Sundown McMoon

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He/Him Animator and Artist, Arguably Animation Critic @zekefilm.bsky.social Member of @bombsquadprods.bsky.social Old Cartoon Enjoyer

Close-up of a man in military uniform wearing sunglasses with a distressed expression on his face is held a knifepoint by a woman with hair in two buns on frame left, while a handgun is held against his temple by a woman's hand from offscreen frame right. Landscape-oriented horizontal frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime OVA Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse, composited to look like a single consistent image.
A glittering body of water, beneath a bridge adorned by Swiss flags, and in front of a colorful city foregrounding a mountain range. This is - presumably - Geneva, but I don't believe it's explicitly stated. Landscape-oriented horizontal frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime OVA Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse, composited to look like a single consistent image.
Screenshot from episode 5 of the anime OVA Gunbuster (1988) depicting a close-up of Jung Freud, smiling as she lounges on the beach, sunglasses on and a drink in hand.
A plane takes off in the blue skies above Kingsford Smith Airport. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime OVA Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse, composited to look like a single consistent image.
Silhouette of a woman's figure views through a shower curtain. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime OVA Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse, composited to look like a single consistent image.
A group of women in 80s athletic wear exercise and converse while making use of gym equipment. Landscape-oriented horizontal frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime OVA Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse, composited to look like a single consistent image.
Edit of the shot from G Gundam where Master Asia's face appears over the text "SUPER ASIA" with the subtitle "I will become Super Asia..." but Master Asia has been replaced by Irene Sanders from the OVA Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse
Screenshot from the 23rd and final episode of the anime series Invincible Superman Zambot 3, depicting a close-up of the Zambo-Ace's face, "tears" streaming from yellow lenses where there would be eyes on a person as it seems to watch the sun rising.
Screenshot from the anime GR: Giant Robo (2007), depicting a white haired man in a white suit, faux interlacing on the screen as he is seated in front of a screen broadcasting a giant robot fight. Subtitles read: I'm Johnny Sokko, the head of new at BFN. Note: Johnny Sokko refers to the Americanized title of the 1967 Giant Robo tokusatsu, renamed Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot.
Excerpt from the 70 chapter version of Edwin Lowe's revised version of J.H. Jackson's translation of Shi Nai'an's "The Water Margin" (Shuihui Zhuan). It reads: “That fellow deserves death.” He pushed the door open, and going straight to Luo the Immortal, he struck him on the head with his axe, and killed him on the spot. Li Kui saw that the blood was white, and laughed saying, “He evidently was a virgin, he’s full of semen! There’s not a drop of red blood in him! He cannot stop Gongsun Sheng from going now.” He left the room, but was stopped by an acolyte who called out, “You have killed our master. Where are you going?” Li Kui without hesitation used his axe, and also killed the boy. He then quickly left the temple, and going down the hill soon came to Gongsun Sheng’s house where he quietly opened the door and slipped into bed. The following excerpt is highlighted: Li Kui saw that the blood was white, and laughed saying, “He evidently was a virgin, he’s full of semen!
Two panels from Marvel's Star Wars #16 (July 1978), depicting close-ups of Beilert Valance in the cockpit of his ship, read left to right. Panel 1: Narration: While in the fleeing craft's cockpit... Valance claws compulsively at his face. Valance: I underestimated them... Should never have had to use the arm. But I did it swiftly.... My secret should be safe. Narration: And a terrible secret it is for a robot-hater... Panel 2: Depicting Valance, with the left-side of his face and left arm exposed in glittering silver and gold metal, with a yellow glowing eye. Narration: ...Living with the fact that at the Telos-4 Medical station... ...Half his body was replaced by cybernetic parts! Terrible, for being a cyborg only makes Vance more determined... That the hunt shall go on! Next Issue: The Empire Strikes! Credits for this issue: Writer Archie Goodwin Penciller Walter Simonson (as Walt Simonson) Inker Bob Wiacek Letterer Denise Wohl Colorist Bob Sharen Cover artist Walter Simonson Editor(s) Archie Goodwin Jim Shooter
Black and white manga panels from Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Babel the Second (Babel II) featuring Director Igarashi (the inspiration for Chujo) with investigator Igano. Two panels are stacked on the right, with one large panel on the left. Read right to left. Text reads: Panel 1: (Igarashi) I see. But as your superior, there's no way I can leave you behind. Panel 2: (Igarashi) I'll stay and cheer him on with you! Panel 3: (Igarashi and Igano, cheering) Hooray! Hooray! hooray Babel! Hooray Babel!
Page from Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Babel II depicting three rectangular panels featuring series villain Yomi, two smaller ones at top, one larger primary panel. Read right to left. Panel 1: CU, Straight ahead. Yomi, speaking aloud with a distressed expression. Yomi (speaking): Mmmgh... Curse you Babel II! You will pay for this! Panel 2: CU, low angle, 3/4 perspective Yomi, speaking aloud with a distressed expression. Yomi (speaking): Long ago, in America, General Custer and his 7th Cavalry were slaughtered by the Indians. Panel 3: CU, Straight ahead. Yomi, speaking aloud with a more distressed expression, hands balled into fists. A depiction of Custer's last stand floats above him, Custer stuck with several arrows. Yomi (speaking): And I shall deliver their fate unto you!
Excerpt from the 70 chapter version of Edwin Lowe's revised version of J.H. Jackson's translation of Shi Nai'an's "The Water Margin" (Shuihui Zhuan). It reads: Master Gao was infatuated with the wife of Lin Chong, but had submitted to Lin Chong’s interference, and led his followers away, but as he returned to his official residence he was in low spirits. During the next few days his followers kept out of his way as they found him upset, and quite unable to attend to business. But one man, an idler named Fu An, nicknamed “Stinking Dickhead,” understood his master, and waited upon him. One day as Master Gao was sitting idly in the library he entered and remarked, “You are not looking well these last few days, and there must be something worrying you.” The text: Fu An, nicknamed “Stinking Dickhead,” is highlighted in orange.
Panel from Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Babel II featuring Director Igarashi (Chujo in Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still) and the Vice Director. The Vice Director says "It looks like our common sense is useless in this situation."
Screenshot from the profile page of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's adaptation of Suikoden (The Water Margin) depicting a man with a determined expression, wearing a headband, eyepatch, and tiny mustache. Text beneath him describes him as follows: No. 58 Wang Ying the Stumpy Tiger, Tiny Star
Yasuhiro Imagawa’s 7 episode OVA Series Giant Robo(1992 - 1998) features many characters from manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. Of these, his 1967 - 1971 adaptation of Suikoden (The Water Margin) is quantitatively the best represented. The following is a reference key for IDing characters that appear in both works. 3 Wu Yong the Resourceful Wisdom Star - Professor Go 4 Gongsun Sheng the Dragon in the Clouds Leisure Star - Issei the Taoist Monk 8 Huyan Zhuo The Double Clubs Prestige Star - Ko-Enshaku 9 Hua Rong the Little Li Guang Hero Star - Shoriko no Kaiei 17 Yang Zhi the Blue-Faced Beast Dark Star - Yoshi The Blue-Faced Beast 20 Dai Zong the Magic Traveller Speedster Star - Taisou The Spiritual Buddhist 22 Li Kui the Black Whirlwind Killer Star "Iron Ox" - Tetsugyu 38 Huang Xin the Guardian of 3 Mountains Malignant Star - Koushin chin Sanzan 61 Fan Rui the Demon Lord of Chaos Correct Star - Hanzui The Evil Messiah 87 Zhou Tong the Little Conqueror Empty Star - Shutsu 27 Ruan Xiaoer the Tai Su who stands his ground, Sword Star, No. 29 Ruan Xiaowu the Short-Lived 2nd Brother, Guilt Star, No. 31 Ruan Xiaoqi the Living King Yama, Defeat Star - Gen Brothers Shoji, Shogo, and Sochiji 34 Xie Zhen the Double Headed Snake, Savage Star No. 35 Xie Bao the Twin-Tailer Scorpion, Crying Star - Ryotoda no Kaichin and Sobikatsu no Kaiho While not listed in the liner notes, I have included the below possible relevant connections. Hu Sanniang, for being the most prominent woman in The Water Margin and holding the title of the “10-Feet of Blue” feels like she may have informed Yoshi, and Han Tao’s distinctive face mask resembles the one worn by Zangetsu the Midday. 59 Hu Sanniang the 10-Feet of Blue Bright Star - Yoshi The Blue-Faced Beast 42 Han Tao the General of 100 Victories Majestic Star - Zangetsu the Midday Credits Mike Toole’s Liner Notes included in Discotek Media’s 2019 Blu-Ray Release of Giant Robo Hell’s Missionary’s TL and Scans of The Water Margin
Screenshot of the DVD art section of the "Test" page on artist Marco Albiero's website, showing Albiero's altered cover for the Rose of Versailles Collection 2.
Official Rose of Versailles Blu-Ray Collection 2 Art produced for Discotek's release of the series. The more angular character designs here reflect the characters aging since the start of the series, as well as the transformation in aesthetics that took place after Osamu Dezaki became Chief Director for the series in the second half.
Twitter exchange between Brady Hartel and Marco Albiero. Hartel is quoting a Tweet by Albiero and responding to it, while Albiero comments on that response. Original Tweet by Albiero: Dear @discotekmedia DISCOTEK and dear @TMSent_jp , if you want a well done cover of #LadyOscar #Versaillesnobara and please the fans, feel free to contact me, I am at your disposal! Greetings.... Attached is a comparison between Albiero's redrawn cover and the original. Hartel's Quote Tweet response: Just a few things: -The original creators had direct approval and what was finalized was to their exact specifications. -The artwork had to be on-model to this section of the series, where the characters are older. -Please don't ever do this to an artist, it's not nice. Albiero's reply to Hartel's Quote Tweet: I have nothing against the person who made this drawing, I'm sure he tried to do his best. As a professional and lover of the series I just say that he did not succeed and I'm sorry!
Frames from the Early Color version of the manga Tetsujin 28 by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, depicting Tetsujin 28 reaching towards the camera with speed lines emanating from his body on the right panel, a speech bubble reading "GAO!" emerging from him. The panel on the left depicts a close-up, showing off his especially Muppet-like face.
A black-and-white cross section of a front facing robot, with its left arm, leg, and chest visible as completed, while the rest of its body shows off the machine's complicated internals. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots episode 22 of the anime series Tetsujin 28 (released internationally as Gigantor), composited to look like a single consistent image.
A blue and white robot is seen from the waist-up, head accented by red highlights, with a yellow number 7 adorning it abdomen. It it detailed using airbrush effects for shadows and highlights. In the abstract dark purple background, a practical bright light shines through the bottom cel layer. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots from the opening of the anime series Round Vernian Vifam, composited to look like a single consistent image.
(1/2) Ten panels of Mark Kausler's story sketches for the Malcome D'Cockroach sequence of Coonskin (1975).
Screenshot from episode 18 of the TV Anime "Galactic Drifter Vifam", depicting a character on a film screen that looks like Amuro Ray in a pilot suit, wearing a distressed expression.
Photo of a Nancy & Sluggo frame tray puzzle depciting the pair shopping, Nancy smiling while Sluggo holds a dress up so Nancy can see how it might fit. Sluggo wears an embarrassed smile and averts his eyes.
Screenshot from "The Making of Metropolis" featurette depicting Yoshiyuki Tomino (Creator of Mobile Suit Gundam and former episode director and storyboard artist at Osamu Tezuka's animation studio Mushi Pro) arriving at the premiere of Metropolis wearing an expression of mild discomfort.
Page 1 of an interview with Scott McNeil conducted by Kit Fox. From the August 2000 (Vol. 8 Issue 8) of Animerica.
Text from an interview with voice actor Scott McNeil. Interviewer: As far as the plot of Gundam Wing goes, the five pilots are sent to Earth... McNeil: There's a plot? Interviewer: Supposedly so. McNeil: Wow.
Excerpt from Mobile Suit Gundam High Streamer Book 2: Quess Quote: Bright: "We've been doing unpredictable jobs since the White Base, surviving. Now I get ridiculed by you guys, called a Daddy... If I went to Lhasa, I'd be branded a Newtype too." Amuro: "'Daddy?' I've never heard that. Who said it?" Bright: "Kai Shiden, maybe? I heard you said it too." Amuro: "News to me..." Bright: "Don't lie..." As they spoke, a lightness veiled their words, but underneath lay a current of sadness, stirring up a sea of painful memories.
A photograph of a picnic table covered in a cloth, with grapes and the bottom of a bottle of wine emerging from a picnic basket on a sunny day. These surround a CONSENT, with a CG reflection of a CCMS-03 Bugu visible on the visor. The cover for GUNDAM 20th ANNIVERSARY G-SAVIOUR soundcinema 01 “Be Called Icarus” (Crimson Wings of Icarus)
Black and white design sketch by Ron Cobb, depicting the front of "Achille's Robot Second Battle" (Matsumoto-14), noting that it stands 118 ft. with a human figure included for scale, and noting its various pieces of equipment.
Panel from Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga "Metropolis", depicting a close-up of Kenichi reaching into the sleeping artificial human Michi's (equivalent to the character Tima in the 2001 film) mouth to hit the button in their throat that changes their gender presentation from boy to girl. A speech balloon emerging from Kenichi reads: "The button... Got it!"
Screenshot of Vanessa Laird on the bridge of the Macross, holding a coffee cup. Note the center part and appearance of her bangs here. From Episode 22 of SDF Macross.
Screenshot of a close-up of Minmay singing the booth, eyes glittering and half drawn. An example of Mikimoto's stylized way of rendering eyes, from an episode animated by studio Anime Torotoro. From SDF Macross Episode 11.
Screenshot from Super Dimension Fortress Macross Episode 22, depicting Minmay in her cheongsam with hair in buns. Her mouth is open, and where her eyes should be there are only black pits.
A woman with long blue-hair and a yellow bikini-like uniform crouches in the background, expression determined, wielding a submachine gun. In the foreground, a woman with red, fluffy hair and bandana around her forehead wears a white, bikini-like outfit and wields a yellow beam saber, standing up and looking determined. Both are situated within a futurist, techno-organic facility. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime film Dirty Pair: Project Eden, composited to look like a single consistent image.
A man with black, fluffy hair wears a determined expression, dressed in a cyan battle armor, torn sleeveless teal vest and pants while wielding a bazooka and a bottle of wine. He stands in a cavernous, futuristic interior, backlit by intense golden light. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime film Dirty Pair: Project Eden, composited to look like a single consistent image.
A man with black, fluffy hair wears a determined expression, dressed in a cyan battle armor, torn sleeveless teal vest and pants while wielding a bazooka and a bottle of wine. He stands in a cavernous, futuristic interior, backlit by intense golden light. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime film Dirty Pair: Project Eden, composited to look like a single consistent image.
A woman with blue hair clad in yellow battle armor stands in the background, while a woman with red fluffy hair tied in a bandana stands closer to the notional camera, wearing an expression of concern. Both are in a cavernous, futuristic interior. Landscape-oriented horizontal frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime film Dirty Pair: Project Eden, composited to look like a single consistent image.
A man with black, fluffy hair wears a determined expression, dressed in a disheveled, torn sleeveless teal vest and pants while wielding a knife in a cavernous, futuristic interior. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime film Dirty Pair: Project Eden, composited to look like a single consistent image.
A square-jawed man with short black hair grimaces, dressed in a torn, disheveled butler's attire and wielding a beam saber in a cavernous futuristic building. Portrait-oriented vertical frame stitch of several screenshots from the anime film Dirty Pair: Project Eden, composited to look like a single consistent image.
Peter S. Beagle on the commentary produced for the Lionsgate release of The Last Unicorn, saying: "Because, at that time, I hated America deeply and profoundly."
Harmony Gold's "Macross: Do You Remember Love?" anniversary store page. Screenshot from archived version of page circa February 2009. Quite out of date, which is frankly pretty typical of HG.
Screenshot of the Black Tri-Stars in their cockpits, from an anime cutscene featured in the PS2 game Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo (2000)
Two graphs depicting editing and reordering done to Golion in adapting it into Voltron, and another graph depicting the adaptation of SDF Macross into Robotech. The Voltron episode contains far more revisions than the Robotech episode. Text beneath Voltron graph: Figure 3. Voltron episode 1: "Escape from Slave Castle." The graph from left to right represents the running time of the original Japanese film or episode. The black part of the graph represents segments of the film that remained in the edited Americanized version while the white part of the graph represents cuts that were made to the running time. The gray parts of the graph rep- resent segments that were removed from the Americanized version in their original location but appeared elsewhere in the episode. Figure 4. Robotech episode 1: "Boobytrap." The graph from left to right represents the running time of the original Japanese film or episode. The black part of the graph represents segments of the film that remained in the edited Americanized version while the white part of the graph represents cuts that were made to the running time.
Close-up of the mangled original Japanese logo for X Bomber from the post at the start of the thread.