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What If the Samurai Era Lasted in Japan Until 2026? – World Premiere of a Scene from the Theatrical

I dont really like how this project is being handled. I love the ambition from the team, but at the same time, having a rookie director and then having "from bottom to top approach" and also having a huge budget while also being experimental and having to hit the 2026 seems very clumsy to me.

If this project was not announced for 2026, then some of my worries would be kinda settled, but the fact that it is while having an inexperience director and a bottoms up approach is very very very risky and screams inexperience and maybe being a bit naive

Sinxi and heylog wrote:

I dont really like how this project is being handled. I love the ambition from the team, but at the same time, having a rookie director and then having "from bottom to top approach" and also having a huge budget while also being experimental and having to hit the 2026 seems very clumsy to me. If this project was not announced for 2026, then some of my worries would be kinda settled, but the fact that it is while having an inexperience director and a bottoms up approach is very very very risky and screams inexperience and maybe being a bit naive

There’s nothing wrong with giving a new director a shot. Every talented director started out inexperienced too. Calling it naive to trust a new director is ridiculous. Everyone has to start somewhere, even the greats.

And for young directors they at least start from somewhere like the douga position and work their way up to being that young inexperienced director but the fundamentals on how anime works is still there. And even if the director is young and inexperienced, they at least are not going the experimental route of anime production like the kill tube staff are doing.

Sinxi and heylog wrote:

And for young directors they at least start from somewhere like the douga position and work their way up to being that young inexperienced director but the fundamentals on how anime works is still there. And even if the director is young and inexperienced, they at least are not going the experimental route of anime production like the kill tube staff are doing.

Dude, douga and directing are two totally different jobs. Not doing douga doesn’t disqualify someone from being a good director. That logic makes no sense. Directing is about storytelling, vision, and leadership—not whether you did in-between frames. Not every director comes up through douga. Some go through storyboarding, animation direction, or writing. There’s no one path.

I know that not every director comes from the douga phase especially nowadays, but what i wanted to say with that is the fundamentals going through those phases are at least planted, i guess I couldve used another example besides douga artist. But my point was there

Sinxi and heylog wrote:

I know that not every director comes from the douga phase especially nowadays, but what i wanted to say with that is the fundamentals going through those phases are at least planted, i guess I couldve used another example besides douga artist. But my point was there

Fair enough, but I see things differently.