They not only includet different Martial Arts in ATLA with References, they even send the Animators in some courses of the different fighting styles to shape an even better understanding of these movements which is such a passionate level of research in my eyes.
@@robocu4 TRUE dude we were supposed to get a 4th season of ATLA originally covering a plotline with Azula that ended up being covered in the comics, but they just never got to do it, such a shame because it would've been fucking incredible
@@bjrobbins2027 I rewatch this Show around every 2 years and i still notice new details that got put into this show with so much love. From little expressions in the animation up to the smart foreshadowing hidden everywhere.
It's amazing, right? There's this video from Canipa Effect that details the studio's creative process and the decision to make such complicated outfits: th-cam.com/video/iVcHW50nTUk/w-d-xo.html
Because the mood was set by the sad music they played in the background. It really drove home what a tragedy it was that she had been twisted so far, and was still just a kid, but had to be put down
@@AndrewDembouski Actually, I enjoyed season 2 more personally. It felt more story driven whereas S1 was more episodic, fun, comedic adventures. It also introduced my favorite villain of all time, Garou.
I already LOVE Avatar the Last Airbender, but holy heck learning more about how much care they gave to animating it, theming each of the elements around a different martial art that fits the style. Its so incredible.
@@JaharNarishma and to add onto this. the style of bending toph uses is based on mantis style kung fu. which is is rumoured to have been developed by a blind woman in real life
@Robertino Tanos Just copy and pasting, huh? Well don't mind if I do too! 🤣 Nah, man. That's your opinion. To me and many others The Legend of Korra is a pretty good sequel show. You don't have to like it better than ATLA but it's definitely not a bad sequel show and very enjoyable!
The Legend of Korra is great, my boy Aang is still my favorite but there's no hate for the sequel series at all. The first season w the Equalists and Amon is my favorite by far!! My interest dropped a little after that season but there's still wonderful gems and moments hidden throughout. Like the whole backstory of Avatar Wan! I loved that so much.
@Robertino Tanos Oh... so now I'm "fanatic" and/or "ignorant" because I'd disagreed with what you said. Oh no! I'm... I'm so sorry! 😂 Dude, you're just toxic and probably a hater. I was being respectful when I first replied saying "that's your opinion" but if you aren't going to be respectful to me then I'm sure as hell won't be towards you. I don’t hate you or find you annoying but let’s put it this way…, if I had a bucket of water and you were on fire, I’d drink the water.
@Robertino Tanos Nah, man. That's your opinion. To me and many others The Legend of Korra is a pretty good sequel show. You don't have to like it better than ATLA but it's definitely not a bad sequel show and very enjoyable!
@Robertino Tanos Seriously? You're calling me a "fanboy" because I'd disagreed with you? I even tried to be respectful by saying "That's your opinion" before stating my disagreement. This.... this is how I know you having nothing to actual say. Do you always act like an idiot or do you just show off when you reply to me?
the concept advertised in the Koji pitch pieces is so cool! I know Alex said he'd work on it regardless of if a studio picks it up, but if a studio did pick it up, you can count me amongst the audience!
This video just makes me wanna watch Avatar again. It was such a good cartoon! I've been meaning to watch it again. This vid also makes me wanna watch "The Legend of Korra". When it first aired, I watched like 2, maybe 3 episodes but I couldn't get into it. Maybe now I can. I heard it was canceled before airing the last few episodes on TV so they released the rest online. That's cool they didn't leave everyone hanging that actually liked it. Knowing this makes me think it wasn't that good but I still should give it another try.
the legend of korra went through a production hell. from problems at the start where Nickelodeon didn't like the idea of a female lead, to it being planned as a one season show to rapidly get renewed (which ended up with a not as good season 2, and also a change of studio as studio Pierrot took over studio Mir). Then it seemed like season 2 will be its last, but the show suddenly got renewed again for season 3 and 4. Having more time to plan everything out, season 3 and 4 are absolutely fantastic (however, episodes have been shortened for one or two minutes compared to season 1 and 2, which honestly does mean we lose about 12-24 minutes per season). And that was just a taste of what's to come, because despite season 3 being superior to season 2 and season 1, Nickelodeon cut the funding of season 4 in half, which is the reason for the infamous clip episode in season 4 (the creators had no choice; it was either to have people work without getting paid, or for them to get paid properly for the time spent working and save it by making a clip episode). On top of it, the show got moved online. In 2013 and 2014, watching shows online meant lower quality than TV, etc., and most people did not even know about it. Instead, they just thought that the show stopped airing. I hope you gave it a watch, because TLOK is a fantastic show
@@nelgluhak6709 actually I believe Studio Perriot stopped halfway through book 2 because the production was to much for their animators and Studio Mir did the rest of book 2 while also doing season 4 of the Boondocks
Watching Garden of Words, I had to think "so where's the hot action?" ... Well, maybe not. As you've said, there's a lot of anime where action is NOT the focus, and IMO some of those shows are amongst the most impressive. They're also much rarer, as those sorts of shows are more commonly made as live-action. Makoto Shikai's catalogue and of course some of the lesser-known Ghibli movies (Whispers of the Heart, Ocean Waves) are good examples, but there are also series like Red Garden and Rumbling Hearts.
@@Nekotaku_TV Except, you know, comic books, movies, short films, cartoons, novels, short stories, and every other form of story telling ever made. I like anime too but it's not the only story telling medium that spans genres lmao
That's what I was screaming when he explained anime. Lol my homeboy just thinks anime is shonen and screams he's the biggest anime fan 😑. Just name drops popular shonen titles
I think I was seriously spoiled on ATLA as a kid. And not to mention Korra, I mean, the quality of the fight choreography is unlike any other show out there. I have a hard time now watching anything that doesn't meet their level of quality without having to stifle my short attention span lol. These shows are just on another level in almost every way.
Didn't realize ATLA was such a pioneer. It really is something special. And seeing the respect in all 3 of their faces when talking about ATLA and LOK is so awesome!
I think nowadays it is easier to classify it as simply an anime inspired cartoon, but considering how groundbreaking it was, it made it alot harder to classify at the time. Cartoons just hadn't really done that before.
@@xaius4348 this, and honestly they still haven’t… I haven’t seen much of anything that has been animated as well or with such raw beauty, because that’s what it really is, it’s beauty in animation in ATLA and LOK, and I haven’t seen that in any other cartoon shows to this day. Sure there is some great animation in cartoons these days, but not beautiful in the same way that ATLA and LOK are…
@@xaius4348 anime is just the shortened term for an animation in Japan, and Avatar is absolutely a anime stylistically, so I don't understand how people can say it's not one.
Don't get me wrong Avatar the Last Airbender was a great series, but it didn't break the ground most people want to think it did. Cartoons aimed at adults with groundbreaking animation and serialized storytelling were around for 20 years before Avatar and really good in the years before Avatar aired. What Avatar did that was exceptional is story control. Historically these epic animations like Robotech or Samurai Jack had a map of where the show was going but none of them knew from season to season if there would be another season of work so writing and even animation quality wasn't very consistent. Avatar sold a story rather than episodes, and that studio commitment allowed them to tell a story exactly how they wanted, retain talent intelligently, even get callbacks for old voice actors. It also got made during this voice acting renaissance where there many many amazing voice actors and studios who were really good at leveraging that talent.
Jujutsu Kaizen has some of the most incredible fighting in concurrent Anime. It has so many elements I think it’s totally worth you guys analyzing its art.
the bendings from the Avatar series and the hand techniques from the Naruto franchise will forever be the pinnacle of artistic skill-casting...both are just pure art
I forgot to say: thanks for this episode corridor. After seeing this I decided to go watch avatar, and oh my lord this is my new favourite work of fiction! How can this show be so good?
Everything from Makoto Shinkai, like: Your Name, Garden of Words, Weathering with You. And Everything from Hayao Miyazaki, like: Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. THE ANIMATION IS AMAZING!!!!
How have I not come across a Full Metal Alchemist comment?! Transmutation artifacts, material morphing, amazing fire, smoke, fight scenes, beasts, monsters, story
Came here to make the same comment. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is one of my two favorite anime of all time, the other being Avatar the Last Airbender, of course. Many, many other great ones out there, but these two take the cake for me.
Any of the battles involving Homunculi in FMAB are absolute animation marvels. There's a lot more that's still good, but those really demonstrate the peak of their animation (which is very high)
FMAB is the first anime series I watched to completion, and after 10 years of watching anime I think it's still the best I've seen, it just does everything so well. It's exceptionally well-rounded.
There is actually the same thought in Avatar the last Airbender. When Aang fights Toph. They assume Toph threw the match cause they couldn’t see her get hit with the air
I've read a couple pages of the manga. The anime's art is levels above the original. They gave so much detail to characters and scenes the manga didn't.
One thing I loved about watching the fire fights in Avatar was that they would use artificial aperture racks. The fire would "blow out" the image, they would artificially rack the aperture closed and everything would get darker to compensate. They really nailed the fire in that show, in terms of making it real both with the brightness and the movements.
Hearing them talk about the process of cartoon animation in the west being animated in studio's in the East is SO interesting. I grew up watching shows like Swat Kats, Thunder cats, Captain Planet etc, and over the years through research learned that much of their episodes would be storyboarded here but sent overseas to be animated. I was always fascinated about that back and forth, realizing over time and more research that a lot of the reason was that animation studios in Korea and Japan were able to do a lot more with less. They could push the animation through the use of camera angles and extreme shots. Giving the show a more dynamic and intense feeling. It also looked smoother and movements were a lot sharper. Back then you would only really find that level of animation from a western studio for a movie or a motion picture. Not for a cartoon. It kind of changed the game of how cartoons in the West would be done and look.
@@Julio-Ces4r Yeah, different studio did that one, but still beter than many other shows, but you feel like your still missing out of something better.
It will never happen again probably. Idk which interview it was, but apparently the animation director, Shingo Natsume, called in favors from the time he worked at other studios as a freelance (including JCStaff, season 2s animation studio) from talented people that allowed the already start studded MADHouse team, mixed in with Natsume knowing how much time to give his animators made season 1. The amount of money they would have had to spend if they wanted to keep all those people for the 2nd season would have been near a movie budget. I was sad with season 2, and even Natsume was kind of bashing them since he knows given enough time JC can make really good animation, but sadly their director and people with money wanted to rush them while hype was high instead of delay it (plus Natsume wanted to stay as director which he could have since he Is freelance, let's hope season 3 they put him back in since he's in love with the project)
Zuko and azulas fight was by far the best animation I had ever seen especially at the time. It was just beautiful. Also naruto shippuden is by far the best anime
Though if you're doing an fma fight, you gotta do the one from the first movie where it's pride vs. Gluttony. There are still 2005 era TH-cam uploads of that with 0.001mb/s bitrate rips of Disturbed songs laid over the top lol
FMA is probably one of the few animes out there that gives a damn about grounding their characters. Probably because Arakawa is a god at character writing.
I have always felt that ATLA had such great fight scenes partly because of how the animators conveyed the sense of balance. You know when a character is solidly planted vs when they are slipping and why much better than most other cartoons, even most anime.
Dude could literally not be more wrong on the head squeezing scene. Anticipation was so intense. We had no idea where it was going. And that was the turning point of the show letting us know its not gonna be a normal cartoon.
Maybe his skull should be visually getting crushed not just have an eye popping out. The head itself was rigid the whole time, I think he was talking about the head. Yeah the glasses shattering is a nice touch, but they could have done more because the head hardly moves in my opinion.
They're not saying the scene is bad, quite the opposite in fact. THey're pointing out how despite clear budget restrictions, they still put out a quality show.
I’m so happy that avatar got the time that it really deserves and that there was a fellow fan to give them all the information about how thought out that show is
The animation in Space Dandy is just amazing and it's also just such a good good show, one of my all-time favorites, I laughed I cried and I tripped the fuck out 🤣
Avatar was ahead of its time. it really does well for introducing people into anime, even though many dont consider it. its impact, its community and commitment to telling a diverse story with many ethnic groups really is beautiful
Well, I think the problem comes from the connotation of what is meant when the term "anime" is used. Usually that's referring to Japanese animation, or I suppose any other Asian cartoon specifically, and I think that's where you'll see the problem. Avatar is technically "anime", especially when we consider it was animated in Korea, and if we want to refer to its short-hand of the word "animation" or otherwise a cartoon, but many people generally think of the Japanese variety when that term is used and simply use "cartoon" or "animation" to describe everything else.
If you're gonna watch clips from Avatar TLA, you gotta watch the kids storm the Earth Kingdom palace. The long take of Toph and Aang deflecting earthbender attacks is fricking *chefs kiss*
I couldn’t be any happier because I remember barley anyone knew about it back in 05-07. I had no one to talk to about the finale of ATLA back then cause no one watched it. Lmaoo
I’m surprised that you didn’t mention it in detail: ATLA used reference material for the bending scenes performed by sifu kisu, the consultant for the show. The character of Piandao was designed to look like him.
@@nordindelosreyes3473 no, definitely, I actually like it more, I just think that the Saitama verses Boros It’s just as good, and has in my opinion the best animation in the show
Well, if you want to make a superhero show/cartoon in a world where it is already saturated with PG-13-ish content, then why not take the risk and go full R? The gore isn't what's selling the shows, they have really good stories. The gore is just a nice little extra for the adults out there
Amazon can risk doing more niche stuff compared to something like Netflix because the whole streaming thing is just their side business to build brand loyalty. They make the real cash from you buying stuff from their shop while you're on the Amazon website.
Wren’s “Oh…” in the Omni-Man video killed me. Gosh, I love this show. I think they should check out the first Hinokami Kagura scene (Tanjiro vs Rui) from Demon Slayer.
- Demon Slayer episode 19, "Hinokami" scene always takes my breath away. - Princess Mononoke, final scene in front of the lake is visceral and haunting. - Cowboy Bebop, first episode fight scene perfectly captures the whimsical yet deadly nature of Spike Spiegel. - Attack on Titan, Season 2, episode 11, Charge, Mikasa's fight. Evangelion.
@@rafaoliveira6292 actually the animation is good, youre just biased because the first season is just way better. But just because the first season is better doesn't mean the 2nd season wasn't. The 2nd season has really good animation
Anime is not usually energy or action oriented, you are right that it’s technically a specific style and animation done in japan, but that action genre of anime is called shonen
If you're like me who grew up watching a bunch of American movies, Cowboy Bepop is the greatest in execution of storytelling, animation, music, and exploration of genres!
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. It is a masterpiece in EVERY WAY. Animation, story, music, characters, fight scenes, world building. Every part of it is beautiful. It is an essential anime. And the best.
I heard that FLCL had the same animation budget as Evangelion's 26 episode run packed into just 6 episodes, which is why it's so of the rails and a real visual treat. All Gainax productions are great, but I really recommend FLCL for visual appeal.
Sword of the Stranger, One-Punch Man (S1: Saitama vs Genos & Boros), Attack on Titan S1-S3, Your Name, Weathering With You, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (final fight), and Demon Slayer are all truly stellar examples of immaculate art and animation.
FLCL is a smorgasbord of animation styles, music, and raw energy in six 20 minute episodes. It's a work of art. Also +1 all the mentions of Cowboy Bebop.
I think even just ep1 of FLCL would be a very cool breakdown because it has so many of those styles and call out moments they could highlight and go into.
ATLA did a lot of very sensible things from the outset that made Avatar such a good animated series. It was mentioned that they brought in martial artists to show the different styles, what they actually did was train all the animators in those styles. When they introduced other characters that didn't fall in the normal styles they picked new ones, like Toph using Southern Praying Mantis instead of the usual Hung Gar Kuen, as well as May, Tai Lee and Suki. The directors gave the animators lots of freedom to push the choreography as far as they wanted within the magic system, a few times they sparked story points for the show like bloodbending or the flying with fire. They also made it very clear that there should be no pauses in animation, something is always moving in frame to make it feel alive. There's only a few times it pauses entirely but for dramatic effect, like when they do the hand holding after toph says "do you really think friendships can last longer than one lifetime?" and it stops for as it waits for Sokka to join.
One thing they did that's just on another level is that different characters fight/bend differently both from each other and themselves as they progress along their character arcs. Zuko at the very beginning of the show bends quite differently from Zuko at the end of the show, with his more fluid styles and movements showing both a greater mastery of firebending and a change in who he is as a person, not to mention that he's picked up different techniques from other bending styles. Azula's bending is quite different once she snaps, being far less precise and calculated.
Akira has a permanent place in my heart because it was the first for me. It's what started the journey. The best for me though, is Trigun. The complete beginning to end journey and story, is just unparalleled. Only 81 (iirc) episodes, but the story is told, and it's amazing.
Akira holds a similar place for me, however if you go back and watch it again, the story and the quality really don't stack up against contemporary titles.
Mob Psycho 100 is an amazing anime that I highly recommend, both in terms of storytelling and animation. God, the animation is so breathtaking, there’s nothing else quite like it!
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Mob Psycho, Violet Evergarden, Demon Slayer, Cowboy Bebop, Jujutsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan have some seriously good animation.
Yeah, that show is gold in all aspects. visuals, animation, story, and heart - and also a very emotional journey, not a run-of-the-mill shonen. A very good showcase of how anime is a medium, not a genre.
Why do americans have such a hard on for Cowboy Bebop? it's pretty good yeah, but it's definitely not top tier, and the movie is really bad(animation is amazing though).
@@MaxIronsThird It's basically the combination of the fantastic soundtrack, the great animation, and the top notch English dub. It's basically the standard for a great dub so it just tends to top everyone's list because the dub was so great.
@@MaxIronsThird That and I forgot to say in general most American's saw Cowboy Bebop because of Toonami so it's definitely a nostalgia thing for a ton of people too.
i gotta see some cowboy bebop & attack on titan
100% this
I was thinking the same thing
Omg yess
Yessss the Asimov vs. Spike scene would be awesome to see them breakdown!
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Avatar the last air bender is one of the only shows that held up watching as an adult. I can’t wait to show my kids it
This the Hawks , wow
Ur website helped alot thanks.....
agreed, its nice that a "kids" show was so well made that its enjoyable as an adult.
I watched it the first time in my mid thirties. It's one of my top 3 TV-shows of all time.
I finished watching it yesterday and I’m so sad. I wish I could forget it and watch it all over again.
I just watched it all again with my kids, still love going through this adventure
Aside from the regulars like Akira, I can comfortably recommend "redline" as a visual masterpiece. think anime speed racer in space.
Seconded
Ma men speaking facts
Akira with animations from 40 years ago that kicks 99% today's productions.
Yea Akira is definitely a given.
Studio Ghibli did some really good animation as well
Omg yes it is one of the few animated movies I own on blueray!
They not only includet different Martial Arts in ATLA with References, they even send the Animators in some courses of the different fighting styles to shape an even better understanding of these movements which is such a passionate level of research in my eyes.
ATLA was a labour of love and it shows.
@@robocu4 TRUE dude we were supposed to get a 4th season of ATLA originally covering a plotline with Azula that ended up being covered in the comics, but they just never got to do it, such a shame because it would've been fucking incredible
Avatar is easily one of the best shows
@@bjrobbins2027 I rewatch this Show around every 2 years and i still notice new details that got put into this show with so much love. From little expressions in the animation up to the smart foreshadowing hidden everywhere.
The last agni kai from atla is still to this day one of the most stunning animated action scenes and no one can tell me otherwise.
Preach
+ the soundtrack that they used just made it so much more better
👏
Why would someone tell you otherwise, it is what it is
So ahead of its time. Like seriously lol
Tenzin's outfit when he fights still blows my mind. There's basically 3 layers of details that all flow individually and it's so mesmerising to watch
It's amazing, right? There's this video from Canipa Effect that details the studio's creative process and the decision to make such complicated outfits: th-cam.com/video/iVcHW50nTUk/w-d-xo.html
@@00Bia07 Oh wow, I did not know it was already talked about in a video. It was just something I actually picked up on my own
The Zuko v Azula fight scene always gives me goosebumps.
It is entertaining, but also sad how he had to fight his own sister who didn't want to change for the better :(
@@RYMAN1321 yeah the music helped us understand that it wasn't some sort of triumphant fight but rather a tragic scene
Me too
Because the mood was set by the sad music they played in the background.
It really drove home what a tragedy it was that she had been twisted so far, and was still just a kid, but had to be put down
omg facts
Wren's reaction to invincible was priceless.
Wren's reactions to basically everything are delightful.
Was also my first reaction to invincible.
It was annoying
@@Original-Phantom bad take
JK Simmons really being in half of the things they showed. His voice is great for voice acting
HE JUST WANTS PICTURE OF SPIDER MAN !
*”J.J.J”*
Invincible is just whiplash, but with Superman
_stares at that statement_
_bursts out laughing in J Jonah Jameson_
".....you serious?"
@@brycejp6041 *homelander
Attack on titan, mob psycho, and demon slayer have some absolutely insane animations. Would love to see that
YES
"YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! Y E S !",-Jotaro Kujo
There's some great stuff in Jojo's too
@@Nai_101 very true. Jojos is so unique but extremely good in in that uniqueness.
AOT S4 is ruined now!
One Punch Man season 1. Fighting scene of Saitama and Genos is completely nuts
Nearly every fighting scene had good combat animations in OPM Season 1... fucking loved it!
Season 2 definitely didn’t reach the bar that season 1 set
@@SchnitzelDude plus very good humor
@@AndrewDembouski Actually, I enjoyed season 2 more personally. It felt more story driven whereas S1 was more episodic, fun, comedic adventures. It also introduced my favorite villain of all time, Garou.
@@paulheimlich2691 I think he means animation-wise S2 was a step down
I already LOVE Avatar the Last Airbender, but holy heck learning more about how much care they gave to animating it, theming each of the elements around a different martial art that fits the style. Its so incredible.
They even made Toph, a variant earth bender, use a different style than other earth benders. So many details in the visuals bending.
@@JaharNarishma and to add onto this. the style of bending toph uses is based on mantis style kung fu. which is is rumoured to have been developed by a blind woman in real life
Talking about Avatar and not watching the final Agni Kai fight is criminal. It is such a masterpiece
Let's not forget the dragon dance.
@Robertino Tanos Just copy and pasting, huh? Well don't mind if I do too! 🤣
Nah, man. That's your opinion. To me and many others The Legend of Korra is a pretty good sequel show. You don't have to like it better than ATLA but it's definitely not a bad sequel show and very enjoyable!
The Legend of Korra is great, my boy Aang is still my favorite but there's no hate for the sequel series at all.
The first season w the Equalists and Amon is my favorite by far!! My interest dropped a little after that season but there's still wonderful gems and moments hidden throughout. Like the whole backstory of Avatar Wan! I loved that so much.
@Robertino Tanos while ATLA is the best, Korta is still good. I enjoyed it.
@Robertino Tanos Oh... so now I'm "fanatic" and/or "ignorant" because I'd disagreed with what you said. Oh no! I'm... I'm so sorry! 😂 Dude, you're just toxic and probably a hater. I was being respectful when I first replied saying "that's your opinion" but if you aren't going to be respectful to me then I'm sure as hell won't be towards you. I don’t hate you or find you annoying but let’s put it this way…, if I had a bucket of water and you were on fire, I’d drink the water.
Having J K Simmons voice Tenzin in Korra and Nolan in Invincible.
That guy doesn't miss.
@Robertino Tanos Nah, man. That's your opinion. To me and many others The Legend of Korra is a pretty good sequel show. You don't have to like it better than ATLA but it's definitely not a bad sequel show and very enjoyable!
I actually like Korra more than ATLA. The second season is lacking, but overall it is a fantastic show
@Robertino Tanos Seriously? You're calling me a "fanboy" because I'd disagreed with you? I even tried to be respectful by saying "That's your opinion" before stating my disagreement. This.... this is how I know you having nothing to actual say. Do you always act like an idiot or do you just show off when you reply to me?
That scene in Attack on Titan where Levi is running from Kenny is a fantastic scene. You guys should definitely check it out if you haven’t yet.
seriously tho. thats like one of my favorite sakuga. i watched it multiple times because it's so beautiful
the concept advertised in the Koji pitch pieces is so cool! I know Alex said he'd work on it regardless of if a studio picks it up, but if a studio did pick it up, you can count me amongst the audience!
Jujutsu Kaisen or the One Punch Man vs Genos fight scene. I'd love to see a professional breakdown of that
The intros of Jujutsu Kaisen is on a whole new level. They perfected CGI in anime.
Jujutsu Kaisen is so goated with their animation
@@thizzuchiha studio mappa is goated
@@holysword876 lol watch land on the lustrous, jjk cgi or any other cgi is a little kid in front of it
That one punch man fight is my favourite
Mob psycho 100 has fight scenes that are pure eye candy, definitely deserves a peek.
Defo agree!
On that note, One Punch Man as well.
@@Agent719 The final fight especially
jujutsu kaisen
For real
*sees Avatar in Thumbnail*
FINALLY!!! Best episode hands down already 😤
Same
same
Same
I’m waiting for them to do more anime like one piece and what not
Didn't expect to see you here :P Cool. Big fan
This video just makes me wanna watch Avatar again. It was such a good cartoon! I've been meaning to watch it again. This vid also makes me wanna watch "The Legend of Korra". When it first aired, I watched like 2, maybe 3 episodes but I couldn't get into it. Maybe now I can. I heard it was canceled before airing the last few episodes on TV so they released the rest online. That's cool they didn't leave everyone hanging that actually liked it. Knowing this makes me think it wasn't that good but I still should give it another try.
the legend of korra went through a production hell.
from problems at the start where Nickelodeon didn't like the idea of a female lead, to it being planned as a one season show to rapidly get renewed (which ended up with a not as good season 2, and also a change of studio as studio Pierrot took over studio Mir). Then it seemed like season 2 will be its last, but the show suddenly got renewed again for season 3 and 4. Having more time to plan everything out, season 3 and 4 are absolutely fantastic (however, episodes have been shortened for one or two minutes compared to season 1 and 2, which honestly does mean we lose about 12-24 minutes per season). And that was just a taste of what's to come, because despite season 3 being superior to season 2 and season 1, Nickelodeon cut the funding of season 4 in half, which is the reason for the infamous clip episode in season 4 (the creators had no choice; it was either to have people work without getting paid, or for them to get paid properly for the time spent working and save it by making a clip episode). On top of it, the show got moved online. In 2013 and 2014, watching shows online meant lower quality than TV, etc., and most people did not even know about it. Instead, they just thought that the show stopped airing.
I hope you gave it a watch, because TLOK is a fantastic show
@@nelgluhak6709 actually I believe Studio Perriot stopped halfway through book 2 because the production was to much for their animators and Studio Mir did the rest of book 2 while also doing season 4 of the Boondocks
Attack on Titan and Jujutsu Kaisen have insane choreography and worth analysing
Jujutsu Kaisen's fight scenes are out of this world... I bet 90% of their budget was sunk on them
Mob Psycho 100 is forever my #1 anime of all time. People talk about the fights but the animation is so unique throughout
Yes! Both season 1 and 2 are so unique and have so many opportunities to showcase some seriously amazing animation moments!
Exactlyyyyyy
And not to forget that moment..."You're a good guy" my heart 😭
It’s because it’s animated by yutaka nakamura. He did shit like season one of one punch man, soul eater, and my hero academia
Yeah but..
Anime is animation done in Japan, but it doesn't have to be energy or action based. That genre is Shonen anime
Watching Garden of Words, I had to think "so where's the hot action?" ... Well, maybe not. As you've said, there's a lot of anime where action is NOT the focus, and IMO some of those shows are amongst the most impressive. They're also much rarer, as those sorts of shows are more commonly made as live-action. Makoto Shikai's catalogue and of course some of the lesser-known Ghibli movies (Whispers of the Heart, Ocean Waves) are good examples, but there are also series like Red Garden and Rumbling Hearts.
Yeah... anime can literally be any genre. That's why it's like nothing else.
@@Nekotaku_TV Except, you know, comic books, movies, short films, cartoons, novels, short stories, and every other form of story telling ever made. I like anime too but it's not the only story telling medium that spans genres lmao
That's what I was screaming when he explained anime. Lol my homeboy just thinks anime is shonen and screams he's the biggest anime fan 😑. Just name drops popular shonen titles
I think I was seriously spoiled on ATLA as a kid. And not to mention Korra, I mean, the quality of the fight choreography is unlike any other show out there. I have a hard time now watching anything that doesn't meet their level of quality without having to stifle my short attention span lol. These shows are just on another level in almost every way.
Didn't realize ATLA was such a pioneer. It really is something special. And seeing the respect in all 3 of their faces when talking about ATLA and LOK is so awesome!
I think nowadays it is easier to classify it as simply an anime inspired cartoon, but considering how groundbreaking it was, it made it alot harder to classify at the time. Cartoons just hadn't really done that before.
@@xaius4348 this, and honestly they still haven’t… I haven’t seen much of anything that has been animated as well or with such raw beauty, because that’s what it really is, it’s beauty in animation in ATLA and LOK, and I haven’t seen that in any other cartoon shows to this day. Sure there is some great animation in cartoons these days, but not beautiful in the same way that ATLA and LOK are…
@@xaius4348 anime is just the shortened term for an animation in Japan, and Avatar is absolutely a anime stylistically, so I don't understand how people can say it's not one.
@@improbablyyourdad8458 What aspect(s) of the show make it an anime in your eyes?
Compared to modern anime I think it's clearly a cartoon.
Don't get me wrong Avatar the Last Airbender was a great series, but it didn't break the ground most people want to think it did. Cartoons aimed at adults with groundbreaking animation and serialized storytelling were around for 20 years before Avatar and really good in the years before Avatar aired. What Avatar did that was exceptional is story control. Historically these epic animations like Robotech or Samurai Jack had a map of where the show was going but none of them knew from season to season if there would be another season of work so writing and even animation quality wasn't very consistent. Avatar sold a story rather than episodes, and that studio commitment allowed them to tell a story exactly how they wanted, retain talent intelligently, even get callbacks for old voice actors. It also got made during this voice acting renaissance where there many many amazing voice actors and studios who were really good at leveraging that talent.
Mob Psycho 100 is definitely an anime I’d like to see y’all cover.
Animators reaction to Mob Psycjo would be insane
Wren!! You gotta watch Full Metal Alchemist! And if you have already, check out Made In Abyss!
Those are some damn fine recommendations
Aot also has some good animation, but from the short clip they gave of it I’m guessing they’ve already talked about it.
Not going to lie, I'm a little fanboy to see virtual riot in here. Good anime suggestions and banger hits my dude.
Ok dubstep man
(Okay but made in abyss is actually a good suggestion)
Wren's reaction to Invincible is perfection
Mob Psycho 100 is top tier animation. Studio bones put so much passion into that project and I think it's worth a feature.
Agreed,less know but really a good product
Jujutsu Kaizen has some of the most incredible fighting in concurrent Anime. It has so many elements I think it’s totally worth you guys analyzing its art.
Yes
Yes please
Attack on titan and Jujutsu Kaisen 👍
An entire episode on demon slayer episode 19
How about violet evergarden?
@@marveloustwizz3346 they asked to suggest some shows so i picked my favorites :D
Yes
this
the bendings from the Avatar series and the hand techniques from the Naruto franchise will forever be the pinnacle of artistic skill-casting...both are just pure art
Cowboy Bebop: Neo spaghetti western, story, space, Jazz....so good
Omg tank is one of the best themes songs ever made.
Best soundtrack ever
Mob Psycho 100 has some of the most insane animation I've ever seen!
Facts, and a banger of an opening as well
i second this
And one punch man season one
true! the effects used for the psychic abilities are mesmerising
Fire Force and Mob Psycho 100 has movie quality animations not gonna lie.
Jujutsu Kaisen has some of the craziest fight scene animations I’ve ever seen. It would be awesome to see you guys react to it
Yeah , Gojou fan !
Itadori and todo clap fight scene
@@tamaskavalecz yeah that scene was crazyyy
@@tamaskavalecz 🔥
I forgot to say: thanks for this episode corridor.
After seeing this I decided to go watch avatar, and oh my lord this is my new favourite work of fiction! How can this show be so good?
Everything from Makoto Shinkai, like: Your Name, Garden of Words, Weathering with You. And Everything from Hayao Miyazaki, like: Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. THE ANIMATION IS AMAZING!!!!
Damn you right. Anime movies are so beautiful
I commented the same thing before I saw your comment!
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YES YES YESYESSSSS
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Wren: *being traumatized*
Alex: “see those action lines?” 😃
How have I not come across a Full Metal Alchemist comment?! Transmutation artifacts, material morphing, amazing fire, smoke, fight scenes, beasts, monsters, story
Magic battles, military battles, plain old hand to hand fighting, comedy, tragedy, failure and redemption. Pretty much the perfect anime.
Came here to make the same comment. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is one of my two favorite anime of all time, the other being Avatar the Last Airbender, of course.
Many, many other great ones out there, but these two take the cake for me.
I feel like it’s really underrated even though it’s not
Any of the battles involving Homunculi in FMAB are absolute animation marvels. There's a lot more that's still good, but those really demonstrate the peak of their animation (which is very high)
FMAB is the first anime series I watched to completion, and after 10 years of watching anime I think it's still the best I've seen, it just does everything so well. It's exceptionally well-rounded.
There is actually the same thought in Avatar the last Airbender. When Aang fights Toph. They assume Toph threw the match cause they couldn’t see her get hit with the air
Would love to see a break down of Mob Psycho 100, I love how they do the super powered action and all the different art styles
There's something to be said when Mob goes ??? and everything is a bunch of crude art lines. It's oddly very strong.
Jujutsu Kaisen is such a good modern anime. The fight scenes are so good and so fun to watch
took the words out of my mouth ...animation was amazingggg
@@anonymousname1633 I feel like MAPPA always does great work and they really went all out for the animation on Gojou
@@dobby56jackwagon i really can't wait for the chainsaw man anime
Definitely
Was about to comment that they should look at jujitsu
Demon Slayer's animation quality blew my mind! Plus Tower Of God is another great Korean anime to check out!
I want them to break down how they blend the 3d animation with the 2d animation and make it so smooth
Anything ufotable would be great.
@@rmdoucet123 Seriously. Their Fate movies are just mindblowing, especially when you see their behind the scenes.
TOG quality is not that good but its good reaction material
I've read a couple pages of the manga. The anime's art is levels above the original. They gave so much detail to characters and scenes the manga didn't.
ATLA is just soooo good.. the writing especially. Characters and plot are written in such a brilliant way... I love it.
Every episode is a good one
One thing I loved about watching the fire fights in Avatar was that they would use artificial aperture racks. The fire would "blow out" the image, they would artificially rack the aperture closed and everything would get darker to compensate. They really nailed the fire in that show, in terms of making it real both with the brightness and the movements.
The Levi versus Kenny scene from Attack On Titan is some seriously wild animation.
that scene alone took like 3 months to animate
Dedset anything from Attack on Titan is insane
It was meh🙄 the studio blew all their budget for that scene but still nothing was visible 😂
Fog Hill of Five Elements' fight animations >>>>>>>> any anime's fights animations
@@sastaassh1112 Your opinion.
Best visually pleasing Anime I've ever seen is the Comet scene from "Kimi no na wa" ("Your Name") - made by Makoto Shinikai.
Bro the 'lake panning out' scene is BREATHTAKING
Hearing them talk about the process of cartoon animation in the west being animated in studio's in the East is SO interesting. I grew up watching shows like Swat Kats, Thunder cats, Captain Planet etc, and over the years through research learned that much of their episodes would be storyboarded here but sent overseas to be animated. I was always fascinated about that back and forth, realizing over time and more research that a lot of the reason was that animation studios in Korea and Japan were able to do a lot more with less. They could push the animation through the use of camera angles and extreme shots. Giving the show a more dynamic and intense feeling. It also looked smoother and movements were a lot sharper. Back then you would only really find that level of animation from a western studio for a movie or a motion picture. Not for a cartoon. It kind of changed the game of how cartoons in the West would be done and look.
Mob psycho 100 has the most creative animation I’ve seen
One Punch from the same man is also great, season one has some of the greatest animation in it.
@@-JustHuman- sadly second season is bad in terms of animation
I agree, Mob Psycho is fenomenal
@@Julio-Ces4r Yeah, different studio did that one, but still beter than many other shows, but you feel like your still missing out of something better.
@@Julio-Ces4r No the animation is pretty amazing but madhouse had set the bar so high that fans thought the animation was worse than before
One Punch Man first season is a gold mine for top quality animation
amen, one punch man animation season one is just on another level. Just watch saitama vs Genos
Yes! They change animation styles very intentionally in many interesting ways
Yep yep
Mob psycho 100 is a diamond mine for animation. The animation combined with that art style is glorious 🤤
It will never happen again probably. Idk which interview it was, but apparently the animation director, Shingo Natsume, called in favors from the time he worked at other studios as a freelance (including JCStaff, season 2s animation studio) from talented people that allowed the already start studded MADHouse team, mixed in with Natsume knowing how much time to give his animators made season 1. The amount of money they would have had to spend if they wanted to keep all those people for the 2nd season would have been near a movie budget. I was sad with season 2, and even Natsume was kind of bashing them since he knows given enough time JC can make really good animation, but sadly their director and people with money wanted to rush them while hype was high instead of delay it (plus Natsume wanted to stay as director which he could have since he Is freelance, let's hope season 3 they put him back in since he's in love with the project)
Wren just casually starrting a war by asking what's the best Anime
It's attack on titan btw
Aot
Cowboy Bebop hands down.
@@flopi1179 AOT'S awesome.
@@flopi1179 Debatable.
Zuko and azulas fight was by far the best animation I had ever seen especially at the time. It was just beautiful. Also naruto shippuden is by far the best anime
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is one of the most widely liked animes ever. The fight against Pride was a sweet animation sequence.
or the fight between scar and bradley!!!! that’s my favorite one in the show
Every scene King fight is masterpiece.
Though if you're doing an fma fight, you gotta do the one from the first movie where it's pride vs. Gluttony. There are still 2005 era TH-cam uploads of that with 0.001mb/s bitrate rips of Disturbed songs laid over the top lol
Your not wrong.
FMA is probably one of the few animes out there that gives a damn about grounding their characters. Probably because Arakawa is a god at character writing.
I have always felt that ATLA had such great fight scenes partly because of how the animators conveyed the sense of balance. You know when a character is solidly planted vs when they are slipping and why much better than most other cartoons, even most anime.
Your Name (Kimi No Na wa) is my favourite. The visuals are just out of this world. I can look at it for hours.
you can see every individual leaf on trees, every spot of rust on metal. Your Name is unreal.
Dude could literally not be more wrong on the head squeezing scene. Anticipation was so intense. We had no idea where it was going. And that was the turning point of the show letting us know its not gonna be a normal cartoon.
Maybe his skull should be visually getting crushed not just have an eye popping out. The head itself was rigid the whole time, I think he was talking about the head. Yeah the glasses shattering is a nice touch, but they could have done more because the head hardly moves in my opinion.
They're not saying the scene is bad, quite the opposite in fact. THey're pointing out how despite clear budget restrictions, they still put out a quality show.
I’m so happy that avatar got the time that it really deserves and that there was a fellow fan to give them all the information about how thought out that show is
Mob psychos animation can’t be forgotten
Oh yes please do Mob Psycho 100!
more specifically, season 2. Season 1 was not bad, but they went all out with season 2.
and one punch man too!!
Yeah they gotta do Mob Psycho
Godly animation 😤
I highly recommend "Your Name" cause the visuals and animations really hit hard
The animation in Space Dandy is just amazing and it's also just such a good good show, one of my all-time favorites, I laughed I cried and I tripped the fuck out 🤣
The Demon Slayer episode 19 fight is one of the most gorgeous animated fight scenes I've ever seen, the motion and lighting is unreal.
The smart use of CGI there was subberb as well
Awesome scene
Don't forget to mention the demon slayer movie that is about to release
The movie had that animation almost throughout the thing
@@MementoMori-kn4dh hasn't it come out already?
We absolutely have to cover Mob Psycho 100, the fight scenes and animations throughout the show are spectacular!
Mob Psycho 100... BROOO
Avatar was ahead of its time. it really does well for introducing people into anime, even though many dont consider it. its impact, its community and commitment to telling a diverse story with many ethnic groups really is beautiful
Well, I think the problem comes from the connotation of what is meant when the term "anime" is used. Usually that's referring to Japanese animation, or I suppose any other Asian cartoon specifically, and I think that's where you'll see the problem. Avatar is technically "anime", especially when we consider it was animated in Korea, and if we want to refer to its short-hand of the word "animation" or otherwise a cartoon, but many people generally think of the Japanese variety when that term is used and simply use "cartoon" or "animation" to describe everything else.
One Punch Man,
Mob Psycho 100,
Jujutsu Kaisen, and
Demons Slayer.
In nor particular order are some of my top favorite animes
If you're gonna watch clips from Avatar TLA, you gotta watch the kids storm the Earth Kingdom palace. The long take of Toph and Aang deflecting earthbender attacks is fricking *chefs kiss*
They need to see the strongest earthbender make a boulder flow😂
I love Katara's moves in that scene too
ATLA really stood the test of time. 15 years later and it’s as popular as ever.
It really did
I couldn’t be any happier because I remember barley anyone knew about it back in 05-07.
I had no one to talk to about the finale of ATLA back then cause no one watched it. Lmaoo
It's still quite unique among animated shows from America. I feel like the story and animation have very little competition on Nickelodeon 😅
I can never get enough of the beautiful animation, I love how the designs/animation aren't overly simplified like several shows today!
I watched it for the first time last year during covid lockdown and god damn it was fantastic.
Rather than a specific anime, I hope you can bring someone from one of the animation studios in japan to do the next or future animators react
wonder if anyone from Studio Madhouse is fluent in English....
Yooo they should totally bring in someone from a game studio to do game animation breakdowns
I’m surprised that you didn’t mention it in detail:
ATLA used reference material for the bending scenes performed by sifu kisu, the consultant for the show.
The character of Piandao was designed to look like him.
One Punch Man:
Saitama vs Genos practice fight.
Saitama's dream fight.
Great animation.
Sadly the First season Is way Better at animation than the second one
And saitama vs boros
@@attackemu1508 saitama vs genos is my favourite fight. The animation is done in that fight was mind blowing.
@@nordindelosreyes3473 no, definitely, I actually like it more, I just think that the Saitama verses Boros It’s just as good, and has in my opinion the best animation in the show
DON'T FORGET THE FIGHT WITH BOROS
The MadHouse production 'Paprika' is one of the most insane animations I've ever seen and is definitely worth reacting to
Word.
Truth, Paprika is great stuff. Tripping too.
Madhouse animation is always pure of love IMO
Espescially One Punch Man season 1
Basically inspiration to Nolan's "Inception"
Same as madhouse is king of animation, kyoto animations are unrivaled in artstyle
What’s with Amazon and ultra violent superhero content. The Boys and Invincible are so gorey and both Amazon originals
First replay and hi hawks
Well, if you want to make a superhero show/cartoon in a world where it is already saturated with PG-13-ish content, then why not take the risk and go full R? The gore isn't what's selling the shows, they have really good stories. The gore is just a nice little extra for the adults out there
Invincible was green lit while The Boys was in preproduction. It just so happened they’re both doing well and are well reviewed
HawksNest: Amazon content is so violent.
Blood C and Redo of Healer: Hold my beer.
Amazon can risk doing more niche stuff compared to something like Netflix because the whole streaming thing is just their side business to build brand loyalty. They make the real cash from you buying stuff from their shop while you're on the Amazon website.
Wren’s “Oh…” in the Omni-Man video killed me. Gosh, I love this show.
I think they should check out the first Hinokami Kagura scene (Tanjiro vs Rui) from Demon Slayer.
Demon Slayer has some top-notch animation. Episode 19 was breathtaking.
Anything by ufotable is quite honestly amazing.
Litterally was about to comment this demon slayer is amazing
I commented demon slayer and then saw this
@@Bluespaceboat Except the noses in Fate. Those give me frequent nightmares.
What I love about Avatar TLA is that you can see how much the animation quality evolves and grows better as well as the story etc
Paprika is one of the most visually arresting anime films I’ve seen, love it so dearly
Yeah! Everything by Satoshi Kon is so well so well done
That movie truly fleshes out the strengths of what an animation story can bring to a screen. Watch and think..how could this be done in live action?..
Especially in a good soup, paprika is such a versatile spice!
Wren: "I have no idea what this is."
Me: rubs hands together with evil laugh
Wren: what do you think is the best anime?
Niko: do you realize what you've done?!
Ayyy, nice to see some Russians up here.
Niko did the "honki desuka"...
Picking the best anime is like picking the best blade of grass in a field, there are just too many choices.
Very true
Nahh berserk or full metal alchemist.... haha just kidding. You’re right
- Demon Slayer episode 19, "Hinokami" scene always takes my breath away.
- Princess Mononoke, final scene in front of the lake is visceral and haunting.
- Cowboy Bebop, first episode fight scene perfectly captures the whimsical yet deadly nature of Spike Spiegel.
- Attack on Titan, Season 2, episode 11, Charge, Mikasa's fight.
Evangelion.
Bruh also the entirety of mp100 👌👌👌
One punch man s1(not s2)
Fate/Fero Final Battle scene, Saber vs Berseker and Kiritsugu vs Kirei
Dbs mui goku vs limit breaker jiren, Levi vs Kenny's forces. These had some insane animations too
Evangelion what
I haven't really been drawn into anime yet, but I do love what the anime influences are doing to western cartoons. They're definitely better for it
what kind of shows are you into maybe i can make a reccomendation?
The Zuko vs. Azula fight is animation perfection in my eyes
The Final Agni Kai is just perfect period
Jujutsu kaisen has some of the best animation I’ve ever seen, along with mob psycho, aot, one punch man, and the fate series
they should totally react to JJK, so many great fights
weird u used jjk as the example when mob psycho is {[THE]} example
YES!
First season of One Punch Man, the animation is next level
sadly the second season doesn't look that great :(
@@rafaoliveira6292 its still pretty good tho
Go one further and watch Mob Psycho
comparison of opm 1 and 2
@@rafaoliveira6292 actually the animation is good, youre just biased because the first season is just way better. But just because the first season is better doesn't mean the 2nd season wasn't. The 2nd season has really good animation
Anime is not usually energy or action oriented, you are right that it’s technically a specific style and animation done in japan, but that action genre of anime is called shonen
If you're like me who grew up watching a bunch of American movies, Cowboy Bepop is the greatest in execution of storytelling, animation, music, and exploration of genres!
I agree 100%, Cowboy Bepop is, if you ask me, the best animation (story, music...) of its time. I watch it annually :D
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. It is a masterpiece in EVERY WAY. Animation, story, music, characters, fight scenes, world building. Every part of it is beautiful. It is an essential anime. And the best.
I second that
I see you are a man of culture as well
Absolutely both versions of FMA are amazing but brotherhood edges out a win for me.
YES
i really cant see fmab that way... for me, both original fma and fmab were overhyped af
Gurren Lagann is an absolute treat. Anything that Gainax has made / been a part of is worth checking out imo.
We 100% need a reaction to Gurren Lagann. Anytime animation gets brought up, that show is the first thing in my mind.
Backing this up.
Gurren Lagann started my appreciation for anime.
MY BOI SPEAKING TRUTH OUT HERE. Thank you for the acknowledgement for TTGL, which is heavily underrated.
I heard that FLCL had the same animation budget as Evangelion's 26 episode run packed into just 6 episodes, which is why it's so of the rails and a real visual treat. All Gainax productions are great, but I really recommend FLCL for visual appeal.
I might not like legend of Korra but the animation is just fucking “chefs kiss”
Sword of the Stranger, One-Punch Man (S1: Saitama vs Genos & Boros), Attack on Titan S1-S3, Your Name, Weathering With You, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (final fight), and Demon Slayer are all truly stellar examples of immaculate art and animation.
Just made a post for sword of the stranger as well. Really hope to see it on there, super underrated.
That heroes rising scene is probably one of my absolute favorites animated scenes I’ve seen this far.
@@Mouchi374 It's one of my favorite movies of all time and it's a travesty more people don't know about it.
@@LordtoRevenge It's an absolute masterpiece. I am incapable of watching it without getting emotional every single time.
the endeavor fight at the end of season 4, and literally any fight in mob psycho
FLCL is a smorgasbord of animation styles, music, and raw energy in six 20 minute episodes. It's a work of art. Also +1 all the mentions of Cowboy Bebop.
I think even just ep1 of FLCL would be a very cool breakdown because it has so many of those styles and call out moments they could highlight and go into.
ATLA did a lot of very sensible things from the outset that made Avatar such a good animated series. It was mentioned that they brought in martial artists to show the different styles, what they actually did was train all the animators in those styles. When they introduced other characters that didn't fall in the normal styles they picked new ones, like Toph using Southern Praying Mantis instead of the usual Hung Gar Kuen, as well as May, Tai Lee and Suki. The directors gave the animators lots of freedom to push the choreography as far as they wanted within the magic system, a few times they sparked story points for the show like bloodbending or the flying with fire. They also made it very clear that there should be no pauses in animation, something is always moving in frame to make it feel alive. There's only a few times it pauses entirely but for dramatic effect, like when they do the hand holding after toph says "do you really think friendships can last longer than one lifetime?" and it stops for as it waits for Sokka to join.
One thing they did that's just on another level is that different characters fight/bend differently both from each other and themselves as they progress along their character arcs. Zuko at the very beginning of the show bends quite differently from Zuko at the end of the show, with his more fluid styles and movements showing both a greater mastery of firebending and a change in who he is as a person, not to mention that he's picked up different techniques from other bending styles. Azula's bending is quite different once she snaps, being far less precise and calculated.
@@Falllll Yes you're absolutely correct, and they did this early on too with Zuko vs Zaho.
Akira has a permanent place in my heart because it was the first for me. It's what started the journey. The best for me though, is Trigun. The complete beginning to end journey and story, is just unparalleled. Only 81 (iirc) episodes, but the story is told, and it's amazing.
Akira holds a similar place for me, however if you go back and watch it again, the story and the quality really don't stack up against contemporary titles.
I love that Wren is horrifed at what he sees in Invincble.
Shoot I'm horrified too.
First time I saw the episode I just kept yelling "What? What is happening right now?"
Anime fans be like,"First time?"
I feel bad for him that he didn't watch the episode and have that surprise at the end. I'd rank that as a top 10 first episode cliffhanger/twist.
Having read the entire series, I can tell you .. you haven't seen anything yet ... it gets crazier.
Mob Psycho 100 is an amazing anime that I highly recommend, both in terms of storytelling and animation. God, the animation is so breathtaking, there’s nothing else quite like it!
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Mob Psycho, Violet Evergarden, Demon Slayer, Cowboy Bebop, Jujutsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan have some seriously good animation.
Add to the list:
-Space Dandy
-Ping Pong
-Redline
-Paprika
-One Piece Movie 6
-Dofus Book 1: Julith
Plus one for Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
I'd also like to add Fire Force, Gurren Lagann, Mob Psycho and God of Highschool as candidates
“Your name” and “weathering with you”have amazing visuals, you guys should check it out
Violet Evergarden has incredibly beautiful animation, absolutely stunning!!!
There is a little bit of action but its mostly just visually incredible
Violet Evergarden is top shelf in terms of quality for sure. really nice story as well.
Yeah, that show is gold in all aspects. visuals, animation, story, and heart - and also a very emotional journey, not a run-of-the-mill shonen. A very good showcase of how anime is a medium, not a genre.
Absolutely. Kyoto Animations is amazing. What is even cooler is that when I look on Google, the show is a perfect five stars
Absolutely must agree with that one. Didn't think an anime would get some tears out of me when other movies haven't done this in years.
"I thought this WAS Anime" - a sweet summer child completely unaware of the landmine of a trigger for flame wars.
The Matrix is an Isekai and nobody can tell me otherwise.
He was completely aware, engagement is engagement
@@DrDirtyLeggz Pulls out weeb glasses. UMm aCTuALLy iSekAI mEanS iN aNotHer WOrLD, so you right, in the same wat SAO is an isekai.
Not saying they are the definite best animes, but Cowboy Bepop and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood are definitely two of my top animes ever.
There may not be a definitive list of best anime but those two are generally always near the top of everyone's list so that's close enough lol.
Why do americans have such a hard on for Cowboy Bebop?
it's pretty good yeah, but it's definitely not top tier, and the movie is really bad(animation is amazing though).
@@MaxIronsThird It's basically the combination of the fantastic soundtrack, the great animation, and the top notch English dub. It's basically the standard for a great dub so it just tends to top everyone's list because the dub was so great.
@@MaxIronsThird That and I forgot to say in general most American's saw Cowboy Bebop because of Toonami so it's definitely a nostalgia thing for a ton of people too.
Since you already mentioned Bebop, I'll go ahead and add Samurai Champloo and Space Dandy to that list.
While i wouldn’t say it’s “the best anime” ever some of the fight scenes in one piece, especially in the wano arc are exceptionally animated