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Moving onto 2018 we get Darling in the Franxx

This show was made in participation between two studios with Trigger and the newly founded CloverWorks. This was Nakamura’s first time returning to a Atsushi Nishigori anime since his early days on The Idolmaster, and his second time working with director Noriko Takao since Idolmaster Cinderella Girls with him appearing on her episodes including 5, 16, and 22. Small character acting bits was Nakamura’s MO with Episode 5 featuring some food animation, and a comforting atmosphere.

Episode 7 is the only non Takao episode, with Nakamura joined by Hamaguchi, Sunakohara, and others. Again very subtle character scenes
Nakamura didn’t do anything to noteworthy in this series up until Episode 22 where its more about one acquaintance Nakamura would meet, that being animator Kiyoki Rikuta aka Kerorira.

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2024 we also get to The Elusive Samurai. Nakamura only lent his pen to one episode with Yuusuke Kawakami asking for his assistance on a comedy cut

Nakamura’s tiny brush smears are always a highlight of his work

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Darling in the Franxx....what a time

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Darling in the Franxx....what a time

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Any frierenfags know roughly what chapter we're up to in new season?
Wanna catch up reading first before i watch any

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frieren what??

@​mods you know what to do

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is the new umamusume movie fire? @Tranquility

just saw it’s showing in theaters next week

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that wasn’t a joke bro..

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is the new umamusume movie fire? @Tranquility

just saw it’s showing in theaters next week

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Then we get Episode 3, which is bar none one of the greatest moments of Nakamura’s career where he solo animates the A section of the episode for over 8 minutes. It takes an incredible amount of focus for an animator to work on a very long sequence, mind you have the scenes constantly trying to go overboard by one upping himself with gags. The episode is directed and storyboarded by Nara and his collaborative ability with Nakamura is phenomenal. The episode opens up with some goofy slice of life dialogue, with fun little details like Nakamura animating a washing machine, but the big surprise is Bocchi hyping herself up to experience some sense of fame and recognition she knows she can attain

Very energetic storyboarding and direction by Nara, and Nakamura goes the distance to show off Bocchi’s latent positivity. With her confidence someone up she tries to make small talk with two students about music but fails. Bocchi then daydreams about her fumbling a convo (done with hilarious stick figure animation) and a short dream sequence of being on television. Love how Nara contrasts the two scenes with blue waves.

We then are introduced to Kita the outgoing extrovert, but ultimately the one who needs to join the band. Kita’s overwhelming extroverted-ness is too overwhelming for Bocchi and again her crisis is illustrated through hilarious mix media like her identity being popped as a balloon with amazing background animation by Nakamura.

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we are so f***ing back

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we are so f***ing back