The sum total of Imaishi’s aesthetic legacy can be traced back again to Dead Leaves, no matter if it be his affinity for drill imagery that would afterwards acquire centre stage in Gurren Lagann or the frenzied hyperactive gunfights that would pop up in his do the job on FLCL. You may not realize Hiroyuki Imaishi’s name from a very first look, but in his career as an animator and director above the...