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Even though I'm a huge fan of the manga and series, I think the character designs are weak. If you've seen the artists other work, they only really draw one body type, and a handful of faces. Characters are often hard to distinguish except by hair. Here's some random shots from their earlier work:    What the artist IS fantastic at is their page layouts - there's some really gorgeous design and flow to them.  
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Pollyanna posted:They’re clearly capable of drawing different body types, as seen with Master - they just seem to have a preference. Everything Burrito posted:I think those are all fairly distinct and what is interesting about them is the economy of detail. They're minimalistic and elegant, not generic.
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Oct 24, 2017 16:54
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I think Viggy was the only guy arguing they were generically moe, and I'd definitely disagree with that. Dia strays a little in the moe direction, but the show's designs absolutely stand out from the usual season fare of 'cute girls do cutesy club stuff'. I just recognize that it's okay to dislike the designs, but also totally disagree that they're generically moe. I'm still a big fan of the manga and it's themes, and I hope like hell we get a second season to finish up the story.
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Oct 24, 2017 17:06
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Futaba Anzu posted:i forget, is it ever mentioned whether the other gems and minerals actually sleep? if not, i feel his "meditation" just being him trying to catch some zzz's may also be a lowkey hint towards that. It's the reflexively human behaviors of the gems that I think are fascinating. Why do they have a nudity taboo at all? What does the word sensei mean to them? Why do they wear full-body powder to give them a near-human skin tone, but keep their 'hair' as a raw gem?
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Oct 30, 2017 04:07
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Ccs posted:An interview with the director. Lots of good stuff here: quote:"One fact I learned that I found surprising was that the gems are actually wearing mourning clothes. It’s supposed to show how they treat life and death, which makes sense." With such a long development time, it definitely looks like 12 episodes is all we get.
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Nov 1, 2017 02:03
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There Bias Two posted:We were thinking the same thing. Why not use that entire shell? They also play rock-paper-scissors, millenia after mankind perished. Who taught them that and why? EDIT: I was also weirded out that Phos's severed face-chunk had closed its eye. Like it went to sleep in the absence of the rest of its parts. If Phos can merge with new materials, could you make many copies of Phos with enough agate? Squidster fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Nov 5, 2017 |
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Nov 5, 2017 15:17
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Postal Parcel posted:The show is much farther along than I thought. I wonder where it plans to set down.  The ending animation includes a brief shot of these weird butts, so I imagine they'll need to be introduced before the anime wraps.
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Nov 13, 2017 04:59
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:The Lunarians remind me of something and I can't figure it out. Where did I last see aliens/monsters appearing regularly but getting stronger every time and pulling out shocking new tricks to ruin some heroes? I'm sure it crops it frequently enough, but there's a specific, somewhat recent feeling example nagging at me. https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/5295
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Nov 14, 2017 03:28
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Qwertycoatl posted:I love the escalating wrongness in the ice floe stuff.
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Nov 21, 2017 23:01
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The animation team is doing some incredible work. Poor Phos.
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Nov 25, 2017 21:17
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She did the same T-1000 routine when she was mending Sensei's robe as well, stitching away with all four hands. I really enjoy how she's instinctively abandoning the confining human form. Maybe she'll just end up a rolling sphere like a gold BB8, or a gelatinous platinum cube.
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Dec 4, 2017 00:14
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dogsicle posted:Sensei nature stuff
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Dec 7, 2017 21:12
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Half the mystery of the show is "what IS Sensei's deal?". In the anime, you can see he's launching particles, but there is storytelling wrapped up in the details. Anime-only viewers are piecing together clues from limited information, and that's fun. This thread has been really good so far about not revealing any of the later manga spoilers.
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Dec 7, 2017 21:23
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This manga arc is stressing me right the hell out. Anime-watchers, go buy the manga so you can share in the terror.
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Dec 25, 2017 05:59
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Myriad Truths posted:Did any of those have negative consequences though? Particularly when it comes to being bitter and distant, I have a hard time counting that as a character flaw because so many anime treat it like a positive thing because the character is now cooler. To become beautifully, uniquely damaged for a great cause is something we instinctively admire. We like noble sacrifice in others. Phos is hosed up, and deeply envious of the silly person they could be when they were still whole. But even Zircon wants to be cool and damaged like Phos now.
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That's... real hosed up. It does explain a lot of Cairngorm's character...
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