David Lynch built Blue Velvet out of an image of a severed human ear the Coen brothers built Miller’s Crossing out of the image of a hat floating in the forest Many creators are inspired by single images, scenes, or collections of vaguely linked ideas, and then build their narrative outward from those concepts, rather than developing scenes that match their narrative structure. She informs Mizusaki that she’ll be judging their voice acting auditions, and then softens that with an immediate “I’d rather you have the lead role, but I know you wouldn’t want that.” She will drag an effective promotional campaign out of this team, regardless of how they feel about itĪsakusa is inspired by the new music to make their last sequence a big dance party, to which Kanamori responds, “why are they partying?” People often assume the core narrative beats of a given story were the initial “seed” of that work that everything else grew out, but that’s frequently not the case. God, she is ridiculously good at making this team eat their vegetables. You also need terrific promotional and business sense – or at least one (1) Kanamori to keep things moving There are countless talented young artists out there, and passion plus talent alone are not enough to succeed. Asakusa and Mizusaki would like to believe they’re gaining fame because of their hard work, but it’s actually Mizusaki’s existing name recognition that has carried them this far – and if Mizusaki stops modeling, that name recognition will disappear Once again, Kanamori’s pragmatism is the only thing keeping this group rolling. The sort of slide whistle noise here instantly evokes works of retro scifi like The Forbidden Planet It’s an area that falls outside my expertise, but the ways sound can evoke genre are fascinating. Nice chugging techno sound to this song they’re playing the high whistling melody makes it sound naturally scifi-appropriate Looks like Mizusaki connected them with a genuine band to do their next film’s soundtrack. “Against Our Independent World!” An interesting title that could imply a number of things, from conflicts with their producers in terms of film concept, to a disagreement about them selling their works at Comet A Let’s dive into another episode of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Having secured a commission from the actual Shibahami Chamber of Commerce, Kanamori is dragging her friends towards financial stability, and I’m eager to see how Asakusa and Mizusaki bring their entire town to life. Kanamori can’t fix the anime industry by herself, but she can do her best to make sure her friends are paid for their labor. The problem is a fundamentally predatory financial model that sees anime studios as interchangeable contract workers, as well as an established pay scale that assumes animators will work for a pittance, and either move up or burn out after their first few years. The anime industry’s problem isn’t a lack of work – in fact, there’s an overabundance of projects that are already stretching the industry’s workers beyond their limits. In spite of making a film that both impressed their clients and dazzled general audiences, the Eizouken were left with almost nothing, save for a bunch of requests for other projects that also wouldn’t make them any money. Last episode saw Kanamori taking center stage once more, this time as the team’s financial manager, in an episode that explored the often maddening relationship between making great art and actually being paid for that art. Determined to write a fresh article to document my first impressions of the whole last act, I ended up putting off new episodes until the new season began, and then… well, regardless, I’m here now, and suddenly find myself with three episodes left in what has easily been the most visually imaginative and intellectually stimulating show of the year so far. Folks, I am beyond delighted to be returning to Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! I actually only watched up through Eizouken’s ninth episode as the show was actually airing, as other projects ended up getting in the way of me giving it the time and focus it obviously deserves.
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