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Fumiko’s Confession Wins YouTube Video Award

Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 14, 2010

The pure news has died down a bit with the start of the new anime season (which I’m giving 2 weeks to mature before I start throwing out first impressions, so don’t worry, they’re coming). But this news about Fumiko’s Confession, one of my favorite shorts of last year, is great because it’s well deserved [...]

Did everyone have a good weekend? I spent most of it playing Tokimeki Memorial 4, but there was plenty of motion in the anime world. Among other things, we have a manga sequel to magical girl series Shugo Chara, an anime sequel to parody/history/moe anime Shin Koihime Musou, and a note of recognition for one [...]

You probably haven’t heard of independent animator Sugimoto Kousuke, but that’s okay – he’s mostly made his living doing short clips for TV shows over the past 5 years, and he hasn’t put very much of his work up on the usual media sites. However, his latest animation, “The TV Show,” is up on YouTube [...]

Fumiko’s Confession, 143 Seconds of Indie Goodness

Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 10, 2009

This video has already made its way around the ‘net, but it’s worth adding to the chorus because it’s just so good. Ishida Hiroyasu (AKA Tete), a student at Kyoto Seika University’s animation department, made waves last weekend by posting an independently made anime short called Fumiko no Kokuhaku (“Fumiko’s Confession”) on various video sites. [...]