Sadamoto Yoshiyuki’s and Takaha Mako’s Dirty Work and System of Romance
Dirty Work (1998) and System of Romance (2000) are two shorts by manga-ka couple Sadamoto Yoshiyuki and Takaha Mako. I came upon both of these a good amount of years ago, but due to a recent IRC conversation they returned to the forefront of my mind. Seeing as I...
The Greatest Battle In History: Cel Animation VS Digital Animation
One of the many things that divides old fans from the new is a preference towards either older cel animation or newer digital animation. Older fans will argue that digital animation is dull and bland, while newer fans will argue that cel animation is dirty and clumsy. Me being...
Comic Update: It’s the time to play the game
Original Post This was one of the backup scripts I had written about two years ago to use for when I’m too lazy to come up with an idea regarding some currently airing anime or something similar. This is actually re-written from its original to be a bit more...
MoY Podcast 2 BEYOND THE TIME: Episode 18– The Matt Alt Interview Part I
Download [audio:http://mistakesofyouth.com/podcast2/MoY_2_ep_18.mp3] At long last, my interview with Matt Alt! At least the first part. A variety of interesting topics are covered, such as Matt’s early encounters in Japan, translation philosophies and why old anime is cool! Yeah, the quality is shit. But you can hear 95% of it,...
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The cheapness of the SHAFT aesthetic
Anime is a cheap medium. If you think otherwise you’re lying to yourself. However, one of the things that separates mediocre work from superb work is how you’re able to use your limited resources for maximum artistic effect. A studio that does this wonderfully is Studio SHAFT. Generally, when...
Think of the children
Between Darker Than Black and Black Lagoon, it would seem the only things the Japanese know about Russia are that it is always cold, and they love to make snuff films featuring children. That said, for a show in which Russians constantly reference Japanese culture, clean up after class,...
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...
SOMETHING’S UP WITH THIS MANGA TRANSLATION–SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI VOLUME 1
If I was in a more dismissive mood, I’d leave the blog post at that picture. But no–there are things to be said. It’s been out for a while–I know, don’t get on my case–but having just finished reading the first translated volume of the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei manga...
Old franchises in the modern day
Aside from Japanese animation, I really enjoy older American movies. By old, I mean movies ranging from the Marx Brothers in the 1930s up until Indiana Jones in the early 1980s. Specifically, two film series that I’ve enjoyed since childhood are the original Star Wars movies and the aforementioned...