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The season that broke the sakuga budget
Four studios, one impossible schedule, and the animators who carried it. An inside account of the summer slate.
Reviewed this week
9.5
Series Review
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End — Season Two
The second cour doubles down on patience, and the animation team spend their budget on the things nobody puts in a trailer.
9.0
Film Review
Look Back
Fujimoto's two-girl story becomes one of the best films of the year, and the shortest.
8.5
Series Review
Dandadan
Science SARU's most chaotic production yet, and somehow the most coherent.
8.0
Volume Review
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 14
The post-Miura chapters arrive in hardcover, and the question of continuation gets harder.
Features
Industry
Who owns a cel?
The legal limbo of animation artwork, and the collectors who are trying to fix it.
Interview
The animator who draws rain
A conversation with the freelance key animator carrying three shows this season.
Report
The season that broke the sakuga budget
Four studios, one impossible schedule, and the animators who carried it.