This Week in Anime: DIY and Creative Series That Inspire Making
The column frames anime and manga as catalysts for real-world creativity, a recurring theme in ANN's weekly discussions.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Anime News Network's This Week in Anime column has Coop and Sylvia discuss DIY and creative anime and manga that inspire viewers to create. The chat covers series like Draw This, Then Die!, Eizouken, and Blue Period, exploring how these works kindle creative fires and personal growth.
Anime News Network's weekly chat column turns to the creative impulse this week. Coop and Sylvia trade picks of anime and manga that pushed them toward making things, from drawing to blogging to picking up tools they do not know how to use.
The conversation opens on Draw This, Then Die!, which Sylvia says nearly made her cry within minutes for how it captures a child discovering a lifelong love of manga. From there the pair range across a slate of DIY-minded series, each one framed as a spark for a hobby or a craft.
- Draw This, Then Die!: Opens the column; Sylvia calls it a kick in the teeth wrapped in love for its craft
- Eizouken: Streams on Crunchyroll
- Zenshu: Streams on Crunchyroll
- Journal with Witch: Streams on Crunchyroll
- Do It Yourself!!: Streams on Crunchyroll
- Gundam Build Fighters: Streams on Crunchyroll
- Draw This, and Then Die: Streams on Crunchyroll
- Blue Period: Streams on Netflix
- Blue Giant: Streams on Netflix
- Shirobako: Streams on HIDIVE
- Don't Hug me I'm Scared: Streams on YouTube
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network This Week in Anime Makerspace