The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Sailor Moon S OP 2
The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Sailor Moon R OP2
Observations: Not going to analyze the lyrics of “Moonlight Densetsu,” since everyone knows that song already. Similarly to how the 2nd OP for Season 1 started out, the first thing we see is the moon in the night sky, surrounded…
The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 166
Episode 166: Dreams Forever! Light Throughout The Sky Observations: So uh, I kinda gave up on trying to keep the number of screenshots under 150. But in comparison, I took over 1000 for this gifset and ended up using only…
The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 159
Episode 159: Chibiusa’s Little Rhapsody of Love Observations: I’m gonna be rather opinionated today. I am not a fan of the Chibiusa/Pegasus pairing. I’m fine with it if you like it. Watch out for falling rant bombs. My, my, who’s this…
The Animation Art of Ikuko Itoh – Episode 152
Episode 152: Burning Passion! Mars’ Furious Deadly Attack Observations: I took so many screenshots for this episode, I originally had to split them into two parts. (They’ve been combined into one post here.) Not only is the writing great in this…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…