Cleaning up after Flower
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Episode: 10 (Sakura and a Flowery Athletics Meet): cut 300. With the flowery track race over and the troublesome Clow Card sealed, the scene shifts to the aftermath, where we see Yukito and Touya cleaning up the petals.
Yuki, characteristically, has his mind on food: filling a huge bag, he comments, “Look how much jam we can make!” Touya is not as sanguine: he was hoping he could have a day off from his neverending “baitou” (part-time jobs). His posture reminds me of some of the French realists’ images of field laborers pausing for a moment from their backbreaking tasks by leaning for a moment on their hoes.
Screen cap (approximate) courtesy of Desertmoon.org
This rough is probably the work of the episode's animation director Toshiharu Sato [郷 敏治], who did this and three other early CCS episodes. The funny image actually is based closely on one of the frames from CLAMP’s manga, as you can see from the thumbnail. You can get a look at the watercolor background of the school yard that came with this rough sketch in the gallery devoted to CCS Backgrounds.
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Toshiharu Sato was one of the more experienced animators on the CCS team, his experience dating back to the classic Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? movie. While continuing to work steadily as an animator since then (projects including Rozen Maiden and Spice and Wolf), he has been seen more often as an episode director.
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What kind of jam is Yukito planning to make? Most Americans think of using roses just for nice or to remember to bring home the evening of one’s wedding anniversary. So the idea of making preserves from rose petals seems a little exotic. But in countries where wild or heirloom roses grow in abundance, this kind of jam is a common treat. If you know where a sweet-smelling old-fashioned rose is blooming (or where a Clow Card loves to dance), then all it takes is a sack to gather the petals, plus sugar, water, and the juice of two lemons to keep the jam properly tart.
Here is a simple recipe from wikiHow in case you’re as interested as Yuki is in giving it a try.
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