Is there a better currently active director in the anime industry?

Sure, probably.

No, though I can see her apprentice surpassing her.

>>150522519
->her apprentice
Fujita or Oogawa?

>>150522465
It's a tie between her and shinbo

>>150523136
But Shinbo hasn't directed anything in 9 years.

>>150522570
Oogawa

Shinbo's magnus opus SoulTaker.

I like Yuasa, but I'm not sure who I like more.

Yuasa
Watanabe
Hamasaki
I really like her though, I think Kyoani would benefit by making her their Shinbo.

Shinkai

>>150525885
You mean a faggot who does nothing but force the directors to add in her stylistic choices?

>>150526429
Yes, that.

Kenji Kamiyama & Watanabe

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>>150527477
She already inspired people. No need to force.

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In an industry where only the best of the best are hired for having practical, sharp skills, how can Directors even exist?

How do you prove you have skill if you have to command a team to prove that?

>>150527704
Can't wait to watch Hibike S2. It seems like Kyoani finally mastered feet in it

Is Yamada Shinkai's waifu?

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>>150528344
>In an industry where only the best of the best are hired
There's 50-60 shows being made every 3 months. It's impossible to only hire "the best of the best".

>>150524227
How much reefer do you think Shinbo gets through per month?

>>150524227
Madoka was only 3 years ago.

>>150529138
That was Yukihiro Miyamoto, not Shinbo.

>>150522465
Takemoto and I ain't joking. However why the fuck he accepts so unambitious IPs to adapt.

Takemoto's HakoMari or Norwegian Wood when?

>>150530727
He was never really an ambitious director. Hyouka was the exception.

>>150530727
Takemoto is meh to be honest. He directed the only bad film at Kyoto Animation.
>>150525885
>Yuasa
>Watanabe
Style over content is never a good choice. Rie is in their same school of directing and manages to include good information on screen while having a styled scene. Yuasa doesn't have an inch of subtility.

Noriko Takao.

>>150525685
>>150525885
Mihara is better than Yuasa at this point.

>>150531372
>butthurt the director
>good

>>150531560
What?

>>150531675
She quit KyoAni because Yamada got a chance to go big with Keion and she didn't. She's famously butthurt for it. She and Yamakan aren't that different.

>>150525885
>I really like her though, I think Kyoani would benefit by making her their Shinbo
They already have their Shinbo; Ishihara

>>150531878
But Ishihara actually directs things

>>150531878
Ishihara is prolific though. He has storyboarded 4 episodes this year alone.

>>150531828
I've never heard about that before. Do you have a source on that?

>>150522465
Her work has been far too mixed in terms of quality for me to ever call her "the best" but she's pretty good. Lots of more proven directors out there though.

>>150531947
And one of them being an hour long episode.

>>150525911
/thread.

>>150531978
It was shared quite heavily on the anitwitterverse. I don't have a tweet handy.

>>150531412
How on earth?

>>150532256
>twitter rumours
Sure does sound legit.

>>150531412
You really think so? I haven't seen much from Mihara as a director that especially impressed me.

>>150532615
Should've stuck to animating.

>>150532615
I'd have agreed with you many years ago but he disappoints more than impresses these days.

>>150532256
Totally legit

>>150522465
She hasn't directed anything of value, so of course, there are many better directors.

>>150533019
I think no matter which way you spin it K-On! at least needs to be acknowledged.

If someone says Shinkai I will hang them by their toes.

>>150533332
Keion S2 is the best tv anime since Eva.

>>150533376
Keion S2 is the best TV anime since Heidi

>>150522465
Yuasa
Ikuhara
Watanabe
Hosoda
Tsurumaki
Imaishi
Matsumoto
Just off the top of my head.

>>150533376
Keion S2 is the best audiovisual work since Citizen Kane

>>150533514
Of those only Hosoda is worth mentioning and A Silent voice is better than anything Hosoda has done since OP.

>>150533349
I don't get what's your problem with him.

>>150533576
>Of those only Hosoda is worth mentioning
And you expect to be taken seriously?

>>150533664
Not him but maybe the fact that he has zero range and his take on Ghibli, his only venture outside of his teenage melodrama confort zone, was one of the worst movies made during this decade.

>>150533671
>Yuasa
Doesn't know how to show something subtly. He loves doing things differently just for the sake of it and his storyboards are meh at best. Just a boring director who's best works are far behind in history.
>Watanabe
Same as Yuasa. Style over substance. His best works are far too long ago.
>Ikuhara
He's THE practician film director of the industry but he hasn't done anything worthwhile in over a decade.
>Imaishi
Is just a meme
>Rie
Is a rookie. Not bad but she overwhelms you with too much info and doesn't know how to transition from scene to the next. Her cuts feel jarring.
>Hosoda
Is a great technical director. His storyboards are great. But he hasn't done anything better than A Silent Voice.

>>150522465
Junichi Satou is still active, lad.

Also Yuasa is certainly worth mentionning. And Watanabe Shinichirou works aren't my thing but I still consider him a good director.

>>150533950
>Junichi Satou
He's really unremarkable.

>>150533514
All dead except Yuasa. Imaishi and Hosoda just continue to disappoint and Matsumoto hasn't really proven herself yet.

>>150533936
Calling Imaishi "just a meme" has to be the most unhelpful and meaningless thing you could say. What does that actually say about his directing ability?

Oonuma

>>150533936
>style over substance
>meme
Try again when you'll be able to discuss on a level above that of a grade schooler.

>>150534069
Isn't even the best director at Silver Link.

>>150534052
His direction style is memetic. He doesn't conform to the Japanese style and neither to the American style. Retarded cuts with fast transitions is a love it or hate it direction style and you can guess of which camp I'm in. He would've been better exploited in America in my opinion.

>>150534069
His gimmicks are great but he is as unambitious as they come. Those pastel colored cuts are great though.

>>150534010
Ikuhara directed a show a year ago, Tsurumaki directed a short and has a work next season, Watanabe is active as ever.
What was the point of this post?

>>150534117
I think the internet has melted your brain.

>>150534201
Not really. Just replace the word meme with any word of your choice and you'll get a non internet phrase.

>>150533986
Really?
The guy who directed Kaleido Star, Aria and Princess Tutu is unremarkable?

Amanchu isn't great but the source material itself is very average.

Admittedly I haven't watch most of his recent works like Phi Brain and Tamayura but I doubt he suddenly became bad at his job.

>>150534272
>aria
thanks for making a manga i like incredibly boring sato

>>150533376
Best since season 1, maybe.

>>150535045
Nah, there were plenty better shows between s1 and 2.

>>150535303
I can't name one.

>>150522465
Regardless how skillful Yamada is, she'll never direct anything significant until she'll stop working on Kyoani schlock and put her hands on some good script (no, not the case for KnK).

>>150535717
Define significant. I think it's an easy argument to say she's already done significant works.

>>150535717
>no significant works
>2 award winning works with Koe no Katachi already guaranteed another win.

>>150535840
You're thinking 2016 Japan Media Arts? A nom is all but guaranteed but I'm not sure she could pull the grand prize.

>>150535717
K-On and Koe no Katachi are pretty significant. Also, she's their only main director to not direct KyoAni schlock.

>>150535887
She already got the nomination officially and the prize is between her movie and Kono Sekai. Your Name is far too uninspiring technically to be seriously considered especially that the Media Arts awards aren't really biased.

>>150522465
Ishidate. Thats why he got to direct KyoAni magnum opus, and not her.

>>150536046
>LN
>magnum pous
Lol

>>150536040
I think Kono Sekai has a better claim due to its content and appropriate timing. Your Name's success can't be denied. Parade de Satie has been doing well at international animation festivals. I would be surprised if she won.

>>150536046
Kyoukai no Kanata..?

>>150536125
Better written then absolutely anything that aired in the past 10 years.

>>150536205
Anon talking about things he doesn't know anything about.

>>150536179
>Kyoukai no Kanata..?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CJeDetA45Q

>>150536283
Oh this stupid thing. Why on earth do you expect this to be good?

>>150536223
Then dont talk.

>>150536298
1/10

>>150536355
It was a serious question.

>>150536125
>>150536179
There isn't any doubt that the Haruhi series, and Disappearance especially, is the best work Kyoani have ever done.
And judging from their recent endeavors, they'll never work on material of that quality again any time soon.

>>150536386
>Oh this stupid thing.
0.5/10

Does not deserve a serious answer. If you were interested, you`d inform yourself about it seeing that part TL and whole synopsis for vol 1 is available.

>>150536402
Bad bait.

>>150536402
>There isn't any doubt that the Haruhi series, and Disappearance especially, is the best work Kyoani have ever done.
What? I think there's quite a bit of doubt.

>>150536402
No Yamakan = No Haruhi

>>150536421
Thing is I'm not interested because it looks bad.

>>150536421
Vol 2 is released December 25 btw, so anime might be there sooner than we expect.

>>150536469
Well, you are retard - what kind of other answer do you expect then, making idiotic judgements based on complete ignorance and lack of info?

>>150536469
Does it? News to me.

>>150536402
Keion is better than anything else they did in the contracted work era.

>>150536526
Alright then, I'm sorry I called it stupid. Neither the PV nor the synopsis give me much hope for it, so could you explain, in your own words, why you believe it could be considered a magnum opus?

>>150536489
Anime isn't coming sooner than Summer 2017.

>>150522465

>Yamada
>Good

In what sense? She gets dwarfed by Shinkai's success. She doesn't get international screening except UK while Kimi no Na wa gets screening across multiple countries. Not to mention Kimi no Na wa has higher review scores than her Koe no Katachi.

Tell me again what makes her "better"?

>>150536427
>>150536438
Haruhi is the highest point, the most artistically mature work japanese animation has produced in two decades. Nothing else comes close, and certainly nothing else produced by Kyoani.

>>150536698
Could you explain why you consider it artistically mature?
I couldn't possibly agree with what you're saying as is.

>>150536681
>commercial success
>sign of good work
Miyazaki is the better box office smasher at Ghibli and you don't find people arguing he's better than Takahata.
YN is accessible shit. A Silent Voice is arthouse drama.

>>150536597
its very well written, for a novel. authors language doesnt matter that much when transmitted in motion media, unless theres much narration.

Its story is absolutely not what it seems at first glance, and intentionally misleading you - synopsis is misleading, as well even first characters we`ll encounter will be fooled about her. You gain more insight into Violets story as arks go - each well writen and touching different aspects of their world, havin impactful moments and emotional: dealing with seemingly unrelated cases, which however are necessary to tell the story of Violet and articulate specific points. Culinating in last two arks - first about moral corruption and concious, and being "prequel" telling of events of how Violet was found during war, having some heavy content as well once again dispelling what you believe to learn about her before and raising more questions. So vol 1 and season one of anime will be pretty much a big a big teaser for vol2/s2, with individual arks being own good stories where Ishidate can go all out on what he can do best - emotion and visual storytelling. It is also not what it appears looking at visual - a peaceful victorian tale, but a world with heavy reality from get go: after war, with personal suffering (the guy you see in the PV is actually drug addict slob that cant even type since his hands tremble because of how patheticly he acted in selfpity after his daugther and wife died - thats why Violet was hired in first place), goverent, terrorism, war again: not heavy handed as the shock/tragic trash fiction though, but gracefully and calmness that`ll hit you as a truck.

We still dont know who or what Violet is after all. She appears human, not robot (hands were replaced after she lost them in war with robot limbs) - however she doesnt age, have superhhuman strength and speed (so served as soldier during war and murdered rapist when first awakened, restricted emotions - however surprisingly keen and assertive.

>>150536698
>artistically mature boob grabs

>>150536751
I wrote like 500 words about it some time ago, one of these days I'll translate everything in english and post it, anything else would be reductive.

>>150536681
She's a defining figure in contemporary anime and Japanese film aesthetics, distinguished by its ability to draw out emotion from the mundane or the everyday. Her direction is sensitive and fresh, and her works are supported by strong animation technique.

>>150536861
>accessibility
>sign of a good work
He's an idiot, but you might be an even bigger one.

>>150536884
It's reductive to say "it's the best" and then turn tail. Surely you can find a compromise?

>>150534272
Tamayura is good, stay away from everything else he's done recently

>>150528344

You mean a race to get the maybe 5 names anime fanboys recognize and just blindly praise

Best current female director is Rie Matsumoto

As for best current director as whole i`d name Nagai, but Tatsuyuki Nagai sadly refutes my point.

>>150536861
>shonen manga adaption
>arthouse drama

>Miyazaki vs Takahata
Most idiotic post in the thread?

>>150536984
>but Tatsuyuki Nagai sadly refutes my point.
meant to say IBO. Not sure its Sunrise so affecting Nagai+Okada combo, or they just failed utterly on this one on their own.

This thread is about /a/'s hard-on for Naoko Yamada. At least she finally has a legitimate film success under her belt so she can be taken somewhat seriously now but that literally never mattered to /a/ at any point. She's probably better than most but /a/'s shitposting about her will make sure that hardly matters here and it becomes more of an annoying point of discussion than genuine appreciation

>>150533936

A for effort on the contrarianism front for sure.

>>150536984
I really dislike Matsumoto. The Heartcatch film was fine, but I couldn't stand Kyousougiga or Kekkai Sensen.

>>150537023
Perhaps you are the shitposter here?

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>nobody mentions the GOAT

>>150536986

Not him but you're one of the poor souls not able to watch Koe no Katachi in the big screen to even see that the adaptation was indeed arthouse tier.

>>150537102
Mononoke is brilliant but everything else needs to fuck off.

The greatest director of our time is Yamakan. This is even after he left, KyoAni still made whole two seasons anime tribute to him, fulfilling his lifelong dream to make anime about Wind Orchestra, as well featuring himself.

>>150537125
I heard the same thing about Tamako Love Story, and it was painfully average.

>>150537197

Were you perhaps looking for complexity in the plot?

If that's your basis for it being painfully average then I'm sorry for your loss.

>>150537257
Complexity? A story doesn't need to be complex to be good and meaningful.
And not even the visuals were especially impressive.

>>150536880
One reason I'm interested is in because VEG plays to his strengths, though I'm hoping it has more feminine influence, like a female scriptwriter. Jukki went overboard with his gags in KnK.

>>150537326
>And not even the visuals were especially impressive.

And this is where your shit taste actually shows. The best thing about the show was its understanding of photography, storyboarding, and animation.

If you're expecting something bombastic like KnNw/Ghibili shit/Redline or whatever then surely you won't find those as KyoAni doesn't have those freelancers at their disposal.

>>150536880
Kind of what I expected, to be honest. I dunno, I just can't not imagine a fairly tacky melodrama.

>>150537573
There were a handful of good shots and sequences, and one great scene.
Overall nothing too amazing, especially considering the film was described by some as arthouse and experimental.

>>150537732
Also I should mention that shaky cam and blur are used far too often and just become a nuisance after a certain point.

>>150537069
>The Heartcatch film was fine, but I couldn't stand Kyousougiga or Kekkai Sensen.
why?

>>150537937
Not him but it was hard to defend anything about the TV series of Kyousogiga past the first episode.

>>150537937
Incomprehensible.

>>150536986
I've seen A Silent Voice in Scotland and can confirm it is absolutely arthouse inspired. Now I haven't read the manga but this film was the first anime I've encountered that really made me question the dimension of sound. The concept of deafness applied to an audiovisual medium in which multiple sensory experiences create the illusion of auditory action. The sense of hearing is achieved through feeling, seeing, touching basically. I'm almost sure no other anime has used animation and sound to get into a deaf's person head space with this level of authenticity before.

>>150538184
but it was amazing for like 6 or 7 episodes. up until the exposition walls

>>150538226
The manga actually did some cool stuff with deafness too. There's a neat chapter from Shouko's perspective.

>>150533936
>>Yuasa
>Doesn't know how to show something subtly.
Absolutely false. Kaiba is all about emotions expressed with subtleties and without language and TTY is narration by details you'll catch after many viewings.
>he loves doing things differently just for the sake of it
You sound silly
>his storyboards are meh at best.
What's wrong with his storyboards?
>>Watanabe
>Same as Yuasa. Style over substance.
We're in the [current year], style is substance.
>His best works are far too long ago.
His best work is only 2 years old
>>Ikuhara
>He's THE practician film director of the industry but he hasn't done anything worthwhile in over a decade.
He made quite a bit this decade, his most visually interesting works actually.
>>Imaishi
>Is just a meme
Wow
>>Rie
>Is a rookie. Not bad but she overwhelms you with too much info and doesn't know how to transition from scene to the next. Her cuts feel jarring.
The editing in Kyousougiga was fantastic. Like everything else really.

>>150538634
Could you explain how you thought the editing in Kyousougiga was fantastic?

>>150533936
>>Ikuhara
>He's THE practician film director of the industry but he hasn't done anything worthwhile in over a decade.
Wow damn, we're already in 2025?

>>150522465
>Yamada
Ah yes, all the Kyoani shills are out today aren't they. I'm going to take the easy route and say Shinbo. I don't really pay much to directors as much as I should.

>>150538634
Man I hope you aren't calling Space Dandy a Watanabe work.

>>150538782
>I don't pay attention to directors
then don't pay attention to this discussion

>>150538820
this is stupid

>>150538782
Shinbo hasn't directed anything in 12 years.

>>150538259
The exposition walk of QUALITY was terrible, but the episodes before weren't so hot either.
The neutered direction and animation made the new scenes (that were hardly needed in the first place in many cases) don't mesh well with the ONAs material, and everything was too expositional and dull.

>>150538858
Space Dandy was an ensemble showcase and everyone knows this.

>>150538820
wut

>>150538977
yes, organized and given structure by Watanabe

>>150538692
Have you seen the first ONA?
In several scenes there are characters and events happening in different locations overlapping, interacting, describing each others, and everything comes together perfectly. The flow of the narration is amazing.

>>150539016
He had very little influence on the content. He just let everyone run wild, you can't realistically credit him for this.

>>150539131
You can, because it's talent he assembled and material he created for them to work with. Individual sequences can and should be attributed to their respective authors, but as a project, it's Watanabe.

>>150539061
Yes, I personally didn't think it was all too well done.

>>150539247
What wasn't well done, for example, about the sequence of scenes building up the appearance of Koto in the dome (?). That was perfect?

>>150539384
*That was perfect.

>Shinkai wasn't within the first few responses to this thread

I'm disappointed, /a/

>>150539560
He's a one trick pony and not even that good in his own field.

>>150522465
Araki

>>150538212
It was pretty straightforward.

>>150540916
Doesn't change anything.

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So why again is Koe no Katachi just being shown in UK?

What about other places?

My wife Yamada is so cute

>>150541033
Then what do you mean?

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>>150541119

>>150541177
I found them hard to follow. They felt purposely obscured. I don't care if the overall narrative is straightforward or if you had no trouble. I think her style is bad.

>>150541271
Do you feel the same way about something like FLCL? It's the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about this kind of frantic narration where you have to put pieces together.

>>150541076

I know right. What the fuck.

I just hope it gets shown here in flipland.

>>150541391
Nope, I love FLCL. There's a lot going on but I never once felt frustrated by it.

>>150541515
That's bizarre, I'd say that the story of FLCL is even harder to follow, with stuff like Canti's missing pieces or the terminal core story being hardly noticeable or understandable during the first viewing.

>>150541207
Does she counts as 2.5D?
Also, has she featured herself in any of her works?

>>150542297
Like I said, it's not the story it's the way it's delivered.

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>>150542433
Tamako is her self-insert

>>150542297
FLCL's story is Naota's coming of age which was very much understandable and noticed by everyone.

>>150542520
That's what I'm talking about. Canti gets detroyed in the first episode but it's never explained what that implies. And Canti retriving the pieces/putting them together is only shown in the background and most people don't even notice it.
>>150542937
Certainly anyone can undertand what the story is about, but following the plot, the cause and effect of everything that happens, it's another matter entirely.

>>150542635
I don't get it.

>>150541076
It only had 3 screenings. 2 were major film festivals and one was a deaf awareness thing.

Glad I got to see it.

>>150545601
did you like it?

>>150546301
Yep, it was great.

>>150545601

Yes three screenings. Meanwhile in murricaland 0.

If this doesn't get any news by the end of this year there's literally no chance anymore.

>>150545601
>2 were major film festivals

How was the reception in the film festival?

>>150546797
I'm sure it'll come around next year. You may see it digitally before that happens though.

>>150546822
It placed 7th out of around ~150 in the audience survey.

>>150546848

I doubt it. I'm expecting the BDs to be out by May-July.

Maybe they'll be showing this at AX next year? I really don't know.

>>150522570
>Fujita or Oogawa?
Who?