Animation praise

Piromysl said:
The thing is, if you are trying to flex or prove something, make sure you know what you wre doing and it would look somewhat good.
Putting pretty overlay on stock imagery is like polishing a turd and that erratic camera movements is like throwing shit at wall and seeing if it would stick.
Just because they tried something new and put needless, excessive effort in one area while virtually no effort in other, it doesn't mean it would look good. Quite the opposite.

EliteClyderX said:
That animation deserves no praise, it's the worst one I've ever seen

demonaman293 said:
So 1st episode is being out for a while but I don't see any animation praise I do saw some post saying it feels like games and all. 
But IMO it feels more like a cameraman is recording them ( like the sequence at start from komura entering the school to the point when he enters the classroom specifically speaking the sequence when he is using stairs looks amazing). Go hands sure trying new stuff with this one but let's see how there 2nd anime of this season looks like I think the name was smtg like Masterful cat is depressed again 

BugsBuggy said:

Bro’s sharpness is on whole another level.

Animaticide said:
In terms of technique, it is an astounding flex of sorts. It showed levels of camera movement mastery rarely seen in 2D character animation.

However, camera movement is a tool in storytelling, and as such, it needs to be in service of the story. Using such exaggerated and intense camera work just for the sake of it conflicts heavily with scenes that are so bland in context of the exposition. Meaning, it's cool and all but it added absolutely nothing and instead drew too much attention to itself at a story beat that is obvious wasn't written with that intention.

After all, cinematography (photography in movmente) is a language by itself and it has its own quirks and nuances. An introduction like that could have been useful and justified in a story where the intention was to mislead or confuse the viewer because the MC's interpretation of the world in skewed or distorted, thus signaling that maybe things aren't exactly the way that we are being told they are. Or anything of that sort.

But no, this is just a standard romcom. There's no underlying mystery or delusion, this is not an unreliable narrator like Araragi, there's no supernatural hidden element lurking underneath. It's just a romcom. There's no reason to use this kind of animation here, at least not at the moment it was used. It was just a flex.

demonaman293 said:

Dangers in my Heart did nothing else than beautiful sound tracks of Kensuke Ushio and the op song by Yourushika was phenomenal the story and character development was one of the best I have seen so far

Animaticide said:
In terms of technique, it is an astounding flex of sorts. It showed levels of camera movement mastery rarely seen in 2D character animation.

However, camera movement is a tool in storytelling, and as such, it needs to be in service of the story. Using such exaggerated and intense camera work just for the sake of it conflicts heavily with scenes that are so bland in context of the exposition. Meaning, it's cool and all but it added absolutely nothing and instead drew too much attention to itself at a story beat that is obvious wasn't written with that intention.

After all, cinematography (photography in movmente) is a language by itself and it has its own quirks and nuances. An introduction like that could have been useful and justified in a story where the intention was to mislead or confuse the viewer because the MC's interpretation of the world in skewed or distorted, thus signaling that maybe things aren't exactly the way that we are being told they are. Or anything of that sort.

But no, this is just a standard romcom. There's no underlying mystery or delusion, this is not an unreliable narrator like Araragi, there's no supernatural hidden element lurking underneath. It's just a romcom. There's no reason to use this kind of animation here, at least not at the moment it was used. It was just a flex.

Kimurah said:


I wonder what's your take on Forest Gump intro using your own arguments about a simple life drama with such a flex in animation about a single feather.

Animaticide said:

Behind the scenes, it is technically impressive but carefully designed to not call attention to itself; avoiding showing any superflous distracting elements by centering our attention on a single object, much like that dreaded plastic bag in American Beauty, but much more succesfully IMO. We are given a single thing to focus on without any dramatic exaggerations or sudden shifts in motion that make us feel uneasy or cautious: just a light feather making it's way into the ground and ceding the stage for our titular character.

Kimurah said:


This is something I want to highlight from your last paragraph. The lack of dramatic exaggeration in Forest Gump opening sequence. It really works in the kind of life drama with also unbeliveable human feats like running across America several times, becoming a millionare by fishing shrimp with a handicaped vet, being the original creator of american culture such as Elvis' famous hip dance or the happy face, all in a single character.

Going back to the Girl I like forgot her glasses, the opening sequence does the opposite with bold camera shots and plenty of "background noise" before introducing our main protagonists. This is anime after all and even though there are certainly more grounded titles (like most Kyoani titles) there are obviously quite very over the top introductions like Kill la Kill (yes, I know this is a heavy action title, but bear with me for a bit). Maybe this show's introduction sitting in the middle ground doesn't sound so outlandish comparing both ends of the spectrum.

Going back to the background noise, my take is that it serves as rightful expansion of this fictional work by giving nameless characters a bit of time under the spotlight. The girls talking about animal videos or the forgetful girl running down the stairs in school grounds do give life and individual personality before and after having our MC stepping on the soap box sharing his own thoughts and delusions to the audience.

Piromysl said:
The thing is, if you are trying to flex or prove something, make sure you know what you are doing and it would look somewhat good.
Putting pretty overlay on stock imagery is like polishing a turd and that erratic camera movements is like throwing shit at wall and seeing if it would stick.
Just because they tried something new and put needless, excessive effort in one area while virtually no effort in other, it doesn't mean it would look good. Quite the opposite.

Animaticide said:
In terms of technique, it is an astounding flex of sorts. It showed levels of camera movement mastery rarely seen in 2D character animation.

However, camera movement is a tool in storytelling, and as such, it needs to be in service of the story. Using such exaggerated and intense camera work just for the sake of it conflicts heavily with scenes that are so bland in context of the exposition. Meaning, it's cool and all but it added absolutely nothing and instead drew too much attention to itself at a story beat that is obvious wasn't written with that intention.

After all, cinematography (photography in movmente) is a language by itself and it has its own quirks and nuances. An introduction like that could have been useful and justified in a story where the intention was to mislead or confuse the viewer because the MC's interpretation of the world in skewed or distorted, thus signaling that maybe things aren't exactly the way that we are being told they are. Or anything of that sort.

But no, this is just a standard romcom. There's no underlying mystery or delusion, this is not an unreliable narrator like Araragi, there's no supernatural hidden element lurking underneath. It's just a romcom. There's no reason to use this kind of animation here, at least not at the moment it was used. It was just a flex.

chenfeng said:
only thing that makes this garbage worth watching is the character art and preteen romance story line with acceptable levels of writing. Basically this is a better version of Twilight, which would be the same as saying yes this is a turd, but it is an acceptable turd if you just plug your nose.

chenfeng said:
only thing that makes this garbage worth watching is the character art and preteen romance story line with acceptable levels of writing. Basically this is a better version of Twilight, which would be the same as saying yes this is a turd, but it is an acceptable turd if you just plug your nose.