The First Animation Block

Quick and dirty post today, as I am super close to hitting a milestone in a project behind the scenes. Look forward to a more in depth week of entries next week. 

From my YouTube favorites, I believe the first syndicated animation block on television was on CBS in 1955 when CBS bought the Terrytoons library for $3.5 million dollars. So until an earlier one comes across me, I will say this is a first with a giant asterisk. Hosted by Dick Van Dyke and with no commercials between cartoons, the block ran for 13 weeks in the summertime. 

Sumo Anime - Aah! Harimanada

I have been watching sumo consistently since midway through the pandemic. It's been something I have always wanted to get into, but between the time commitment and it's availability, it has been a challenge to do such. However, with the pandemic in full swing for the last year, I've been able to really sink my teeth into the last four tournaments.

However, after each tournament, there's this disappointment of it being over. After 15 days of action, to not have something to look forward to each day is just a bit of a bummer. I am starting to relate to people when their favorite sport is out of season.

To combat this feeling of missing out, I've been watching a 26 episode series of a 1992 sumo anime called Aah! Harimanada. It is a lot of fun. 

It does a great job of showing off all the rituals that happen throughout a sumo match in addition to the drama of rankings and titles. It's also kinda silly. Our protagonist is an Oozeki who is pretty proud. On the day of his ranking ceremony he declares if he ever loses he will retire that day.

He also wears badass masks on his entry into the stadium, ala masked wrestlers, much to the chagrin of the sumo committee and audience members. The kids throughout Japan love it, however.

It has never been licensed in the US, as such I've been watching fansubs on YouTube. Here's the first episode, you'll have to find the rest on your own.

Stand Alone Complex - The Future is Today

Futuristic cyberpunk anime is my jam. It takes a lot of imagination and world awareness to be able to put plausible futuristic predictions into a fictional story grounded in our reality. What’s more impressive is when those future predictions end up being more right than their writers could begin to imagine. Akira, for example, predicted not only a 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, but a pandemic cancelling said Olympics, thirty years in advance. 

This past weekend, while working on some projects, I turned on the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. I love Ghost in the Shell and have seen SAC more than once. Probably more than ten times, if I'm completely honest.

This viewing, however, I caught some parallels to our own recent world events. 

Besides self driving cars, which have become more of the norm in modern days, or the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence in technology, arts, and as a tool available to law enforcement, it was the third episode of the introduction to the first season’s antagonist, The Laughing Man, that really fascinated me this time around. 

Episode 6, “Meme” finds our protagonists protecting a Superintendent General from an assassination attempt. During a press conference meant to explain the current investigations into a corporate blackmailing attempt six years prior, multiple civilians, encouraged by either a virus, admiration, or misinformation attempt to kill the Superintendent by any means necessary. The chaos that unravels leaves all parties involved obfuscated from the truth of why the events unfolded the way they did. 

The title of the episode is an apt description of the events that unfolded. In case you haven’t spent a lot of time on the internet, a meme was coined by biologist Richard Dawkins in his work The Selfish Gene. It’s literal definition, a meme is an “imitated thing”. Though in modern vernacular it is used to describe the proliferation of the spread of ideas. In the context of the episode, it describes the idea that regular civilians took up the idea to assassinate the Superintendent General separately but simultaneously among many actors.

The episode also plays with the idea of a fake Laughing Man, through the works of a hacker, information and evidence has been rewritten to frame someone else for the events six years passed and the events that transpire seen throughout the runtime. 

So where is the parallel to today’s events?

With the main focus of a disinformation campaign and multiple civilian attempted assassination attempts, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities to the January 6th storming of the US Capitol and the many failed assassination attempts of former Vice President Pence and members of Congress. The Internet conspiracy theories of the fictitious character Q who fed the rioters false narratives in the weeks leading up the protests, in addition to attempted rewriting of history just hours after the events could easily have been the premise of the aforementioned episode. 

Information warfare has always been a theme in GitS. When I first watched the show when I was younger, I was always hesitant to believe information warfare to the scale shown in the show could be a reality, and yet, those warnings are becoming more true every day.

Two asides; I used to own both seasons of SAC on DVD, but had to sell them some years back to make rent. I was looking recently to replace them and saw they had been released on BluRay, but unfortunately, it seems those releases were extremely poorly handled. Japanese and English audio play at the same time, encoding errors are predominate enough to add echoes to character dialogue, and overall it’s just a sloppy release. Those came out in 2017, and they run roughly $20 per season, brand new. And I honestly don’t know whether to save up for ‘em, or just wait for them to be rereleased in the future, but hopefully better. 

The other aside; awesome J-pop band, WORLD ORDER, released what could be called a protest song during the Trump administration back in 2018 called,  "LET'S START WW3”. Take note the anime poster in the opening shots, behind the televisions, is from Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig. If you have seen all the way through SAC, the reference felt unfortunately appropriate. 

That’s all for now.

Animated Bookmarks - The Conclusion

Besides being a useful exercise in cleaning out my bookmarks, there were not as many bookmarked entities that I thought I had ignored in my previous attempt at printing out. I still need to more thoroughly clean out my bookmark folder, to inevitably add more in the future, but as far as interesting oddities that I thought I would be sharing, most of the bookmarks I shared were pretty new (at least ithin the last three years). 

Maybe sometime in the future I will share the two binders of articles and other noteworthy writings I have saved in physical format. For today, the final installment of Animated Bookmarks. 

The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation - From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, the history of an art form that continues to draw us in.

Edited by Eric Vilas-Boas and John Maher

This was just posted last October and made the rounds across many animated blogs and talking heads. It is an extensive analysis of 100 moments in film. Even as someone who has been watching cartoons for a while, it was an eye opener to some really cool films I had yet come across. I always find it interesting when articles like these are written, it gives a baseline of what is considered “important”. Readers and connoisseurs can debate the details, but it is a starting place. 

Little Rock native who voices Squidward talks 20 years of 'SpongeBob Squarepants'

by Paige Cushman

Published on my birthday in 2019, it’s always fascinating to me to see hometown news organizations highlight the achievements of those in the industry. It’s part kind of cheesy and also endearing. Rodger Bumpass' collection and celebration of everything Squidward is shown off in full splendor, and the whole interview is just fun. 

How Walt Disney Used His Kansas City Library Card 

By: J. J. Sedelmaier

This article by animation historian J. J. Sedelmaier opened my eyes to who EG Lutz was and his significance in the history of animation as a whole. This article is extensive and a really fun read. 

HOME MOVIES Cast and Creators Talk the Show’s 20th Anniversary

by M. Arbeiter

I grew up watching Home Movies on [adult swim]. I really love it. Learning more about its production and the crew who often worked together on multiple projects (see Bob’s Burgers for a fun cast reunion) is a joy. There was a video to accompany the short write-up, interviewing the cast and crew of the series, but it seems to no longer be available.

Animated Bookmarks - Continued

Today I am continuing to highlight some interesting bookmarks from my very full bookmark folder. 

The Mel Blanc Project

By The Oregon Cartoon Institute 

A brief website of information about Mel Blanc from his home state of Oregon and a series of public lectures that took place in 2011. From their about section:

“The Mel Blanc Project is a series of public history/art education events made possible in part by a grant from the Kinsman Foundation and by a grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation.

The Mel Blanc Lecture Series will examine Mel Blanc’s Portland years through the lens of  vaudeville he saw, the music he heard,  the radio he made, and the South Portland neighborbood [sic] in which he grew up. Guest speakers will share their expertise via onstage conversations that audiences will be invited to join. The lectures take place June 8 – June 29, 2011.

The Mel Blanc Walking Tours introduces Mel Blanc’s Portland by matching key events of Mel Blanc’s childhood and early adulthood with the exact sites in Portland where those events took place. The walking tours take place July 23 and July 30, 2011.”

Unfortunately, those lectures have not been archived online. 

An Interview with STAN FREBERG

by George Stewart

Stan Freberg is the other voice actor in Looney Tunes, who, I guarantee, you’ve heard before. His career in radio and early television was huge. This lengthy interview from 1999 is a fascinating one. The only downside to some early internet records of interviews is a following up on its authenticity. Unless there’s a lot of documentation, I always read them with a grain of salt. 

BFI Launches Animated Britain – Largest Collection of Historic UK Shorts

The British Film Institute, in 2018, uploaded a slew of British made animated shorts to their online website. Stop motion, claymation, traditional hand drawn, and a ton more interesting oddities that are still streaming on their site today. You will lose a couple hours on this site and you may have some funky dreams. 

Genndy Tartakovsky Explains How He Created Primal's Ferocious Fantasy World

By Cheryl Eddy

Genndy Tartakovsky is one of my favorite animation directors. He has a style that is easily identifiable and pushes animation in directions we’ve never seen before. This interview from 2019 was published just before his series, Primal, premiered on [adult swim]. 

Animated Bookmarks - The Internet is the Closest Thing We’ve Come to Permanence

“The Internet never forgets”

When I was younger watching the Internet become mainstream and slowly become the powerhouse of communication and business we see today, I admit I was more optimistic of its impact on our humanity. I did not expect fringe nationalistic and disinformation groups to hijack the composite of all of mankind’s knowledge to further their own agendas and political ambitions let alone coopt civil rights movements for their own nefarious means. 

Not that the Internet hasn’t accomplished a lot of good, it has. But the negative aspects were never something I anticipated. 

I have been bookmarking articles of interest and printing them out for posterity for a couple years now. One reason, to slowly build a small repository of unique and interesting articles detailing the minutiae of animation history over time. The other because the Internet is not permanent. Internet hosts can change, servers can quit working, and mass consumption of social media can move over time (I miss you, LiveJournal). 

I’ve quit printing out the articles I have found because….ink is expensive. I wish that wasn’t the prohibitive motive for my discontinuation of what I deem an important hobby, but it is what it is. 

So for the next few blog posts I will begin to chronicle a few of my current bookmarks that date back a few years to a long time ago. A highlight of moments in animation history I thought were too important not to take note of. And before they disappear off the Internet forever. 

The Original Rugrat: ​Paul Germain

Written by Brandon Swofford

This interview with Paul Germain from 2018 is a bit by the books, but still a quick and neat interview with a cornerstone of 90’s animation. Paul has a tumblr, though it hasn’t been updated in a while. His tumblr is a more thorough peak into the creative process and the pros and cons of the industrial animation machine. Though, if you’re prone to teeth grinding when the same questions are asked repetitively, it might be best to jump around the blog to interesting blog entries. 

100 Years of Animated Movies 

by Alex Tolkin

Concise timelines of animation history, especially ones that are accurate of their origin, are fascinating to me. Tolkin’s is a quick, dirty, and concise recap of 100 years of animation. It’s a good introductory primer that could lead you further into the halls of history. My animated film knowledge is subpar compared to my general understanding of television production, but this blog does a great job highlighting the milestones throughout the 20th century. 

A Conversation with Hoyt Curtin

By Gary Karpinski

Interviews that occurred before 2000 all were pretty much treading the same ground. Since there was no repository of information to gleam what had and hadn’t been asked, repetitive questions were often reasked multiple times to interviewees (when did you start working, where was it, how did you get into the business, etc.). This 1999 interview with composer Hoyt Curtin from 2000 is quaint and an artifact from days gone by. 

[adult swim] in a Box

Researching the big three network’s animation availability reminded me of the most unique DVD release I have ever seen. Released in 2009, [adult swim] released a 12 disc set called, "[adult swim] in a Box".

Contained within were six volume sets: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 2, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast Season 3, Moral Oral Season 1, Robot Chicken Season 2, Metalocalypse Season 1, and Sealab 2021 Season 2. Bit odd it was not all volume one features, but comme ci comme ça. While interesting, this was not the highlight of the set.

The highlight of the box and my wanting of it comes from a single disc of pilot episodes. The pilots included are:

Totally for Teens - A live action spoof that would hint at the future of live action spoofs [as] would eventually become known for. 

Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge - The only pilot I have not seen. 

Korgoth of Barbaria - Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and an interesting pilot for auteur as barbarians and violence would be a focus in the 2019 Primal (though the two have quite different styles as a whole; one a comedy, the other a gritty drama).

Welcome to Eltingville - My personal favorite pilot and huge missed opportunity to be picked up as a full series.

Perfect Hair Forever - This series would eventually run for three seasons.

[adult swim] in a Box is still available for a little more than $50 - something I really should purchase to have in my collection, just for the Eltingville pilot alone. I would assume that it’s continued availability means it either sells well, in which case you would think other networks would copy the box idea and make available long dormant pilots, or it hasn’t sold well at all... which would also explain why we haven’t seen copycat like clones. 

The Tales of Uncle Remus Album

About two years ago, I attended a yearly garage sale hosted by an album seller (Of course, he didn’t hold one last year due to the pandemic and has since retired). He had over 10,000 albums that he sold during his yearly garage sale, as well as at a vinyl swap held bi-monthly in South Bend. His collection is extensive. I've bought many animation themed albums from him (and will share in the coming weeks). 

One of the coolest things I’ve bought from him is the Tales of Uncle Remus for Children from Capitol Records. 

Unfortunately, it is missing one of the three albums contained within, and the third record has a chunk missing out of the edge. As such, I got it for a good deal! 

The reason I am excited to share this album is because I finally got my hands on Disney’s Song of the South. If you are unfamiliar, it is the only Disney film that has never seen home media release in the United States due to perceived racial stereotypes. Even upon its release, it was met with great controversy. Jim Korkis wrote a great book on the film, Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? And Other Forbidden Disney Stories. 

That being said, Disney animator Floyd Norman has been a respectfully staunch proponent of the film’s release as well as Whoopi Goldberg.

I have yet to see the film, but now that I have it, I look forward to finally viewing what has caused Disney to have a PR headache for the last 80 years. 

From The Comic Pages, To Your Computer Screen - A 114 Year Journey

A couple months back I was perusing online auction sites for animation paraphernalia (As you do when you’re bored) and came across this magnificent specimen:

A framed page from the July 21, 1907 Los Angeles Sunday Times. This page shows just how much real estate a Winsor McCay comic took up during its original run. 

Unfortunately, it was not packed well and the frame was cracked in its delivery from California to Indiana. It is what it is, I wasn’t going to return it, even though I will have to find a framer to reframe this century+ old newspaper page contained within. Regardless, I had never seen an original Winsor McCay comic prior to this. 

The original comic, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, is as follows:

The Friends of Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno is one of the most prolific and important composers in anime. She spearheaded the soundtracks for classics like Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Wolf’s Rain amongst many, many others. Her passion and craftsmanship shines through on all of her works, blending genres and emphasizing the emotions required for a scene. Of course, she didn’t do everything herself. She has worked with the best talent from across the world. 

Two musicians she has featured and their respective discographies have become my go to for my own music listening pleasure. One, a rocker from New York, and the other, a melancholy singer from Australia, residing in New York. 

Steve Conte - Guitarist, Vocalist, Badass. 

Steve Conte is in a class of rocker where rock isn’t just a lifestyle, but the blood pumping through your heart. His career is a long and plentiful one.  He was the lead guitarist for the New York Dolls from 2004-2010, a band that has been around since 1971. In 2009 he formed the band, Steve Conte & The Crazy Truth, and released a phenomenal self-titled album. One of his first successful albums was in 1990 when he was a part of Company of Wolves, their self-titled debut album is an underground classic and one I still need to get my hands on. 

He frequently works with glam punk multi-instrumentalist, Michael Monroe 

As aforementioned, he has worked on various anime projects with Yoko Kanno, most famously, “Call Me, Call Me” and the male version of “Rain” from Cowboy Bebop, as well as having worked with SEGA on 2007’s Sonic and the Secret Rings adding vocals to the main theme. 

Most recently, during the pandemic, Steve released a EP of songs made in the early 90's by him and his brother, John, entitled, Bootleg Rarities.

After having followed his music since I was a teenager, the two things that stick out the most for me about Steve, besides his powerful vocals and guitar shredding, is his respect for other musicians and his love for his family. I have never seen him miss an opportunity to highlight the successes of others or to put his family first. I have a lot of love for the music he makes and a lot of respect for the person he is.  

Scott Matthew - Poetry and Emotion

I do not know much about who the person Scott Matthew is. His music videos have featured, who I presume to be, his friends and colleagues. He seems to be surrounded by happiness. 

His music, however, I am intimately familiar with. His 2009 album, There Is an Ocean That Divides and with My Longing I Can Charge It with a Voltage That's So Violent to Cross It Could Mean Death, was the album I went to sleep listening to for over three years. His music is calming, his voice packed with emotion. His songs bring out melancholy, loss, happiness. I have yet to hear another singer who emotes more in their music than Scott Matthew. 

As aforementioned, he has collaborated with Yoko Kanno, and is featured on the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex soundtrack. “Beauty is Within Us” is a powerful ballad; one that almost doesn’t fit into the confines of the episode it was aptly featured in. 

 

His most recent album, Adorned, which debuted in 2020, is a collection of his most prominent songs from throughout his career, re-contextualized. 

I find it difficult to write about Scott’s music without sounding like I am embellishing his music. To listen to his music is to listen to something personal and vulnerable. Even his covers of famous songs, like Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”, adds a layer of intimacy not seen in the original. 

Steve and Scott are on two very different parts of the musical spectrum, and yet their paths crossed in a land foreign to both of them, on projects that have been viewed across the world. Their lended talents elevated stories that became era defining and have had an immensely huge impact on myself and I assume many others. I would encourage you to dabble in both artist’s accomplished discographies, you will not go wrong.

The Animation Paraphernalia Pyramid

It’s easy to get caught up in the newest thing available for purchase; it’s new, shiny and potentially limited! You’re also purchasing the ability to be in the now, adding to conversations with other like-minded individuals about the thing and its awesomeness. However, every year more and more stuff comes out and it can be a bit of a challenge to differentiate between what’s new and what’s of historic value. 

The following is how I categorize the importance of wants and the responsibility of being a proprietor of something unique in history. This model is of a pyramid, the higher you go, the more important the object. Beginning with the bottom tier:

Tier One - Big Box Retail

A pyramid needs a foundation, and the following objects are important, not because of their rarity, but because of their accessibility. They are objects of inclusiveness, of availability, and of passion. 

DVD and BluRay releases of animation can be picked up at your local major retailer, or through online distribution. They are not rare, they are produced in large scale, but the importance of being available cannot be overstated. You cannot enjoy what you do not have access to (As my blog series on home media releases has made painfully clear). 

Of course, a healthy sign of a successful series is a plethora of varying merchandise. Plushies, Action Figures, Posters and Stickers of characters or logos are examples of a successful series and makes the show all the more likely to be continued. Without a healthy merchandise push, and thus profit to keep the industrial machine going, series wither and die (e.g. Megas XLR and Thundercats (2011)). 

I also consider Magazines with a focus on animation in this category, but as a whole that industry has been drying up in the last 10 years. (Though Animation Magazine continues to thrive (Subscribe here!)

Tier Two - Technology of Yore and Limited Availability

BluRay and DVD (And 4K) are today’s home media. Animation releases on previous forms of media, like VHS, LaserDisc, and CEDs, are more challenging to get a hold of and harder to maintain as a viable option for viewing. Sometimes, however, they can be the only way to watch certain series. As an example, some Looney Tunes have only been released on LaserDisc.

You really have to enjoy a series if you are going to pick up the accompanying Trading Card Game (Focus on gameplay) or Collectible Card Game (Focus on collecting) or even the licensed video game. Vinyl Releases, The Art of...books, or history books on the medium can fall into this category. Not every Jan or Joe on the street is going to care about the story of the production of a show or the musical cues contained within.  

Collector’s Edition Releases, Magazines that are out of print, and Reproductions of objects of desire also fall into this category for me. While not impossible to find, the availability starts to decrease. 

Tier Three - The Exclusive

8mm and 16mm Film Prints of series and the accompanying technology needed to display them are even rarer than the aforementioned. Limited Edition Maquettes released for the public, usually between 1-5,000 in existence. Original Theatre Posters only available to businesses that actually debuted a show or movie or apart of the marketing push. 

Artist Sketchbooks and Prints from the Artist take research to know about and a limited window of availability to pick up. 

Museum Tours, Events (Conventions, Artist Signings, etc.), and Concerts are all ephemeral and only happen once. Their accompanying trinkets prove attendance and are limited even further then the prior levels. 

Convention Exclusive Merchandise and Imported Merchandise show a rare follow through. Accessibility that extends beyond borders, or requires travel to a distant place, demands a high level of dedication and limited accessibility for most. 

Tier Four - Showpieces

Autographs from any member of staff, Sericels and their historical significance and limited availability, Lithographs and their high level of meticulousness are close to top tier collecting. Their high price and availability make them exquisite pieces to own and display. 

35mm Film Prints, one of the highest levels of visual fidelity nitrate film can bring to the table, the highest level of home media. 

Tier Five - Production

There is no higher tier than the objects that comprise the end product. What item is more important than the objects that literally created the thing? Production Cels. Original Scripts. Animatics. Storyboards. Production Material. Original Artist Maquettes. All of these things are top tier; collectible and historically significant. An object from this category can reveal the minute details of production no object store bought can reveal. No other object is more rare, more sought after, more important than things that made the show. Aside from vacuum sealing creators, there is nothing more collectible or valuable than production material. 

And that’s how I categorize objects and collectibles. I am sure I am missing categories, arcade cabinets of licensed games would probably be a Tier 4 object, but I think the majority of items is accounted for.

Join me next time as I dive into two of my favorite musicians whom I was introduced to through one of anime’s best composers. 

Welcome to 2021

The title felt very good to write; like putting on comfy pants fresh out of the dryer. 

I hope your holiday was safe, refreshing and relaxing. Our family enjoyed a quarantined Christmas; everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. I got my Dad the original Speed Racer (which he watched as a kid when it premiered) and the complete 1966 Batman with Burt Ward and Adam West (and a lot more guest stars than I had ever realized; Cesar Romero, Vincent Price!?). Mom got a Sumo November tournament champions poster (which we’ve been watching together this year). Sister got Chocolate Charley (a local delicacy). And made sure my Niece got the Switch games she wanted (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Luigi’s Mansion 3). 

Family was kind enough to get me quite a few awesome animation related objects of desire:

Not pictured: Luffy's Pirate flag. 

Super excited about pretty much all of it. Particularly looking forward to watching The Last Fiction, Iran’s first animated film, as well as reading through Reid Mitenbuler’s Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation. While on a break from blog writing, I was able to wrap up some goals for some other projects. Looking forward to sharing more about them in the future. 

Some big pieces of news broke while on break. The first being MGM has announced they are up for sale for $5.5 Billion after negotiations fell through with Apple. Now, I am no expert, yet, but I would assume this would include the rights for Pink Panther as well as The Phantom Tollbooth among other animation rights. It will be interesting to see where this deal goes, especially as we have watched the Big Six turn into the Big Four in less than five years. The rumor mill has Amazon and Warner Brothers (AT&T) as potential buyers. 

Bruce Smith and Ralph Farquhar, the producers of Disney’s The Proud Family, have signed a deal with Disney committing them to multi-year, multi-project agreements that covers both live-action and animation. After having recently gone through The Disney Channel’s animation history, it was very cool to see that they will be influencing the next few years of output for the Big Mouse.

And lastly, Tommy Stathes, of Cartoons on Film, has launched a new Kickstarter for the sixth volume of his spectacular DVD and BluRay sets. The newest volume will cover Bray Studio’s Dinky Doodle and Pete the Pup. The following is the trailer announcing the project: 

As of writing the goal of $16k is just over $10k. If you would like to add your support you can find the Kickstarter here. 

Lastly, 2020 couldn’t leave us alone, adding one last kick in the gut on the way out the door; MF DOOM passed away in October, with the news of his passing breaking on New Years Eve. DOOM's collaboration with DJ Danger Mouse and [adult swim] on the stellar album, The Mouse and the Mask, was one of my first exposures to Hip Hop. Though, nothing is quite like MF DOOM's ebbs and flows. I ate up his entire discography after wearing out my copy of The Mouse and the Mask. His passing at 49 is another stark reminder, in a year of stark reminders, to appreciate what you have. 

That’s all for now. Join me on Wednesday as I discuss how I view the rarity and importance of different animation paraphernalia.