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 portion 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 awards.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle…
The other day I realized N’s hair kind of looks like Zoroark’s mane, and then I made a little Beauty and the Beast story with the protag from Black and White. Beast N lives in a castle in Kalos with his servants, who have all been cursed into the bodies of inanimate object ghost Pokemon. ANYWAYS, I’ve been doing this instead of studying for my finals so I’m going to go retreat into a shadowy hole now. Hope you enjoy and see you on the flipside! -Kat
My Alabaster skin needs protection from those disgusting creatures running amok amidst the environs.

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 - 1951) Honeymoon (1926). Private collection.
Джозеф Кристиан Лейендекер (1874 - 1951) Медовый месяц (1926). Частное собрание.
From this distance, the city looks like a mirage. Don’t you think so as well?
A Kristoff test. This was to test an actor’s voice with some animation. The story and character were completely different from the final film. He was much more of a hopeless (and hapless) romantic in this version.