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The Black Stones posted:So a couple semesters ago I took a history of animation class at my University. I know the prof pretty good now, and during that time I told him that I thought he spent a little bit too much time on Ghibli stuff, and I thought the episode that he showed as an example of animation turned people off right away (It was a very good Paranoia Agent episode, but it had sex right at the beginning and people started laughing of course). I think your choice of titles is pretty much perfect, especially if you intend to put a heavy focus on the animation side of things. I love Bebop and Mushishi to death but that wouldn't definitely get me going "wow" as opposed to something like Redline, Kaiba, FLCL or Kotonoha no Niwa. Shingeki no Kyoujin has some incredibly dope animation but most of those scenes are pretty bloody  .
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ViggyNash posted:But you miss out on the best engrish line in all of anime. http://youtu.be/LDnu0giUS00 This?
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Jan 28, 2015 18:07
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Clearly you should recommend Inferno Cop to him as an example of great Japanese animation.
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Jan 28, 2015 18:16
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Ytlaya posted:Clearly you should recommend Inferno Cop to him as an example of great Japanese animation. I'm not sure if you're being ironic or not but if you're talking about doing amazing things with limited animation Inferno Cop is great.
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Jan 28, 2015 18:26
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The Devil Tesla posted:I'm not sure if you're being ironic or not but if you're talking about doing amazing things with limited animation Inferno Cop is great. The same people did great work with limited animation in Kill la Kill. Some of the visual gags the technique produces are really hilarious. Trigger is extremely creative. WickedHate fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Jan 28, 2015 |
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Jan 28, 2015 18:29
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lordfrikk posted:Shingeki no Kyoujin has some incredibly dope animation but most of those scenes are pretty bloody Yeah the biggest production clusterfuck in ages sure looks amazing! I love stills and pans everywhere. (The only good episode is 24 because Akitoshi Yokoyama was the episode director and he has a great sense of 3d motion, stuff actually looks like it should instead of being nonsensical and boring!) lordfrikk posted:I think your choice of titles is pretty much perfect, especially if you intend to put a heavy focus on the animation side of things. I love Bebop and Mushishi to death but that wouldn't definitely get me going "wow" as opposed to something like Redline, Kaiba, FLCL or Kotonoha no Niwa. But hey, it's not like Bebop has amazing fight choreography by the best Battle Animator of all time, right? Uznare fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Jan 28, 2015 |
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Jan 28, 2015 18:30
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WickedHate posted:The same people did great work with limited animation in Kill la Kill. Some of the visual gags the technique produces are really hilarious. Inferno Cop is better.
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The Devil Tesla posted:Inferno Cop is better. Not the highest of bars, but you're not wrong, though I still maintain that Turning Girls is Trigger's best work to date.
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Jan 28, 2015 21:05
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I would also throw in Mushishi, if that's not been said. There's no crazy action scenes, or much action at all, but it has some of the best art and animation in the business.
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ViggyNash posted:I would also throw in Mushishi, if that's not been said. There's no crazy action scenes, or much action at all, but it has some of the best art and animation in the business. I think you'd have to pick the episode carefully but there are some beautiful scenes in there and most of the stories stand alone well.
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Maybe you should check out some scenes from Aku no Hana? It's interesting/different because it was filmed with live actors and then rotoscoped to look like anime, which may not be what you're looking for but is pretty unique and would certainly deserve a look in a more in depth class. Off the top of my head episode 7 has the best scene of the show, but it might be something you'd only appreciate having seen the build up towards it. The end of episode 11 has a dream sequence that is very atmospheric and beautiful and worth watching on its own Also interesting in the sense that they took a typically drawn manga and did something very different with it, which resulted in a lot of people thinking it was lovely garbage because they wanted it to look generic and like every other show Paperhouse fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Jan 28, 2015 |
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Jan 28, 2015 23:56
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Ping Pong's animation is cool as hell Also that one movie inside the whale
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Uznare posted:Yeah the biggest production clusterfuck in ages sure looks amazing! I love stills and pans everywhere. (The only good episode is 24 because Akitoshi Yokoyama was the episode director and he has a great sense of 3d motion, stuff actually looks like it should instead of being nonsensical and boring!) Hence why I said scenes and even went further to qualify them as bloody, and those scenes are amazingly well done. I do not know how you inferred I was talking about panning shots when I mentioned bloody scenes unless you have problems reading. It also sounds like you've only seen the TV version which had a lot of corner-cutting that was from what I've understood largely corrected in the BD version. I don't know why you think SnK was bigger clusterfuck than a lot of other shows, given how the Japanese studios produce them it's a miracle anything looks as half as good as it does. Uznare posted:But hey, it's not like Bebop has amazing fight choreography by the best Battle Animator of all time, right? The shittiest thing about human memory is how fast it degrades. Man, I completely forgot how amazing the animation was in Bebop for some reason so I definitely take that back. Maybe I should re-watch Mushishi to remind myself about its looks, too. Help Im Alive posted:Ping Pong's animation is cool as hell Yeah, Ping Pong didn't even cross my mind but it's got some stellar stuff in it. Also what movie is that? lordfrikk fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Jan 29, 2015 |
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Jan 29, 2015 15:02
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That's Mind Game! It owns.
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lordfrikk posted:Hence why I said scenes and even went further to qualify them as bloody, and those scenes are amazingly well done. I do not know how you inferred I was talking about panning shots when I mentioned bloody scenes unless you have problems reading. It also sounds like you've only seen the TV version which had a lot of corner-cutting that was from what I've understood largely corrected in the BD version. I don't know why you think SnK was bigger clusterfuck than a lot of other shows, given how the Japanese studios produce them it's a miracle anything looks as half as good as it does. Uznare fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Jan 29, 2015 |
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Jan 29, 2015 20:39
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Attack on Titan is a great show, but the animation itself is very standard and there's absolutely nothing that sets it out from other stuff. Tetsuro Araki really doesn't bring his own style to things, and rather just tries to be faithful to how the manga looks and feels. Which is cool for adaptations, and he does a good job of it, but there's nothing amazing about it.
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Jan 29, 2015 22:08
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I feel the animation is perfect serviceable considering the unique art style.
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Jan 29, 2015 22:17
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the goal of all art, to be serviceable
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m9CcnL9FEk
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Hi, I've watched a few anime series but am not hugely familiar with the medium as a whole. I have a low tolerance for cutesy humour and extremely stylised anime stuff, and prefer serious storylines. I will probably watch the English dub. Of those I've seen: God-tier Patlabor 2 Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust Psychopass The new NGE films (sans the third so far) and End of Evangelion Good (in order) Patlabor The Movie Ergo Proxy Akira Cowboy Bebop Attack on Titan NGE the original series (So far, up to ep 17) Darker Than Black Okay Trigun Patlabor III Aldnoah Hellsing OVAs There are others I haven't fully watched so can't properly judge, but from what I saw I did not like Fate/Zero, Future Diary and Baccano, all of which had aspects which majorly put me off (that married couple in Baccano, hoooooollllyyyy fuuuuuuuckkkk). Hence why there's no bad/poo poo tier above, since I'm not going to watch a full series of bad. I've watched a little of Planetes too which wasn't obviously bad but didn't grab me. There are a few I can't remember. I've got monster and Ghost in the Shell stuff somewhere, and I'll get around to them once I'm done with Darker Than Black. Edit: added Psychopass to god-tier*. Loved that show. Neurosis fucked around with this message at 10:11 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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Jan 30, 2015 10:06
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The Big O comes to mind as a good, serious show with a good dub. Anime Batman! But with giant robots! which I guess would be par for the course for anime Batman. Anyway, it's good.
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Jan 30, 2015 10:14
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watch black lagoon and jormungand
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Neurosis posted:Hi, I've watched a few anime series but am not hugely familiar with the medium as a whole. I have a low tolerance for cutesy humour and extremely stylised anime stuff, and prefer serious storylines. I will probably watch the English dub. Princes Mononoke (not to be confused with simply "Mononoke") is a classic with a great theme and really nothing that qualifies as "cutesy." It's my #1 gateway drug for people who are interested in the medium, and if you haven't seen it you really should. I would classify the english dub as "acceptable."
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Jan 30, 2015 10:17
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It's disney run dub so it's full of people who are at least talented.
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DamnGlitch posted:It's disney run dub so it's full of people who are at least talented. Yeah, I mean they can emote and poo poo. It's still odd to me to hear Billy Bob's voice coming out of that mercenary though
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I see you didn't list the Patlabor OVA or the tv series, so those would be good options if you're down for more Patlabor.
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Mushishi and Kino's Journey are both also really good, chill shows that follow the pattern of Protagonist arrives at place > Protagonist encounters situation at place > Protagonist reflects on situation > Situation is sometimes resolved by protagonist, sometimes they let it play out without much interference > Protagonist leaves. It's a little repetitious, but the ideas in both (especially Mushishi) are so imaginative that it never gets stale, and there's some lowkey humor strewn throughout. Both shows have dubs where the protagonist has a great voice and the characters of the day are hit-or-miss. Afro Samurai is a fun action show that has Samuel L. Jackson in the dub.
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Just started watching Mushishi (apparently started watching 2nd season first) and I have fallen in love with it! Fantastic pacing for a really relaxing anime.
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Neurosis posted:Hi, The thread title is not a joke.
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Bongo Bill posted:The thread title is not a joke.
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I assume you've seen both seasons of Psycho-Pass? Given your choices there's 0 chance that you won't love GITS - I'd personally recommend the series over the movie. You should definitely watch them ASAP! Please give Planetes a second try, it has some lovely episodes especially early on IIRC but it's really loving good. I will second the recommendation of Princess Mononoke and also my regular pimping of The Wings of Honneamise.
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RabidWeasel posted:I assume you've seen both seasons of Psycho-Pass? Given your choices there's 0 chance that you won't love GITS - I'd personally recommend the series over the movie. You should definitely watch them ASAP! I wouldn't put either Ghost in the Shell above the other - except Arise, that was silly. Go watch both the original movie, Stand Alone Complex, and SAC 2nd Gig. Also - and this is not a joke recommendation - Puelle Magi Madoka Magica. Same writer as the original Psycho-Pass, and also Fate-Zero, which you might also like.
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For some reason I really dislike the art in Fate/X anime and Kara no Kyoukai. It's like the artists went overboard with gradients and even though technically it looks pretty it doesn't impress me at all. I'll take the look of something like Princess Mononoke or weird poo poo like Ping Pong over that any day. Anyone else feels the same or am I just dumb?
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I really like the gradients and think it fits the shows, but I can see why someone wouldn't.
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Ufotable is actually not a very good animation studio.
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lordfrikk posted:For some reason I really dislike the art in Fate/X anime and Kara no Kyoukai. It's like the artists went overboard with gradients and even though technically it looks pretty it doesn't impress me at all. I'll take the look of something like Princess Mononoke or weird poo poo like Ping Pong over that any day. Anyone else feels the same or am I just dumb? Ping pong is loving beautiful, don't disrespect it!
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lordfrikk posted:For some reason I really dislike the art in Fate/X anime and Kara no Kyoukai. It's like the artists went overboard with gradients and even though technically it looks pretty it doesn't impress me at all. I'll take the look of something like Princess Mononoke or weird poo poo like Ping Pong over that any day. Anyone else feels the same or am I just dumb? Anyway I don't think you're dumb though it is kind of an unusual preference I suppose. I think they look pretty great.
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ViggyNash posted:Also - and this is not a joke recommendation - Puelle Magi Madoka Magica. Same writer as the original Psycho-Pass, and also Fate-Zero, which you might also like.
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The Devil Tesla posted:Ufotable is actually not a very good animation studio.
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RabidWeasel posted:Ping pong is loving beautiful, don't disrespect it! Yeah, it was meant as a compliment, sorry that didn't make it across Nate RFB posted:I take it you're not a Persona fan? I haven't played/watched any of the Persona games or shows so I wouldn't know. I just watched the first vid on YT that Google spat out and I think it looks perfectly fine. The Fate/Stay Night anime (and Kara no Kyoukai) has this weird bloom-y, blurred, too-smooth-for-me look. I'm not sure if my command of the English language is good enough to enunciate what bugs me about it, though.
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