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Obake Punch

An Obake Punch is an enduring technique first used in animated variations by Masahito Yamashita, Yoshinori Kanada, Hirotoshi Sano, Hideki Tamura and Shinsaku Kozuma. However, it otherwise appeared in Shonen manga and Tokusatsu shows before its crossover to animation became famous in the long run.

Almost everybody in the Shonen and Seinen anime industry has done variants of the Obake Punch one way or another.

by Snapper2001 November 15, 2025

Iczer-1

Iczer-1 is a hood classic OVA based on an underground adult manga.

The fabulous Iczer-1 has given us the first ever appearance of the massively impactful Obari Punch.

by Snapper2001 November 16, 2025

Pers-Kun

A Pers-Kun is a charismatic animator with a strong personality and perspective.

After his predecessors Takuo Noda and Keiichiro Kimura, Yoshinori Kanada became a Pers-Kun through his interesting effects.

by Snapper2001 December 1, 2025

Tarento

A Tarento (タレント) is a celebrity or a group of celebs who regularly appear in mass media across Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows.

Many kinds of Tarento can be found on tv, ranging from Owarai Tarento to Idol Tarento.

by Snapper2001 December 1, 2025

Commercial Menace

A Commercial Menace is a person who isn’t well known internationally and yet too hard to handle for commercial interests alike.

Not even Yoshinori Kanada could become as much of a Commercial Menace as Yasunori Miyazawa.

by Snapper2001 December 2, 2025

Osamu Dezaki

Osamu Dezaki (出﨑 統, Dezaki Osamu; November 18, 1943 – April 17, 20111), also known as Makura Saki (崎枕, Saki Makura), Kan Matsudo (松戸完, Matsudo Kan), Toru Yabuki (矢吹徹, Yabuki Toru) or Kuyou Sai (斉九洋, Sai Kuyou), was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter.23

Osamu Dezaki was known for his distinct visual style, which makes use of split screen, stark lighting, extensive use of dutch angle, and pastel freeze frames that he called "postcard memories", which may be his most famous trademark. They feature a process whereby the screen fades into a detailed "painting" of the simpler original animation. Many of his techniques became popular and came to be seen as special techniques of Japanese animation.

by Snapper2001 December 3, 2025

Commercial Rebel

A Commercial Rebel is someone who rebels against restrictive commercial interests, but is not quite a Commercial Menace in which he or she is still well meaning enough to be seen.

Many a Commercial Rebel, most famously the Studio Break camaraderie, have entered the anime industry during the early 1980s to mid 1990s.

by Snapper2001 December 6, 2025