Animation Appreciation Thread #12

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Previous thread, #11: http://dis.4chan.org/read/carcom/1362594875

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>>642

Mari Okada a shit.

>>635

Why did you even feel the need to post hyperboly to make a point. This thread really doesn't need more passive-aggressive shit. What is even everything? Character design? LWA designs had more character, they were more unique, they had easily identifiable silhouettes; Death Billiard had pleasant art but the designs were pretty standard anime fare (complete with white haired bishounen). Backgrounds? LWA's varied, detailed, hand-drawn backgrounds aren't even comparable to Death Billiard's nice-looking but repetitive and modernly CG-filled backgrounds alive. Art direction? The amount of colors used in LWA is insane; it looks more polished than most anime movies. Writing? Death Billiards tried to be more "clever" but it kinda fell flat on its face near the end with almost every single line of dialogue being redundant and overly expository; LWA was more elegant in its execution, with no superfluous elements and ultimately making every single element of the story worth something.

Death Billiards is good, but there really is no need to sell it by comparing it to a completely different short film, specially in such a "poking the bear" type of way.