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That's awesome! I got a ticket for the 29th as well, 11:30 am. Will be there, really excited about it. They've confirmed so much, the new illustration is so beautiful.

hey! took me quite a while to respond, but i did not forget! just wanted to watch some stuff before answering and went through some busy periods and ended up never getting to anything, but it shan't happen again (i hope)

the last one of those was ep 2 of enter the dragon, and it really feels like a Yukio Takatsu work, might be worth adding to the shaft-adjacent list (though it's no masterpiece or anything, and since yukio takatsu had this kind of style even before working with shaft it might not count(?)). but it actually feels like the kind of anime those 80's and 90's anthologies would get, it's interesting how those are seeing a comeback recently (w stars wars visions, possibly this?, one piece shorts, i don't what lead to it but it feels like there's more space for short-form creator-centered anime recently).

and yeah, suspiria is awesome, right? i heard from another guy here on mal the next best thing from Dario Argento is Phenomena, and there's a surprising amount of people who like the Suspiria remake as well, in case you feel like watching more stuff in that style (though there's no shortage of japanese arthouse horror equally interesting, i'm sure of). Phenoma in on Shinbou's extended favorites list as well, don't remember if i ever sent it to you https://jgjhgjf.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/06/25/011514

and about Ninja to Koroshiya, there's even a video touring around shaft aoi and it does seem do be mostly new staff, but they got miyamoto yukihiro to direct it, right?, i was so pleasantly surprised. felt absolutely worthy of standing alongside the other shaft comedies, in my opinion. maybe the art design isn't quite the best shaft can do, but just the type of story and humor, it just feels right in line with the kind of thing the studio used to adapt. anyways, i haven't even completed it yet, only on ep 6 at the moment, but i thought it was hilarious and a great show. this gen's sasami-san? it's not as crazy as sasami-san. but it does have murder. there's so much murder, it's so much fun.

i also got to watch virgin punk, the only foreign in an audience of mostly 30-40 year old guys, something like that, and it's very much a yasuomi umetsu work. i like kite and mezzo forte, personally, and it's exactly the same type of work, it feels entirely out of the late 90s early 2000s if not for the shaft coloring and digital processing, which feels like the absolute best treatment his style could get in modern times. anyways, do watch it once you're able to. i'm assuming it'll take some years and at least 2 more episodes for it to be completed, but i hope it gets accessible soon, if it isn't already.

anyways, i also stumbled upon this pair of ads recently, which are also shaft-adjacent, you should watch them for yourself https://xss.now.cc/anime/53014/Kimi_no_Suki_ni_Deaou , some surprises there
and then it reminded me just now that this exists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZkoV7KsY8 . why it looks the way it does is a mystery to me, would love to know if you figured out anything about it

and yeah, so i've been studying in an international college of sorts here in tokyo for some 4 months now, and i'm in tokyo till next april, then the future is uncertain (staying in japan for the foreseeable future, but where is a mystery). i missed out on the tanabata and mika pikazo monogatari expositions, but they are doing something to comemorate 50 years of shaft and i absolutely hope i'm gonna be able to go https://x.com/shaft_50th_ex . my dream would be for them to go back to doing madogataris now that i'm here, but you can't have everything it seems ;-;....... anyways, nah, it's been perfect, i'm having a great time, i'm in western tokyo so you get the tranquility and quality of life of a less-urban japan while being an hour away from shibuya and the like, it's the best i could ask for. i love japanese mystery novels, so i've been buying and reading a bunch of those most of my free time, some nisioisin stuff as well, having to study a lot to keep up with classes, but in exchange my japanese is getting pretty great, watching most anime legally and without subs now. and if oishi takes too long before his next project i can just go there and force him to finish it now, send angry letters.

right, you mentioned going to where studio shaft is and i wanna do that so much, maybe now it's the time now that it's summer vacation. i watched some of your auteur travel vlog but i purposefully skipped that part cause i'm absolutely going there myself (great work there btw haha, about as interestlng as a travel vlog can be i guess). anyways, i'll do my best next time to respond in a more reasonable amount time, this should be all i have to talk about

Thx for the friend request, i usually don't accept random requests but ur taste is based.

dropped ratio.. I knew it.. ye real cats :3

hi, thanks for the req!

Enter the Garden! This. Not Dragon, Garden. Some more info here https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-22/enter-the-garden-anthology-anime-reveals-2nd-episode-teaser-staff/.217074

And wow, Shinbou talked about his influences on the mook アニメクリエイターの選んだ至高の映画, and my source for what he said used to be this random amazon review, but I just found a way more complete list looking for it again: https://jgjhgjf.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/06/25/011514 (I haven't looked too deeply into it just yet, but I can't wait to)

I agree about the newer Oonuma shows, but Watamote is still pretty close to his old style... there are some really creative things there. But I'm blind. I didn't see neither Sankarea nor Fire Force there somehow, that's all I was refering to. Gancrest Senki isn't shafty at all... Onna no Sono Hoshi... also not, but it has a Haneoka Kei ost, it's a fun ova, at least.

I'm moving to Tokyo in a couple months time, your comment makes me even more excited to visit the shaft offices. I was happy just being able to look at the building, now you're telling me there's even more reasons to go there? Otaku no Video makes it seem like you can just walk into an anime studio and no one will notice you, but it's been 40 years, I'm guessing it wouldn't be so easy for a random foreign guy to pay a visit... maybe Shinbou will be leaving the studio just when I pass in front of it... Anyways, if there's stlll a way to watch the vlog, I'd love a link to it!

There was an interview with the producer behind Monogatari that made it seem like they are planning more seasons for Monogatari, Bishounen and Zaregoto (something I love just as much as Monogatari). Although perhaps you'll think I'm reading too much into it:



The ZOKU at the end of Bishounen was absolutely an indication of a sequel, perhaps a movie adapting the novel they skipped, and just this month they made the theater play available on youtube. But it's always been the case with Shaft that all of their projects are great and deserving of sequels and yet they keep picking up new projects, those keep being great, and everything is always incomplete. I'm sure all Shaft fans would want more Bishounen (people say the last arc is a masterpiece and they could get there in ~15 episodes), more 3-gatsu (which is almost ending), a full Monogatari adaptation (when I think there's a big chance they're skipping some arcs). But Virgin Punk looks absolutely incredible, I can't blame them for spending time on it, and all the gatcha adaptations were probably necessary to recover from the pandemic.

Also, are you aware of the existence of Shaft Aoi now? A subsidiary at Shizuoka. I thought they were the ones who handled Luminous Witches and the Gotoubun OVAs., and that Ninkoro is their doing, the main studio isn't really too involved in it (so not much shaftiness should be expected from it, also). I think my source for this was their twitter, but I can't seem to find it... so I could be wrong on this, I guess. But 2024 was already great just from having a new season of Monogatari, and the Madoka 4 delay might mean I'll be able to watch it on theaters... Just knowing that there's more Monogatari in production is enough for me to think 2025 will be great.

Japanese twitter seemed pretty convinced that Shinbou himself directed the Shinobu arc on the new season, and I think they're right, but I'm almost done watching every Shinbou anime, there are 2 left now + all the hentai, but I keep finding hidden gems. I loved the second set of Fraulein Yuna OVAs, Ichi the Killer was a really cool experience, I started rewatching the Saber Marionette OPs and they're good. He's done enough, and he's done a looottt, he just needs to direct an OP for the shinobu arc and i'll let him retire...

Right right right. Oishi Tatsuya is probably working on something new. There's a lot to discuss regarding Koyomi Vamp, but, I need to mention this, have you watched his OP for Crystar? It's peak shaft right there, and way too many people don't know about it, as a post Kizumonogatari Oishi Tatsuya work.

huh, I'd never really payed attention to Shintarou Inokawa, but skipping around his Demonbane OVA it is very clearly Shinbou-inspired, it looks really great, same with his Tokyo Underground OP. I just checked and there was nothing special about his episodes of Hoshiai no Sora and Blue Lock (the two shows he worked on recently I have watched), nothing special about some unit director credits he had on ANN. But I'm adding Blame and Demonbane to my list, those should be fun! thanks


Unrelated to the list, I think my coolest find recently in terms of shaft-adjacent creators was Yukio Takatsu, perhaps someone you've heard of. I believe his style already resembled Shaft before he started collaborating with the studio via Studio Point Pictures (a contractor specialized in OPs), but Shaft had him for a lot of Monogatari, and his work on the videogames Persona 3, Atelier, Baroque, Rune Factory is absolutely incredible + in that exact same style. Shinbou also did a lot of videogame OPs, so maybe he was influenced through that -- well, do check them out. And his debut as a director is coming quite soon as it's been announced he's handling the next episode of Enter the Dragon.

Here's a sample

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4htngqwnWWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLBND-52850

There's also Suspiria, Akiyuki Shinbou's favorite movie. Some of Shinbou's greatest influences were on Japanese cinema rather than anime, and I could find a list of his favorite movies through a comment of a magazine he was feature in. If you are interested in live-action works in that style, there's also a lot to recommend.

There's also some other shows by Shin Oonuma, Yase Yuki, Mamoru Hatakeyama that would make sense in your list, but it seems you've watched most of them, I'm assuming there's a reason they aren't there already. I also love Kousetsu Hyaku Monogatari, but it's pre-shaft, and the Shinbou similarities seem to be because of the character designer Shigeyuki Miya.

really fun to see another shaft aficionado. I was not expecting an answer lol

Yes, it's the episode 6 in particular where Takano does the headtilt.

Momo chan isn't around.. speak the truth how she treating you?

Thanks for the FR :)

kurogane communication would fit in your early moe stack.

Hey would you please add Higurashi Gou and Sotsu to the Post-Shaft stack? It features Watanabe Akio's character design and even a scene with Shaft headtilt despite being made by Passione

Hello there. Thank you very much for the friend request! :)

Why is the second season of Tomozaki-kun better than the first one?

If I may suggest a few anime for the Post-Shaft interest stack:

D.C. Da Capo III, the original Ongaku Shoujo, Sakura Trick (all directed by Ishikura Kenichi, a series director on seasons of Natsu no Arashi and Hidamari and episode director on a lot of other Shaft shows. Sakura Trick is less recognizable than the other ones, and I can only guarantee the first episode for both that and Da Capo)

Medaka Box (directed by Saeki Shouji, whose main contribuition was in the ShaftxGainax collabs but whose style here resembles Shaft a lot, especially in the last episode of season 2, but he worked as an episode director in many Shaft anime throughout the years and recently came back to the studio as the director of Lily, Luminous Witches (all without Shinbou though))

Softenni (directed by Kamitsubo Ryouki, director of season 1 of Hidamari Sketch, episode director on others. Again, I only watched an episode)

Hyakko (directed by Michio Fukuda, who storyboarded a lot of early Shaft anime, also with Kamitsubo Ryouki. The only episodes that feel like Shaft are episode 1 and 12, though, but episode 1 is a great example of it)

Nourin (this is another Shin Oonuma show, but it's notable for the use of many of the same stylistic flourishes of Paniponi Dash (like having chibi versions of the characters flying along the screen), but also for having a character who's pretty much just Becky, the protagonist of Paniponi, as a side-character)

Comic Girls (directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto, episode director on Negima and Monogatari, with some shinbouisms at least on episode 1)

There's also this Fate/GO PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZkoV7KsY8 that might have Tatsuya Oishi or someone else from Bake/Kizu working under a pen name, though it's not on MAL, produced by A-1 pictures.