No matter how many times I try to watch one of these shows that use this clunky, low polygon count GCI, I just end up disgusted and feel like these studios just consider us all suckers....
I completely agree there are good examples. I enjoyed both your examples and wasn't bothered by the animation, which makes it seem odd that they don't use the same technology elsewhere.
I really wish it didn't bother me so much, but I find myself constantly distracted by it. I find it particularly off-putting when they start using it on a series that didn't use it before like The Seven Deadly Sins. I've watched the entire series, and then out of the blue they change it to use this clunky CGI. You get to know and love the characters you've spent so much time with, and now it's like watching an entirely different show.
It's clear that they have the tech to do it better because there are some great examples out there, but this really drives it home. I much prefer the aesthetic of ASW and would welcome more shows if they used that system. Hopefully more studios will take the challenge.
F/SN: UBW and most anything from that franchise is on a completely different level. Garden of Sinners is an all time favorite.
I'm not against CGI as a medium one bit, though I don't think it could ever replace the human hand for sheer beauty. What I'm against are these clearly low quality, blocky, and unnatural looking animations that are jarring to watch. It just feels to me like it's budget before substance. If people aren't bothered by it, then it's a financially sound decision. But to me, it loses what it means to be an "Anime", and is just an animation.
The video the @Gordon_Freeman linked shows that it's indeed possible to keep the Anime aesthetic while gaining the benefits of 3D, so I can only hope the medium matures sooner than later.
The original Trigun was among the first anime I watched, so it's close to my heart and wanted to give this new installment a fair shake. As I have already said, I think it's better than most of the other examples I've listed, but it still falls into the category of distracting 3D for me. The faces and expressions are just odd and unnatural. I'm still actively watching it and don't plan to drop it like other on my list, but I wish I wasn't distracted by it.
People can dismiss your opinions as close minded, but you can't fight the visceral reaction you get when watching something, even when trying to be open minded about it. I completely respect the people that have no issue with it, or even prefer it, but that's not my experience.
That said, I actually love the OP in Trigun. The animation as well as the music, and I don't actually skip it like I do on most.
Hope a post is the right format for this. I have a question/feature request.
After coming back to the kbin tab in my browser after being away for a spell, I find something I wanted to upvote and realized I had been logged out. So now after it prompts me to log in, it dumps me out to the front page I'm guessing? If I navigate back to where I was and try a refresh, it just prompts me to log in again.
Is it possible to for kbin to remember where you were when you were prompted to login?
Although my first anime was back during early childhood (back when anime programme block was a regular thing in Indonesian television). Vulcan just really started following anime seriously during junior high school back in 2012 (classmates are into Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online during that time, and we often chatted about...
Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust got the ball rolling for me. Saw it on the shelf and the artwork and premise looked interesting. Loved it!
After that, I asked the guy at the video store for recommendations and ended up binging Evangelion next. Then I was a goner and just started devouring what the clerk suggested and rarely found anything from his list that I didn't love.
By the time I caught up on all the classics, a ton of absolute classics came out around the same time, and I wondered if there were actually any bad anime. :P
All within a year or 2 was:
Gurren Lagann
The Garden of Sinners
Sword of the Stranger
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Kanon
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Utawarerumono
I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but I wondered at the time if it would always be this good. Feels like a bit of a golden age now.
OC Categories: what comedy anime do you recommend?
Does anyone actually like this new wave of CGI animation?
No matter how many times I try to watch one of these shows that use this clunky, low polygon count GCI, I just end up disgusted and feel like these studios just consider us all suckers....
How did you get into anime?
Although my first anime was back during early childhood (back when anime programme block was a regular thing in Indonesian television). Vulcan just really started following anime seriously during junior high school back in 2012 (classmates are into Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online during that time, and we often chatted about...
Hoping this is correct. Whats a Thread under a magazine, especially vs. a Microblog
And why must I create a new 'article' to make a thread and not a post - which I think makes a new microblog....