Noun

Sakuga 作画

1. In Japanese animation (anime), a sequence of noticeably higher quality, used to highlight a particularly important scene

2. Skillful animation, usually with an aesthetic focus

3. Animation with aesthetic or artistic value

Sakuga is a Japanese word translates to drawing pictures. In Japan, an animation director is called a sakuga kantoku (作画監督). Online, the word sakuga has been appropriated to mean animation with artistic merit.

"There was so much great animation in that movie! It has so much sakuga."

"I love way they animated that fight. That fight scene was sakuga."

The sakuga fandom celebrates the work of animators.