ICONS OF ANIME

It's always great to go back in time and find archive footage of real champions of artistic effort praising anime as a medium long before that became a mainstream thing to do. I love this analysis of Grave of the Fireflies from Ebert.

The English Cardcaptors theme is such a banger.

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust might be the prettiest anime movie of all time, but it turns out, it might be about to look even better soon. #vampirehunterd #retroanime #celanimation #animemovies

Club Penguin got dark.

This is why everyone in Speed Racer sounded insane.

Imagine if Lord of the Rings was a mecha anime? That's this show. #lordoftherings #mechaanime #retroanime #fantasyanime #80sanime #panzerworldgalient

This is the bizarre and forgotten Super Mario anime movie that no one talks about. #SuperMario #Mario #MarioBros #Anime #80sanime #retroanime #Nintendo

Today is 16 years to the day that we lost Satoshi-kon. One of the most influential and innovative creators in the medium of animation. With works including Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Paprika. A true master of his craft.

This artwork for The Five Star Stories by Mamoru Nagano is the definition of sublime. #MamoruNagano #Art #Illustration #retroanime #manga

I will never get over the beauty of Nobuteru Yuki's illustrations for Record of Lodoss War. #NobuteruYuki #Illustration #Art #RetroAnime #RecordOfLodossWar