#shunichi ishimoto

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders key animation illustrations

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Kosaku Kira art by Stone Ocean stand designer and Golden Wind animation director Shunichi Ishimoto on twitter (twitter.com/shunishimoto).

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Fanart by Part 5 chief animation director Shunichi Ishimoto

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⭐️ art by Golden Wind animation director Shunichi Ishimoto

(twitter @shunishimoto)

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Undead Unluck #1 - Undead and Unluck

Screenplay: Gakuto Haishima Storyboard: Yuuki Yase Episode Director: Yuuki Yase Chief Animation Director: Hideyuki Morioka Animation Directors: Hideyuki Morioka, Shunichi Ishimoto, Yuu Fukuoka, Yumenosuke Tokuda Key Animators: Kazuhiro Miwa, Hideyuki Morioka, Shiori Tanaka, Kumiko Kawashima, Kyouko Niimura, Naoto Yoshida, Nobuo Takahashi, Hiroyuki Ookaji, Shunichi Ishimoto, Rin Ogawa, Yuuko Dangi, Mahora Muraki, Akio Kitahara, Katsuyuki Tsubouchi, Hirokazu Satou, Yuu Fukuoka, Shingo Fujisaki, Yasuto Hirohara, Rie Oomori, Yukio Okano

Yuuki Yase is possibly one of my favorite directors of all time, and I don't exactly hide this. The Kubikiri Cycle is one of my all-time favorite anime series that has continued to mesmerize and be a part of my life since its airing. Yuuki Yase's direction of that series was simply one of the best I've seen. The very concept of Zaregoto is one that is more driven by dialogue and conceptuality than even Monogatari, I would say. He was able to somehow represent the oddity in Zaregoto in visual form. Not much was happening, but the way things were framed made it uncomfortable, it felt confined even as they were in this large, spacious castle cloaked in ambiguity, the characters themselves were uncanny in a way. Let's just say I was completely charmed. So when I heard that Yuuki Yase was going to direct Undead Unluck, I was very curious, as I had never read the series before, as it never really interested me. I had a feeling I would like it since it's Yuuki Yase directing it, but I never expected it to this extent.

My jaw dropped during the cold open of the episode, all of which was helmed by Taiki Konno, who you may have seen earlier this year in the ending visual for Magical Destroyers which aired this year.

I would love to post every frame of the opener here, but of course, I can't do that. Within a very short timeframe of maybe 2 minutes, you're introduced to this fictional manga series that our main character is reading, all while relating it back to her traumatic past. It's genuinely beautiful and haunting at the same time. The buildup to the explosion of the plane was intense, and when it happened, even though you're barely beginning the episode, there's a sense of catharsis in seeing the tragedy occur. The artstyle throughout was very much Konno's usual style but it felt less constrained and more self fulfilling than any work he has done in previous anime. It felt like a great opportunity for him to showcase himself and that he completely did.

The rest of the episode took a very different turn than the intro but it was still every fun. Close up eyes shot, the use of color and desaturation much like in Fire Force or Kubikiri Cycle is prevalent here and it mixes well in creating intrigue during the introduction of Andy.

The overall production was a lot of fun, and it was superbly well animated. With the key animators' staff being completely stacked, it wasn't surprising. The actual story premise was even more enjoyable than I had anticipated, and I'm going to continue enjoying it. However, I have a feeling that Yuuki Yase is elevating this to a different level that I wouldn't experience than if I just read the manga.

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HEY ITS NERVY TO TALK TO U ANON .. thats way too long um.. n.t.t.t.o anon?? idk HA anywelp i have a query. how long do u like it when ppl draw diavolos hair? i like it when its rrlly long hehe

Oh, I definitely like it when Diavolo's hair is made really long in fanart. In canon drawings of him, his hair isn't even really that long, honestly. It stops above his midback. There are also some strange panels in the manga where his hair is drawn a lot shorter than usual...?

The manga is a bit wonky with the character's looks at times, and Diavolo isn't an exception.

Regardless, I definitely prefer the way Diavolo looks with longer hair. I think it works better with his edgy androgynous punk-esque aesthetic in general. Also, I just like men with long hair, so that's a bonus for me. I've seen people draw his hair, like, to-the-floor long which (while I support it) is sort of funny to me- it makes me assume that he just didn't bother to cut his hair at all during those years as a mafia boss. Now that I think about it, him growing out his hair could be a way of saying "fuck you" to his priest dad who likely made him keep his hair short.

Looking at artworks of Diavolo drawn by Shunichi Ishimoto (the chief animation director of Vento Aureo), I get the feeling that he also likes drawing Diavolo's hair long:

Similarly to length, I also always find the ways that people draw his hair spots to be interesting. Canonically, they're just random jagged shapes, but I've seen people turn them into triangles and hearts and even eyes and stuff. It's interesting how they stylize it to fit the aesthetic/symbolism of the piece or their art style. I think people just have a lot of fun with Diavolo's hair, which I always like.

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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Trailer

In 2011 Jolyne Cujoh and her boyfriend get into an accident in Florida. Jolyne is framed sentenced to fifteen years in prison. “The final battle in the century-spanning, intertwining fate of the Joestar family and DIO begins!” (Netflix)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean stars the voice talents of  Ai Fairouz,  Mutsumi Tamura, Mariya Ise, Atsumi Tanezaki, Yuichiro Umehara, and Daisuke Namikawa. Kenichi Suzuke serves as chief director. Toshiyuki Kato will direct. Yasuko Kobayashi will serve as series composer with Yugo Kanno as composer. Masanoru Shino serves as character designer. Shunichi Ishimoto serves as stand designer. Yoshikazu Iwanami is onboard as sound director.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean hits Netflix in December 2021.

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I love DavidPro's style, don't ya know?

Artist of reference: DavidPro's Shunichi Ishimoto, art director for Vento Aureo)

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Shunichi Ishimoto, one of the animators who worked in JJBA anime, posted this beautiful drawing of Bruno on his twitter:

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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind final broadcast countdown illustrations.

Day 23: Rina Morita Day 21: Shinji Nagata Day 19: Kenji Yokoyama Day 17: Daisuke Tsumagari Day 15: Yui Kinoshita Day 13: Kiko Morifuji Day 11: Natsue Chibiyama Day 10: Hironori Tanaka Day 9: Yuta Shinohara Day 8: Masamichi Ishiyama Day 7: Yukitoshi Hotani Day 6: Shunichi Ishimoto Day 5: Yasutoshi Iwasaki Day 4: Haruka Takana Day 3: Haruka Takana Day 2: Shunichi Ishimoto Day 1: Shunichi Ishimoto

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Silver Chariot Requiem key animation illustration by Shunichi Ishimoto

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New JOJO Anime 10th Anniversary Diavolo official art by Shunichi Ishimoto (high-res on full view).

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Fanart by Part 6 stand designer Shunichi Ishimoto

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"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 5 Golden Wind" anime has been formally announced. The key visual and main anime staff have also been revealed. Series premiere October (david production).

In addition, there will be a pre-screening of the first episode at Anime Expo July 6th.

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Director: Yasuhiro Kimura, Hideya Takahashi

Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi

Character Designer: Takahiro Kishida

Chief Animation Director: Shunichi Ishimoto

Music: Yugo Kanno

Studio: david production

via: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/287695

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it’s time for another finale - this time, the conclusion of my favorite jjba part. and for it, i decided to redraw this countdown art by Shunichi Ishimoto!!!!  click for quality (and also don’t steal).  this season has been so beautiful and full of love, and i loved every second of it, even when it made me cry lmao

so now we say arrivederci to giogio - and hopefully, buon giorno to jolyne sometime soon....

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Since it’s my birthday. I’d thought it’d be a good idea to headbang to Sono Chi No Kioku drunk. Uhhh. Don’t? I had to drink lots of water as I sang it Karaoke. My head was so dizzy that I almost threw up. Thank goodness my other coworkers all celebrated with me.  Right now the lead programmer is chugging the sake as he singing the Cells at Work 1st OP. Our soft engineer is buzzed but not too buzzed. Lead storyboarder is now on the table drawing chibi’s of Giorno and Bruno shitfaced out of his mind. 

Naokatsu Tsuda texted me telling me Happy Birthday and to have a good rest of my night. 

Shunichi Ishimoto gave me a gift at the last minute. It’s a Bruno Buchellati figure. So thank you! I love it!

Right now I am cosplaying as Giorno Giovanna because I love him. Right now my wig is slipping off and I feel as if I have to glue it on! UGH! 

And yes, I did sing Fighting Gold drunk as Gio. Don’t ask, let’s just say that I almost got us kicked out the karaoke bar for only playing jojo songs.

Damn it was one hell of a night. Of course, the sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami had to come to pick us up. I didn’t have enough Yen for an uber.