I was so excited for this issue and it's everything I hoped for! Thank you so much, both for the excellent fansub, for bringing such detailed coverage of Busifan into English, and for the shout out at the start of this article!
The story of Wayawu Cartoon is fascinating. I'm reminded of the origins of a studio like Gainax, a group of hobbyists going full time with all the chaos that entails. I wonder what they're doing now Busifan has left.
I would be really curious to know more about the studio Nice Boat Animation that ultimately made Dahufa. Their name suggests a joke about the 'School Days' meme, but I have no idea if that translates at all or if it's a coincidence. Beyond Dahufa, they've made some really amazing work like the absolute sakuga feast Fog Hill of Five Elements. But there's almost no information available about them in English.
Also in the news section - it's fantastic to hear that Boy and the World will be getting a followup. That is such a gorgeous, moving film. I can't wait.
So, so great to know you liked this one! Seeing your write-up and comments on the series reassured us about this whole Mee's Forest project. We'd spent a long time translating it, and we worried a bit that we'd gotten too close to it -- that the appeal of the series would be lost on other people. When you had a reaction to the story and world similar to our own, it was clear we had something.
That's definitely true about Wawayu and Gainax. The company continues today as Wawayu Animation with Pan Bin still in charge -- although we aren't well acquainted with its recent stuff. As for Nice Boat, that one is almost a total mystery to us, despite having studied Dahufa. Still not entirely sure what its deal is. We'll see if there's anything we can turn up. (And it will be super interesting to see where Alê Abreu takes the Boy and the World concept next, after all the experience he gained with Perlimps.)
I was so excited for this issue and it's everything I hoped for! Thank you so much, both for the excellent fansub, for bringing such detailed coverage of Busifan into English, and for the shout out at the start of this article!
The story of Wayawu Cartoon is fascinating. I'm reminded of the origins of a studio like Gainax, a group of hobbyists going full time with all the chaos that entails. I wonder what they're doing now Busifan has left.
I would be really curious to know more about the studio Nice Boat Animation that ultimately made Dahufa. Their name suggests a joke about the 'School Days' meme, but I have no idea if that translates at all or if it's a coincidence. Beyond Dahufa, they've made some really amazing work like the absolute sakuga feast Fog Hill of Five Elements. But there's almost no information available about them in English.
Also in the news section - it's fantastic to hear that Boy and the World will be getting a followup. That is such a gorgeous, moving film. I can't wait.
So, so great to know you liked this one! Seeing your write-up and comments on the series reassured us about this whole Mee's Forest project. We'd spent a long time translating it, and we worried a bit that we'd gotten too close to it -- that the appeal of the series would be lost on other people. When you had a reaction to the story and world similar to our own, it was clear we had something.
That's definitely true about Wawayu and Gainax. The company continues today as Wawayu Animation with Pan Bin still in charge -- although we aren't well acquainted with its recent stuff. As for Nice Boat, that one is almost a total mystery to us, despite having studied Dahufa. Still not entirely sure what its deal is. We'll see if there's anything we can turn up. (And it will be super interesting to see where Alê Abreu takes the Boy and the World concept next, after all the experience he gained with Perlimps.)