Favorite Animation Director

[christinesmith]

My favorite has to be Akihiro Tamagawa. I like the style of the episodes he directs are animated. =)

For example:

Black and White Ep 20 - Dancing With The Ducklett Trio.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

Masaaki Iwane.

 

[ii kanji]

Someone said a while back that our bae Tamagawa was on long-term sick leave :-(

 

[Wishy-Washy]

Masaaki Iwane

 

[MizuTaipu]

Akihiro Tamagawa. His style is so sharp and frenetic and a joy to watch. I hope he gets better if his health rumors are true.

Iwane is a close second. Very fluid and dynamic. Considering how often he animates for the show, I wonder if he only animates for the franchise now. He seems to be a huge fan of Pokémon considering he makes plastic models and fan animations for fun.

 

[RetroPokeFan]

Tamagawa and Iwane. Nuff said.
Makes everyone else look like staff from the Disney Television Animation department.
The end.

 

[Poke Trey]

Masaki Iwane for obvious reasons and Aito ohashi because of it's work in the XY series.

 

[Saizo]

Aito Ohashi , no doubt about it.

 

[Mikuri]

Masaaki Iwane and Kunihiko Natsume.

 

[Galactic_V]

I'm not really knowledgeable in this, I don't care that much nor pay much attention to single episodes' staff, but I'll say Iwane. It's great how his episodes have several animation angles, and all done perfectly, as well as some expressions unseen in other director's work.]

The episode where Trio cosplays as the heroes in XY is a BIG example of it (not bothering to look for the name...)

 

[Linkpre]

Three way tie btwn Iwane, Tamagawa and Natsume. Love watching episodes they animate.

 

[Gabo2oo]

I've tried to get into this animation stuff but I've always had a hard time telling apart the animators... The only one I can always recognize is Akihiro Tamagawa. Characters have thicker pupils and their upper teeth are almost always visible when he's animating, making them look pretty cute.

That said, I'd say Iwane is the 'cleanest' one. I usually take his episodes as refence to how a series' artstyle truly looks so... I guess he's my favorite? I'm not entirely sure, though. Sometimes it feels his episodes look too... plain? I wouldn't know how to explain. I guess it's because his style is way too consistent.

There's also Aito Ohashi, they haven't work on the show much but Greninja vs Sceptile was hands down the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I've noticed they put a lot of detail in lighting; characters usually have some small light dots on their faces that make them look much less flat than other animators.