The rise of sight, the fall of sound

Aim for the Ace (1973)

Perhaps we don’t often think on the settings in which people watched older TV anime. But quite basic facets of TV’s nature have changed through the decades, in ways which might’ve changed anime in turn. Continue reading “The rise of sight, the fall of sound”

Dezaki, illuminated

A useful tweet with some 2004 documentary screenshots explaining an analogue lighting technique:

[Something like: How did Dezaki manage to add these famous light beams which one finds in all his works? I don’t really have French, so don’t take that as an authoritative translation!] Continue reading “Dezaki, illuminated”