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Holy shit, Knights of Sidonia may have the best production values of an anime ever
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br0ken_shad0w
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60fps Sidonia is the only way to go.
Question: Is that native or did somebody speed it up?
Statement: This looks impressive, but it's a mecha. The biggest problem are the humans.
Fucking stupid studios
Too bad using external post processing stuff like that messed too many thing
that looks bad. i thought it was the webm but nope youtube video was the same
Wait, the quality isn't lowered?
i was mostly talking about the animations / cg look, resolution wise the video is better but it still doesn't look fantastic at youtube 1080
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFVaxGqCN9k
Paul_Str337
Member
Spotted this on Netflix the other day and was shocked to see that it was a Netflix original. I've yet to give it a watch but Netflix haven't been kidding around with their other original programming so I've got some high hopes for this!
Oh, Isee. The webm looks fluid at least, but the original is hideous.
I stay with my opinion, Ars Nova looks better than Sidonia.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
I tried to watch it cause it was on Netflix and there's so little these days left for me to watch to justify my subscription, but it was pretty bad.
The most gorgeous anime I've ever seen was "Garden of Words." I don't know what the production values are, but man I can't stop watching it for the art
This is a correct post. Garden of Words is absolutely orgasmic visually. All of Mokoto Shinkai's films are glorious scenery and lighting porn.
GiantAssPanda
Banned
The character animations suck bad. But the action is really impressive. An overall enjoyable show.
Btw I absolutely love the "in between scenes" artwork that they show on every episode.
Btw I absolutely love the "in between scenes" artwork that they show on every episode.
GoldenEye 007
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is this like the muse song
teruterubozu
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Kinda. They're both highly derivative.
I tried to watch it cause it was on Netflix and there's so little these days left for me to watch to justify my subscription, but it was pretty bad.
The most gorgeous anime I've ever seen was "Garden of Words." I don't know what the production values are, but man I can't stop watching it for the art
Shinkai is a fucking wizard, never seen anything that looks as good as his movies. 5CM Per Second, The Place Promised in our Early Days and Voices of a Distant Star are phenomenal as well.
This is a correct post. Garden of Words is absolutely orgasmic visually. All of Mokoto Shinkai's films are glorious scenery and lighting porn.
I guess I gotta catch more of his stuff. That's the only one of his works I've ever watched
It was so beautiful, I've been mesmerized by it for months and once per week watch it and try to emulate some of its style in my art. I can't even come close, but it's some inspiration.
arnoldocastillo2003
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People if you liked Ars Nova and Knights of Sidonia you all need to see BLASSREITER.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
I guess I gotta catch more of his stuff. That's the only one of his works I've ever watched
It was so beautiful, I've been mesmerized by it for months and once per week watch it and try to emulate some of its style in my art. I can't even come close, but it's some inspiration.
Yeah you do. 5 Centimeters Per Second is amazing as well, and The Place Promised in Our Early Days and his much older and much rougher but near completely made by one-man project Voices of a Distant Star are close favorites for me too. I still can't believe that he made Voices in almost half a year doing almost everything himself. Fucking nuts to me.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
How many volumes of the manga does it cover?
I don't mind CG in anime when it's used on mechs or other mechanical/structural objects, but the character animation in Sidonia and the Berserk films is horrendous in my opinion. Its just so awkward to look at.
Edit: Add Redline to the "great production value" -anime pile. Get to it OP!
Edit: Add Redline to the "great production value" -anime pile. Get to it OP!
Peterthumpa
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br0ken_shad0w
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It's sped up from the original. Someone encoded the entire show in 60fps and is available in the usual places. Though the trade-off is more artifacts (less so if you use SVP)
Thanks for the heads up. I actually think my sister has Voices of a Distant Star, I seem to remember her saying something about it and she owns a lot of anime. Maybe I'll call and see if I can borrow it.
Cloud Strife
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I tried to watch it cause it was on Netflix and there's so little these days left for me to watch to justify my subscription, but it was pretty bad.
The most gorgeous anime I've ever seen was "Garden of Words." I don't know what the production values are, but man I can't stop watching it for the art
I really need to check this out.
And I couldn't get past the first episode of Night of Sidonia, bored me to sleep.
This is top notch animation?
Looks incredibly cheap.
I don't watch anime, but Akira is more top notch than this.
The most gorgeous anime I've ever seen was "Garden of Words." I don't know what the production values are, but man I can't stop watching it for the art
Definitely. I was stunned by this movie.
Basileus777
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Not that Knights of Sidonia is top notch animation, but you can't compare animated films to TV.
doctorcdcs
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I watched it all recently and I thought it was pretty good, although I must admit I didn't think the animation was all that spectacular.
I do look forward to season 2.
I do look forward to season 2.
arnoldocastillo2003
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If we are going with production values regarding Mechas anime, I think that everyone needs to see a true gem and that is:
Crash Station
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Dropped it after 1 episode. Was really boring.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Always feels funny that this show get hates in west but getting 2nd best review of spring show in Japan
Episode 7 sucks
If we are going with production values regarding Mechas anime, I think that everyone needs to see a true gem and that is:
Episode 7 sucks
Diprosalic
Banned
It isn't. Well they localised it.
Diprosalic
Banned
That's because it's 100% CG. There's no hand drawings anywhere in it. It really fails to portray Tsutomo Nihei's art (which you can get a small glimpse of in the "commercial breaks").
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Ok then.
corduroyCUCK
Banned
this anime looks so bad i turned it off to watch Kill La Kill instead because i just wanted to see some good looking anime one night..
maybe there's a relatively new dividing line between people who hardly notice or care if something is CG trying to look hand-drawn, and those who definitely notice and hate it. i hate it. it's a shame because i know i'm probably missing out on some good narrative because of how much i dislike it. it's the attempted mimicry of it, i don't mind CG when the art owns up to it and does cool stuff with the medium, like Tron: Legacy did. super stylized and cool.
maybe there's a relatively new dividing line between people who hardly notice or care if something is CG trying to look hand-drawn, and those who definitely notice and hate it. i hate it. it's a shame because i know i'm probably missing out on some good narrative because of how much i dislike it. it's the attempted mimicry of it, i don't mind CG when the art owns up to it and does cool stuff with the medium, like Tron: Legacy did. super stylized and cool.
Maximilian Kolbe
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But it's almost same
PaulExcellent
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o shit that's how he transforms?If we are going with production values regarding Mechas anime, I think that everyone needs to see a true gem and that is:
i need to watch this series after zz like woah
It's too bright and clean. The architecture is more chaotic and organic in the manga.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Btw this show is just like Arpeggio-later episodes better than early episodes.
Guess that's why Japan can eat up this show,and sound effect of course,5.1ch is one of main selling point of BD version.
Guess that's why Japan can eat up this show,and sound effect of course,5.1ch is one of main selling point of BD version.
Phat Michael
Banned
Yeah garden of words is beautiful, not just in animation and cinematography, but also the story. It's one of the most amazing films I've ever seen and I wanted it to go on forever.
Oh jeez, ZZ is so bad. I watched it recently and the tone is just so weird. Especially coming off of zeta.
Thaumaturgic Tomato
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I tried to watch it cause it was on Netflix and there's so little these days left for me to watch to justify my subscription, but it was pretty bad.
The most gorgeous anime I've ever seen was "Garden of Words." I don't know what the production values are, but man I can't stop watching it for the art
Yeah I saw this too. It's standard setting. Beautiful. I want games to reach this level. Just speaking about the imagery, not the movie itself.
Thaumaturgic Tomato
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Speaking of CG anime,
Ghibli's new TV series is CG and it sucks. Super smooth 3D meshes clash with the artwork, make it cold. There's no feeling of soul with cartoon characters animated with interpolated key frame technique used for game meshes. They should've hired the guys responsible for Guilty Gear Xrd if they wanted to save money using computers but give the animation personality.
It's pretty in stills, but once the motion starts, no thanks.
"Garden of Words" is the perfect balance of the human hand and the cold computer.
weird music trailer
山賊の娘ローニャ Sanzoku no Musume Ronia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsYWw0AzMAs
edit: part of me wonders if it is Goro giving his dad the finger, heh. He's in charge of it.
Ghibli's new TV series is CG and it sucks. Super smooth 3D meshes clash with the artwork, make it cold. There's no feeling of soul with cartoon characters animated with interpolated key frame technique used for game meshes. They should've hired the guys responsible for Guilty Gear Xrd if they wanted to save money using computers but give the animation personality.
It's pretty in stills, but once the motion starts, no thanks.
"Garden of Words" is the perfect balance of the human hand and the cold computer.
weird music trailer
山賊の娘ローニャ Sanzoku no Musume Ronia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsYWw0AzMAs
edit: part of me wonders if it is Goro giving his dad the finger, heh. He's in charge of it.
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