GLAS Animation Festival 2017 Recap: First And Foremost An Animator’s Festival
This year's GLAS had all of the essential ingredients that make a great festival.
This year's GLAS had all of the essential ingredients that make a great festival.
Masaaki Yuasa's fourth TV show wraps up in a fairly satisfying way with a briskly paced and nicely animated climax that brings emotional closure to the story with a cathartic showdown and thread-tying coda.
Ryuichi Kazama continues his victorious streak with a singles win at the Youth Olympics, while Sakuma and Peco realize they aren't cut out for the sport after witnessing Smile's continued improvement. At the halfway point in the story, we seem to be in a transitional stage in which the relationships of the players to one another and their attitude towards the sport are changing. The episode didn't have much tension to it partly as a result of that. There was no strong driving narrative force. That made it one of the less memorable episodes so far.
The championship grinds on. After Smile’s defeat at the hands of Kong, the tables are turned and the elite players of Kaio Academy come …
Tensions run high during the high school championships, and all eyes are on the showdown between Kong and Smile. The third episode jumps abruptly from Smile's training in episode 2 right to the championships, and to a Smile who has begun to gain the confidence to show his true potential.
Determined to unleash Smile's potential, Coach Koizumi devises a relentless schedule of training that culminates in a death match pitting old veteran versus young hopeful. Smile's resistance finally cracks under the pressure, and he begins to get serious. Meanwhile, the appearance of a new rival - the tough-looking Ryuichi Kazama - sets the stage for a later showdown.
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A recap of the first episode of Masaaki Yuasa's new series "Ping Pong."
Quentin Tarantino’s 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' hits theaters December 5 with a never-before-seen 7.5-minute animated sequence.
The first English trailer for 'Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc' teases Denji’s most explosive battle yet, hitting U.S. theaters October 24.
Animated features from three continents drew audiences to the movie theater last weekend.
Previews of three upcoming anime standouts from this year's Crunchyroll Expo.
WIA returns to Annecy 2022 to host a series of panels, a fireside chat, and the first-ever Stories x Women initiative.
Freleng’s film is a showcase for how rhythm and motion alone can create laughter when the timing is perfect.
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