Animation Appreciation Thread #11

We're back to the usual numbering

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>>185
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wklTlsbX6mw

>>184
>>201

what is squash and stretch

>>202

It's not squash and stretch.
This has to do with timing, not the drawings.

>>203

implying s&s doesn't also have a degree of timing to it. Holding some drawings produces better results

>>196
he used the pseudonym "Sodama Moruho" (遡玉洩穂)
That toally hides his name right hehe

Someone at KyoAni has been watching old western cartoons?
http://i.imgur.com/SoLlowu.gif

>>206
I don't get it. Seitokai Yakuindomo had better loony toons style cuts.

>>206
What makes you think so?

>>206
Tamaket has a rather cartoony animation style in general.

Speaking of Tamako Market, no Ishidate in the last episode?

>>210
Kyoukai no Kanata, here we come!

>>210
Want some food for the thought?

-Before Tamako Market, Ishidate had directed the finale for the three KyoAni TV anime in a row (shared in Hyouka's case and solo in the other two).
-Similarly, he'd directed multiple episodes in every new KyoAni TV anime since 2006 but just recently broke the tradition by only supervising one episode in both Chuu2Koi and Tamako Market (the last episode for the former, episode 7 along with Ishihara in the latter). Considering his involvement with the studio doesn't seem to have decreased at all, it's easy to guess he's busy with something.
-Among the KyoAni members that haven't had as much spotlight as expected there's also Chise Kamoi, who for the first time in a couple years hasn't been picked as the animation director of a single episode in one of their shows.
-In a mass update of their CM staff list, KyoAni revealed that the Kyoukai no Kanata promo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK1fLm4VrDA) had Ishidate as the director/storyboarder and Chise Kamoi as the character designer. Considering Chuu2Koi's success and the length of KyoAni's production schedule, it could very well be that the project's in early stages so they haven't been able to do much in other series. Late 2013/early 2014 Kyoukai no Kanata adaptation? Sounds likely to me.

http://archive-scans.blogspot.co.at/2013/03/jin-roh-screenboard-book.html

Jin-Roh storyboard

>>212

I hope not...

>>206

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w&t=2m10s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0UN4UQtUx4

Thoughts? It still has that bouncy and rubbery look that betrays its true nature if you ask me.

>>216
That's an interesting bit of software. It works rather well when zooming out, but when the mecha moves into the final pose it looks a bit weird. Maybe there should be less in-betweens when going through the frames 5,6, and 7 for some Obari-like timing?

>>213
Awesome!

I still think it's not okay for Bahi to post the download link of this storyboard on his twitter like that...

KyoAni Staff

Directors
Yoshiji Kigami*
Tatsuya Ishihara*
Yasuhiro Takmoto*
Noriyuki Kitanohara
Taichi Ishidate
Naoko Yamada
Hiroko Utsumi (Animation Do)
Eisaku Kawanami (Animation Do)
Taichi Ogawa
Rika Outa

Animation Directors
Kazumi Ikeda (Animation Do, currently working at the Kyoto office?)
Shoko Ikeda*
Hiroyuki Takahashi (Didn't work as AD on Tamako Market)
Futoshi Nishiya
Yukiko Horiguchi
Chiyoko Ueno
Miku Kadowaki (Animation Do)
Nobuaki Maruki
Seiichi Akitake
Chise Kamoi (Didn't work as AD on Tamako Market)
Kayo Hikiyama (Animation Do)
Nao Naito

Former AD
Mariko Takahashi (Animation Do)

Recently left
Kazuya Sakamoto

* = members of the Board of Directors

SHAFT being SHAFT
http://youtu.be/Ox-9vqORJos

>>220

Ughh that feels like an AMV.... The execution is so terrible.

>>221
They ARE AMV.

>>217
>>216
Agree, the final few frames look to be flash tweened. They might need to go in and adjust it manually.

I, for one welcome our automatic inbetweening overlords

http://nicoviewer.net/sm20293900

Masayuki Nonaka

>>225

So choppy. Did they forget to add inbetweens or what?

>>225
Looks a bit like Tetsuya Takeuchi

>>227
Looks more like Tatsuya Yoshihara or Hironori Tanaka's animation to me.


>>226
Are you talking about all of it?

>>228

No, parts of it. Some cuts are really, really choppy to the point that I doubt it was intentional.

>>229
You mean like the Little Busters cut?

Is Masayuki Nonaka a J.C. Staff animator?

>>231
Mostly JC, currently showing up a lot in Magi. Also very active in Dogakobo's better produced shows like YuruYuri and GJbu.

>>226
Some of the Magi ones are DEFINITELY rough/unfinished, which is even more noticeable with this animation style. I rather like the  rest, though.

Just how often do shows air with unfinished animation? For something to be aired without enough in-betweens is a pretty serious problem isn't it?

>>234
Completely lacking in-betweens isn't exactly common, but I can think of some examples like the infamous Morgiana dancing and one walking scene in Symphogear. Rough and very clearly unfinished cuts are everywhere, though, so it depends on where you draw the line.

>>213
Okiura's storyboards are rather detailed

>>235
Rough and very clearly unfinished cuts are everywhere

I guess that says a lot about how hectic the working conditions are over there eh?

Is this sakuga?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSX4yS44Ms

>>238
Well, it sure is... a thing.

>>238
Very original character designs. I like the effects animation, web-gen animation at its finest. 8/10, would watch again.