It’s a hardknock life for SHAFT
I don’t think that SHAFT produces pure gold 100% of the time, but one thing that characterizes all of their works is a habit of injecting large amounts of visual flare on a limited budget. This is one of the things that is polarizing about them, even though it...
It seems SHAFT will be takin’ it easy
The more astute of you may have noticed that in the preview for the upcoming summer 2010 anime season, any sort of production by studio SHAFT is mysteriously absent. I can’t tell you why exactly, as my main source for inside information on the company has gone silent–probably at...
I need your comments: General opinions on SHAFTXSHINBO works
Alright guys, here’s the story: I got wrapped up in a thing that I want to leave as a surprise for now, but for it to go anywhere I need to conduct some quick and dirty research. Since I have a readership and a comments field at my disposal,...
I loved Arakawa Under The Bridge, but then I didn’t like it as much
If we lived in a perfect world, SHAFT and Shinbo Akiyuki would make shows that all centered around lolita characters in all manner of situations ranging from comedic to deadly serious. What they actually produce tends to be just as good, so I don’t make too much noise about...
Shinbo has a Twitter
Thanks to a tip from a Shinbo/SHAFT fanboy more dangerous than myself, I have found Shinbo Akiyuki’s Twitter account. What kind of deep and insightful comments lie within the man’s 22 tweet long history? Find out here, in a Mistakes of Youth: The Blog exclusive report! Translator’s notes are...
Stupid things no one cares about regarding ZAN SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI
At a cursory glance it’s easy to write each Zetsubou Sensei series off as all the same, but they’re actually all quite different in terms of presentation. The first one is slowly paced and eases you into the formula, Zoku then takes that formula and experiments with it, and...
the greatest japanese animation the world has ever seen
[01:23:20] <Llnk> sync_swim: huh high schools aren’t free in japan? [01:23:23] <Llnk> oh wait, only the US has that [01:23:30] <Llnk> pretty much [01:24:04] <wildarmsheero> but thats ok, everyone is rich and happy in dai nippon [01:24:12] <wildarmsheero> everything is smiles and rainbows [01:24:42] <wildarmsheero> everyone holds hands and...
Comic Update: Red Roses For The Killer
Original Post I think from this point on, I’ll simply continue to portray Shinbo as some crazy sex pervert. I enjoy this portrayal of him. However, it would make things awkward if I were to ever run into him at some otaku bar in Kabuki-cho, especially after I scream...
Comic Update: into the sunset
Original Comic There will be people that accuse Mistakes of Youth of being a self-insert, wish fulfillment comic. And I’ve had every right to deny such claims–until now. As of now, I have stepped knee-deep into awful webcomic territory and have given my drawn avatar (who has actually appeared...
The great forces of Watanabe Akio and Shinbo Akiyuki have come together to once again bring us
naked little girls. Shinbo getting up in years (the man is nearly 50) has slowly but surely been easing off the naked little girls since Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-. Negima!? was a transitional period, Hidamari Sketch and Zetsubou Sensei worked as nicotine patches (they feature loli-looking characters who aren’t actually...