What style of animation do you preffer?

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Post by kearlywi » Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:04 am

Early computer aided animes repulsed me; they had almost no shading and little detail. The exception to these early computer aided animes was Bebop, which still looks as good as any anime today (5 years later). However, the potential of computer anime is starting to really come out, like in animes such as Full Metal Panic, Noir, and Last Exile.

I like old school hand drawn anime more, because it tends to have more detail and fluidity (Escaflowne, Neon Genesis Evangelion). However, hand drawn anime has kind of a "dirty" look to it, or at least compared to computer aided animation, which is very sharp, clean, and precise.

I would probably like computer anime more if not for some really cheesy looking computer animes, such as Big O (looks american to me) and Ninja scroll TV (looks like "undergrads" in places).

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Post by CaTaClYsM » Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:31 am

Lets not be to forgiving on the new stuff. It still looks like a paint shop pro flood fill was used for the coloring, and I've noticed the same repeated and reused frames.

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Post by Jebadia » Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:42 am

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Post by Scintilla » Tue Dec 09, 2003 2:46 am

CaTaClYsM wrote:Lets not be to forgiving on the new stuff. It still looks like a paint shop pro flood fill was used for the coloring, and I've noticed the same repeated and reused frames.
I probably haven't seen enough animé (new OR old) to really know what kind of problem you're talking about.

All I know is that I loved the GAiNAX/Production I.G visuals of FLCL, and I also think Onegai Teacher and O. Twins are really well animated, especially all those background/landscape shots. A real visual treat (no, I'm not talking about the fanservice).

FY: Eikou Den didn't impress me as much, but maybe that's because of the problems with the story (they took the manga and compressed it to fit 4 OAV episodes, thereby losing quite a bit in the process, from what I've read of the translated manga summaries online)... or perhaps it's the attempt at integrating obvious CG with more conventional animation (Suzaku, Seiryuu, and Byakko come to mind).
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Post by Mroni » Tue Dec 09, 2003 5:10 am

This is easy

1.Rumiko Takahashi

2.Kenichi Sonoda

3.Ken akamatsu

Cuter is always better!

Right now the best animation is being done by Gonzo studio.

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Post by kenshin1312 » Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:13 am

Something that's similar to Love Hina style, I guess.

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Post by CaTaClYsM » Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:32 am

Scintilla wrote:
CaTaClYsM wrote:Lets not be to forgiving on the new stuff. It still looks like a paint shop pro flood fill was used for the coloring, and I've noticed the same repeated and reused frames.
I probably haven't seen enough animé (new OR old) to really know what kind of problem you're talking about.

All I know is that I loved the GAiNAX/Production I.G visuals of FLCL, and I also think Onegai Teacher and O. Twins are really well animated, especially all those background/landscape shots. A real visual treat (no, I'm not talking about the fanservice).

FY: Eikou Den didn't impress me as much, but maybe that's because of the problems with the story (they took the manga and compressed it to fit 4 OAV episodes, thereby losing quite a bit in the process, from what I've read of the translated manga summaries online)... or perhaps it's the attempt at integrating obvious CG with more conventional animation (Suzaku, Seiryuu, and Byakko come to mind).
Yes, but FLCL and Onegai Techer are the exception, not the rule. Animation wise Angel Sanctuary is a good example of what I don't like, same for Angelic Layer and I really don't want to go down the list any further than that. :?

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Post by shai-hulud » Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:11 pm

I liked the unique animation of Azumanga Daioh. It's simple but very fluid.

I also like the animation on R.O.D and the tv series that followed it.
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Post by sunandshadow » Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:46 pm

Utena has the most beautiful animation I can think of offhand. And I also like CLAMP. Ranma 1/2 doesn't have such pretty character designs, but it's SDs are extremely expressive, I think that's a virtue of animation. I absolutely hated the animation style of Kare Kano.

Here's something I wonder - why are anime horses always so ugly? They're ugly in Fushigi Yuugi, in Berserk, in everything I can think of that has horses. Maybe I've discovered the one area in which the western art style is superior to the Japanese one. ^_~
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Post by azulmagia » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:14 pm

What about Pegasus in Sailor Moon Super S?

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