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This sequence obviously isn't hurting for praise, but these have to be some of the most amazing storyboards I've ever seen. So unique, and yet the action is always perfectly communicated, you're never lost even for a second despite how over-the-top it all is.
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that this is one of the best-animated sequences of all time
during the sword of the stranger and soul eater era
yutaka made a revolutionary change in the action animation,alot of the current action animation is a result of this era
people who used to follow animation in 2007 and prior will have a better understanding of what I mean

so

it isn't only one of the best pieces of action animation but actually a turning point in the history of action animation
For me this is the best sequence that Yutaka Nakamura has done
Some interesting info from Yutaka Nakamura's Key Animation Collection Vol.2:

- The construct genga used for planning the animation shots were actually done on storyboard paper and Nakamura storyboarded the entire fight using 72 pages. These are all included in the Key Animation booklet.

- Nakamura only did rough genga for C1274A (from 0:24 to 0:26 here, the cut that starts when Nanashi is landing from his air flip) and it was cleaned up and finished by Masahiro Sato. Nakamura then did corrections on it.

- For the final cut of the scene, after Nakamura completed the genga, Ando added a frame to the final shot for more effects impact and corrected the pose for the last frame. Ito animated the snow effects layer based on those corrections.
duckroll said:
Some interesting info from Yutaka Nakamura's Key Animation Collection Vol.2:

- The construct genga used for planning the animation shots were actually done on storyboard paper and Nakamura storyboarded the entire fight using 72 pages. These are all included in the Key Animation booklet.

- Nakamura only did rough genga for C1274A (from 0:24 to 0:26 here, the cut that starts when Nanashi is landing from his air flip) and it was cleaned up and finished by Masahiro Sato. Nakamura then did corrections on it.

- For the final cut of the scene, after Nakamura completed the genga, Ando added a frame to the final shot for more effects impact and corrected the pose for the last frame. Ito animated the snow effects layer based on those corrections.
My bad, having read more of the booklet, Nakamura explains that he didn't do the rough genga entirely as storyboards as presented in the booklet. Instead what he did was use the rough genga for rough animation tests using After Effects and he made a full animated test movie that way. After he completed that test movie the rough genga was transplanted into storyboard form for readability.
removing the Ando, Sato and Ito tags because we don't normally tag for 2nd KA and clean up contributions (otherwise nearly every post would have 5+ tags and things would become messy quickly) but it's good to note their contribution, thank you.

I will clean up some of the comments so yours is closer to the top as well.
PurpleGeth said:
removing the Ando, Sato and Ito tags because we don't normally tag for 2nd KA and clean up contributions (otherwise nearly every post would have 5+ tags and things would become messy quickly) but it's good to note their contribution, thank you.

I will clean up some of the comments so yours is closer to the top as well.
Thank you so much! Yes, too many tags seem messy, wasn't sure what was best. I've uploaded Ando and Ito's work separately as child posts for interest. :)

Would encourage those who can afford the flipbooks to support Nakamura too, some really good stuff in them!
Indeed, my copy is in the mail, hopefully it arrives soon 🙏