However, their efforts stumble upon a number of hurdles, including the lack of money, time and the school council and particularly its secretary, Sowande Sasaki, who considers the member of the clubs crooks and does her best to restrict their “initiatives”. Midori is the director, Tsubame the animator, and Sayaka the producer. Soon the three of them, by effort and trickery, establish a club seemingly dealing with movies, but actually solely aiming to produce anime. Sayaka Kanamori is a scary looking tall girl who also happens to be Midori’s only friend. By pure chance, she meets Tsubame Mizusaki, a teen-idol whose parents are even more famous, and she is desperately trying to escape from their influence and become an animator. Midori Asakusa wants to create an anime but is too timid and afraid to show all her sketches to anyone or move forward with a plan like this. The story, which is based on Sumito Owara’s manga, revolves around three high school girls. “ Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!” may be his greatest work yet. The result is a show that avoids unfortunate anime tropes of overly sexualized female characters with lessen characterization and personality.As I have mentioned many times before, I consider Masaaki Yuasa one of the greatest anime filmmakers living today, particularly for his effort to stray away from the rules of the category, as dictated by Studio Ghibli and the plethora of action anime out there. " The reasoning was that the staff would focus on bringing out the personalities of the girls while allowing for the story to feel like it could star any person regardless of gender. Likewise, the animators of the show have talked about how Masaaki Yuasa gave the specific instruction to ensure that character movement look " gender-neutral. According to the creator of the original manga, the inspiration came from his own experience in elementary school, which included kids from very different backgrounds. Eizouken is a rare exception in that it features background signs in different languages and a very racially diverse student body, including giving characters of color speaking roles. Like pretty much every other filmmaking medium, anime is usually not very diverse, and when they do include characters of color, the characters usually look cartoonish and culturally outdated. The high-school setting is key in this, as ultimately it doesn't matter much that the girls aren't making huge profits, because they are still girls, their focus is on the craft and their passion. The conditions may be horrible, but the anime has a clear answer as to why anyone would put themselves through these conditions: because of the joy in bringing your wildest dreams to life and seeing other people captivated by the art you've made.
While this isn't entirely new in anime, Eizouken puts a twist on the story by always putting humor and a love for the craft front and center.
Over at Polygon, Kambole Campbell wrote about how Yuasa and his team portray the physical toll of working in animation, with shots of Mizusaki's hands covered in cuts and bandages for working days and nights to accomplish even a couple of minutes of animation, while often using Kanamori to convey how the low pay rates and lack of time often result in having to cut corners and compromise your vision. At times, Eizouken feels like Silicon Valley for animators, showing us the entire arduous journey of trying to make money out of personal interests or dreams, all while never shying away from the very real hardships involved in trying to make it in the industry.
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