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[Blade30]

Dressrosa is already long, drawn out and bad enough, if you watch the anime version you are just a masochist at that point.

How many episodes does Dressrosa have now? 70? I waited a long time and the unwatched episodes piled up to 34 episodes. I watched it and the story barely progressed and now I'm waiting again with 14 unseen episodes. Just end the arc already.

@OPM it needs a second Season, Murata work faster.

 

[GaimeGuy]

How many episodes does Dressrosa have now? 70? I waited a long time and the unwatched episodes piled up to 34 episodes and now I'm waiting again with 14 unseen episodes. Just end it already.

@OPM it needs a second Season, Murata work faster.

Dressrosa started on episode 629.
Episode 722 aired last week, and it showed Law's Gamma Knife attack.

In the manga, Dressrosa started at chapter 700, and gamma knife was in chapter 781.

 

[Blade30]

Dressrosa started on episode 629.
Episode 722 aired last week, and it showed Law's Gamma Knife attack.

In the manga, Dressrosa started at chapter 700, and gamma knife was in chapter 781.

What? That's insane.

 

[Siegcram]

Dressrosa started on episode 629.
Episode 722 aired last week, and it showed Law's Gamma Knife attack.

In the manga, Dressrosa started at chapter 700, and gamma knife was in chapter 781.

good lord

 

[GaimeGuy]

Toei gonna Toei

 

[Sami+]

Uh, most studios do take breaks. There are only a few studios that do long-running shows consistently: Toei (Precure, Dragon Ball Super, World Trigger, One Piece), Oriental Light and Magic (Pokemon, Youkai Watch, Future Card Buddyfight), Shin-Ei (Doraemon, Crayon Shin-chan). Naruto is the only long-running show that Pierrot is doing right now; since Bleach ended, all of the other shows they've animated have been a year maximum (and that only for Polar Bear Cafe and Gaist Crusher).

It's not a studio thing per se so much as, when an anime series has been going on for years and years and is still making money for the producers, there's a vested interest in keeping it going. Since the main Naruto manga is done, there's no need for the anime production team to take a break so the manga can catch up - they can just adapt the remaining manga material. But the producers want to delay that, because they don't want to give up a proven franchise. Hence the large amount of anime-original material that's being done.

Fair enough, it was wrong to throw most studios under the bus when it's the select few that are milking so hard.

Comparing the animation quality for a twelve-episode season with something that, unfortunately, has to crank out at least 40 episodes a year is pretty ridiculous.

When One Piece looks really good, it looks really good.

These days, however, those moments of really good get farther and farther apart.

Genuine question - why does Hunter x Hunter look so good? Because with that being as great as it is on its release schedule I find it really hard to cut other studios slack on the same thing.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Fair enough, it was wrong to throw most studios under the bus when it's the select few that are milking so hard.



Genuine question - why does Hunter x Hunter look so good? Because with that being as great as it is on its release schedule I find it really hard to cut other studios slack on the same thing.

Because madhouse is awesome. They have like 75-100 employees and they're all very talented and love what they do.

 

[Crash Station]

Wellllllll...

Spoiler

technically the good guys win just because they change their plan from "Let's beat him oh shit that's actually impossible" to "He's going to win, we can't stop him, how can we convince/make that an okay thing to have happen." So the good guys LET him win because they can't stop him but through the Great Spirit/his mom that becomes an okay thing to have happen. So Hao does actually win, he becomes Shaman King and unites with the Great Spirit he just basically decides not to erase everyone.

So he does win it just becomes okay that he won. So you get your happy ending

It's still a win overall though.

What I want is all the heroes dead, the villains achieving their goal, the world getting fucked up, and just despair all around.

So again, Go Nagai stuff.

 

[The Silver]

It's still a win overall though.

What I want is all the heroes dead, the villains achieving their goal, the world getting fucked up, and just despair all around.

So again, Go Nagai stuff.

Pretend Berserk ended where the anime did.

 

[Puruzi]

You just watched One Punch Man and say that? Seriously?

The anime is a fucking POS. The voices and music are seriously it's only redemption. And the really, REALLY occasional sakuga.

I really don't care, the animation isn't special, but I like it's style.

Stopped the anime post timeskip

 

[jwk94]

Just search for it on google. It's not for sale so the scanlations online are okay to read.

Cool thanks!

 

[LuffyZoro]

I'm caught up with One Piece, and most of the time the animation is acceptable (obviously not up to OPM standards), with some moments of quality. The real problem is pacing, not filler; OP doesn't have /that/ much filler.

 

[OniBarubary]

It's still a win overall though.

What I want is all the heroes dead, the villains achieving their goal, the world getting fucked up, and just despair all around.

So again, Go Nagai stuff.

I'll grab you a time machine to the 80s. Or just hand you a stack of seinen.

 

[Neo C.]

I would to see an OP remake which cuts out the fat.

@topic, OPM finale was great. Finger crosses for another 12 episodes.

 

[BatDan]

I'm caught up with One Piece, and most of the time the animation is acceptable (obviously not up to OPM standards), with some moments of quality. The real problem is pacing, not filler; OP doesn't have /that/ much filler.

Exactly this.
It relies on a lot of the padding techniques that they used for DBZ. Flashbacks, long panning shots, reusing animation. There is hope that several years down the line, they do One Piece Kai, cutting down a lot of the fat. Until then, there's "One Pace", a fan project that involves editing down 2-3 episodes to match the manga and go faster.

In normal circumstances, the Dressrosa arc would be like 40-50 episodes. Yeah it's still long, but it was a long arc in the manga (that was made longer thanks to mandated breaks by Shueisha).

But yeah, One Piece barely has filler, probably because they believe it kills ratings. The last filler arc that lasted more than four episodes was a disaster, hence why they stopped.

 

[Sealed]

One Piece also has that fucking recap thing every single episode, not to mention an extra long opening

if they had wanted to, they probably could have condensed this arc a lot

i'm really hoping for some good animation for

Spoiler

Gear 4

though

edit: what's this fan project? What episode are they up to?

 

[GaimeGuy]

I really don't care, the animation isn't special, but I like it's style.

Stopped the anime post timeskip

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[Anung]

A friend came over earlier so I forced him to watch the first episode. Flash-forward to now and we just finishing episode 12. Daaamnnnnn that was good. He was losing his shit at all the hype moments and crazy animation.

 

[SkullHydra]

This thread went from One Punch Man discussion to pages full of spoilers for a million different anime, in like two days. Thus begins the lack of OPM.

Spoiler

Still better than the Tatsumaki 'discussions'.

 

[Crash Station]

Sooooo anyway, I found a not awful fanmade OP. More of a typical OP character showcase than an actiony thing, but I liked it.

Minor spoilers for stuff that would be covered in season 2.

 

[Magwik]

Dressrosa started on episode 629.
Episode 722 aired last week, and it showed Law's Gamma Knife attack.

In the manga, Dressrosa started at chapter 700, and gamma knife was in chapter 781.

What the fuck it doesn't even feel like it's been two years.

 

[Sealed]

Sooooo anyway, I found a not awful fanmade OP. More of a typical OP character showcase than an actiony thing, but I liked it.

Minor spoilers for stuff that would be covered in season 2.

this is really cool actually

i love that someone actually drew this

 

[Parshias7]

Dressrosa started on episode 629.
Episode 722 aired last week, and it showed Law's Gamma Knife attack.

In the manga, Dressrosa started at chapter 700, and gamma knife was in chapter 781.

Damn.

Up until now I thought the worst bit of decompression was when Naruto took like one chapter of the Gaara vs. Deidara fight and stretched it out to one of those 40 minute double episodes.

If I were watching the OP anime, I'd be wishing for some real-ass filler arcs, because at least then everything might have decent pacing, if not decent writing. Even Naruto's long stretches of filler had some bright spots, if only for the fight animation.

 

[Qvoth]

episode 1 dream fight and boros final fight side by side comparison
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831058991.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831140615.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831236463.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831313893.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831399208.webm

 

[Aaronology]

episode 1 dream fight and boros final fight side by side comparison
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831058991.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831140615.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831236463.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831313893.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831399208.webm

Holy shit.

It's been mentioned a bunch how many parallels there were between eps 1 and 12 but goddamn, I didn't realize it was that deep.

Based MadHouse. I think they may have actually outdone both Murata and ONE in this regard.


Edit: Seriously, goddamn. The blood bursting from the Subterranean syncs perfectly with the explosion from Boros' Meteor attack.

 

[Sealed]

i don't think that parallel was in the manga, but it works really well, i'm glad they added it

 

[MCD]

read the manga just now. sad the bonus chapters were omitted. and then there is the fubuki chapter too.

 

[sprsk]

Anime stops at volume 6 of the manga yeah?

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Anime stops at volume 6 of the manga yeah?

7.

 

[Aaronology]

i don't think that parallel was in the manga, but it works really well, i'm glad they added it

Yeah, I don't believe it was, either. It really speaks to the level of thought that went into those two episodes and this series in general. MadHouse managed to stay almost completely faithful to the manga while adding their own depth to what was already an extremely amazing fight and did it subtly enough that a lot of people won't notice without it being pointed out.

I can't think of a single adaptation that's received the amount of love and hardwork as OPM. To think a year ago I was making jokes that the anime would be the first with better animation in the manga.

 

[Crash Station]

episode 1 dream fight and boros final fight side by side comparison
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831058991.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831140615.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831236463.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831313893.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/a/1450831399208.webm

I'm going to need a scene by scene (or even frame by frame) breakdown, because outside a few moments that line up well and just the overall tone of an overpowered guy finally getting a challenge, I'm not seeing it.

 

[sprsk]

7.

Thanks cuz

 

[Sealed]

Yeah, I don't believe it was, either. It really speaks to the level of thought that went into those two episodes and this series in general. MadHouse managed to stay almost completely faithful to the manga while adding their own depth to what was already an extremely amazing fight and did it subtly enough that a lot of people won't notice without it being pointed out.

I can't think of a single adaptation that's received the amount of love and hardwork as OPM. To think a year ago I was making jokes that the anime would be the first with better animation in the manga.

it's pretty amazing isn't it

if/when a s2 is announced, I really hope the same team is available and willing to animate it.

 

[Qvoth]

I'm going to need scene by scene (or even frame by frame) breakdown, because outside a few moments that line up well and just the overall tone of an overpowered guy finally getting a challenge, I'm not seeing it.

yeah same me too
that's good enough i feel, don't really have to make everything exactly the same

 

[Jintor]

Thanks cuz

Give it that 8-4 bump

 

[MCD]

Thanks cuz

I strongly suggest to read it from the beginning. Some scenes like Fubuki's first intro and bonus chapters detailing Saitama's early life were omitted.

BTW was browsing Yande and found this artistic masterpiece:

 

[Sami+]

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[SkullHydra]

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True art.

 

[Water]

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Needs an innocent smile

 

[GaimeGuy]

True art.

Modern art

 

[A-V-B]

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Good to see more work from ONE.

 

[onepiecefan]

I'm caught up with One Piece, and most of the time the animation is acceptable (obviously not up to OPM standards), with some moments of quality. The real problem is pacing, not filler; OP doesn't have /that/ much filler.

Yup, the pacing is certainly the problem, has been for quite a while unfortunately. I honestly would not care if they took breaks with One Piece like with your usual anime/TV shows. But obviously given the type of anime One Piece is and the fact it's a money machine it's unfortunately pretty unlikely something like that would ever happen.

 

[arevin01]

Its been a long time since I've seen animation this good. Now I'm sad theres no more.

 

[Crash Station]

This was posted in the Anime OT. It's pretty cool:

I just saw this on Twitter. If this is true, it's goddamn epic lol:

 

[Puruzi]

Its been a long time since I've seen animation this good. Now I'm sad theres no more.

Space Dandy

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Its been a long time since I've seen animation this good. Now I'm sad theres no more.

Space Dandy

Yup. Space Dandy is even better imo, and far more consistent and good looking then just balls out crazy sakuga moments

 

[wildfire]

Exactly this.
It relies on a lot of the padding techniques that they used for DBZ. Flashbacks, long panning shots, reusing animation. There is hope that several years down the line, they do One Piece Kai, cutting down a lot of the fat. Until then, there's "One Pace", a fan project that involves editing down 2-3 episodes to match the manga and go faster.

What happened to One pace? The content started to slow down so by the time I did a quarterly check up the site was gone and someone tried continuing the project on a forum but they haven't published much since then. Where could I go for the improved edits?

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

Its been a long time since I've seen animation this good. Now I'm sad theres no more.

You can track down all the works of the animators working on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDmZM3GkYxU

 

[Russ T]

Yup. Space Dandy is even better imo, and far more consistent and good looking then just balls out crazy sakuga moments

I don't want to agree with this, but I think I agree with this.

 

[ElFly]

Doubt Murata will be anywhere close to done with it by then

Doubt One will be done either.

Unless Murata takes over the webcomic