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We can do anything if we do it together.

[Ponbleu @ponbleu]

Public statement from the former staff of Buta Productions.

[君を紡ぐ @kimiwotsumugu]

To everyone who was looking forward to "Kimi wo Tsumugu".

We, too, learned of the terrible news regarding the appalling behavior of an individual just a few hours ago.

And we, of course, wish to distance ourselves from it as well. Our sincere sympathy and thoughts are with the victim. Such behavior does not deserve a platform. We are truly heartbroken that you had to go through this.

None of the other people involved in the animation of “Kimi wo Tsumugu” were aware of this. The whole situation makes it difficult for us, as a lot of money, time, and effort have already been poured into this project—a project that was meant to be something big and go far beyond the scope currently announced.

Accordingly, we will need some time to discuss with all other people involved how and whether we can continue with this project. (Without "ButaPro" / FAR)

[ibcf @_ibcf_]

masaaki yuasa on shibayama https://t.co/Q53MWhIbbl

[ibcf @_ibcf_]

RIP tsutomu shibayama. one of the best to ever do it.

[Aaron Long @aalong64]

people getting into the "two dumb friends in Toronto" genre should check out Sublo and Tangy Mustard, a long-running indie cartoon about two dumb friends in Toronto

[ibcf @_ibcf_]

made a music video of cartoons i think you should see before you die. highly biased, personal, and non-comprehensive https://t.co/2xcDutCOJu

[ibcf @_ibcf_]

made a list for easy access to some of my favorite posts on ben ettinger’s defunct anipages blog. let me know if there’s any i should add! https://t.co/LbubV6mWeR

[Aaron Long @aalong64]

I love the winter setting of Tokyo Godfathers, it can be beautiful but also really captures the dirty unglamourous side of winter in the city, once the novelty of the fresh snow wears off and you've just been trudging through slush for weeks

[ibcf @_ibcf_]

1983: hayao miyazaki contemplates suicide, praises farmer alfalfa, and implicitly calls yasuo otsuka's wife fat

[Aaron Long @aalong64]

last week when I was in London I got ambushed by Reuters for a street interview about Zohran Mamdani's win. I was just waking up but here's the clip

[ibcf @_ibcf_]

tatsuya nagamine’s classic doremi naisho ED. rip to a great

[ibcf @_ibcf_]

“you’re in love, charlie brown” has some very pretty layout/bg work

[Section42L @Section42L]

I'm eager to continue my slow Sunday journey through Sporn's major work in the coming weeks.

[Section42L @Section42L]

For this Sunday's arthouse watching, I watched Abel's Island. I admit that, as far as this "sprawling New Yorker shit" (to quote Charlie Kaufman goes), Steig is much more pleasing to me than Thurber is.

[Section42L @Section42L]

I also did not realize just how sync his style is with the sort of thing Sporn did in The Hunting of the Snark. I did not realize how much like Bambi this is, either, and much less clinical than that is.

[Section42L @Section42L]

Word of advice to myself: If something appears to be flattering your ego, look at it extra-skeptically.

[Section42L @Section42L]

CITY's transitions are getting better and better.

[Section42L @Section42L]

I like that we're still getting introduced to new characters in CITY six episodes in.

[Section42L @Section42L]

I just finally watched Fritz the Cat. Honestly, I am much more sympathetic toward Bakshi's point of view than Crumb's, but still, the movie gets too wrapped up in "wow we just said fuck wow we just showed tits" to showcase the aspects of Bakshi's worldview that I sympathize with.