CATDOLL: I bow down to the production team. The number of reference materials for "Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru" is astonishing.

This season's new anime "Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru", which was adapted from a super popular web game, had been eagerly awaited by many "Shinsen" fans before it aired. After the broadcast, it really exceeded the audience's imagination, and the audience enjoyed a lot of themes that they had never seen in secondary creations.

In addition, the weekly changing ED of "Hanamaru" is also a major highlight. Just imagining which sword men will sing next week and what theme will be presented is super exciting. It is worth mentioning that the company responsible for producing the ED animation this time is Kamikaze Animation, which is famous for the OP of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure".

In line with the theme of the haunted second half of episode 8 of the anime, the ED is also sung by Smiley Aoe, who has the most connection with ghosts, and the background voiceovers of Kuritaguchi's swordsmen sing in a counting manner to create a very appropriate eerie atmosphere. If it were broadcast in the summer, it would definitely make you feel a chill in your heart, and you wouldn't even need to turn on the air conditioner...

The ED of each episode of "Hanamaru" uses rich colors and kimono patterns, which not only fully show the beauty of swords, but also connect to the origin of Japanese swords and the historical facts of each sword's original owner. As a result, the preparation work behind the scenes is not easy at all - just looking at the materials and notes prepared by the ED supervisor, you can tell that the staff is really working hard on it.

Recently on Twitter, Kato, the ED supervisor and producer of Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru, shared the materials he prepared for the animation (all personal belongings), including "Japanese Color Matching", "Kimono Pattern Guide", "Detailed Textures of Ancient Buildings" and many other reference books. The amount of materials piled up is so shocking that it can be used to write a long paper...

What is even more amazing is that Kato annotated each reference book with many sticky notes for reference. This rigorous attitude and work habits further highlight his meticulousness and seriousness as an animator.

via: Otaku News

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