mobpsycho100:

Paint-on-glass animation is a technique for making animated films by manipulating slow-drying oil-paints on sheets of glass as the animator gradually alters the shapes they create, and during this process, a camera records each finished ‘frame’.

When adapting ONE’s Mob Psycho 100, director Yuzuru Tachikawa wanted to adapt the source material in fantastic ways. And so, by combining the talents of a skilled staff, an anime with an incredible mix of animation techniques was born. 

Mob Psycho’s ending, and a good deal of the paranormal scenes are a complex product of paint-on-glass animation, done by Miyo Sato, a Tokyo University of Arts graduate and animator who has had her work nominated for multiple international animation contests. 

saccharinescorpion:

the-moonslayer-cat:

robliodan:

The wild and awesome art/animation of Mob Psycho 100.

The animators of this show deserve praise, like really.

if you’d like to learn more about the animation/art direction/ production of Mob Psycho 100, including credits for individual shots/episodes and links to examples of animation, the fellows at Sakuga Blog have been doing really good write-ups about the series both in their weekly recaps and their pieces on the series episode by episode!