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[Branduil]

Yes, the pay grade for CG animators are definitely higher than traditional animators. Don't kid yourself. Armed with digital arts skill sets you can also find employment across various industries, ranging from the video games, anime, advertising, or even find work overseas if you're talented enough. These options are non-existent for people who are only trained at traditional animation. This is another reason why anime directors are increasingly interested in getting more experience in working with CG, because they know that if they don't they'll be left behind eventually.

Sometimes it's better to be left behind.

Of course there's nothing wrong with CGI in certain cases.

 

[Soma]

34. Blood-C

The list is terrible. Heavily weighted towards recent anime, and the end of the list is full of joke choices. Who the heck voted for the abominable Umineko anime?

Everyone needs to experience Blood-C at least once in their life time.

 

[Crash Station]

Sometimes it's better to be left behind.

Now that's just mean.

 

[duckroll]

It might or might not be CG, but it definitely has the "good CG" look in the aesthetic. The thick outlines, the extra depth, and overall shape of the body parts, and the lighting, all seem to indicate something that looks more like a high quality game cutscene, rather than hand drawn art.

 

[Erigu]

Yeah I think it looks like CG too, but honestly, who cares? If it animates well and it looks faithful to the manga, BRING IT ON!

But Part IV seems so far away...

CG is the future of animation anyway.

First CG stagecoach due for October?

 

[Brazil]

The list is terrible. Heavily weighted towards recent anime, and the end of the list is full of joke choices. Who the heck voted for the abominable Umineko anime?

Yeah, you have a point. It's basically "people who started watching anime 5 years ago vote on their favorite animes ever."

Still...

2. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

3. Madoka Magica

4. Gintama

5. K-on!

7. Bakemonogatari

8. Natsume Yuujinchou

9. (tie) Neon Genesis Evangelion

11. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

12. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

13. Nichijou - My Ordinary Life

14. Fate/zero

15. Steins;gate

17. Detective Conan

19. (tie) Ginga e Kickoff!! (a recent soccer anime)

19. (tie) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

21. Hanasaku Iroha

22. Eureka 7

23. Squid Girl

24. Gurren Lagann

25. (tie) Atchi Kotchi (a recent 4 panel gag manga adaptation)

33. Ben-to

 

[Branduil]

Just looking at the hair, that definitely looks hand-drawn.

Also, the shading isn't mathematically accurate, which is another point towards it being hand-drawn.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

First CG stagecoach due for October?

I'm pretty sure I've seen CG stagecoaches before.

Yeah, you have a point. It's basically "people who started watching anime 5 years ago vote on their favorite animes ever."

Still...

Even with some of the shows that I like on that list, I wouldn't say they're "must see before you die" kind of shows.

 

[Erigu]

I'm pretty sure I've seen CG stagecoaches before.

You're probably right...
Ah, well! First CG chariot-pulled-by-zombie-horse!

 

[fertygo]

They should just give full adaptation of SBR at Nichigo n we all already can happy forever ;__;

I think its long airing anime to replace stuff like Bleach, and pushing another multi million for JoJo manga. Shueisha smell Phantom Blood money.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

The list is terrible. Heavily weighted towards recent anime, and the end of the list is full of joke choices. Who the heck voted for the abominable Umineko anime?

Umineko wasn't that bad but the problem was the stuff right where it ended got good then quickly worse and worse till the point that now I don't even know why I cared.
OP & ED are absolutely awesome though.

 

[Branduil]

I'm pretty sure I've seen CG stagecoaches before.

Disgusting. All horse-drawn carriages should be hand-drawn like in this beautifully rendered and epic scene.

 

[Erigu]

I think its long airing anime to replace stuff like Bleach

I was about to say "and no need for filler either!", but then I remembered the new Hunter x Hunter series...

 

[Articalys]

.

 

[Branduil]

Reading that synopsis hurts my brain. Can I get one in real English?

 

[BGBW]

Yuru Yuri S2 1-
The second half of the episode turns to that hotsprings part I referenced earlier. It's got some steam-censorship,

Technically the steam isn't really censorship here. They've got soapsud covered bodies underneath so you don't see anything anywho.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...-the-anime-that-you-should-see-before-you-die

For the lulz poll, apparently.

Even a shitty "my first anime" poll consisting of new shows doesn't include Mitsudomoe.

Spoiler

I'm not saying Mitsudomoe is an anime you have to watch before you die... or perhaps I am

 

[duckroll]

Reading that synopsis hurts my brain. Can I get one in real English?

Okay lemme help you out. It's about a bunch of fucking childish people doing dumb shit. Just like almost every other anime!

 

[Femmeworth]

Okay lemme help you out. It's about a bunch of fucking childish people doing dumb shit. Just like almost every other KyoAni production!

Sounds fun.

 

[BGBW]

So you may or may not recall that, late last year, KyoAni greenlit an anime project based on one of the novels entered in their light novel contests that they never actually formally declared anyone winners for, only honorable mentions.

Well, a new teaser site seems to have been just launched for that project: http://www.anime-chu-2.com/

Chu 2 Boyo. The Tale of a mouse turned Welsh.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Disgusting. All horse-drawn carriages should be hand-drawn like in this beautifully rendered and epic scene.

I need to watch Glass Fleet someday.

 

[duckroll]

Sounds fun.

No, most KyoAni produtions are about characters hanging around doing nothing.

 

[Articalys]

.

 

[Branduil]

Okay lemme help you out. It's about a bunch of fucking childish people doing dumb shit. Just like almost every other anime!

It does look pretty bad.

 

[Dresden]

Design is surprisingly ugly for kyoani, especially after hyouka and nichijou.

 

[Femmeworth]

My apologies, I left out the explaination of what "chunibyo" is. I'll copy this into the post as well:

the belief that one is special compared to everyone else

Harsh. Being Japanese must be suffering.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Design is surprisingly ugly for kyoani, especially after hyouka and nichijou.

That was my first thought; looks like a Key character.

 

[firehawk12]

So you may or may not recall that, late last year, KyoAni greenlit an anime project based on one of the novels entered in their light novel contests that they never actually formally declared anyone winners for, only honorable mentions.

A bit of background about the term "chunibyo":And the actual novel plot:
Anyway, a new teaser site seems to have been just launched for that project: http://www.anime-chu-2.com/

Huh, a while ago I was wondering how someone would write a spec script in Japan for animu, and maybe the studios really do just accept scripts (or light novels) blindly and then just make shows based on good ideas.

Really, it's gotta be the cheapest way to get free ideas, especially if you just make all contest entrants give up any rights to their work after it is submitted. lol

My apologies, I left out the explaination of what "chunibyo" is. I'll copy this into the post as well:
The comedian Hikaru Ijūin coined the term "chūnibyō" (literally, "middle-school second-grade disease") for adolescent thoughts that teenagers commonly have — especially delusions of grandeur or the belief that one is special compared to everyone else.

Also, I thought that was only American kids.

 

[sonicmj1]

Reading that synopsis hurts my brain. Can I get one in real English?

"Chūnibyō" means "8th grader's disease" and refers to kids who try to act all cool and mature and grownup when they have no idea what that means. So they come across like emotionally stunted idiots. Severe cases (like this show, apparently) might pretend they have magical powers and shit. Kuroneko is a chunibyo. I've seen one definition refer to it as "pretentious hipster bullshit."

So basically, school romance with some wacky otaku-types thrown in. Definitely squarely in KyoAni's moneymaking wheelhouse.

 

[Branduil]

I need to watch Glass Fleet someday.

 

[firehawk12]

"Chūnibyō" means "8th grader's disease" and refers to kids who try to act all cool and mature and grownup when they have no idea what that means. So they come across like emotionally stunted idiots. Severe cases (like this show, apparently) might pretend they have magical powers and shit. Kuroneko is a chunibyo. I've seen one definition refer to it as "pretentious hipster bullshit."

So basically, school romance with some wacky otaku-types thrown in. Definitely squarely in KyoAni's moneymaking wheelhouse.

Ah, that doesn't sound as American then. lol

 

[Femmeworth]

That was my first thought; looks like a Key character.

But KyoAni isn't above KEY character designs.

 

[Brazil]

Ginga e Kickoff!! 9

Two out of the three Furuyas are pricks. Ouzou is awesome, though. But still, in the end, they

Spoiler

did massacre the lesser team, as expected.

I think it was a big mistake for them to tease Reika 2.0 during the OP and the ED. It seems like it'll take so long for the change to happen...

 

[Branduil]

Design is surprisingly ugly for kyoani, especially after hyouka and nichijou.

It's extremely pedestrian and typical. I guess they lost more money on Nichijou than we thought if they're pumping out crap like that now.

 

[duckroll]

Huh, a while ago I was wondering how someone would write a spec script in Japan for animu, and maybe the studios really do just accept scripts (or light novels) blindly and then just make shows based on good ideas.

Really, it's gotta be the cheapest way to get free ideas, especially if you just make all contest entrants give up any rights to their work after it is submitted. lol

They're not accepting scripts though. They were accepting novels.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

But KyoAni isn't above KEY character designs.

Even KyoAni's designs for Clannad looked better than this, honestly.

 

[firehawk12]

Ginga e Kickoff!! 9

Two out of the three Furuyas are pricks. Ouzou is awesome, though. But still, in the end, they

Spoiler

did massacre the lesser team, as expected.

I think it was a big mistake for them to tease Reika 2.0 during the OP and the ED. It seems like it'll take so long for the change to happen...

Well, there's another tease in the OP that they're not even close to resolving yet, so it seems like this show is going for the long game and they made one OP just because it's cheaper. lol

They're not accepting scripts though. They were accepting novels.

Yeah, I included that in parenthesis. I suppose if you're some writer desperate to get noticed and you have a script, it shouldn't be all that difficult to turn it into a light novel. Heck, some English scripts almost read like light novels anyway, depending on the writer.

 

[sonicmj1]

It's extremely pedestrian and typical. I guess they lost more money on Nichijou than we thought if they're pumping out crap like that now.

Given the title and stuff, I doubt she'll be treated sympathetically for running around with an umbrella and an eyepatch for no reason.

 

[Dresden]

But KyoAni isn't above KEY character designs.

They fix them pretty well.

to

 

[Brazil]

Well, there's another tease in the OP that they're not even close to resolving yet, so it seems like this show is going for the long game and they made one OP just because it's cheaper. lol

I take it you're talking about

Spoiler

the blonde kid

, haha. Yeah, that seems to be the case.

 

[Branduil]

The most striking thing is how bad the hair looks compared to recent KyoAni works.

 

[Brazil]

The most striking thing is how bad the hair looks compared to recent KyoAni works.

It looks straight out of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san. Ahoge and all.

 

[BGBW]

"Chūnibyō" means "8th grader's disease" and refers to kids who try to act all cool and mature and grownup when they have no idea what that means. So they come across like emotionally stunted idiots.

New term for the XBox Live crowd then?

 

[firehawk12]

I take it you're talking about

Spoiler

the blonde kid

, haha. Yeah, that seems to be the case.

Yep, exactly!

 

[PdotMichael]

They fix them pretty well.

I don't see a difference between the two sceenshots - just a different coloring.

 

[BGBW]

It looks straight out of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san. Ahoge and all.

So they are combining that with the eyepatch from Another and the umbrella from Upotte.

 

[chickdigger802]

kids.

pretty sure the anime will look nice and moeblob. don't worry!

 

[Dresden]

kids.

pretty sure the anime will look nice and moeblob. don't worry!

YOUR AVATAR HAS AN UGLY HAT AND HER OUTFIT SUCKS

 

[PdotMichael]

So they are combining that with the eyepatch from Another and the umbrella from Upotte.

That's the KyoAni magic!

 

[Brazil]

So they are combining that with the eyepatch from Another and the umbrella from Upotte.

Dat pandering.

YOUR AVATAR HAS AN UGLY HAT AND HER OUTFIT SUCKS

Hey, get off Sawa.

 

[Femmeworth]

So they are combining that with the eyepatch from Another and the umbrella from Upotte.

It's not like KyoAni is know for their originality!