Studio MoonMoon Co-Founder Ellen Su on Using Real Life Experiences to Tell Engaging Stories in Indie Animation

If you've been an anime fan for long enough, you can kinda tell when a creator is influenced by it. Such is the case with DAISING , a charming indie animation project created by Studio MoonMoon . From its ever-increasing stakes told via sharp animation and laugh-out-loud moments (it's got a treasure-eating dog, y'all, I'm legally obligated to love it), the story is, like a lot of anime, a lot deeper than it appears to be. Anime's method of telling more complex stories is something that StudioMoonMoon co-founder Ellen Su brought up when talking about DAISING in our recent interview. Growing up ...

The studio's indie animation project DAISING mixes comedic hijinks with complicated family dynamics