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You can support me on Patreon 🙏 https://patreon.com/catsuka
https://www.catsuka.com/links/
+ "Look Back" acrylic paperweight ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
+ "Look Back" acrylic paperweight ❤️
New art by Kiyotaka Oshiyama for "Look Back" 4K/Blu-ray box set (Japan).
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New art by Kiyotaka Oshiyama for "Look Back" 4K/Blu-ray box set (Japan).
Character-designs by Baek Yun Seon for her "Furniture's Unknown" animated short film (initially developed at ChungKang Animation School).
www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Character-designs by Baek Yun Seon for her "Furniture's Unknown" animated short film (initially developed at ChungKang Animation School).
www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
From "Furniture's Unknown" indie animated short film by Baek Yun Seon (South Korea), about abandoned furniture and their memories.
Currently playing in festivals.
www.instagram.com/100_baek__100
Currently playing in festivals.
www.instagram.com/100_baek__100
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From "Furniture's Unknown" indie animated short film by Baek Yun Seon (South Korea), about abandoned furniture and their memories.
Currently playing in festivals.
www.instagram.com/100_baek__100
Currently playing in festivals.
www.instagram.com/100_baek__100
One and only screening of "KPop Demon Hunters" in a French theater on November 28 at Forum des Images (Paris).
www.forumdesimages.fr/inedit-kpop-...
www.forumdesimages.fr/inedit-kpop-...
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
One and only screening of "KPop Demon Hunters" in a French theater on November 28 at Forum des Images (Paris).
www.forumdesimages.fr/inedit-kpop-...
www.forumdesimages.fr/inedit-kpop-...
First look at "The Elephant" animated special (in 3 acts) by Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall), Ian Jones-Quartey (OK K.O.!), Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) and Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time).
Coming to Adult Swim on December 19.
Coming to Adult Swim on December 19.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
First look at "The Elephant" animated special (in 3 acts) by Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall), Ian Jones-Quartey (OK K.O.!), Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) and Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time).
Coming to Adult Swim on December 19.
Coming to Adult Swim on December 19.
"Angel's Egg" illustration by Zack Lydon & Zine Hug.
Commissioned as part of the screenings of the remastered version of the film at The Grand Cinema (Tacoma, Washington).
www.instagram.com/p/DQ-lp1Mj5Ox
Commissioned as part of the screenings of the remastered version of the film at The Grand Cinema (Tacoma, Washington).
www.instagram.com/p/DQ-lp1Mj5Ox
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Angel's Egg" illustration by Zack Lydon & Zine Hug.
Commissioned as part of the screenings of the remastered version of the film at The Grand Cinema (Tacoma, Washington).
www.instagram.com/p/DQ-lp1Mj5Ox
Commissioned as part of the screenings of the remastered version of the film at The Grand Cinema (Tacoma, Washington).
www.instagram.com/p/DQ-lp1Mj5Ox
Special visual for the 30th anniversary of "Memories".
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Special visual for the 30th anniversary of "Memories".
First key visual for "Death Stranding Isolations" anime series directed by Takayuki Sano (E&H production), based on the game by Hideo Kojima.
Character Designer : Ilya Kuvshinov.
Coming in 2027 on Disney+.
www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/deathstra...
Character Designer : Ilya Kuvshinov.
Coming in 2027 on Disney+.
www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/deathstra...
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
First key visual for "Death Stranding Isolations" anime series directed by Takayuki Sano (E&H production), based on the game by Hideo Kojima.
Character Designer : Ilya Kuvshinov.
Coming in 2027 on Disney+.
www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/deathstra...
Character Designer : Ilya Kuvshinov.
Coming in 2027 on Disney+.
www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/deathstra...
"Blue Gale Xabungle Side R" special music video by Kamikaze Douga studio.
Part of Sunrise Robot Laboratory project.
Based on the 1982 anime series by Yoshiyuki Tomino (feat. character designs by Tomonori Kogawa).
Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4DK...
Part of Sunrise Robot Laboratory project.
Based on the 1982 anime series by Yoshiyuki Tomino (feat. character designs by Tomonori Kogawa).
Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4DK...
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Blue Gale Xabungle Side R" special music video by Kamikaze Douga studio.
Part of Sunrise Robot Laboratory project.
Based on the 1982 anime series by Yoshiyuki Tomino (feat. character designs by Tomonori Kogawa).
Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4DK...
Part of Sunrise Robot Laboratory project.
Based on the 1982 anime series by Yoshiyuki Tomino (feat. character designs by Tomonori Kogawa).
Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4DK...
WIT Studio offers some of its TVPaint scripts for free (MIT License / free commercial use).
>> www.witstudio.co.jp/openscripts....
>> www.witstudio.co.jp/openscripts....
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
WIT Studio offers some of its TVPaint scripts for free (MIT License / free commercial use).
>> www.witstudio.co.jp/openscripts....
>> www.witstudio.co.jp/openscripts....
"Gauze", the 7th 2025 Gobelins graduation short, is now online, and is inspired by the events in Gaza.
Directed by Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBa...
Directed by Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBa...
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Gauze", the 7th 2025 Gobelins graduation short, is now online, and is inspired by the events in Gaza.
Directed by Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBa...
Directed by Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBa...
Mesmerizing new music video animated by Masanobu Hiraoka, for Max Cooper's "On Being".
Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtTd...
Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtTd...
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mesmerizing new music video animated by Masanobu Hiraoka, for Max Cooper's "On Being".
Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtTd...
Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtTd...
"Scissor Seven" Season 5 is now streaming on Netflix.
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Scissor Seven" Season 5 is now streaming on Netflix.
Funny that in "Pluribus", a new series about the end of the world, the heroine is also called Carol.
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Funny that in "Pluribus", a new series about the end of the world, the heroine is also called Carol.
Release of CHAM's single "Angel Of Love" on November 19, 2025 💿
(from a new "Perfect Blue" pop-up store whose concept is: what if CHAM existed today?)
extra.filmarks.com/perfect-blue
(from a new "Perfect Blue" pop-up store whose concept is: what if CHAM existed today?)
extra.filmarks.com/perfect-blue
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Release of CHAM's single "Angel Of Love" on November 19, 2025 💿
(from a new "Perfect Blue" pop-up store whose concept is: what if CHAM existed today?)
extra.filmarks.com/perfect-blue
(from a new "Perfect Blue" pop-up store whose concept is: what if CHAM existed today?)
extra.filmarks.com/perfect-blue
Official poster for "Look Back" exhibition.
Azabudai Hills Gallery (Tokyo), January 16 to March 29, 2026.
azabudai-hills.com/azabudaihill...
Azabudai Hills Gallery (Tokyo), January 16 to March 29, 2026.
azabudai-hills.com/azabudaihill...
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Official poster for "Look Back" exhibition.
Azabudai Hills Gallery (Tokyo), January 16 to March 29, 2026.
azabudai-hills.com/azabudaihill...
Azabudai Hills Gallery (Tokyo), January 16 to March 29, 2026.
azabudai-hills.com/azabudaihill...
Two very rare "Tenshi no Tamago" (Angel's Egg) small artbooks are being reissued in December in Japan : "Shoujo Ki" and "Animage Bunko" issue (first published in 1985).
Pre-orders >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
Pre-orders >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Two very rare "Tenshi no Tamago" (Angel's Egg) small artbooks are being reissued in December in Japan : "Shoujo Ki" and "Animage Bunko" issue (first published in 1985).
Pre-orders >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
Pre-orders >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
Screenplays written by the late Isao Takahata when he was 20 have been discovered:
- "Oeyama" (inspired by Shuten-doji oni/folktale)
- "Moratta Hoseki" (inspired by Kenji Miyazawa's "The Fire of the Shell")
And a first draft for "Princess Kaguya".
NHK report >> news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/n...
- "Oeyama" (inspired by Shuten-doji oni/folktale)
- "Moratta Hoseki" (inspired by Kenji Miyazawa's "The Fire of the Shell")
And a first draft for "Princess Kaguya".
NHK report >> news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/n...
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Screenplays written by the late Isao Takahata when he was 20 have been discovered:
- "Oeyama" (inspired by Shuten-doji oni/folktale)
- "Moratta Hoseki" (inspired by Kenji Miyazawa's "The Fire of the Shell")
And a first draft for "Princess Kaguya".
NHK report >> news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/n...
- "Oeyama" (inspired by Shuten-doji oni/folktale)
- "Moratta Hoseki" (inspired by Kenji Miyazawa's "The Fire of the Shell")
And a first draft for "Princess Kaguya".
NHK report >> news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/n...
Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics ident (JTBC channel, South Korea).
Animation by Sungmin Yoo (sungminyoo.com).
Animation by Sungmin Yoo (sungminyoo.com).
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics ident (JTBC channel, South Korea).
Animation by Sungmin Yoo (sungminyoo.com).
Animation by Sungmin Yoo (sungminyoo.com).
Design supervision : Pierre-Elie Frugier
Mecha & character design : Shinji Aramaki, Yukio Takatsu, Marie Ciaravino
Pilot animated by Zephyr + Nalu studios.
Mecha & character design : Shinji Aramaki, Yukio Takatsu, Marie Ciaravino
Pilot animated by Zephyr + Nalu studios.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Design supervision : Pierre-Elie Frugier
Mecha & character design : Shinji Aramaki, Yukio Takatsu, Marie Ciaravino
Pilot animated by Zephyr + Nalu studios.
Mecha & character design : Shinji Aramaki, Yukio Takatsu, Marie Ciaravino
Pilot animated by Zephyr + Nalu studios.
From the pilot of "Palitchan" french animated series project by Morade Rahni (Zephyr Studio).
>> zephyranimation.com/programs/pal...
(note: "Saint Seiya" is very popular in France)
>> zephyranimation.com/programs/pal...
(note: "Saint Seiya" is very popular in France)
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
From the pilot of "Palitchan" french animated series project by Morade Rahni (Zephyr Studio).
>> zephyranimation.com/programs/pal...
(note: "Saint Seiya" is very popular in France)
>> zephyranimation.com/programs/pal...
(note: "Saint Seiya" is very popular in France)
