This past weekend at Wondercon, the staff and cast of the hit Cartoon Network series Adventure Time announced that Masaaki Yuasa wrote, storyboarded, and directed the upcoming episode “Food Chain.” If you notice that Finn and Jake also look a bit different, that’s because the episode was also animated by Yuasa’s own studio. Here’s a clip from the episode.
Yuasa is currently directing the anime version of Taiyo Matsumoto’s Ping Pong, streaming now on FUNimation.com every Thursday at 12:50pm ET. Click here to watch episodes now.
Ping Pong: The Animation synopsis:
Despite having drastically different personalities, high school boys Peco and Smile have been friends since childhood. Now, they’re both talented members of a table tennis club—but what happens when these sports lovers have to go up against each other in tournaments? Prepare for truly epic matches in this new series from the director of The Tatami Galaxy!
So what do you think? Do you see Yuasa’s influence in the clip provided?
