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[MiguelItUp]

Whaaat, I had no idea this was happening. This is pretty cool looking!

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

Whaaat, I had no idea this was happening. This is pretty cool looking!

My thoughts exactly

 

[Come On Tars]

Looks good

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Animation looks stiff as fuck.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Man do I miss the 90's animation.

 

[Great Hair]

... fuck yeah!

 

[Deerock71]

But where do I find the sailors?

 

[zeorhymer]

I just saw that and I did not see that coming.

Edit: Where's the pachinko machines, the gatcha balls and the forklift races?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Man do I miss the 90's animation.

Me too.


Compared the Shenmue animation with this gold animation



3:03 to 6:26

 

[rollright]

Is it the same studio that does all these videogame pseudo-anime shows or what is going on? Is that a house style or does all modern anime look that shitty?

 

[Esppiral]

Looks fantastic!!!

 

[octiny]

Day 1.

 

[Punished Miku]

Good way to finish the story.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Good way to finish the story.

They need to finish the story right now.

 

[Pallas]

Woooow was not expecting this. Looks pretty cool, can we get a Yakuza anime series while we are at it?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Is it the same studio that does all these videogame pseudo-anime shows or what is going on? Is that a house style or does all modern anime look that shitty?

Hey at least it's not that 2016 Berserk anime

 

[TLZ]

Sheeeeeit. This look GOOOOD.

Needs mini games and forklift missions.

 

[Xenon]

WTF, this doesn't look bad? Im in!

It will be interesting to see if the story holds up on a different medium and how non fans receive it.

 

[Tiamat2san]

Wait…what?!?

I'm so in!!!
looks great and punchy.
Please give us the entire story and finish it while you're at it.

 

[Kokoloko85]

Nice. I love Shen Mue 1 & 2

 

[Ebele]

You wanna play a game of lucky hit?

 

[stn]

It looks amazing and I am in day one. Now I just hope they can finish the story in the anime or in the game. We have waited so long.

 

[lachesis]

Wow. I mean, all hand drawn action? Not CG stick figures in 2021? Color me impressed.

Ryo looks pretty emotionless, just like the game LOL! He actually looks even "bad-ass" like in a way. I shoudl call him "Fu-Ryo"....
He kinda looks creepy - almost like a serial killer, not a bumbling high schooler. Still, looking forward to it.

 

[Azelover]

I like this. Of course they're not gonna finish the story, but I'd be fine with it.

 

[Draugoth]

I didnt even know this was a thing lol

 

[SF Kosmo]

I knew this was happening but totally forgot. It actually looks good, maybe they'll manage to finish more of the story this way.

 

[digital_ghost]

Loved Shenmue 1 & 2. Sadly it seems my tastes have changed since i was a kid. Couldn't get into 3. However I will watch this. It looks really good.

 

[Epic Sax CEO]

I like the idea of a Shenmue anime, but I disliked the style in this trailer.
There's no charm.

 

[EDMIX]

I like the idea of a Shenmue anime, but I disliked the style in this trailer.
There's no charm.

I disagree, I felt at least 2 to 3 units of charm.....

 

[nkarafo]

Animation looks stiff as fuck.

Modern anime is about producing as many titles as possible, not as many frames.

 

[Virt McPolygon]

 

[Enjay]

I predict a 4 episode tease of a season and then a 4 year wait for the next season if it even ever gets one.

 

[Fbh]

Didn't know this was a thing, looks pretty good.

Me too.


Compared the Shenmue animation with this gold animation



3:03 to 6:26

Aesthetically that looks nicer. But the animation is pretty damn basic. You barely see them fighting, it's mostly zoomed in shots.

Just as in live action movies, it's nicer when it looks like this :

 

[Brigandier]

This actually looks good ☺

 

[GreenAlien]

Shouldn't this have arrived in 2019? Well, better late than never. Maybe I can skip 1+2 after this and jump straight to 3.

 

[Esppiral]

I like how faithful is to the games at least what has been shown in the trailer.

 

[funkygunther]

Woooow was not expecting this. Looks pretty cool, can we get a Yakuza anime series while we are at it?

We will have to make do with the live action film

Yakuza (franchise) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[The Pleasure]

This looks too good for adult swim. The budget is more than bus fare and a McDonalds 2 for 3.50. I thought Adult Swim would have given Tim and Erik five dollars to crank out another ten shows.

 

[SkylineRKR]

After playing Shenmue 3 I'd say Shenmue is better off this way.

 

[Kazza]

Looking very good! Here's the trailer in Japanese (with English subs):

 

[Keihart]

i was ready to shit on it but the fights don't look half as bad as i suspected.
Kinda hyped about it, cool.

 

[Keihart]

Shouldn't this have arrived in 2019? Well, better late than never. Maybe I can skip 1+2 after this and jump straight to 3.

Don't, 1+2 are way better than 3.
They where also games developed with the biggest budgets at their time tho, 3 was made with scraps in comparison.

 

[Keihart]

Didn't know this was a thing, looks pretty good.



Aesthetically that looks nicer. But the animation is pretty damn basic. You barely see them fighting, it's mostly zoomed in shots.

Just as in live action movies, it's nicer when it looks like this :

Good luck getting anything with the talent and budget as Knocking on heavens door now, maybe in a blue moon.

 

[WitchHunter]

People seemingly liked Attack on Titan too, so this won't stick out.

 

[Fbh]

Good luck getting anything with the talent and budget as Knocking on heavens door now, maybe in a blue moon.

Yeah these days it's hard.
Though you can still find some decent stuff as long as talented people like Yutaka Nakamura are involved and the studio is willing to give them the time and budget to really shine.

But for every 1 show (or scene really) like that you'll get 10 Ps2 era CGI ones

 

[Kenneth Haight]

... fuck yeah!

Loved this dude back in the day. The Dreamcast was so fricking good! Are these games any good on PS5/4 on back compat or will it end in disappointment like GTA3. Maybe I should leave those memories as they are.

 

[Keihart]

Yeah these days it's hard.
Though you can still find some decent stuff as long as talented people like Yutaka Nakamura are involved and the studio is willing to give them the time and budget to really shine.

But for every 1 show (or scene really) like that you'll get 10 Ps2 era CGI ones

Don't get me wrong, i think there is a lot of good animation still, but the era of huge buckets of money on passion projects it's kinda over.

And yes, Nakamura is amazing, i love his swords/sticks too, can't miss his particular style with them.

 

[Keihart]

People seemingly liked Attack on Titan too, so this won't stick out.

AoT has some baller sakuga on it, money was pouring into that show for a while.