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Smooth is a very widely used, but also very narrow way to describe and analyse animation. This idea goes much further than the word itself; it in fact reveals a fundamental issue that exists within animation discourse. In this episode, I discuss what my problem with 'smoothness' really is as a way of looking at animation. I debate what the objective of animation is, what Akira can teach us about Japanese Animation and how varied is anime as a meta!

Staff Mentioned: Toshiaki Hontani, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, Makiko Futaki, Toshiyuki Inoue, Koji Morimoto, Hironori Tanaka, Shinya Ohira, Shinji Hashimoto.

AKIRA: The 24 Frames-Per-Second Myth by APLattanzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYpif-dLjI&ab_channel=APLattanzi

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My latest blog post on the 4:3 Aspect Ratio: https://getinthemecha.home.blog/2020/12/21/43-in-anime-the-aspect-ratio-gaining-significance-with-time/

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Happy Holidays and welcome to the final episode of Get In The Mecha this year! In our final episode not only of 2020 but my look back at the year in anime & manga, I take a step back to look at what I took from this year's works. What changed since last year's episode and my mid-year review. Thank you for supporting Get In The Mecha, even during such a wild time.

Canipa's video on translators: https://youtu.be/Z6K-FOK_MrY

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“Anomaly” Eric Matyas www.soundimage.org (Edited for length)

What an amazing year it has been for Japanese & Chinese animation! Despite all the crazy things that have happened this year, there are still so many cool animation moments to unpack. In this episode, I discuss the awesome animations of 2020 from Pokemon projects to Music Videos and everything else in between. What can we take from the works of this year and how do they present this information to us? All this and more on the second review episode of the year.

All the staff & works referenced in this episode (most likely not in order):

Staff Referenced: Masaaki Yuasa, Yuuki Igarashi, Norio Matsumoto, Shuuto Enomoto, Atsuko Nozaki, Shota Goshozona, yen_bm, Hero, Toshiyuki Sato, Ken Yamamoto, Yutaka Nakamura, Kouki Fujimoto, Kentaro Waki, Vercreek, Yoshihiro Kanno, riooo, Isuta Meister, China Kantoku, moaang, myoun, Koudai Watanabe, Naoki Yoshibe, Sou Miyazaki, Rie Matusmoto, Masaaki Iwane, Takeshi Maenami, Weilin Zhang, Yuki Sato, Shingo Yamashita, Lin Hun, Shuyu Li, Shingo Tamagawa, Ink, Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, Kojo Tanno.

TV Anime: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, My Hero Academia, SAO: Alicization - War of the Underworld, Black Clover (Sakugabooru)

Music Videos: Just Call It Love - Mafumafu, Study Me - Zutomayo, Blank Paper - Natsuki Aoya (YT)

Pokémon Projects: Pokémon: Twilight Wings, 「Gotcha!」BUMP OF CHICKEN - Acacia (YT)

Chinese Anime & Indie Anime: Fog Hill of the Five Elements (Bilibili), False Memory (YT), Puparia (YT), Apocalypse Day (Bilibili), Fudge Factor (YT), Kojo Tanno (Twitter)

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Thank You to all the staff who worked on anime this year!

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“Anomaly”

Last year, you guys really liked me talking about my favourite openings of that year, so Unskippable Openings is back! In the second annual U-O episode, I take a bit of a different approach to last year by trying to answer the question, 'what does an opening represent?' In this session I talk about my four favourite openings of the year as well as some honorable mentions in the ITM segment!

Openings Discussed:

Jujutsu Kaisen OP 1 - https://youtu.be/v8bZVdTgXoY

Gal & Dino OP - https://youtu.be/BDUkOSE3dms

Artists Mentioned: E ve, Zutomayo, Aimer, Kana-Boon, Lin Hun, Stray Kids, Yutaka Yamada.

Staff Mentioned: Shingo Yamashita, Yutaka Nakamura, Kazuhiro Miwa, Hiroyuki Ookaji, Yuki Sato, Riki Matsura, Naokatsu Tsuda, Mamoru Kurosawa, Satoshi Sakai, Toru Yosida, Hiromatsu Shuu, Yuki Yase, Tatsuma Minamikawa, Lin Hun.

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“Anomaly”

Eric Matyas

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This week has been a weird week in the podcast schedule for a few reasons, so I decided to put together a little 'fillersode' discussing what I have been getting up to when it comes to anime & manga. In this episode I talk about my experience watching Gurren Lagann and All Saints Street as well as my feelings on Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man and the upcoming final season of Attack On Titan.

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Happy Jujutsu Kaisen Friday! As JJK has pretty much occupied most of our anime-watching Fridays this season (Fall 2020), I thought it would be a great idea to look at some of the animators / staff members that have contributed to this piece. In this episode, I take a close look at the work of Sunghoo Park, Keiichiro Watanabe, Kouki Fujimoto, Shingo Yamashita & Yuuki Igarashi in an attempt to understand Jujutsu Kaisen (2020) a bit better from a technical angle. The importance of 'tools' in animation, how smearing becomes intentional, a bit on compositing and more. Also, for the first time on the podcast, I take your voice subs!

Thank you to lethargilistic, Ian (from the Anime Research Group) & Ash for the voice subs this week!

Amicus Lectio

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Staff mentioned: Sunghoo Park, Keiichiro Watanabe, Ryohei Takeshita, Kouki Fujimoto, Shingo Yamashita, Weilin Zhang, Bahi JD, Moaang, Nakaya Onsen, Yuuki Igarashi, Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, Masaaki Yuasa.

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Previously on the show, I have managed to cover some rather niche topics, namely space and aspect ratios. However, in this session I wanted to take it a bit further by discussing camera lenses. The lens is our way into a scene; the lens no matter how distorted works as our eyes into the film and as a result influence how we interpret space and time itself. In this episode, I discuss what the purpose of lenses are and then proceed to break down the visual language of Kyoto Animation's Naoko Yamada & how she manages to imbue her films with meaning from lenses alone.

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The fact that Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) is set in 2015 has always been peculiar to me, however I have refused to question how exactly it affects the narrative, despite putting together multiple analysis pieces about the show. In this episode, that changes. In this session, I investigate how the narrative is affected knowing that it is set in 'the future'. With the aid of the song 'Peaceful Times', I look into what this reveals about human behaviour over time, how this enhances the meaning of the anime & more. On the side, I talk about my mini Virtual YouTuber obsession!

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Eric Matyas

www.soundimage.org (Edited for length)

Introducing The Monogatari Series to Get In the Mecha! The Monogatari Series sits towards the top of my personal favourites list, due to its unique approach to cinematography, narrative and many other factors; the Kizumonogatari film trilogy manages to take this to another level when telling the thrilling tale of Koyomi Araragi's spring break. A central part of the trilogy is the notion of 'humanity' which develops and distorts as the films progress. In this session, I take this idea of humanity apart to try and understand this anime just a bit better In this episode, I discuss the fundamental contradictions that exist from the start, how the aesthetic also contributes to this theme, whether humanity is performative & more. On the side, I chat about my reasons for reading One Piece digitally for the foreseeable future.

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Across the year, we have looked closely at each arc in the Attack On Titan anime (on the most part). But how exactly did Attack On Titan begin? After thinking about this question, I thought it would only be right to look at the first arc of the anime, The Fall Of Shiganshina. This arc contains the episodes which work as the foundation for this monumental narrative concerning oppression, freedom and history. In this episode, I talk about the themes of fear & confidence, the notion of 'society-building', how we are introduced to the 'AOT aesthetic' and more. On the side waffle on about my experience with Space Patrol Luluco.

Disclaimer: This episode was not intended to match the Spooktober theme (but it is actually very fitting). Happy Halloween!

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“Anomaly”

Eric Matyas

www.soundimage.org (Edited for length)