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Wakame Shadows

Wakame Shadows are very metallic and shiny shadows and stripes popularised internationally by effects animators Masahito Yamashita and Hirotoshi Sano.

Wakame Shadows usually work best on robots rather than on humans, yet also have multiple less well known uses, ranging from metallic stripes on Shonen hair to prettiness expanders on rainbows.

by Snapper2001 November 3, 2025

Groovival

Groovival is a cyclical trend that originally focused on late 60s-mid 70s nostalgias for older members of Gen X during the early-mid 1990s. However, it’s actually at its most popular in the mid-2000s.

Japanese Groovival has given us a load of early Toonami stuff such as Kikaider and Samurai Champloo.

by Snapper2001 November 4, 2025

Juminocore

Juminocore is a trendy aesthetic named in honour of Canadian web fashion personality Jumino Jewels.

Juminocore, even though it’s now popularised internationally by Jumino Jewels, has origins in very bright manga covers from as far back as the mid-late 1970s.

by Snapper2001 November 8, 2025

Yoshinori Kanada

Yoshinori Kanada (金田 伊功, Kanada Yoshinori; February 5, 1952 – July 21, 2009) was a Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. Though he did not create many character designs, he was famous for his character animation skills. His work on Galaxy Express 999 (1979) and Devilman: Birth (1987) were very influential to an entire generation of animators in Japan.

Yoshinori Kanada basically created modern anime shows as we know them today. His effects techniques have long been imitated by almost everyone in the modern anime industry.

by Snapper2001 November 8, 2025

Tar-Chan

Tar-Chan from the eponymous parody manga seems to be the opposite of George of the Jungle, because he’s more like Kinnikuman in that he’s a hidden backup prince.

Tar-Chan is undoubtedly one of the most outrageous examples of Himbo humour alongside Mazinger Z and Goku amongst others.

by Snapper2001 November 8, 2025

Studio Break

Studio Break are a freelancing indie group of batshit legendary doujinshi artists and animators.

Studio Break as a group has an undeniable impact on how we understand the many, multifaceted possibilities of animation in general.

by Snapper2001 November 8, 2025

Obari Punch

The Obari Punch is defined as a stylised punch, and is one of the most significant hallmarks of Masami Obari himself.

Some of the first appearances of the Obari Punch were in Iczer-1 and Getter Robo Go.

by Snapper2001 November 9, 2025