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re: This was animated in 1987
Posted on 8/12/25 at 11:44 am to boxcarbarney
Posted on 8/12/25 at 11:44 am to boxcarbarney
Just because you like the way it looks, does not mean it is better
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 11:51 am to boxcarbarney
If you want to see phenomenal artistry in animation that is more recent, watch Redline.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:35 pm to LSU1SLU
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Just because you like the way it looks, does not mean it is better
Ok. Forget what I said then.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:49 pm to boxcarbarney
Even the top American animators, Gene Klean, Don Bluth, Floyd Norman could all crush CGI (even a lot of modern CGI) in the 80s.
The paradox of CGI isn't that is was ever supposed to surpass human artistry. It was just supposed to help with speed and/or costs. But, with its advancement, it became prone to overuse, which ironically drove up costs and added additional delays. And it ends up shittier.
Which wouldn't be as big a problem if they just used it in place of human animators - human animators who would deliver a better product anyway.
It is a pickle - a hell of Hollywood's own making. In striving for hyper-realistic animation, they've simultaneously entered the Uncanny Valley and pulled back the curtain on the Wizard of Oz. Quite a pickle, indeed.
The paradox of CGI isn't that is was ever supposed to surpass human artistry. It was just supposed to help with speed and/or costs. But, with its advancement, it became prone to overuse, which ironically drove up costs and added additional delays. And it ends up shittier.
Which wouldn't be as big a problem if they just used it in place of human animators - human animators who would deliver a better product anyway.
It is a pickle - a hell of Hollywood's own making. In striving for hyper-realistic animation, they've simultaneously entered the Uncanny Valley and pulled back the curtain on the Wizard of Oz. Quite a pickle, indeed.
This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:50 pm to bad93ex
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Is that anime, I was confused since there weren't any tentacles?
Or any strategic pixellation.
(IYKYK)
Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:53 pm to Scruffy
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If you want to see phenomenal artistry in animation that is more recent, watch Redline.
I would also recommend Scavenger’s Reign. It’s on Netflix and HBO Max
Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:14 pm to Esquire
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I would also recommend Scavenger’s Reign. It’s on Netflix and HBO Max
Great series. Damn shame there won't be a Season 2.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:24 pm to boxcarbarney
Nostalgia is a helluva drug.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:32 pm to OMLandshark
proud owner of the metal-tin version of AKIRA on DVD, all the figures and bike from the movie on my shelf and a poster.
yeah i'm THAT guy
yeah i'm THAT guy
Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:34 pm to CAD703X
my vote goes to this:
love everything! the animation, the music, the atmosphere, EVERYTHING IS PERFECT...
RIP REX
I know this was one of your favorite movies as well.
love everything! the animation, the music, the atmosphere, EVERYTHING IS PERFECT...
RIP REX
I know this was one of your favorite movies as well.This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 8/12/25 at 5:22 pm to OMLandshark
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Akira
The Gone with the Wind of anime, IMO.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 5:45 pm to VoxDawg
Ninja Scroll is hard to find.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 5:49 pm to boxcarbarney
The Japanese are just like everyone else - only more so ~ Dan Carlin
Sometimes it's beautiful and precise and ostentatiously elegant.
And sometimes it ain't.
Sometimes it's beautiful and precise and ostentatiously elegant.
And sometimes it ain't.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:20 pm to ScottFowler
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Ninja Scroll is hard to find.
OMG, one of my favorites from the era! I had to drive down to Atlanta to the nearest Suncoast Video just to special order it.
Every time I'd try to tell my friends about it, theyd go, "Ninja Squirrel?"
Posted on 8/12/25 at 11:15 pm to VoxDawg
Bump on Ninja Scroll, I come back to it every couple of years and still blown away by the Animation, StoryTelling, Editing, pace and plot.
Really is a Gem of a Film.
Really is a Gem of a Film.
Posted on 8/13/25 at 8:39 am to deltadummy
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Sometimes it's beautiful and precise and ostentatiously elegant.
And sometimes it ain't.
Where does this fall?
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Where does this fall?
Young, anime-watching Scruffy: Both beautiful and precise.
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:00 pm to boxcarbarney
The new king of the hill reboot is proof that animation sucks now
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