Some may accuse me of watching too much Shuffle! lately, and my only rebuttal are two pictures from the show. The first is further evidence of the “bad conditions” that animators live under; denying a simple wish for a snack can only spell trouble for companies everywhere. The second pic, “Kaffee klatsch”, underscores the additional…

It’s hard to read, but the first pic from Shuffle! says “Animators have been living in bad conditions.” Normally, I wouldn’t notice such a trivial sentence, but the red underline shouted out to me and opened my eyes to the possiblity that maybe, just maybe, this might be a genuine plea for help.    …

At first, I thought that Suzuka was a simple romance about a female high jumper, but, like most anime, there are subtle clues that detail the evolution of thought in society. For instance, we can witness the struggle of Japanese animators with English words from episode to episode.          Xylem is a difficult…