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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 139

    Episode 139: Try for the Best of Japan! The Worries of a Beautiful Girl Swordsman Observations: We’ve got a huuuuuge jump down in quality, especially in writing, from episodes 124/125 to episode 139. Itoh’s animation is decent, but this is a…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 125

    Episode 125: A Bright Shooting Star! Saturn and the Messiah Observations: This is my absolute favourite episode, so I’m going to discuss a LOT. I took over 200 screenshots, and cutting the extras was HARD. Check out the use of colour…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 124

    Episode 124: The Horror of the Approaching Shadow! Eight Senshi in a Tough Battle Observations: Episodes 124 and 125 are my absolute favourite episodes in the entire series, so I’m probably going to gush a LOT. The episode starts off with…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 116

    Episode 116: Sunny Skies After a Storm! A Friendship Dedicated to Hotaru Observations: I discovered quite by accident that there was an episode featuring Ikuko Itoh’s animation that I missed. Episode 116 does not credit Ikuko Itoh as its animation director,…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 111

    Episode 111: The Grail’s Divine Power! Moon’s Double Transformation Observations: Why, hello, gorgeous episode! This is the kind of animation Itoh should be known for. Beautiful, full of details, full of emotion, full of colour. This is what an episode with a…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 104

    Episode 104: Seeking Friends! Chibi-Moon’s Actions Observations: I’ll admit it. I really don’t like this episode. I’ve mentioned before that Chibiusa is my least favourite character, so episodes surrounding her make me grit my teeth. (Rewatching SuperS is a real trial,…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 94

    Episode 94: Protect the Pure Heart! A Three-Way Battle Observations: Huuuge leap forward now, almost 30 episodes. Ikuko Itoh has been promoted to Chief Animator, and the general look of the series has subtly shifted over to her style, as she…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 68

    Episode 68: Protect Chibiusa! Clash of the Ten Warriors Observations: I had to scrap the first batch of screenshots because I discovered the hard way that they were in the incorrect aspect ratio. Watch your fingers when you’re using VLC, ladies…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 55

    Episode 55: Is Seijuurou the Moonlight Knight? Mako-chan Falls In Love Observations: A much more lighthearted episode this time. Which is good, because I think last episode’s screenshot set broke a few hearts. So many frames in this episode crack me…

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    The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 45

    Episode 45: The Sailor Senshi Die! The Tragic Final Battle Observations: Sheesh, spoil everything in the title why don’t you. I went way over my limit of 150 screenshots. Mostly because it’s that episode. There’s a lot of detail in Usagi’s disastrous curry.…