Animation Appreciation Thread #3

The Sakuga Wiki [JP] - http://www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/
ANN Database - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/

Animation Blogs [Eng]:
http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/
http://aninomiyako.wordpress.com/

Animation Twitters [Eng]:
http://twitter.com/raito_kun
http://twitter.com/Duune99
http://twitter.com/kyouray
http://twitter.com/catsuka

Previous threads:
#1 http://dis.4chan.org/read/anime/1291816034
#2 http://dis.4chan.org/read/anime/1314681601

I want to move away from using the term "Sakuga" as it often alienates people and can be misleading. There has been a bit of backlash against the Sakuga movement lately, and I'd like to think many people come to this thread to talk about the animation and visual aspect of anime, which is something that often gets overlooked elsewhere. It would be nice if we could get a wider appreciation of visuals in the anime fandom without being seen as elitists.

>>198
This was not animated by Nakamura,
people thought it was him because the drawings look like his work.
it was Hidetsugu Ito

>>182

Oh....

First trailer for Hisashi Mori's Niji-Iro Hotaru: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW0cHdUGFms

Looks REALLY good.

>>201

Nakamura's style is apparent throughout the entire movie really. All the action scenes have fast paced action drawn at frantic angles. It has a certain kinetic energy about it that makes all of his fights so enjoyable to watch. I wish he worked on storyboards more often

>>203
Looking very nice. Love the art style.

Meanwhile Imaishi directed the BRS OP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX0_7bxD3j4
ITS OVER
2D SAKUGA IS OWARI
ENJOY CGI SAKUGA FROM NOW ON

>>203

So beautiful.

>>203
Hot damn, Hisashi Mori's designs are brilliant.

>>205
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dfA4SUFbfA

>>205
http://www.medianetjapan.com/2/20/entertainment/soko/deai.html

>>208
What was in this video?

>>210
It was a ten minute video showing a behind-the-scenes look at BRS TV's CGI.

BRS the TV has a lot more things to worry about than pure animation, anyway. Dear lord, episode 1 was terrible.

http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/seiya/
Director: Morio Hatano
Serie Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Characters Design & Chief AD: Yoshihiko Umakoshi

>Yoshihiko Umakoshi
Prepare your body for more crazy Heartcatch style action.

>>213
>Mexican
>huge Umakoshi fan

FUCK YEAH, DREAM COME TRUE

Spring is pretty filled with potential "visually great" anime:

-Hyouka (Typical KyoAni goodness)
-Eureka Seven AO (I expect it to be mediocre but with some great action sequences, like Star Driver)
-Apollon (NeoMadhouse debut)
-Saint Seiya Omega (Umakoshi as character designer and chief sakkan)
-Uchuu Kyoudai (Koji Yabuno as character designer and chief sakkan; see: http://www.pelleas.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=262)
-Tsuritama (Kenji Nakamura with a capable studio; the TV already looks better than C: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPHhFmZvI0&feature=player_embedded)

Uncertain but has potential:

-Mysterious Girlfriend X: (Ayumi Watanabe X Kenichi Konichi would be exciting, but it's fucking HOODS)

-Potential for 1 or 2 good episodes:

-Medaka Box (maybe an Imaishi storyboard?)
Fate/Zero S2 (maybe some Takeuchi action?)

http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/61025496/

So, Satou Keiichi will be directing two T&B films, Ashura, and new Saint Seiya. I hope he doesn't burn out, I have high hopes for Ashura.

>>214
Does anyone still have BlueSakuga's Umakoshi MAD? It got removed from youtube by TOEI.

>>215

Atsuya Uki is character designer on this
-Tsuritama (Kenji Nakamura with a capable studio; the TV already looks better than C: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPHhFmZvI0&feature=player_embedded)

 I'm so proud of all these indie kids getting into anime business lately.
Uki, Yotube, Mebae, Bahi JD, Rapparu

following these guys since years on the web, just amazing how they all made it.

But I kinda lost Desuran....anyone knows what he's been up to lately?

>>219

Desuran is Keisuke Kojima. He works at Gainax http://www.gainax.co.jp/gainax_staff/0038.html

btw, you forgott Garuan http://garuan.blog114.fc2.com/
and many others...

http://www.imgur.com/KmRkc.jpg
http://www.imgur.com/PjxN8.jpg
http://www.imgur.com/3rpqS.jpg
http://www.imgur.com/TIHKa.jpg
http://www.imgur.com/nlI5n.jpg

Don't ask me where this came from. I have no idea.

>>221
Where did you get that from?

>>221

Someone should scan these already.

>>222
The latest set of KyoAni's K-ON! genga and storyboard collection, I think.
http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/kyocolle/

>>224
I can't into moonspeak
How many genga/storyboard books are out for K-On?

(I'd appriciate links, I want to order them).

http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/61045121/

I'm starting to think this is being done on purpose!

4chan is down for me. Anyone else has the same problem?

>>227
I've been getting a 503 error for a fair number of hours now.

>>227
>>228
Theres a thread about it in the lounge. Some Cloudfare problems are stopping anyone who has to go through the Singapore or Los Angeles servers.

>>229
Mind linking the thread? or letting us know how to get to the lounge?

>>230
dis.4chan.org/lounge/
Has some info on the problem if you can dig through the hundreds of posts by /b/ kiddies to find it.

bah this season is pretty terrible animation-wise. The only show that's remotely interesting is Milky Holmes and maybe kinda Nisemonogatari (though like Bakemono, its pretty hit or miss). Another is competent but fairly dry visually. Which is kinda surprising since its a Tsutomu Mizushima anime. Ano Natsu suffers from the same problem, it's polished but lacks the energy of say Ano Hana (though its a much better show). I was expecting something nice from Highschool DxD given the staff, but I guess the ED was it. Kill Me Baby is a waste of talent, Symphogear is a mess, Moretsu Pirates is way too stiff in terms of EVERYTHING. Lagrange is merely okay visually and Aquarion....well it does have some really good storyboarding. The CG mechas make me want to hurl though. I guess Chihayafuru is still pretty nice in terms of direction, though I can't say the same for Persona 4. Mirai Nikki...alright I guess. Spring can't come fast enough

Smile PreCure! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3sA8XWB0c

Nisemonogatari is worse than Bakemono, I feel; much less visually interesting and much more meandering and pointless.

I don't really feel like AnoNatsu is a particularly good show, but I just hate Nagai's "sentimental pandering" direction in general.

Ufotable OVA trailers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axI7TNEzvWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wR_qSep06M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7_MmP0Om80

Naoko-san > Minori Scramble > Gyo

Eat your heart out, DEEPFAGS.

>>221


And a little bit more of these...

http://minus-k.com/nejitsu/loader/up158614.jpg
http://minus-k.com/nejitsu/loader/up158615.jpg

BTW did they release S2s?

>>235

>Gyo

God damn it Japan.....

>>235
>>237
Couldn't care less about the CGI shark. I'm just glad Ito's work is getting an anime adaptation.

>>225
They already released the storyboard for every episodes of K-ON.
I don't know how many gengas they release but they seem a bit uninteresting, animation-wise.

>>236
Ishihara's storyboard?

He sure love his fancy camera techniques.

>>234
Mari Okada's writing killed Ano Hana for him. Good thing she isn't working with him on Ano Natsu.