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Sounds similar to the US model of increasing outsource to Korea and relying in interns for everything else. The hard part about getting genuine talent is that you have to be able to pay for it (and depending on the personality of the artist, extended time to complete); combined with the funding system being tied to DVD sales within a market that isn't supporting auteur work, Yuasa is in a tougher position than others like Imaishi who produce things that not just get attention, but appeal to the types of people who will buy lots of ancillary products.
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Mercrom posted:That seems remarkably fitting. I hope the episode nails the humor though. The preview alone is full of great gags, I think it's going to be fine. I just love how the layouts and compositions are so cinematic, too. I wish CN would just give Yuasa a show of his own.
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Smile doesn't care as much about winning, since he doesn't really seem to have any real goal at all. He has a certain level of pride, but it doesn't express itself in the same way as the arrogance of Wenge and Peko. So while it was a sacrifice to blow the game, it wasn't something as altruistic sacrifice because of the lack of value Smile holds for the stakes at play. Also I'm pretty sure he understands some Chinese, and knows from the coach's yelling that Wenge is likely going to have his life ruined or at least he'd be crushed in such a way that he could never stand up again. I view Smile's decision in reference to his comments at the beginning of Wenge's first match of the tournament.
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Srice posted:Haha, it really took me awhile to notice that the tanned guy was Peco. Jesus, he really took losing hard I think Smile was in some way being merciful, when you take into account the way he has thought about people devoting their entire being into the game. Smile devotes time and energy, but he isn't putting his entire life and identity into it. Essentially by defeating Sakuma now and in such a brutal way, it is to spare him more long-term heartbreak. I think this was alluded to by the coach's descriptions of Sakuma. What may sound like an awfully devastating thing to say, to tell someone they have no talent, to Smile it doesn't mean as much because to him it only means not having talent in something that shouldn't be given that much import. In short, I think Smile is still consistent with his characterization from earlier despite what might seem a harsher edge on the outset.
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May 8, 2014 20:55
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I was surprised to see them have the brands by name, including the Pepsi. Normally they have to substitute letters.
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May 9, 2014 02:08
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What I use as shorthand for what you're talking about is overall production design. Being able to not just pick an appropriate style for the kind of story you wish to tell, but achieving that look consistently enough that there aren't those moments where the art failures take you out of the moment. KyoAni and Yuasa have very different stylization, but their fundamentals in timing, spacing, follow-through, etc. are strong. A lot of studios have used various AfterEffects techniques to cover up for their bad drawing or animation fundamentals, and unfortunately lots of people will fall for a gradient lighting effect/mask or diffuse glow or chromatic aberration.
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Jun 1, 2014 21:56
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Holy poo poo this episode was great. I am going to need the music during Peko's comeback.
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Jun 12, 2014 23:05
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laplace posted:In some Animation news, Yuasa and Choi finally formed a studio together. Their first work officially with this new studio was the latest episode of Adventure Time, so they have already started off with some darn good work. That is excellent news! I really hope they get more opportunities in the future to show their stuff. I just want Cartoon Network to give them money to make whatever they want and just broadcast them as specials.
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Jun 19, 2014 08:20
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laplace posted:Yeah, it is obvious it was Choi/Yuasa's studio, but the news that they finally came out and announced that they'd begin working on things is cool. TV Paint is also getting some more play out in Japan. A lot of the drawing/painting tools in it seem more like Yuasa's style than Flash's.
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Jun 19, 2014 22:41
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laplace posted:But it's not like Peco is intrinsically the "hero", but rather whole "spirit of ping pong"/"Alien from planet ping pong". Peco fades in and out of this character (as we see over the course of his arc) but he always finds himself back in it when he is having fun, and when he is playing the game from a standpoint where he respects other players. Smile was the opposite, ruthlessly destroying everyone like a robot and becoming a machine that couldn't be overcome because that was Smile's way of dealing with things. It's not necessarily Smile's defeat as much as it is Peco saving Smile himself from the Robot he became -- Hence the actual visual metaphor of Smile breaking free, tumbling into a heap, and then emerging more powerful than ever once he, like all of the others, understood the reason why they began to play to begin with. It's not that Peco himself is just some depthless god hero, but rather that he tuned back into what made the game feel good and thus so did the others, who over the course of the show learned to understand their opponents. That's the thing -- As children, the characters played for fun. They played to their most, but for fun and enjoyment. At the start of the series, Peco is playing to Win and Smile is playing for Fun, but they've lost that connection that makes the game valuable to them. It's really thematic then that Peco's arc would involve returning to having fun, and then embodying that to the other characters who would be so close to falling over the ledge of "playing only to win" and "staking one's life on ping pong" that Peco had at the start of the series. I viewed Smile's behavior as a way of trying to get Peco to come back. The ruthlessness being a strategy to that end rather than an end in and of itself. It was sort of his way of saving Peco so Peco in turn would rescue him.
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An upcoming episode of Space Dandy is also directed by Yuasa.
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laplace posted:Oh I loving love this movie, I'm so glad someone else knows about it. It is a goddamn acid trip. I grew up with Maruko-chan, so it's great to see this film getting around. There are also some amazing, tear-enducing episodes of the old TV show, too. (The one where the music teacher leaves gets me every time.)
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The Devil Tesla posted:This. Echoing Hyouka and Chihayafuru. Those were great.
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