from big sponsors (Big M, Pizza Hut, NTT, etc.). However the main production of the anime itself is handled by an anime production studio (which then hires an animation studio for the animation work), which also carries the main risk as it invests the most. In KyoAni's case, who don't do outsourcing work for other studios for years, it's even more of a gamble than it was for Madhouse or Gonzo, they are basically wasting a whole season binding their staff on a project that directly affects their private capital. Well, of course they could pull another Munto TV and turn the show into practical training for students from the KyoAni animation school supervised by Kigami or someone else.