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.

http://bahijd.tumblr.com/
>>280 sakuga in video games!
These are one of the greatest sprite animations I've ever seen in the history of fighting games.

I like the spark animations,  some Kanada style FX http://bahijd.tumblr.com/post/17823970666/bahi-jd-fx-animation-for-skullgirls

koneko no studio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypU9WxhQEtw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISxrmQC4jLg

anybody else interested in seeing how Muvluv Alt: TE will turn out? The tests for the CGI mecha don't look half bad, they look pretty decently shaded. Kinda surprising since Satelight didn't really do a good job with the CGI on Macross Frontier. Or Aquarion Evol for that matter. I really hope that we get some good 2D animated bits and pieces here and there, age seems to actually give a crap about the adaptions for its stuff.

THE RETURN OF THE GIANT NIGGER FAGGOT!

>>283
I've been enjoying the CGI in Evol. It's a step up from Macross Frontier and a massive step up from the 1st Aquarion. I especially love the very detailed backgrounds the show has.
CGI has certainly improved a lot in the last few years, and since a studio like Satellite pride themselves in their CGI work, they always seem to be improving.

I know in the early days CGI was really despised because of how cheap and low budget it looked, but I think things are finally starting to mature for the CGI in anime.

As for MLA:TE, the run-jump-shoot-land scene towards the end of that video is nicely framed and laid out. I guess they chose CGI because they didn't want to tone down the complex mecha designs for the sake of animating them. Budget wise using CGI was probably cheaper and much more doable.

>enyoying tthe CG in Evol

Things like that make me sick. This thread is starting to smell.

Fuck these CG apologists. Call me once they learn how to properly do CG that doesn't look like ragdolls.

Feel free to leave. This thread might be better without you.

I have nothing against CG, but it really doesn't fit in this thread. Unless you guys are now able to tell CG animators apart.

>>288
>Unless you guys are now able to tell CG animators apart

This is animation appreciation thread, not animators' cock sucking thread.

Sakura-Con 2012 Guest of Honor: Kawajiri Yoshiaki
http://www.sakuracon.org/programming/guests/index.php?guest=yoshiaki

i understand what you mean. you want beautiful anime art then try watching a movie called "summer wars"

try watching "summer wars"

New Nijiiro Hotaru's trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPOnRKvxWqw

I don't even know what the fuck are you guys talking about, but Aquarion Evol's CG doesn't look good at all. It's still low-poly, poorly textured shit. Like Frontier.

Now, this is some goodass CG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcksf_FbgvM

>>294
It's nice cel shaded CG - but totally different kind of CG to Aquarion's more grounded colors..

>It's still low-poly, poorly textured shit.
That is debatable. Show me an example of the counter then, something you deem high poly and nicely textured.

In TV animation? There is nothing of the sort. And it's a problem because unlike 2D animation, cheap CG that tries to be "realistic and grounded" will always look bad.

In terms of counter-examples... do you really have to ask when you have high-budget CG movies coming out constantly?

>2012
>actually watching Evol
>having actually watched Macross frontier

Get some standards man.

Enough of the CGI rabble
>>293
YES. This movie looks amazing.
IS this the first time Mori is doing character designs?

>>294
Wow the CG in those Precure ED get better and better

I wonder how long until they decide to do an entire Precure in full CG

What's your opinion on Gyo?

glad you changed the topic >>300

my opinion about Gyo....

I have read the manga of Gyo,

and the Anime as an adaptation is the biggest shit ever,

Gyo anime is just crap from any aspects compared to the original manga.

Ito is a powerful and visionary mangaka, and if they treat his work like this, they deserve to be called shit.

>>302

Finally.
I was scared to share my opinion about the Gyo anime. Thanks stranger!

I totally agree with you, I'm also a huge fan of Ito sensei and the anime is just shit.
It wasn't even scary at all. But it was so bad that I actually enjoyed it.

only the ending had a nice Ito atmosphere

I didn't Watch the manga, but i liked Gyo
it was crazy some how, for me it was something new
Ufotable did good job

from looking at the 1st Chapter
they do changed a lot of the story

Is it just me or the last 3 posts reek of samefag?
Random capitalization, terrible punctuation and the use of odd grammar.

>implying Gyo is some kind of refined work of art

Are these people for real?

any news from the japanese sakuga community. This thread is getting weak

http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/kotenbu/gallery/

I wonder if Kyoto Animation is considered the best at lighting effects.  That soft sunset lighting looks really good and helps convey a nice atmosphere.

>>307
Real unfortunate all that skill is not put into another FMP.

>>308
I wonder if you FMPfags will ever give it a rest.

Animation Spotlight - Yutaka Nakamura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuHymXxUxW0

I still haven't watched FMP:TSR.
Is the animation good?

I tried to watch the series but couldn't get pass the first few episodes of the first season because the show sucks so hard at everything.

>>307

I dunno, there are a lot of studios really good at lighting effects. KyoAni is good for sure, but I don't think what they do is better than IG's stuff.

>>309
Why? Another FMP by KyoAni would be spectacular. Aren't you tired of their SoL/comedy?

>>313
I would rather have more Munto than FMP.

>>313

I'd rather have a completely unrelated action show. No need to keep carry around the name of the FMP franchise.

>>314

Munto is a bad show, though. A bad show with good animation but a bad show nevertheless.

>>311
Season 1 goes up and down between boring and decent. The final few episodes are pretty good.

Fumoffu is when they switch to KyoAni and this just covers the SoL aspects of the show. It has some really fun and excellent comedy episodes.

TSR is a mixed bag, it has some top grade KyoAni action animation, but there are one or two moments where you think they should just fucking get on with the plot already. It's miles better than season 1 however.

The OVA is just SoL and fanservice.

It's up to you if you want to watch it, I personally really like the series, action and characters and think KyoAni would probably do the last arc really good justice because of their high level of craftsmanship. I think you should give FMP another chance, its certainly one of the better shows out there.

I think people want KyoAni to go back to FMP is because people are getting tired of KyoAni doing SoL/Moe shows and feel the need for something with story again, since they did a good FMP adaptation and that is unfinished, fans often put forward that FMP should be the one to get the next animation treatment. Often shows with stories do better in the western fandom than shows that are simply SoL/moe. Hence why you read people want more FMP in the west fandom than the Japanese fandom.

I can't vouch for Munto, but what I've heard is the story is very dire and overly complex. Not worth watching just for the sake of animation.

Behind the scene video of Studio 4C's Johnny Walker animated short.

http://youtu.be/SuESWEcVJEg

>>317

I watched FMP and I wouldn't dislike another season by KyoAni, but I'd prefer if they did something different. Action, SoL, whatever. I just don't think FMP deserves the KyoAni treatment more than any other franchise.

Will Minori Scramble and Naoko-san be one-hour long movies like Gyo, will they slowly release individual episodes or just release the whole batch for each individual OVA on one DVD/BD? I want to know how much I'll have to wait to see those because they look so fun.