Of the three directors who made up “Team Shinbo”—a designation describing a trio of directors consisting of Akiyuki Shinbo (新房昭之), Tatsuya Oishi (尾石達也), and Shin Oonuma (大沼心)—I think that Oonuma is the most underappreciated. Shinbo’s gothic aesthetics, bold use of color, and esoteric staging tendencies secured his