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[cajunator]

anyway, I'm going to work now so I'll continue this later. Although I probably wont bring it up again if people dont try to bash certain studios for something the entire medium is characteristic of.

 

[Femmeworth]

Huh, so not only does cajunator not have standards, he can't appreciate good animation.

 

[Risette]

fixed

Don't even get me started again man! And that ep isn't even 10% as scribbley as Birdy S2 gets!

anyway, I'm going to work now so I'll continue this later. Although I probably wont bring it up again if people dont try to bash certain studios for something the entire medium is characteristic of.

SHAFT is not good at using their limited amount of frames in a clever way. I thought we already covered that?

 

[cajunator]

I'm sorry if I caused nerd rage. I still love you guys.

 

[PdotMichael]

Chihayafuru 17

Hmm, the budget savings from the recap episode clearly weren't passed onto this one! That didn't really stop me from enjoying it. Team Taichi gains extra points with

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the back-up girlfriend no longer "around" to hold him back.

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that depends on how fat we're talking about...?

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http://blog-imgs-36-origin.fc2.com/i/d/u/idukidiary/201003172141478d4.jpg

 

[firehawk12]

I'm sorry if I caused nerd rage. I still love you guys.

I have your moe back, my friend.

 

[wonzo]

i didn't really mind how scribbly decode S2 got but then again i've only seen the dvd's.

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http://blog-imgs-36-origin.fc2.com/i...72141478d4.jpg

hmmmm...

apparently,

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she use to be fat but used karuta as an exercise to keep the weight off.

 

[Dresden]

apparently,

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she use to be fat but used karuta as an exercise to keep the weight off.

if moving your hands really fast is all it took to keep weight off, there would be no fat men in the world.

 

[Risette]

Old Disney movies all have intricately hand-painted backgrounds.
Generally far far far less creative control is given over to auteur types, tho, due to them being the definition of THE MAN, which is why Bill Plympton (to pick one) turned down working for them on Aladdin.

This is why I dislike Disney movies. They're so stylistically whitewashed that it's just boring to me.

 

[RurouniZel]

if moving your hands really fast is all it took to keep weight off, there would be no fat men in the world.

10/10

 

[jman2050]

SHAFT is not good at using their limited amount of frames in a clever way. I thought we already covered that?

But they are.

This is why I dislike Disney movies. They're so stylistically whitewashed that it's just boring to me.

It's not like most anime is any better in this regard.

 

[Infinite Justice]

if moving your hands really fast is all it took to keep weight off, there would be no fat men in the world.

Ice cold

 

[Dresden]

It's not like most anime is any better in this regard.

I doubt he likes most anime.

 

[wonzo]

if moving your hands really fast is all it took to keep weight off, there would be no fat men in the world.

goddamn

 

[BluWacky]

This is why I dislike Disney movies. They're so stylistically whitewashed that it's just boring to me.

Do you not get any pleasure out of seeing what a particular animator might have come up with? Like Glen Keane's character work on Tarzan, for instance? Or whoever came up with the storyboarding for this sequence? I can understand not enjoying the homogenised animation and I fully appreciate that my appreciation of some of these things is driven by childhood nostalgia, but there are still moments of excellence that I think can be appreciated. I don't see them as being that different from Ghibli films, really, in terms of being very slick and stylistically consistent. Maybe that's not what you mean, though.

EDIT: man, do I appreciate the word "appreciate". I was educated real good, honest.

 

[Ezalc]

if moving your hands really fast is all it took to keep weight off, there would be no fat men in the world.

Jumping back on the thread and being greeted by this post is awesome.

 

[Femmeworth]

Do you not get any pleasure out of seeing what a particular animator might have come up with? Like Glen Keane's character work on Tarzan, for instance? Or whoever came up with the storyboarding for this sequence? I can understand not enjoying the homogenised animation and I fully appreciate that my appreciation of some of these things is driven by childhood nostalgia, but there are still moments of excellence that I think can be appreciated. I don't see them as being that different from Ghibli films, really, in terms of being very slick and stylistically consistent. Maybe that's not what you mean, though.

This reminds me, I want Mulan on Blu-ray. >:|

 

[RurouniZel]

Do you not get any pleasure out of seeing what a particular animator might have come up with? Like Glen Keane's character work on Tarzan, for instance? Or whoever came up with the storyboarding for this sequence? I can understand not enjoying the homogenised animation and I fully appreciate that my appreciation of some of these things is driven by childhood nostalgia, but there are still moments of excellence that I think can be appreciated. I don't see them as being that different from Ghibli films, really, in terms of being very slick and stylistically consistent. Maybe that's not what you mean, though.

Always been a fan of Glen Keane. His work on Marahute was brilliant!

 

[Thoraxes]

Unless someone tells me otherwise, I don't even think S7 bomba. It did decently well for what kind of show it was. 4,000+ was it?

I know I read it around the time of both shows airing. When I take a major XIII-2 break i'll start looking for it again.

 

[Risette]

Do you not get any pleasure out of seeing what a particular animator might have come up with? Like Glen Keane's character work on Tarzan, for instance? Or whoever came up with the storyboarding for this sequence? I can understand not enjoying the homogenised animation and I fully appreciate that my appreciation of some of these things is driven by childhood nostalgia, but there are still moments of excellence that I think can be appreciated. I don't see them as being that different from Ghibli films, really, in terms of being very slick and stylistically consistent. Maybe that's not what you mean, though.

EDIT: man, do I appreciate the word "appreciate". I was educated real good, honest.

I criticize Ghibli for the same reason occasionally too, but even at their worst I don't think they bleach and scrub the style out of everything the way Disney does.

 

[7Th]

Do you not get any pleasure out of seeing what a particular animator might have come up with? Like Glen Keane's character work on Tarzan, for instance? Or whoever came up with the storyboarding for this sequence? I can understand not enjoying the homogenised animation and I fully appreciate that my appreciation of some of these things is driven by childhood nostalgia, but there are still moments of excellence that I think can be appreciated. I don't see them as being that different from Ghibli films, really, in terms of being very slick and stylistically consistent. Maybe that's not what you mean, though.

EDIT: man, do I appreciate the word "appreciate". I was educated real good, honest.

http://www.catsuka.com/player/MAD_Milt_Kahl

 

[Crash Station]

Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas 7-9

Tsundere Aldebaran is so moe.

Why does he look older now than he does in the present? Seeing what 250ish years did to the bishounen Dohko, you'd think he wouldn't look so damn youthful. Maybe they're different people.

 

[BluWacky]

Oxbridge man, eh?

Guilty as charged. My tutors would weep...

Awesome Disney MAD

Cheers for the link as always 7th. Love the Rescuers sequence, although the Sleeping Beauty stuff is astonishingly good.

 

[7Th]

Cheers for the link as always 7th. Love the Rescuers sequence, although the Sleeping Beauty stuff is astonishingly good.

Milt Kahl, the animator highlighted in that MAD, actually said something along the lines of: "my work in Rescuers is awesome, but the movie is going to suck"; he was kind of a very talented asshole.

 

[Narag]

Arjuna 11-13
I was thinking to myself the show became surprisingly decent what with the tragedy striking, Juna's inability to address it, and the suddenly very extreme threat of the Raaja. Those were my thoughts right before Sayuri's clothes disintegrated. Fuck this show.

 

[wonzo]

Arjuna 11-13
I was thinking to myself the show became surprisingly decent what with the tragedy striking, Juna's inability to address it, and the suddenly very extreme threat of the Raaja. Those were my thoughts right before Sayuri's clothes disintegrated. Fuck this show.

Itadakimasu!

 

[Branduil]

Arjuna 11-13
I was thinking to myself the show became surprisingly decent what with the tragedy striking, Juna's inability to address it, and the suddenly very extreme threat of the Raaja. Those were my thoughts right before Sayuri's clothes disintegrated. Fuck this show.

ITADAKIMASU

 

[Crash Station]

Mirai Nikki 16

Totally forget about

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Yuki's dad.

Love that guy.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Gintama 244

It always amuses me to see Japanese impressions of American culture, particularly urban culture.

It's nice to finally get another Shinsengumi arc, as well as a little added backstory for Hijikata. The basketball hilarity that overlapped with that backstory overwhelmed it to the point of distraction, which was unfortunate, and the choice on where to end this episode was poor, as there's no hook to keep you watching or any indication of how the story will develop from here. Still, a fairly good setup episode.

 

[zeroshiki]

Usagi Drop has a movie with real actors. That's where the mainstream is. Anything else is kidding yourself.

Which coincidentally comes out on BD tomorrow!

 

[firehawk12]

Which coincidentally comes out on BD tomorrow!

Preorder to increase demand for the sequel movie!

 

[Branduil]

Why does the mainstream prefer bad, amateurish filmmaking with poor acting?

 

[Ezalc]

Preorder to increase demand for the sequel movie!

What would the sequel be about amirite guys? There's nothing else for them to show. NOTHING.

 

[Haly]

Why does the mainstream prefer bad, amateurish filmmaking with poor acting?

Uneducated plebians?

 

[zeroshiki]

Because the mainstream, like most of everything, panders to the least common denominator. And they like this stuff.

What would the sequel be about amirite guys? There's nothing else for them to show. NOTHING.

This man speaks the truth.

 

[dimb]

Why does the mainstream prefer bad, amateurish filmmaking with poor acting?

Failure is easier to relate to.

 

[Haly]

There's also socio-cultural factors working against animated works that makes it difficult for a childhood love of cartoons and animation to survive the transition to adulthood.

 

[Branduil]

There's also socio-cultural factors working against animated works that makes it difficult for a childhood love of cartoons and animation to survive the transition to adulthood.

I blame Disney.

 

[Cwarrior]

I was giving pizzaroll a hard time over his love for the horrendously drawn scenes in Birdy S2 and that Naruto vs Pain ep, but apparently I have dug too deeply and greedily in this endeavor and have now unleashed a demon of the ancient world upon this thread.

fixed

Funny thing is both naruto vs pain(mole pain) and birdy s2 scenes are animated by the same person

 

[zeroshiki]

There's also socio-cultural factors working against animated works that makes it difficult for a childhood love of cartoons and animation to survive the transition to adulthood.

If we're talking about Japan and anime specifically, there is a very big stigma towards otaku as well. Worse than being seen as children, they're seen as creepy obsessives.

 

[firehawk12]

This man speaks the truth.

Japanese Dakota Fanning is going to grow up and need work!

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Chihayafuru 17

An average episode.

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Getting Taichi's girlfriend out of the picture was amusingly abrupt, but it does fit with the offhand way she was introduced. Well, those kinds of "girlfriend by default" relationships do exist.

 

[Haly]

If we're talking about Japan and anime specifically, there is a very big stigma towards otaku as well. Worse than being seen as children, they're seen as creepy obsessives.

I was thinking of America when I wrote that but I can see how it would apply to Japan as well. I'm pretty sure this is true worldwide.

Well maybe not France, country of hipsters.

 

[Ezalc]

Japanese Dakota Fanning is going to grow up and need work!

What are you talking about you silly crazy man? Why ever would she need to do such an unnecessary and completely illogical thing.

 

[Dead]

If we're talking about Japan and anime specifically, there is a very big stigma towards otaku as well. Worse than being seen as children, they're seen as creepy obsessives.

and thats being polite!

 

[Branduil]

If we're talking about Japan and anime specifically, there is a very big stigma towards otaku as well. Worse than being seen as children, they're seen as creepy obsessives.

That's probably the bigger issue in Japan itself, and one the producers of anime have no one to blame but themselves for.

 

[firehawk12]

I was thinking of America but I'm pretty sure its true worldwide.

Well maybe not France, country of hipsters.

Naw, America has all the Adult Swim shit and stuff like Archer that is "acceptable" to watch and talk about. South Park as well.

What are you talking about you silly crazy man? Why ever would she need to do such an unnecessary and completely illogical thing.

Gotta feed that inevitable coke habit?

Chihayafuru 17

An average episode.

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Getting Taichi's girlfriend out of the picture was amusingly abrupt, but it does fit with the offhand way she was introduced. Well, those kinds of "girlfriend by default" relationships do exist.

Truly, the best

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retcon

ever. It makes me believe that the writer really just forgot and then had someone remind them like 8 volumes later.

 

[Haly]

Naw, America has all the Adult Swim shit and stuff like Archer that is "acceptable" to watch and talk about. South Park as well.

I thought South Park was the very definition of crass and juvenile?

 

[dimb]

Chihayafuru 17

An average episode.

Just average? This shot didn't bump up your enjoyment of the episode?

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Truly, the best

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retcon

ever. It makes me believe that the writer really just forgot and then had someone remind them like 8 volumes later.

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It's not a retcon; a retcon would have been going back and saying that girl wasn't really Taichi's girlfriend after all.