Jared DiCarlo
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- Episode 64: The Misty Mermaid
Animation Director: Hiromichi Hayashi
I just found out that Masayuki Uchiyama was a key animator for the Johto episode, “Right On, Rhydon”. For those who don’t know, Uchiyama is probably most famous for supervising episodes of the Dragon Ball franchise that aren’t particularly well-animated, an example of which is included in the spoiler below:
His studio, Last House, is credited for the Rhydon episode, along with Uchiyama himself. Some select frames from that episode:
It gets even better. Another infamous Dragon Ball animator, Yukio Ebisawa, did some work for Pokémon as well! His episodes tended to look like this:
HOW DOES HIS NECK WORK LIKE THAT?!?