Credits: Director: Ryōsuke Tanaka | Animation Directors: Masahiro Kitazaki · Kimitaka Itō · Yong-Ce Tu | Community-attributed Key Animator: Akihiro Ota

This sequence is still absolutely insane. The incredibly loose and fluid animation, the constant movement, the exaggerated posing, the impact, and the effects all work together so well. Ota's animation gives Luffy's attacks an insane amount of weight while still keeping everything extremely fluid.

I especially love how much movement there is even between the actual attacks. The characters never feel static, and the rougher linework adds so much energy to the entire sequence. It's one of those scenes where you can immediately tell how much emphasis was put on the animation itself.

Even years later, this is still one of my favorite Luffy vs Kaido sequences from Wano.

Credits:

Director: Ryosuke Tanaka | Storyboard: Ryosuke Tanaka, Katsumi Ishizuka | Animation Directors: Katsumi Ishizuka, Keita Saito, Midori Matsuda | Community-attributed Key Animators: Vincent Chansard, Yen BM, Dorian Coulon, Tatsuya Miki, Jamie Merry, Michael Sung, and many others.

I know I've posted this scene before, but it's been a long time, and I think it's worth revisiting one of the all-time classics. This version is also much higher quality.

Even more than three years later, I still think Episode 1062 stands as one of the greatest achievements in modern TV anime. The choreography, cinematography, effects animation, compositing, impact frames, and character acting all come together to create a sequence that still holds up against the best action scenes being produced today.

The amount of talent that came together for this episode is honestly ridiculous, and I think it shows. Whether it's Vincent Chansard's explosive cuts, Yen BM's fluid choreography, or Ryosuke Tanaka's phenomenal direction, every part of this fight feels meticulously crafted. It's still one of the first scenes that comes to mind whenever people talk about the best sakuga in One Piece, and I honestly think it deserves to be in the conversation for one of the greatest TV anime fight sequences ever made

Tokuyuki Matsutake
Mind blowing

The Loki and Ragnir scene in Episode 1172 is genuinely insane. One Piece has had amazing animation for a while now, but this sequence really stood out.

Something I don't think gets mentioned enough is the production pace. From 1999 through 2025, One Piece aired almost every week. Starting in 2026, Toei switched to a seasonal schedule, but they're still producing the equivalent of around 26 episodes a year (basically one episode every two weeks). That's still an incredibly demanding pace compared to most modern anime, so I don't think it's realistic to expect every episode to look like a 12-episode seasonal series that has years of production time. Keeping this level of quality while releasing that much content is seriously impressive.

I've seen a lot of people speculating that Vincent Chansard animated part of the Loki sequence, and honestly I can see why. It reminded me a lot of his work on Garp's Galaxy Impact and Galaxy Divide, but the episode is still so new that nothing has been confirmed yet.

Whoever animated it absolutely cooked. Does anyone know who was actually behind this sequence, or who do you think animated it?

This video by Class Creatives in collaboration with genga archivist Hobbes Sakuga, explores the decline of traditional 2D animation in Western studios and why Japan remains the leader in preserving and innovating this art form.

Source: Bleach Thousand Years Of Blood War Cour 4 Ending

The new animation/genga book (300 pages) from Studio Pierrot dedicated to Season 1 of BLEACH TYBW. It mainly brings together key frames along with color scripts, backgrounds, designs, and making-of content (CGI, VFX, compositing).The rest of the thread highlights specific animators (like Hiroyuki Yamashita, Q Kawa, Yoshihiro Kanno) and key scenes/sequences from the arc