Shaft (company): Difference between revisions

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* [[Deranged Animation]]

** To quote a random blogger: ''Whenever I watch a SHAFT anime, I feel like I’m on acid. Not just a little bit of acid, a tanker truck filled with it.''

* [[Design ~~Students~~ Orgasm]]

* [[Design Student's Orgasm]]

* [[Enhanced On DVD]]: Their by-now infamous scrambling to meet deadlines during a show's original airing season generally means improved animation for the eventual DVD release. They've become so notorious for it that this practice of revising art and animation has come to be known as "Shafting", as in "''[[Bakemonogatari (Light Novel)|Bakemonogatari]]'' was Shafted".

* [[Harem Genre]]: Most of their series have at most [[The One Guy]].

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Guy]]: Akiyuki Shinbo has directed a good number of Shaft's productions.

* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: Akiyuki Shinbo has directed a good number of Shaft's productions.

** [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Voice]]: [[Hiroshi Kamiya]] and [[Chiwa Saitou]] are often present in many of their shows, and sometimes even share the same show. Other Shaft regulars include [[Ai Nonaka]], [[Aoi Yuki]], [[Asami Sanada]], [[Chiaki Omigawa]], [[Emiri Katou]], [[Eri Kitamura]], [[Kana Hanazawa]], [[Marina Inoue]], [[Miyu Matsuki]], [[Miyuki Sawashiro]], [[Ryoko Shintani]], [[Ryoko Shiraishi]], [[Takahiro Sakurai]], [[Tomokazu Sugita]], [[Yui Horie]], [[Yuko Goto]], [[Yuu Kobayashi]] and [[Yuuichi Nakamura]], among others.

** [[Hey It's That Voice]]: [[Hiroshi Kamiya]] and [[Chiwa Saitou]] are often present in many of their shows, and sometimes even share the same show. Other Shaft regulars include [[Ai Nonaka]], [[Aoi Yuki]], [[Asami Sanada]], [[Chiaki Omigawa]], [[Emiri Katou]], [[Eri Kitamura]], [[Kana Hanazawa]], [[Marina Inoue]], [[Miyu Matsuki]], [[Miyuki Sawashiro]], [[Ryoko Shintani]], [[Ryoko Shiraishi]], [[Takahiro Sakurai]], [[Tomokazu Sugita]], [[Yui Horie]], [[Yuko Goto]], [[Yuu Kobayashi]] and [[Yuuichi Nakamura]], among others.

* [[Medium Blending]]

* [[Mind Screw]]

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Their [[Deranged Animation]] can get ''really'' deranged at times.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: [http://imgur.com/0j7Vkl This summary] (possibly NSFW) of Nisemonogatari Episode 5 by a Fansub. It notes all of the [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs|weirdness]] that is a part of Shaft.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: [http://imgur.com/0j7Vkl This summary] (possibly NSFW) of Nisemonogatari Episode 5 by a Fansub. It notes all of the [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|weirdness]] that is a part of Shaft.

* [[Retraux]]: They'll often add old-timey film effects or use old-timey orthography.

* [[Schedule Slip]]: They're becoming increasingly infamous for this, due to a company policy of not rejecting work. Though they're generally relied upon to [[Enhanced On DVD|fix any error]] on their TV release come the DVD/BD release.

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** Pictures of real life objects

** The infamous head-tilt ([http://i.imgur.com/4dqAX.jpg Now compiled for your convenience])

** [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome]]: Shaft will often, and for no reason, up the framerate and animation quality ''immensely'', and can focus on incredibly mundane things.

** [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Shaft will often, and for no reason, up the framerate and animation quality ''immensely'', and can focus on incredibly mundane things.

* [[Surreal Theme Tune]]: ''All'' of them {{spoiler|Madoka Magica's makes complete sense, you just don't get context until the end}}

* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs|What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]

* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]

** As one Youtuber commented the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDrjgbKayo Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OVA Opening]: ''"Oh SHAFT, you and your LSD."''

* [[Widget Series]]: Everything that they are a part of turns into this.