https://sadao-tsukioka.com/en/tags/journey-to-the-west/Recent content in Journey to the West on Tsukioka Sadao's BlogHugo -- 0.155.3en-USWed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0900https://sadao-tsukioka.com/en/posts/story-anime-ensemble/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0900https://sadao-tsukioka.com/en/posts/story-anime-ensemble/<blockquote> <p><em>Added 14 September 2026: Errors in several personal names have been corrected — Keisuke Fujikawa, Eiichi Yamamoto, Toshio Masuda, Shogo Hirata, Nobuhiro Okaseko, and Masanori Ito and Yasuo Shibue of the founding members of Soeisha (Sunrise) — following a correction kindly sent in by a reader, Kitajima. With thanks.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Almost all anime, from the start, has something you could call a story. But speaking from the position of a man who makes his living by anime: story matters, yes, and yet what matters as much or more is the thing only animation can express — what we call animation artistry. There is a way of thinking that says the finest thing of all would be high animation artistry with a story still visible inside it. It is Mr. Hashimoto&rsquo;s theme, then story, then character, read backwards.</p>