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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -6| How much lower can we go?!
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Chet Rippo
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They're like this thread, but in the real world.
Saw Otomo's short and also Morita's one last year at the Annecy Anime Film Festival (and chatted with both), on a big screen, and yes, it looks really great. Morita's cel-shading, especially regarding facial animation, is way better than what he delivered with Freedom. Impressive. And the Otomo short is a technical masterpiece.
Can't wait to watch the other shorts.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I think you summed up my issue with ToraDora more eloquently than I ever could.
Ultimadrago
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Impossible!
Well....hmm...
Chet Rippo
Member
Well, without the anonymity.
Our anime club was awesome.
All the original members left though.
Used to watch stuff like Gundam, Harlock, GTO, Cromartie high School, NukuNuku, gunsmith Cats, Cowboy Bebop, Yakitate Japan...
Futari Wa Precure 36
The
, but he has a plan. He is only guarded by two stupid zakennas,
. The Zakennas go after him and the most powerful of the three villains helps track him down. However, Nagisa and Honoka catch wind of the escape via Porun's future telepathy, and they meet him in the forest. However the villain captures
and Porun. the Precure manage to stave off the villain and rescue Porun, but as the enemy retreats
is swept away with them. Oh well now they have to start all over again finding him. At least stuff is happening now.
All the original members left though.
Used to watch stuff like Gundam, Harlock, GTO, Cromartie high School, NukuNuku, gunsmith Cats, Cowboy Bebop, Yakitate Japan...
Futari Wa Precure 36
The
guardian of the stones is still in the birdcage
so he distracts them and escapes from the cage and jumps out the window towards the forest
the guardian
the guardian
You went to a Kino's today also? I picked up another copy of Kaoru Mori and filled my points card for a free Mini Danbo (plain version). A good day.
Hyouka 4 (Rewatch)
Brainstorming time! The premise of this episode sounds like it would be impossible to make it work: Four people go into a house and talk about stuff for 20 minutes.
Fortunately, that's no problem for a show like this, and it even contributes perfectly to what I think they were trying to get at with the series. Props to Animation DO's Eisaku Kawanami and Kayo Hikiyama for helming the episode.
Again, the highlight of little details and the minuteness with which everything in the world of Hyouka is depicted complement the whacky stylish brainstorming parts perfectly. This episode we had some neat cycling sakuga and a nice shot of Chitanda's "Yamato Nadeshiko" side when she is making the rice balls. But I think the prize of this episode goes to the background art.
It looks and feels really dignified for the whole episode, that's something I appreciate since not even most Kyoani shows can consistently deliver such great art (compare with Chuu2 for an example), let alone the majority of TV anime. Here in Hyouka they feel like they belong on a feature film most of the time.
Such good backgrounds are given enough room to shine, and it really establishes a sense of place, especially in Chitanda's house.
The amount of different parts of the house that got focus is really big, and we actually get to see a good part of Chitanda's house which makes the impression that it's fucking big very close. Reminds me of those times when we got to hang out in a really big country house one friend has, they captured that feeling of a gigantic house very well (although my friend's house isn't at all traditional nor Japanese and so that aspect was a bit lost on me).
The nice visual depictions of the brainstorming are back in full force this time. Something I liked about this was that the visuals got progressively less abstract and more human-like (in terms of closeness to the "real-life" design of the anime) as the events were getting more and more clear and concise. From Chitanda's stick figures to Oreki's full humans and backgrounds, it made for a nice progression. Regarding those last "visuals", they were pretty overdramatized, what with the shots of students with the fire as BG, or the back of Sekitani Jun as he was "walking out" of the school.
Hyouka's first arc is around the climax point by this time, and taking into account the three episodes it spans, it's by this point the most "serious" the show has gotten. Most people seem to think it's the worst arc, but personally I preferred it to the film arc when it aired. Let's see if my view changes with this rewatch.
Brainstorming time! The premise of this episode sounds like it would be impossible to make it work: Four people go into a house and talk about stuff for 20 minutes.
Fortunately, that's no problem for a show like this, and it even contributes perfectly to what I think they were trying to get at with the series. Props to Animation DO's Eisaku Kawanami and Kayo Hikiyama for helming the episode.
Again, the highlight of little details and the minuteness with which everything in the world of Hyouka is depicted complement the whacky stylish brainstorming parts perfectly. This episode we had some neat cycling sakuga and a nice shot of Chitanda's "Yamato Nadeshiko" side when she is making the rice balls. But I think the prize of this episode goes to the background art.
It looks and feels really dignified for the whole episode, that's something I appreciate since not even most Kyoani shows can consistently deliver such great art (compare with Chuu2 for an example), let alone the majority of TV anime. Here in Hyouka they feel like they belong on a feature film most of the time.
Such good backgrounds are given enough room to shine, and it really establishes a sense of place, especially in Chitanda's house.
The amount of different parts of the house that got focus is really big, and we actually get to see a good part of Chitanda's house which makes the impression that it's fucking big very close. Reminds me of those times when we got to hang out in a really big country house one friend has, they captured that feeling of a gigantic house very well (although my friend's house isn't at all traditional nor Japanese and so that aspect was a bit lost on me).
The nice visual depictions of the brainstorming are back in full force this time. Something I liked about this was that the visuals got progressively less abstract and more human-like (in terms of closeness to the "real-life" design of the anime) as the events were getting more and more clear and concise. From Chitanda's stick figures to Oreki's full humans and backgrounds, it made for a nice progression. Regarding those last "visuals", they were pretty overdramatized, what with the shots of students with the fire as BG, or the back of Sekitani Jun as he was "walking out" of the school.
I really liked this shot for some reason. Would that be a glimpse into the library woman from next episode? Ha.
Hyouka's first arc is around the climax point by this time, and taking into account the three episodes it spans, it's by this point the most "serious" the show has gotten. Most people seem to think it's the worst arc, but personally I preferred it to the film arc when it aired. Let's see if my view changes with this rewatch.
Ok, my google skills have failed me...
I know we had that AOTY thread and Fate Zero and Hyouka were in the top 5. I can find Fate Zero on CR, but for the life of me, i can't seem to find where i can watch hyouka. Can you guys tell me where? Its not in the OP's schedule or in the "countdown for shows" link. I really want to watch it >.<
EDIT: Go figure lol, the person above me posts about hyouka
I know we had that AOTY thread and Fate Zero and Hyouka were in the top 5. I can find Fate Zero on CR, but for the life of me, i can't seem to find where i can watch hyouka. Can you guys tell me where? Its not in the OP's schedule or in the "countdown for shows" link. I really want to watch it >.<
EDIT: Go figure lol, the person above me posts about hyouka
It was never licensed for English-language streaming by anyone. Madness, I know.
You'll have to use dirty methods to watch Hyouka. It's the only way.
Ah okay, that's kind of insane lol. Well thanks for the response guys
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Tell me, what do they like?My anime club sucks
They didn't really like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Cásate conmigo.
Mmm, looks good.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
See Hito? There's no reason why people can't enjoy both!
Gotta sell dem clothes man.
Lovely. What are the odds we get some sort of limited release in select theaters across the sea? =]
Is this a series of shorts?
dakkumauji
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Razgriz-Specter
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Robotics;Notes 19
Finally, its about time.
Finally, its about time.
Dragoshi1
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Master of Epic: The Animation Age
Completed in one sitting, massive parody of RPG and MMO tropes, and it had me in stitches multiple times.
It's based on the MMO of the same name, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't have an English release, I saw some gameplay and it looked pretty fun.
Now to catch up on Boku wa Tomodachi NEXT.
Completed in one sitting, massive parody of RPG and MMO tropes, and it had me in stitches multiple times.
It's based on the MMO of the same name, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't have an English release, I saw some gameplay and it looked pretty fun.
Now to catch up on Boku wa Tomodachi NEXT.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Does it make up for the Blood-C CGI scandal?
dakkumauji
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Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 09
These are some very ugly animated and looking townspeople. Which is silly cause they looked fine in earlier shots.
Beginning was meh, but the big grand speech in the middle was nicely done.
These are some very ugly animated and looking townspeople. Which is silly cause they looked fine in earlier shots.
Beginning was meh, but the big grand speech in the middle was nicely done.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh wow, she has a new book?
Oh shit, that doesn't look bad at all.
They're using some kind of line-weighting shaders to make the CGI look more hand-drawn. It reminds me of the CGI in Time of Eve.
The designs look really good in the slower shots, but I think during the quicker action the designs are so busy that it's not going to look as appealing as well-done traditional animation. Simplicity isn't always a sin.
Simplicity doesn't exist if we're talking about Katoki's visual style though. There's a reason why he's engineering the more complex grade Gundam model kits these days instead of doing mechanical design for animation. The extremely complex and busy look -is- Katoki. It's what fans expect of him, and it's what he likes to portray in mechanical detailing. The look is perfect for him.
Plus, it's clearly not entirely CG. The effects mostly look traditionally animated.
Yeah, they are, and they look really good.
I'm not saying it looks bad, necessarily, but I think there can be drawbacks to using really detailed designs. The suits look the best in that slow-motion shot near the beginning.
Still, CG mecha would be way more acceptable if they all looked like that.
Oh wow, that looks great. I actually had no idea Otomo was working on something.
And it comes out on my birthday too.
I agree, there are definitely drawbacks. Like I said, there's a reason why he hasn't been very active doing animation designs anymore, because it's just kinda impractical for any sort of budget. But it's kinda cool for a short like this though. It looks like a really dreamy hyper-realistic sci-fi anime filled with detail. If it were any longer, it would probably get really weird.
Even with Gundam Unicorn, where Sunrise tried their hardest to do really nice detailed 2D animated mecha scenes, they have had to use increasingly more and more CG in each installment because their animators were just dying. Lol.
That's what Katoki designs do to people.
I agree, there are definitely drawbacks. Like I said, there's a reason why he hasn't been very active doing animation designs anymore, because it's just kinda impractical for any sort of budget. But it's kinda cool for a short like this though. It looks like a really dreamy hyper-realistic sci-fi anime filled with detail. If it were any longer, it would probably get really weird.
Even with Gundam Unicorn, where Sunrise tried their hardest to do really nice detailed 2D animated mecha scenes, they have had to use increasingly more and more CG in each installment because their animators were just dying. Lol.
That's what Katoki designs do to people.
Well, CGI is definitely a godsend for designers like him, as it's much more suitable for that kind of detail. Hopefully we get more CGI that uses techniques like line-weighting to at least give it more of a hand-drawn feel.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Even with Gundam Unicorn, where Sunrise tried their hardest to do really nice detailed 2D animated mecha scenes, they have had to use increasingly more and more CG in each installment because their animators were just dying. Lol.
That's what Katoki designs do to people.
Pussies.
I'm not one to talk at all.
dakkumauji
Member
Problem Children and Some Flute Stroking 08
Not bad. First part was a little meh with the result but at least they're gonna start the action (again) next episode.
Not bad. First part was a little meh with the result but at least they're gonna start the action (again) next episode.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Maoyuu Maou Yuusha is still a bad adaptation, but the revelation at the end of episode 9 is probably the most interesting and evocative thing I've seen this season. It makes me wish that was the bulk of the show, actually.
Theonik
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I think it's this month. In 2 weeks I think?When are the last two episodes of GuP being aired again? It's this month, right?
WAIT WHO CARES A YUKARI DOUJIN JUST GOT SCANED OMG. Oh damn! Take that Yukari!! taaaakeee itttttt!!! ヽ(≧Д≦
Excellent news.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Priorities Managed.When are the last two episodes of GuP being aired again? It's this month, right?
WAIT WHO CARES A YUKARI DOUJIN JUST GOT SCANED OMG. Oh damn! Take that Yukari!! taaaakeee itttttt!!! ヽ(≧Д≦
I can't wait.
Also, Branduil, the top of your avatar being cut off has triggered some weird compulsion inside of me. If you'd like, take one of these:
Awesome!
WAIT WHO CARES A YUKARI DOUJIN JUST GOT SCANED OMG. Oh damn! Take that Yukari!! taaaakeee itttttt!!! ヽ(≧Д≦
Awesome.
I'm still waiting for more people to see the second OAV episode. There's a scene that I think a British self-proclaimed comedy aficionado like BGBW would appreciate.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Chihayafuru 8
Moe.
I will say, as seemingly the lone complainer, this is how I would like the show to be paced - especially if they're not willing to actually take the time/budget to go into the lives of the opponents that they face.
Although, the ending makes no sense since they basically revealed that
Oh, and I guess related to that, Engrish alart, Engrish alart!
And the actual ending of the episode was hilarious because of all that it implies.
Moe.
I will say, as seemingly the lone complainer, this is how I would like the show to be paced - especially if they're not willing to actually take the time/budget to go into the lives of the opponents that they face.
Although, the ending makes no sense since they basically revealed that
the characters don't speak English earlier. Continuity error for the sake of a good ending to the match I suppose. lol
And the actual ending of the episode was hilarious because of all that it implies.
Arata got that swagger, bro.
Does a giant foot come down and crush someone? Or do they end up fighting in WW1?
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