I find it hard to believe it’s a first, but off the top of my head I can’t think of a single other instance of an anime TV show storyboarded entirely by a single person.
Kemonozume varied dramatically in directing style from episode to episode because Yuasa didn’t storyboard everything and granted his episode storyboarders/directors relative freedom to do their thing, but Kaiba and Tatami Galaxy both seemed incrementally more unified in tone. This is a new approach for Yuasa, but I can see its appeal, and it seems something of a natural evolution in his approach. It seems that he will be storyboarding every episode of the show (and delegating directing to another person) in order to maintain an even tone over the entire show and achieve exactly the effect he wants.
#Yakuza 4 table tennis series
Remarkably, series director Masaaki Yuasa storyboarded again. For the first time in the show, it felt like you were actually watching a table tennis match. This episode seemed to slow things down and let the player’s moves do the talking.
Table tennis is such a quick and precise sport that without methodically depicting each player’s moves you lose its essence. Previous episodes showed the matches largely through virtuosic camera tricks that are Yuasa’s forte, and it made it hard to see the details of each player’s actions. Even when the animation wasn’t particularly outstanding, the matches were more deliberately directed than usual, which made them enjoyable to watch. Where episode four satisfied was in the quality of the matches.
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