Archive for November 2008
Shaft’s Schedule Observation
I admit this entry is purely my speculation; I’m not going to pretend I know everything, I just write what I think I know. I like Shaft, I really like their work. Even so, their anime this year somehow disappointed me. Not that it’s bad, it’s just lacking something I always see in their past series. I kind of disliked slice of life show, but I still enjoy watching Hidamari Sketch x365. All their shows this year are all continuation, which must be why, since changing something that’s already working is always not a good idea, and for some reason, I may get tired of the repeated style.
Anyway, let’s look back to January. Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, the sequel to last year’s Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Oguro Yuichiro’s first composition work. Many liked it for all the crazy stuffs that doubled from the first season, in which I do agree but what most people did not know is that Shaft did only one third of the animation. Two third were being done by GAINAX and Studio Pastoral with one part of the seventh episode by Madhouse. Then there’s Hidamari Sketch x365.
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