Animation Appreciation Thread #11

We're back to the usual numbering

The Sakuga Wiki [JP] - http://www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/
Good Animation Blog - http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/
Other websites: http://pastebin.com/r2Vcy4b2

Animation on Twitter, Tumblr and Youtube:
http://pastebin.com/CQa8wU3q

Older Threads: #1-Refuge Thread #1 http://pastebin.com/ykTP0v6m

>>167

Nothing to do with being "open minded". Animation is a form of storytelling.  The animation should support the story. I have no problem with changes in style if they are used to enhance the narrative, or are justified by it. I also don't mind changes in style if the work establishes from the get-go that it does not care about such "conventions" (see MInd game). But when a cut is different simply because a certain animator was assigned to it, and nothing more, then we have a really big problem. It's incredibly jarring and it took me way out of the experience. As contrast, SSY went trough changes in style before, like in episode 10. That was good because it supported and enhanced the story in that episode.