Is there a precise reason for the pink explosions? I recall noticing this thing in a bunch of anime between 80s and mid-90s... For example I saw it happen in some Miyazaki works.

https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/15895

Anime_Golem said:
https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/15895

uhm in case it was a answer to my question... ehm I don't get it sorry xD
oh wait is that a example of what I was saying? In that case, thanks, even if I'm not sure it's the most appropriate evidence... I always half-thought that in that sequence the explosions could be pink cause they transformed into flower petals or something like that xD... still curious about the thing, anyway, and still wondering why (btw I'm quite sure there are some pink expurosions in Castle of Cagliostro)

Look through all of Anno's effect shots, pink explosions was very much his thing,

Anime_Golem said:
Look through all of Anno's effect shots, pink explosions was very much his thing,

Oh I see what you mean :D
Uhm you know, I dunno, I still think there is something more about it, as for example this piece isn't.... or at least isn't -necessarily- from mr. Anno (being artist unknown). Oh and the Cagliostro piece I was talking about is from Kazuhide Tomonaga https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/8931

Oh just to correct myself, I said explosions but they can be various flamy effects, like fire, muzzle flashes, etc. and they are pink... and curiously other similar effects can actually -not- be pink in the same cut with them... uhm... I'm confused xD

My guess it's that a sort of trend of a specific age, rather than a very specific animator personal quirk...? (the same Anno, for example, made a good share of not-pink explosions in his carreer)... but still, I wonder why?

(last thing, now that I reflect about it, I'm not sure I should look for the answer in the animators' sector, as they don't usually color the cut themselves, right? Maaaybe Anno in the Daicon movie, if I remember well back in the days Gainax was him and like other 6 people... xD)

gurdim said:
Oh I see what you mean :D
Uhm you know, I dunno, I still think there is something more about it, as for example this piece isn't.... or at least isn't -necessarily- from mr. Anno (being artist unknown). Oh and the Cagliostro piece I was talking about is from Kazuhide Tomonaga https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/8931

Oh just to correct myself, I said explosions but they can be various flamy effects, like fire, muzzle flashes, etc. and they are pink... and curiously other similar effects can actually -not- be pink in the same cut with them... uhm... I'm confused xD

My guess it's that a sort of trend of a specific age, rather than a very specific animator personal quirk...? (the same Anno, for example, made a good share of not-pink explosions in his carreer)... but still, I wonder why?

(last thing, now that I reflect about it, I'm not sure I should look for the answer in the animators' sector, as they don't usually color the cut themselves, right? Maaaybe Anno in the Daicon movie, if I remember well back in the days Gainax was him and like other 6 people... xD)

This is just something I remembered and I have no source on hand. But from what I recall the Mobile Suit Gundam team had a ton of extra pink paint lying around, so they put it to use on the explosions. Given that Gundam was so inspirational to that generation of anime fans - who often would quickly become authoritative creators themselves, it makes sense that the tendency would be emulated.
https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/110066

Sonoda said that some of this was drawn by Takana on the BD commentary.