However, her critical eye and strong sense of negotiating and planning quickly lead to her taking on the role of producer as she proves to be the only one capable of reigning in the freewheeling imagination of her friends. She lacks Asakusa and Mizusaki’s passion for anime, and her down-to-earth pragmatism can lead to her feeling out of place early on. The last of the group is Sayaka Kanamori, and, in my first impressions review, I noted that she was something of an odd person out in this particular group. The second is Tsubame Mizusaki, a model with actors for parents, but whose true passion lies in character animation and movement analysis. The first is Midori Asakusa, an eccentric and introverted concept designer and artist who is enthusiastic about creating anime but lacks the social wherewithal to bring her concepts to life.
KANAMORI KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF EIZOUKEN CHARACTERS SERIES
The series focuses on the titular Eizouken, or Motion Picture Club, which is helmed by three high school girls.
Whereas Ping Pong was a story which centered itself around the isolating power of talent, Eizouken exists as a monument to the unifying powers of passion and the creative forces it can fuel. Frankly, the show ultimately exceeded my expectations time and time again, and took everything I loved about Ping Pong and elevated it to new heights.
However, we’ve come to the beginning of the Spring 2020 Anime season, and as a wise man once sang, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” So, let’s take a look back at the Eizouken’s run and ask, “Did it live up to the promises made by that first episode?” This is obviously rhetorical as you can see the rating I’m giving it. I gave the first episode a really solid review, and even joked that it felt as if Yuasa had somehow known my birthday was coming up. Therefore, when I heard he and his personal studio, Science Saru, would be helming a new manga adaptation for the Winter 2020 Anime Season, I was eager to see what we would end up with. He was the creative mind behind Devilman: Crybaby as well as the director of Ping Pong: The Animation, which I’m often quick to cite as a personal favorite. With a willingness to play around with non-conventional and sometimes outright ugly art styles and some notable “auteur” elements, it’s fair to say that nothing looks quite like a Yuasa work. Masaaki Yuasa is an interesting figure in the anime community.
“There’s still a lot of room for improvement.”
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