Breaking Down Mob Psycho 100's Incredible Animation [Episodes 2-12] | Animator Spotlight

Canipa spotlights the animation of Mob Psycho 100 and the animators who created it with a variety of unique stylistic approaches.
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Synopsis:
The story revolves around "Mob," a boy who will explode if his emotional capacity reaches 100%. This boy with psychic powers earned his nickname "Mob" because he does not stand out among other people. He keeps his psychic powers bottled up so he can live normally, but if his emotional level reaches 100, something will overwhelm his entire body.
(Source: ANN)
Further Reading:
Sakugabooru: sakugabooru.com/post?tags=mob...
SakugaBlog: blog.sakugabooru.com/tag/mob-...
Yuzuru Tachikawa/ONE Interview: www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feat...
Yoshimichi Kameda 4 Part Interview: animestyle.jp/2014/12/08/8346/
Miyo Sato Interview: www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feat...
Check out the Anifix Podcast: / @anifixpodcast
Seduce me on Twitter: / canipashow
Intro:
Animated by Christian Maize (@CookieficationJ)
Music by Steven Kelly (@Sarifus)
Produced for The Canipa Effect
Anime series featured in this video (chronologically):
Mob Psycho 100
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
My Hero Academia
Flip Flappers
Food Wars! The Second Plate
Tiger and Bunny: The Beginning
Concrete Revolutio
Blood Blockade Battlefront
Soul Eater
Space Dandy
Cowboy Bebop
One Punch Man
Fullmetal Alchemist
Sword of the Stranger
Giovanni's Island
Ys VIII - Lacrimosa of Dana
Music:
Nikutai Kaizou Bu Sanjou! - Mob Psycho 100
Ishi Kuro no Kyuushuu - Mob Psycho 100
Mob Nozoki Lei - Mob Psycho 100
Mobu Chikara no Kaihou - Mob Psycho 100
Mutou no Noroi to Houkai - Mob Psycho 100
GOGO Reigen! - Mob Psycho 100
Tell Takaburu Chou Nouryoku no Theme - Mob Psycho 100
All footage is used for the purpose of review and is fair use.

[@chamomill]

i feel so pity for this show when i hear somebody talking how "bad" and "cheap" was the animation. how can't they see it's creativity and energy? in every scene i can see so much effort was put in it.

[@SnipinG1337]

I dont even try to talk those people into trying to still watch it. They dont deserve to watch it

[@Iloveyou-dz7mq]

That's because anime fantards only wants anime that uses the same art style and the same clichés. And they are raging when someone says "anime is clichéd", and they will reply "WAAAHH ANIME IS NOT CLICHÉD WAAAHHH".

[@virjhin627]

Lmao. They had probably confused art style and character design with animation.

[@deathmetalfarmer]

I just got into a argument with my brother over this. Drives me crazy.

[@osamabinballin5369]

They cant tell between style and animations because they are retarded af

[@OggerFN]

Fuck. You reminded me to watch the show a third time.

[@sinom]

Ogger Anime&Zombies *reminded .... sorry

[@OggerFN]

Sinom Thanks. I am not a native speaker and I am constantly trying to improve my skills.

[@gauravka]

I am watching it for third time because of recent english dub release.... And got to admit dubbing is awesome, everyone is doing great job especially mob and reigen VA's!!!

[@hikerwolfspaine8200]

I watched just the noises English Reigen makes and I approve.

[@supernoodles908]

the animation is so raw !! It's amazing

[@AxolotldelaAnimacion]

Mob Psycho is probably the best series of 2016. There's no single show as important for the industry as this one. The innovation of both its narrative and it's visuals is beyond amazing. It needs more attention and this helps a lot. Thank you, Canipa.

[@Khalipse]

And then you find out this animation lost to Yuri on Ice im so done with society

[@horsebox5138]

Libertades Chronicles Awards are bs anyways

[@Blueissuperior]

Link,Hero of Dank maybe but they definitely can help

[@tradebabyblu3s]

The animation is far superior to Yuri on Ice tbh 😔 (I do love Yuri on Ice but just...no)

[@heisenberg1648]

@@horsebox5138 Hey, didn't expect to see you here.

[@greyson_9118]

See I love YOI as well but these action scenes are amazing

[@ErikCPianoman]

Mob Psycho 100 animation = 10/10 would watch again.

[@ramkumarm8957]

You mean 100/100

[@mollyfowles7863]

100/100......... ya see- yeah I know

[@wetershinobi4111]

@@mollyfowles7863 Or 10*10 animation

[@CELTIC_WARRIOR-3889]

10/10 is equal to 100/100 lol

[@davidbarth1385]

Mob is the best looking anime of 2016. Fite me

[@savajho5468]

Flip flappers is

[@davidbarth1385]

Savajho Okay, fair argument (Mob is better animated so I prefer it over FF slightly)

[@TheCanipaEffect]

I genuinely can't pick between the two.

[@ukaszkaczmarek5211]

Give MP100 merit for better animation, and commend FLFL for supreme usage of symbolism. FLFL is one of the most symbolic and reference-packed series we've seen since... NGE and Penguindrum, I guess. Seriously, FLFL has psychology (Id-Ego-SuperEgo), art (Thomasson), scene composition (left/right brain halves), sexuality (Yuri, Return to the Womb), color palette reverse(ep 2)/swap(ep 6), optical illusions, mirrors, biology, flower language, audio processing, and obviously movie/anime references. It reads like a goddamn Rorschach inkbolt and doesn't even need a good finale to be worth analyzing.

[@kaushalyafernando]

Spongebob season 420 was better honestly.

[@Lyoshi157]

Yutaka Nakamura might as well be considered a god at this point.

[@savajho5468]

Wasn't he already a god?

[@relyat89]

Yeah, I thought he already was. I've been referring to him as my lord and savior for months. O.o

[@selenama]

Implying he isn't already. You should also add Kameda to the list btw: his work on this show was nothing short of fantastic.

[@relyat89]

@InitiaLeo I think it's safe to say you haven't seen much of his animation.

[@TheCanipaEffect]

"Who can only animate debris effects as yutapon cubes" Huh? I mean, you listed quite a few shows but I struggle to believe you paid attention to any of them. (Seriously, even one watch of Cowboy Bebop should tell you at least that much). Nakamura debris takes many forms and shapes, it's just that he's famous for the surreal effects of the "yutapon cube". And I fail to see how appreciating Nakamura action would somehow mean lacking appreciation for any of the other greats.

[@noahgrenier1933]

Please do an episode for season 2. It takes the already ridiculously good animation from season one and cranks it up a few notches.

[@calvinwithak7514]

One is quite blessed to have the two of his stories that got anime adaptations be so beautifully animated

[@frickinfrick8488]

Thank you so much for making these videos, I feel like animators so rarely get the love and recognition they deserve. People seem to think writing and directing is all that matters and animation is just an after thought to make it look pretty, but I truly believe mob psycho wouldn’t be itself without this animation. The animation was such a huge part of the appeal for me, no matter what happened in the story I knew I wanted to watch the next episode just for the eye porn. My god this show makes my eyeballs jiggle in excitement. I wish I could watch these shows with the key animator credited in the bottom corner just to appreciate them more.

[@hls6627]

“Whose previous claim to fame was calligraphy” I mean, to be fair those are some _sick characters_

[@japzone]

Your editing is just getting better and better. Really emphasises the animation you're talking about.

[@justtheghostboo4378]

this makes me excited to become an animator

[@hdphonector8434]

Me 2222222

[@tradebabyblu3s]

Same :)

[@PushoverMediaCritic]

Clicked faster than I've ever clicked anything before.

[@Dslayer62]

Guessing you haven't played Sakura Clicker then.

[@PurrpLottery]

It would be so funny if u said "clicked faster than I've died in a fight".

[@selenama]

At long last! This show was really something else, wasn't it? It's pretty crazy how in almost 11 minutes you only began to scratch the surface of all the insane talent that went into Mob Psycho's production. Frankly, there are a few episodes that would be well worth an entire video by themselves (thinking of episode 3, 5, 8 and 12 in particular), so kudos to you for managing to condense this into into a digestible format, when more than a few recommendations videos out there seem to struggle not to pass the 10 minutes limit due to just how rich Mob Psycho is (in terms of both content and animation). Thankfully Sakuga Blog's weekly coverage of the series is there to complement your video for those who wish to learn more about each individual episode. So yeah, great video, great editing and obviously great show. Eagerly waiting for your next upload!

[@ClaySmileSoil]

Sara Moroyuki, in addition to solo KAing episode 4, also was one of the assistant ADs for episode 7. That's a lot of work to put onto one person. Either that or Mob Psycho had an incredibly well scheduled production. …Which considering Yuki Igarashi had time to make joke animations about Mob Psycho throughout its run (still laughing at the one where Mob was animating while crying) and /goddamn Miyo Sato/, that's probably the case. Do you know when the entire production wrapped up? (I know when the animation process finished, thanks sakugablog)

[@cerulean1003]

Nice it's finally out! I could honestley spend hours talking about this show, form the story to the animation. There's so much crazy stuff in this show it's not even funny. This show was what got me really into sakuga(tho i was into it beforehand) and i couldn't be happier! This was a great video showing off the best of the show. Hope you all have a great last few weeks of 2016, and let's hope for a great 2017. Now to begin the annual "god let this great show get a season 2!" prayer circle. Also can we talk about the OST because it's absolutley fantastic! God bless Kenji Kawai.

[@TheNastyavolg]

I remember it wasn't quite popular back in 2016. So seeing posts and watching videos like this, showing, that there're much more people appreciating this wonderful show brings me to tears every freaking time. For that and for for giving us animators' names, thank you a lot!

[@RalvinTY]

3:55 It gave me goosebumps.

[@caspus7593]

Seriously, Canipa, thanks for doing videos like this. For someone like me who already doesn't have a ton of time to watch shows, let alone keep up on the staff behind them, having stuff like this to refer to is a godsend.

[@Manabeast]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS! Thank you so much for putting your time and effort into highlighting this animation.

[@labdjcxn3xy]

Always incredibly interesting to watch. Keep up the good work!

[@Giovanna-dn8xo]

Mob psycho 100 is going to get a new season and I really hope you can do more videos like this for the new season!

[@LeliRey]

keep the hard work man. we appreciate it

[@DreamstateAwake]

Great video, thanks for the enthusiasm. I really, really enjoyed the animation quality from this show.

[@catz1235]

something i really love about your videos is how passionate you are - everyone has at least some appreciation for animators but i really appreciate how you take the time to dig deep and explain to us the hidden heroes of the shows we love!! thank you for this (plus, mp100 deserves all the praise)

[@ramkumarm8957]

"Mob psycho's animation is great" S2: Hold my beer

[@Hochigan]

Another great video, thanks for your hard work

[@danfox4969]

This is a terrific breakdown and showcase of the talent on this show - well done!

[@savajho5468]

Will you make a video about Diamond Is Unbreakable's editing or something like that? I think there's a lot to say about it.

[@nullavitasinemusica1]

Savajho I'd love to see one too The first episodes looked amazing Insane transitions Directing And art direction

[@spookytook]

Happy holidays! Great video Canipa

[@MRCLT-qi7tg]

Breaking Down of Flip Flappers next?

[@danielonenut1864]

Yes Please!

[@sonicfan11o9]

MRCLT1994 Yeesh

[@maumauguz]

i`ve been waiting for this review for a long time!!!

[@SpiralFlip]

7:29 Don't you mean the ending not the opening?

[@TheCanipaEffect]

Yeah, that was a mistake. There's a correction with an asterisk in the bottom right.

[@felixkvetniy]

The content quality of this channel is actually insane! Looking forward to see more from you in 2017, keep up the great work man :)

[@brimbles4999]

you can really differentiate the styles between animators in this show like even though Hakuyu Go has a similar style to Yutaka Nakamura they biggest difference (at least from what I can see) is that scenes by Go tend to have more "strenchyness" to them with more "expression" so to speak

[@Torannn]

Doraemon in the intro! NICE!

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

this is going to be fun! ^p^

[@vlackk4367]

Wooow, i just..... WOOOOOOW, great video.

[@WalkingGirlKoi]

Yay, more news on Yutaka Nakamura. Also, wasn't expecting the Mob Psycho 100 video.

[@valerio2259]

omg this is a great video

[@pdotahmad8618]

Can you break down the second season of Mob Psycho? The show is too amazing not to be talk about.

[@StreamViewLive]

I somehow love Kazuto Arai... I mean, all he does is fire and explosions. And while most of the time his key animation work looks so simple, it always adds so much to the scene it is featured in. First Symphogear, then Macross Delta. And with Mob Psycho he just reached a whole new level of detail.

[@godzilla4189]

Imagine if the next symphogear seasons has Kazuto Arai take what he did in Mob Psycho even further....

[@mizuachi6258]

I'm getting more and more excited as you say more facts about the show. This is why I love Mob Psycho 100

[@mythicalcat6288]

I have not forgotten

[@ToriHiragana]

Even people complimenting this show with "not all anime needs to pretty" are kinda missing the point. It's true if you mean "pretty" as in Thomas Kinkade flat, derivative, gaudy cottages. But there's also "pretty" as in complex, unique, and fascinating like Rembrandt. I think Mob's anime is the latter

[@PartyC4nnon]

Where can I learn more about the animators of bones? I'm an animation student and While I know the chances of ever being as good as the animators of bones, i want to aim ever closer EDIT: oh. The description XD

[@Ryanin2D]

the cubes as an impact frames can go back as far as the Akira manga. a great user of cubes as debris in western comics is Frank Quietly. im his biggest fucking fan. lol. that impact frame with lex Luther and the truck hitting him in All Star Super Man is a perfect example, albeit without cubes.

[@FancyTophatDude]

god damn i can't wait for what they do with the next season

[@MoCrits]

why the fuck you have only 34,000 subscribers !!:D

[@belldrop7365]

God, this was the last anime I watched and it's been 3 years already? It's like growing out of cartoons...

[@betariayu1266]

This anime took away my breath

[@android19willpwn]

I really like this show.

[@undeniablerage7357]

Now I am just waiting for an analysis on season 2 beacuse my god it was even better in nearly every way and i wish to see who was behind that beauty

[@honkenbonken7163]

9:56 yea that's true and also possibly 2019's

[@isabelhuang_1]

I LOVE mob psycho *muah* I do hope more people give it a shot

[@amassasa]

Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL video! Mob psycho is really fantastic. I wonder if you could talk more about the animators in Flip Flappers, because the animation in that show is fantastic aswell, but i dont see it getting much love in the "anime fans" community :(

[@ClaySmileSoil]

amassasa well he was definitely planning it…

[@elsv99]

Finally!

[@trainerorange8483]

3:28 is the reason I love Yuuki Igarashi!!

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Whatever happened to your Best of 2015, you still have 2 shows left.

[@TheCanipaEffect]

Saved for a rainy day. Not sure if I will end up finishing it, because I can't justify spending time on it when I've got more significant videos to complete.

[@progrockdude2691]

And now we gotta worry about his Best of 2016, too.

[@qwemlhjsi4386]

Isaac Johnson sorry?

[@girllane1536]

How viable is it that others could follow in Mob Psycho's footsteps and create lovely unique animations such as this? I wonder how long it took for them to make, and how much it costs to make, and if it was a success in that it made enough money to cover that cost...

[@sligen]

Finally!!!!

[@SakugaObscurious]

Hey Canipa, could you do video of Monty Oum and his technique of animation and fight coeography.

[@TheCanipaEffect]

I'm not very familiar with RWBY or Monty Oum's works. They're interesting, but I'm more focused on the anime industry itself.

[@guavatama850]

ok so now i have like 30 tabs open with Japanese names I cant even pronounce in the search bar

[@SugoiChappy]

Yutapon is a God.

[@davebrooobs93]

animator spotlight for norio matsumuto man.... he's a legend

[@tzarye1425]

You ever gonna do season 2 or nah?

[@FlyingWithFeathers]

It's here

[@user-jm9pj3mj1k]

onepunchman and mob psycho 100 were my first animes. after it i saw fate zero and i thought "and what is so beautiful in it" then i watched a bunch of other anime and i was nearly vomiting because of its' animation. Only after it i understand how great mp100 animation is.

[@firerocket7343]

This is the last video of 2016, but there are still two best of 2015 video left. I know the second last is Lupan, but I really don't know what is the last one.

[@johnpapadopoulos5584]

You should do season 2

[@gabrielk310]

cof cof season 2 animator spotlight :3

[@rverasart]

can you put the kanji for the names of the animators on the description so we can look their personal stuff on the web?

[@kush2319]

What are your thoughts on season 2?

[@PyryOikarinen]

So, uh, will you finish or abandon your best of 2015?

[@HEIR2MYTHROWN]

do you know what software they use?

[@genosthecyborg3342]

IS THE NEXT VIDEO ABOUT TOEI ANIMATION

[@davemegalol6853]

MAKE ONE OF NORIO MATSUMOTO hes ma fav

[@ttookz196]

that intro tho

[@modelgio360]

What's the song from the start? 0:00 to 0:06 ?

[@Foxhound_J]

can you do an animation breakdown on avatar tla, naruto, and samurai champloo. i know avatar tla isnt anime in the dictionary sense to most hardcore anime fans and naruto is basic af but i like your insight on these topics. thanks man and keep up the good vids

[@BFGBILL]

Can't find blogs or internet presence for any of these animators!

[@ClaySmileSoil]

Billy Mpetha royaltanki.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/488/ this is a list of known Japanese anime creators' twitter accounts. Not all of them, but a good list and you'll probably find your favorites on here.

[@TheCanipaEffect]

Yuki Igarashi's blog is here: y50rashi.tumblr.com/ This is Kazuto Arai's Twitter (He posts some eroguro art sometimes though): twitter.com/Barikios This is Yoshimichi Kameda's Twitter: twitter.com/59033ihcimihsoy This is Yutaka Nakamura's Twitter: twitter.com/sekise10

[@BFGBILL]

Thanks so much guys this youtube series is so valuble really appriciate the work!

[@covertfeelings8330]

When I heard igarashi was inspired by yutaka nakamura I was like "hell yeah that's why watching Mob psycho felt familiar yet new!"

[@nerdyninja1312]

It's funny, because no one will ever know what that blue robot cat is :D

[@xtrashocking]

0:52 hey,,,whats this from,,,i wanna know,,,

[@njm92495]

imagine how fucking good anime would be if "we" had the same budget as american tv shows. hot damn. do you understand how much of an upgrade it would be? this "good" animation would turn into amazing animation plus wed get better writing and SEQUELS

[@trogbison1625]

You might know this by now but budget isn’t really at all that important for animation. A massive budget won’t do much with heavy time constraint.

[@ooyoobbangjib]

Does anyone know who key animated the mob and teru fight in ep 5???

[@LeReVaQ]

Silver Fern check sakuga booru

[@ooyoobbangjib]

vq ...gah!! it says artist unknown!! D: (and others have question marks) do you think they will update it later on??

[@nisiwilli]

If you meant the part when Teru's throwing Mob around and into buildings it was Norio Matsumoto, the tie sword part was Ogasawara Shin.

[@kakuzu-akatsuki-c-srank8154]

some guys worked on naruto and some pierrot shows but he doesn't talk about it

[@ooyoobbangjib]

I just wanted to know everyone who animated in that ep in general just b/c not only was the animation phenomenal but the style just looked really different from other eps; like it didn't have that "kameda look" idk

[@ArtworkWolfberry]

Why is it that Norio Matsumoto never gets credited in most of his works. Can anybody get an interview on this guys??

[@overhaul3001]

Really makes me wish we had this god-tier shit in our western cartoons

[@shayoko6]

just here for the view

[@renssu4351]

no norio matsumoto????? he did animate a good cut bro

[@mysterypersonthing8885]

Who else wants an episode 3?

[@cristobalcuevas2011]

Come on japan we need a second season, fuuckkk

[@raikenstrike8713]

Damn your late but whatever it's cool great video

[@tristankeech4070]

All hail the CUBES

[@zygiwong]

I would really like to see a video on haikyuu :)

[@_stxry8705]

I thought norio matsumoto helped with this aswell

[@mattlucas169]

Yeah mob pyschoo 100 manga is pretty much forgetten now in 2018.I doubt most series would get a 2nd season

[@germsspices]

IT'S COMING

[@misterweewee8949]

Hello

[@theodoresmith3353]

The charity you linked would indeed help but it also subsidizes the businesses allowing them to pay the low wages they do.

[@TheCanipaEffect]

The charity is by no means a solution, but no money goes to the businesses and this is a focused project. There's only a few people at this dormitory project, but they've had great success in helping these people achieve higher positions in the past couple years. It will never get to the point where it's all balanced out, but this gives us the chance to help out more of those with great potential.

[@relyat89]

Not giving any money doesn't help anything or anyone. This is the most direct way that you or I can help these animators, looking for excuses to NOT give is a pointless and selfish exercise.

[@theodoresmith3353]

relyat89 I donate 20% of my income to my church and 10% to charity. I recently donated to japangiving.jp's project to help young animators. I'm just picky about who I give to. I also do a fair amount of community service so I'd appreciate not being shamed for not being charitable tyvm.

[@theodoresmith3353]

The Canipa Effect sounds great. I'll consider donating. My only fear is that in a market economy and such a competitive market as animation if it grew to accommodate more animators the studios might be able to get away with paying their animators less.

[@relyat89]

Oh my, the indignation! I'm sure you are delightful. My statement was very general and in no way targeting you. It's targeting the mindset that says giving to help animators is pointless and desperately looks for any rationalization they can to not support something like this, or to not buy anime and stream legally. That is, frankly, asinine, and much more damaging than these companies are. They aren't paying these wages because they hate their employees, or even because they can get away with it, they are doing so because it is the only feasible way for them survive in this economic climate. When companies are better off, we have very tangible proof that they treat their employees better(Ghibli, Toei, KyoAni). I'm very tired of people trying to justify not spending money on this industry. And I took issue with your statement that it subsidizes these businesses. Because it does not.