Why Do Most Anime Feel the Same?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 เม.ย. 2024
- the thumbnail and title are bait i dont believe them at all I just wanted views sorry my pookie bears
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Video essay made for my ARTJ class!!!
Thank you for watching my cool video essay! I hope Big Studio does not take it down, for I would be heartbroken.
Hey guys! Just wanted to pop in and drop a comment on my vid to say that I really didn't expect this to get the attention that it did. I made this as a project for a class and published it mostly for my friends to watch. I had 24 subscribers before this went up 😖 so the sudden surge in attention has really taken me by surprise in good and bad ways. I think of me as someone who is very "to myself", so the engagement has been kinda overwhelming as a whole, but I do appreciate it more than anything else. I've been trying to reply to every comment I get and I value everything everyone has to say. It makes me happy that a lot of you seem to have gotten something out of this! I'm gonna have to stop replying to comments for now to lock in on my other schoolwork but just know that I appreciate all of the feedback, both positive and negative. There are a lot of great names and examples people are throwing in the comments that I didn’t even know about, so there'ss a lot more to this topic worth researching that I really only skimmed the surface of. For people who do have a limited palette, I highly encourage taking the time to check out movies and shows outside your usual wheelhouse, because there are a lot of unique experiences out there worth checking out! (And it seems like I myself have a lot of watching to do from all the TV director name drops I’m getting here haha)
Thanks for checking this out :) hope to make more stuff in the future that y'all enjoy ✌
also in hindsight i really wish i talked about Chainsaw Man's anime adaptation and how it was received by Japanese audiences. Really good case study for the topic, unfortunately the talking point got trumped by the "keep your project short" assignment guidelines for this one 😭
Why not just make that video too?! Id watch it
If you want a unique modern series look up Undead Unluck, it’s so refreshingly unique it’s crazy. Some weird parts in episode 1 get written out pretty soon into the story and from then on it’s incredible.
@@Awesomefacecraft Undead Unluck falls into the same trappings of the things that he said though. The problem isn't whether the story is unique or not, cause there's plenty of those, it's the adaptation. The anime lacks creative input into the adaptations. Undead Unluck suffers from a lot of the blue sky problem as well.
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thats how it always starts. "I just made this for class, I made this for my buddies" and then before you know it your channel blows up! You stay persistent authentic, you'll have a pretty successful channel
Mob psycho feels extremely different compared to other anime, one's style got translated with an extreme fidelity to the screen
Meh
@@loveonepieceforever8203 heM
For real
MP100 is imo the single best anime in existence.
One Piece and Berserk are my favorite manga but their anime adaptations are downright dogshit compared to the source material or to MP100s anime
@@maximillion322eh MP is generic, nothing special about it
Most anime fail to be different, not only through visuals, but from a writing viewpoint as well. I think this is because mangaka can't try anything new in fear of having their manga cancelled due to not reaching a large audience, significantly affecting the creative industry in a negative way.
This
I feel like Fujimoto is the only one that can get away with doing something new with his masterpieces of One Shots
A lot of japanese anime/games lacks writing skill and execution, its a reason why "kingdom hearts syndrome" is a thing. All anime have to be so over the top, lacks awareness if the story being told is good for whom its being perceived by. Almost all anime has large scale threat in every show, why can't there be a middle ground where characters doesn't break the law of physics to show how stronger they are.. also when animes go complex its a convoluted mess lacking proper build-up or proper forshadowing (a lot of mangaka just invent on the spot and doesn't have everything planned out from the start or often refer to one single instance which is not good). I think we will never get an anime that has 10/10 on story, art, soundtrack, etc. There is always going to be a fuck up somewhere, either the story takes a major hit or the art is too generic/bad and have already been done in the past (zero immersion), soundtrack too bland and lacks proper placement for execution. There are so many things that can go wrong, and getting the right people for it is near impossible when most stuff today are just freelance with zero teamwork or understand of what makes "masterclass" anime. On top of that you have a greedy industry taking the toll out of animators.
@@Jekiterio There are a few instances where the stars aligned like OPM s1 , Akira , Violet Evergarden , Cowboy Bebop, and most recently is Frieren
@@fan4every1lol89I would add Vinland Saga and maybe Attack on Titan onto that list, though I haven't seen the finale of AoT yet and Vinland Saga isn't finished.
Schedules are also a big factor. These shows are on schedule and often leave no time for artists to express themselves fully. Imagine trying to make every single episode the most breathtaking art piece you've ever seen. You need to have lots of time to cook up something like that. These studios simply don't give that time. You could do it, but certainly not in the time span they give any typical show.
Can you explain why they don’t give these animators any time? Like what could possible be the reason to rush these people? I’m curious
@@Gmxyz883 Oh pretty simple. Let's just take one piece for example. They release an episode every Sunday. There is only so much you can fit inside that weekly time window before you have to call an end to it and move on to the next episode.
Other shows like invincible do a thing where they make multiple episodes ready and then release them on a set weekly schedule. Same time frame as a show like one piece but they already animated the first few episodes (in some other cases almost entire seasons) whilst they work on the last few episodes.
@@NimRyoidk I felt like one piece is kinda different bc they don’t really do seasons. If that were the case then I feel like the series would have been years and years behind what it is rn
@@2triedforthis830 Yeah I didn't use the seasons example for one piece though. One piece specifically has scheduled releases of their episodes which confines the artists and directors within a certain time limit.
@NimRyo one piece looks incredible rn though.
I’ve been saying for awhile how afraid anime is to add creativity to the works they adapt. The most simple example is manga being in black and white so they need lines of dialogue to address colors “he turned purple?! He activated his technique!” Yet the anime will keep these lines of dialogue. They don’t lean into the strengths of the medium at all
Gotta appreciate the directors who do take it in a new direction 🙏 originally I had a section in the script where I talk about the Chainsaw Man anime adaptation and how the director received backlash from Japanese audiences for making the anime look too cinematic. I would’ve liked to do some research on why that happened since I haven’t seen the show myself. Interesting stuff😀
@@kendejiYT I could go on and on about Chainsaw Man anime, one of the best adaptations of all time, with the biggest backlash! Many blame the directors comments of saying he doesn’t want it to have anime troupes, but I think it’s a bit deeper than that. I think it’s just that Chainsaw Man is a really weird idea and just not palletable like Naruto/DBZ/any other huge anime. It did fine, but not breaking numbers huge.
@@nerdcorner2680 I’ll have to finish the rest of the season😁 only saw the first five episodes but definitely wanted to continue
@@kendejiYT Good stuff man and post a video about it when you’re done 👍
@@nerdcorner2680 Its kinda ironic if that is true, given movie tropes aren't much different than anime tropes. Maybe the director needs to understand referencing art has been done to the death and is not original..
Bro out here with 29 subscribers and making big channel quality content. Good on you bro, I want to see where your channel goes.
Thank you so much!!! I hope I don’t let you down in the future 🫡
Its only been 18hrs since you made this comment and he has 317 subs now
@@LilmeMusic good
@@LilmeMusic the growth is scaring me i cant lie 😭
@@kendejiYTit's a pretty good video, I'm glad the algorithm gods are recognizing that
I'd argue since Wano started and moving forward, the One Piece community has started keeping track of directors due to almost movie level quality, such as Yasunori Koyama and Megumi Ishitani. For 1028 and 1015 respectively, but loads of other established names coming back to do other episodes. Same goes for an animation context with Vincent Chansard etc, who actually have recently appeared on One Piece youtuber interviews and interacting with the community.
Remember when Jojo Part 4 was mocked for having piss yellow / green / purple colors?
Unironically that was genius and goated. Bring that shit back.
I was just about to say that holy shit David Productions was smart
If you don’t have a consistent color, then it makes setting tone easy
It’s like trading detail for animation like it’d take that trade any day it’s why I love Trigger and Gainax
Ye it was inspired by limited colored spreads and promo art araki had done.
Due to time constraints and cause it's easier, often times colored works in SJ use more limited color pallets
Dragonball and chainsaw mans are an example
These colors were later used for morioh in ASB and eyes of heaven (the video games) before the part 4 anime was released and better popularized them.
While each part is littered with unique colors. Araki seems to hit up a certain variation more often once per part.
Makes you wonder what the anime would've looked like if they adapted diamond is unbreakable's principles for every part or at least the ones after it
If part fours colors were pink purple and yellow
Stardust crusaders' were baby blues, dusty yellows, golds and blood reds
How about an anime ver of Golden wind with It's orangeish red skies and dark green grounds mixed with tones of mid to dark blues?
Tho I would've been most excited for So far for SO's warm but mostly complementary colors used as the default when there aren't color shifts happening.
Orange skies with heavy use of blues and and purples
Tho overall I think stardust crusaders pallet would've made the part pop the most
Would love to do art or at least see anime edits of the parts in this coloring style
Doubt it, but would be nice to adopt for all future parts going forward especially in Jojolion that could be used for the default there would be sick
I'd take anything over the piss yellow sky. Whenever it changed during an action sequence, it looked a lot better. (though I do agree with setting tone through colours which JoJo is excellent at. Just piss yellow as the default kind of sucks.)
I hope they brought it back for part 8
@@wardogbobby2974I loved the picture piss 😕
I clicked on this and expected the channel to have 4, maybe 5 hundred thousand subs, but just 200????
I’m investing early, can’t wait to see where this channel goes
thank you "deen"!
Your video is great.
In anime, people often give credit to the mangaka but forget about the animators and directors who actually make the anime.
A great anime with unique style is monogatari, the work Tatsuya Oishi always stands out from any other.
Good pull!! Thanks for watching the video!!
animators are also more memorized compared to episode directors too
@@dogukankuru1969 Eh, it's more so that the typical anime fan doesn't go out of their way to learn who made a specific episode. Those fans who do dig deeper well obviously be more aware of the inner workings in the industry. It's a problem cause by mainstream media never giving recognition to them, so the average fan won't ever get to hear their name. Just look at Crunchyroll Awards
@@fan4every1lol89 idk crunchyroll awards but if we go by the casual audience most people dont even know or care about the director anyway. They mostly be like "hey do you know this brad pitt movje?"
Studio Trigger anime are visually stunning (gurren lagann, klk, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, etc.)
I actually originally wrote a section in this script about Hiroyuki Imaishi’s filmography (director of Promare, Gurren Lagann and KLK) but had to cut it due to time constraints on the assignment 😢 I figured since none of his shows were seasonal and all wrapped up in one go, he fell into the same boat as Masaaki Yuasa, who did get some screen time here in the final cut✌️
Delicious in Dungeon:3
Going to shoutout Trigger’s underdog director, Akira Amemiya! His direction and cinematography for Gridman, Dynazenon, and Gridman Universe are all fantastic!
I think it's worth noting that all of these shows you mentioned weren't adapted from manga. When an animation project isn't trying to directly adapt from a source material there is more freedom to write/direct scenes with the medium in mind and not as much room for misinterpretation.
@@kendejiYT must have been real cringe to present this as an assignment in front of the class.
Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 is a prime example of this imo, episode directors like Hakuyu Go, Miso and Shota Goshozono really knocked the direction out of the park and did something different from most shonen anime.
I've even heard irl friends shout out JJK S2 in the discussion of distinctive directing styles in shonen. I still gotta make my way through the rest of season 1, but you and a lot of other comments are convincing me to get going on it haha
@@kendejiYT Yeah it definitely stands out in it's direction as well as many other things. I think when direction is at it's best is when you actually notice it. With most shows the directing isn't really something you think about, which means it's probably quite bland.
It was unique but that dosent make it good
@@xanidydexidy Being unique doesn't make something good you're right. But it is good. The camera angles, POV shots and visual storytelling are all parts of what make it's direction good.
@@EdenHamilton I did not like it. Infact i hated it, i cant put it to words why I did but I visually preferred season 1 to season 2. even tho I liked season 2 over all a lot more than season 1
I love the Animation on your little Avatar!!! Its so cute and helps my brain to concentrait and listen to your Video.
Haha thank you! Glad he’s not doing too much
"I dunno it'd be funny" is the justification for most of my arguments too. A valid one I might add.
Go watch Space Dandy. Each episode has a unique vibe based on the director and animators who made it. AND it was made on a schedule that let it be simultaneously broadcast in Japanese and English on Adult Swim.
Will never understand why a director like Rie Matsumoto is routinely passed by the industry. She was one of the bright young gems of the 2010s and hasn't been seen in anything major since. Soul crushing.
I was expecting this to be a talk about the samey tropes in anime, but ended up with a pretty good video about anime directors, nice.
It's all about the cost.
These directors demand a loooooooooot of resources to make their vision come true on the screen, and that's why they're more fit for films or short projects.
I mean, look at Imagawa. Dude is amazing, Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still is still to this day one of the best OVAs ever made, but him going massively overbudget has cost him his job multiple times lol.
Oh for sure, great pull there. In a perfect world I would love to see those crazy ambitious directors getting a ridiculous amount of money to make their passion projects. Feel like we would end up with a modern-day Akira in terms of cultural impact🙏
This feels like something a channel with 200k+ subs would make
Attack on Titan the Final Chapters is another example. Hayashi is a great director.
I appreciate how well-made this video is. Insightful, straight to the point, leaves room for humor, and isn't 45 minutes for no real reason.
Pitch perfect timing for the comedy. You're giving tons of insight in such a short amount of time.
Can't wait to see what other cool topics youll cover
Thank you! Gotta find the right subject for my next video haha
FLCL using yellows and blue is always a stand out sky to me that fits the mood perfectly
Why is this so high quality compared to all the fodder I usually see, practically no awkward pauses the audio mixing is extremely well done, the line deliveries are perfect and the jokes land. It is almost comical how well produced this video is. Kudos to you and I pray you got that A.
This video is actually way better in terms of quality, than I thought it would be. Definitely keep up the work
Thank you!! I will do my best!!
I really enjoyed this pixel style, keep it up and I’ll gladly keep watching!
Thats absolutely why I love JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the fucking colors are so good, Araki colors based on the tone and emotion of the image, and every piece he makes is visually striking and unique because of that (obviously the posing, art style, and raw talent have a massive effect too lmao) and I love it so much
Dude was so good at drawing gay buff vampires that he made it into the fucking Louvre lmaooo
I think that the reason why this is the case is that there is a big difference in how things are adapted in the west compared to Japan. Most movies and TV shows aren't directly adapted from any previous source material, and the ones that are take a very liberal approach with adapting, mostly just hitting the major story beats. For example, we have a lot of Spiderman movies and tv shows, and none of them are one to one adaptations of comics. This means that the directors have a lot more freedom to make creative decisions. On the other hand, a lot of anime is adapted one to one from their respective manga. The most that an anime can change is minor things and when an anime changes too much they are criticized for not remaining faithful to the source material. This means that a director for anime has so much less to work with, so is less likely to take the risk of changing things. On the other hand, a lot of anime movies are not adapted from source material, and that's why we see a lot more creativity and great Japanese directors in film.
Very very true🙏 Chainsaw Man is an interesting case study where the director had more western cinematic influences, which the Japanese audience didn’t like. Would be cool to see what would happen if you made a multi-season anime that wasn’t adapted from a manga.
@@kendejiYTPsycho Pass is one such show with no manga. It's been a second since I have seen it, so I don't remember the direction too much, but I enjoyed the show
I think there are a few “auteurs” in TV anime but it’s just that people aren’t as aware of the people behind their favorite anime with a few exceptions like Miyazaki and Kon. Hiroyuki Imaishi has an extremely recognizable style that his style is basically synonymous with Trigger (despite them having other directors too), Shinichiro Watanabe with Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo and a ton of more stuff, as you mentioned Megumi Ishitani on certain One Piece episodes (who I hope gets to direct her own project someday), Masaaki Yuasa still directs shows from time to time even though he also has movies under his belt, and while not as immediately recognizable, Shingo Natsume, Shota Goshozono and Keiichiro Sato have nothing but heat attached to their names. I think most of these “auteurs” aside from Ishitani don’t direct a single episode of anime but rather have a series directorial role, which is better imo because it allows for their vision to come throughout the show as a whole
One example is mentioning Ishitani for her OP episodes, but not Nagamine, who is the series director since Wano and who is an auteur.
@@woogum10 I mentioned Ishitani in One Piece’s case just because it was in the video, but yeah Nagamine is legendary as well. Dude’s work on the Broly movie is great too
Something I wanted to add along with this when it comes to the topics of “auteurs” on these big shonen anime is that said auteurs are so big that they’re basically series director material, I think these people want to be free to work on whatever they want, and thus being assigned a big shonen anime with multiple seasons to come, they’re practically chained to mostly focus on that series. It’s why movies are probably better in those circumstances because it can just be a one off thing. Something like this is why I’m worried about Frieren in the future because the producer Yuuichiro Fukushi practically gets to make whatever he wants once every two years with talented staff and his connections, but since he worked on Frieren which is now really big and bound to get a second season down the line, I wonder if they’ll be able to bring the staff all back together when another season is down the line in a few years
@@TopShonenRanks I know, I was adding on to your point regarding what the video missed
I think that there was a bit of confirmation bias at play that lingers ( not necessarily in the video but in western anime criticism) - often only if a director made lots of films and avoided TV anime would they get considered as "auteur" anime creators. So very distinctive and influential directors, like Osamu Dezaki, were often cut out of the conversation because they did more TV work.
Editing, music, animation style
This video is sooo good
More people need to see it
you've got the making of a good creator
I can definitely get behind this video format, keep up the work!
Genuinely one of the best takes I've ever heard. Actually gave a lot of perspective on the topic.
This was great stuff, i never really thought about how visionary types (usually) avoid shows,
tho shorter then expected, it kinda stopped when it just got started,
but great job dude, hope for more
Megumi Ishitani is making her name as one of the best directors on the One Piece Anime despite having only 2 episodes and 2 openings under her name. Her style stands out over the rest. Episode 1015 is still one of the best anime episodes I've ever seen and I'm looking forward to her future projects
Overrated director, people are ignoring that those episodes had big animators working on them, which influence most of the scenes. If its one of the best anime episodes you have seen, you better expand your horizon.
@@Jekiterio
There were so many episodes in Wano that had amazing animation but pales in comparison with the episodes that Ishitani directed. Name one episode that comes close to the quality of episodes 957 and 1015, not only in animation but in directing too. You’re ignoring the fact that big animators work on nearly every episode of the anime yet 957 and 1015 have been consistently praised to be the best looking of the entire series. It makes absolutely no sense why you would think that other than being a contrarian.
@@Jekiterio
I’d also like to make another reply to ask about what anime episodes you consider to be one of the best you’ve ever seen, since you’re just being pretentious without listing any examples at all.
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I use to watch so many weekly anime but it became so noticeable how many of them were just the manga being read out loud with the characters being dragged about on screen with barley any animatiom. Now I mainly watch OVAs and anime that I'm sure has quality
Great video, gets to the point and well produced
But there are unique tv anime directors like Saitō, Araki,Sungwoo park, Goshozono,Imaishi and lets not forget about Watanabe and so so much more. these directors all have their own unique direction styles and lets not forget the many key animators with their own styles, you can tell Matsumoto from a Yoshihara for example.just because you dont know them doesnt mean they dont exist or their styles are indistinguishable you clearly see and tell a difference.its true that there are episode directors but there is usually a main director for a season or a whole series that directs the overall vision.just because a vast majority doesnt know an anime directors name doesnt mean that their artistic imput is non existant and honestly it trivilizes an ultimatly artistic medium into a entertainment slop content farm that it isnt.
True! In hindsight I do wish I had more pulls for directors that fit the model I was talking about. Unfortunately I think this vid exists more as an entry point into the topic for people who haven’t given any thought to the filmmaking behind TV directing rather than a deep dive on currently functioning cogs.
the thumbnail made me think this would be a totally different type of video, thank goooooood holy hell. now _this_ is the type of content i seek
Always glad when a small channel gets some recognition from the algorithm. Keep up the good work!
I really appreciate how you got your point across with numerous arguments and examples in just 5 minutes compared to other youtubers that will stretch any video topic to make it as long as possible for more adsense. Huge respect
Outstanding video holy moly. Dope job
1:50 the bags are just icing on the cake for this video
Good catch :D I’m excited to add more 1 second details to my videos
Because the “time my sisters friends all had a crush on me and we became wizards in an alternate universe” simply can only go one of a few ways sadly
You've definitely earned your influx of subscribers. Great content, and I hope to see you make more.
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High praise yo 🙏
i was thinking exactly this the other day! I usually go through the director's other works in anime movies, but it's so much harder to find the same consistency in anime tv shows
also you're mad underrated my guy, your video was very nice and not unnecessarily long, gg
Thanks man :)
Crazy you made a high quality video for a project
really good video and very well made and explained! looking forward to more :)
I like your video directing style thingy, you've earned a sub
the fact that this was made as a class project blows my mind. the visuals are great, the editing is on point, and you taught me something new! I'd love to keep watching you
actual dope ass video, excited to see where you go from here
Was expecting something more controversial based on the title and thumbnail, but this is actually really well thought out! Directing is such an underrated part of anime, and more people should really be talking about it.
Because you only watching SHOUNEN...
Don’t worry my friend the title and thumbnail are clickbait, my favorite shows of all time are The Tatami Galaxy and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, so my palette is fortunately not just shonen
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Heh, I think I could have guessed Eizouken was one of them just by watching this video alone.
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Love your animations dude, love the vid aswell 🔥
Glad to find such an awesome channel in its youth!
I can agree with this and want to make my own anime one day so I’ll be sure to not do this mistake.
Subscribed and I’ll look forward to more!
I love the editing and pixel art as a style choice. I have always loved pixel art and really appreciate that it's being incorporated into commentary. Keep it up! (also good luck with school)
The quality and art of this video is amazing for such a small channel. You have a new subscriber
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Fantastic video man, good lord.
anime directors are recognizable. Most people wont recognize them but thats the same as people who dont watch movies or arent into them, they wont recognize certain filmmakers based on the movie.
Problem is one is more niche than the other, so you wont see many people outside of those who actually take interest in the animation industry recognize that.
Theres only so many names a person can remember so i think in the halls of history, understanding our place in this world as background characters in another's story is not to be forgotten but understood.
The writing for this video is on point, can’t wait to see your channel explode
There was times that when i read a manga I thought it's full of personality and then you see its anime adaptation and it looks so..flat.
nature of the content aside, this is some quality in terms of objectivity, with an insightful central point nonetheless. well done, you're going places.
God these type of vids are so refreshing keep up the good work and you'll be at 100k in no time 💯💯
I wanna say that Call Of The Night has amazing visuals due to it being set at night and how they play around with the color schemes, desperately need a season 2 especially with the great soundtrack by Creepy Nuts
I loved your style dude, reminds me of the people from pocket plane(NimbleBit). Keep up the good work!!
Inspirational yet again. I request pixelated kendeji to have a tie next production
Your wish will be granted
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Hey really great video, you stumbled onto something with the length and plentiful concrete analysis, you should absolutely jump on the chance and make some more videos!
I always thought anime felt similar despite the unique character designs too.
I think its also because theres just so many anime these days . There used to be only a dozen or so productions done by certain studios .
now theres so much that the more each of these seasonal anime try to stick out, the more they stand in.
Its always been an issue but its def increased as alot of studios are almost stuck in a "next best thing" arms race.
Great video btw, short and to the point.
Hell yeah. Love to see this blow up!!
You’re gonna blow up if you keep making videos as great as this! 🔥
This will make for a nice addition to my "manga is better than the anime adaptation 95% of the time" collection. Nice to see that this video helped your channel blow up, happy for you!
I was gonna write 1015 to oppose this but when he started to pause in the middle of the video I knew it was coming
Commenting for the algorithm because you deserve wayyyyy more subs.
Great video man! you funny as hell x)
A lot of times when people refer to anime as a whole, they really mean shounen anime, which do get pretty repetitive with recycled themes and overall design. There are lots of unique, thought provoking, and stylistic anime out there beyond popular shounen however, many just end up going under the radar. I agree with the overall message that they should mix things up a bit more in general. My guess is that they’re just pumping out so much anime right now that it isn’t as much a concern or priority which is pretty unfortunate.
Bro dropped a stylised and interesting video essay about anime and THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T NOTICE???
One of my fav visually unique movies in anime is Jin Roh the Wolf Brigade. The half 3D animated faces make the world feel more bleak than alive because you see the characters and background populace more as humans suffering than overarching protagonists and antagonists. I would def give it a watch
Genuinely surprised this channel doesnt have more subs
I see that you mentioned in another comment that "keep it short" was one of the guidelines for this video project. Honestly, I think that actually works out phenomenally for this video. This is a platform where people can spend nearly 2 hours on a single subject in a video, and most of the time feel like they could've got the same point across in half the time.
I definitely don't hate the long-form video essay (shout out to Internet Pitstop for some peak anime & gaming content) but being able to make your point clearly and succinctly is a real skill. If you decide to make more videos I'd be real interested to see more short-form essays like this.
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Honestly, would love it if anime had more opportunity to add more artistic flare. It's primarily a visual art, so let the art stand out.
I think this hits on why I tend to enjoy original anime shows more than adaptations.
so glad you mentioned ishitani!
When talking about anime that have been adapted from manga it is important to know that adaptations often have to change the source material due to the change in medium. Basically what you covered about how manga can have it's art vary more between panels than what is accepted in anime
I'm glad this video was like to-the-point and the premise was actually interesting. Most videos I watch these days have a really interesting title, but you click on it, and then it explains what anime is and goes over the title of the video for a few minutes. I feel like I stumbled upon a really good channel in its early days. Glazing's kinda crazy though lol, idk had to say it.
Glaze or not I appreciate it🙏‼️ Happy to hear you liked the vid😁
One of the many reasons to be a JoJo fan, it's never afraid to be creative. Part 4 is gorgeous
Dude you keep making content like this and you'll actually be set.
It's also because when people say "Anime" they are referring to Shonen most of the time. Which are mostly the same, and focus on specific themes. Anime is a medium though, not a genre. Look into other forms from other artists and you'll be very pleased at what you find!
I need you to watch Monogatari because this whole "unique sense of direction" when it comes to anime is literally in another level when it comes to this show. There's a reason why those "in the style of monogatari" videos exist im tellin ya. Like trust me the Kizumonogatari movies are straight up some of the most well-directed pieces of anything I've ever seen, straight kino.
Oh and also about cool one off episodes shoutout to that one Mob Psycho Season 2 episode with the weird aspect ratio literally top 2 anime episodes ever for me. Shoutout to the entirety of JoJo's anime too for having some of the most coolest directing known to man.
all the best kendeji. beautiful video
When you brought up Lynch's Dune it reminded me of a documentary called "Jodorowsky's Dune". If you haven't seen it definitely check it out if you appreciate wild visions in cinema like that. The dude had H.R. Geiger attached BEFORE he did Alien to do the Harkonnen. He had Salvador Dali himself attached and cast in the movie. AND he had Christopher Foss on board to do the ship designs who, if you don't know, was one of the most prolific sci-fi ship artists of his time. (you've probably seen his spaceship art). He called it 'the dream team'. He also sent his own son away to a foreign country train in martial arts to play Paul. Crazy story. It was ultimately scrapped because of his refusal to compromise on running time, his wild vision, and that before Star Wars (which this was) studios simply didn't believe in sci-fi properties like they do today. (especially for the budget he wanted).
Anyways, crazy story, thought I'd share. Check out the documentary fr.
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