One Piece Animator Reveals His Next BIG Anime Project | Ep. 272

Suuuper Anime Podcast welcomes back returning guest Nas for a wide-ranging conversation about anime, animation, and the creative process behind strong storytelling. The episode opens with casual banter about what everyone is watching, then turns to a bigger discussion: why some manga and anime endings land while others miss. Nas also shares major news about a new original film project, including its title, format, funding plan, and the kind of action movie he wants to make.

Discussion Points 

• The Apothecary Diaries and Delicious in Dungeon
•  One Piece manga and the dub-versus-sub debate
•  Why Grave of the Fireflies hits so hard
•  How artists put part of themselves into their work
•  Yaiba, anime production, and a behind-the-scenes story
•  First impressions of Frieren
•  The challenge of sticking the landing in anime
•  Are modern manga creators as battle-tested as earlier generations?
•  Production checklists, trends, and creative choices
•  Deadlines, social media, and money shaping modern art
•  Why endings are hard across every medium
•  One Piece, long-form storytelling, and creative stamina
•  Why Oda still seems to be having fun
•  Nostalgia, aging, and how tastes change
•  What Nas is looking forward to
•  Anime production expanding beyond Japan
•  Nas’s storyboard and animation work on Pantheon
•  Why Pantheon deserved more attention
•  Nas reveals his next film project

Episodes Nas has been on 

• https://www.suuuperanimepodcast.com/guests/nas-pasha/

Suuuper Anime website 

• https://www.suuuperanimepodcast.com/

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