MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Besides, people are seemingly ignoring the whole "they're adding actual new animation to the frames" fact. We've seen 15 seconds of footage, can we wait another month for the first episode before damning Toei?
Yes. We can also wait a month before praising them throwing musical numbers in the streets. But we're going to reach conclusions based on promotional material that the material wasn't meant to convey, because we want to know everything. And we're going to have opinions on the theories.
I don't see any harm in it, really. Is anyone PERSONALLY offended by what someone else thinks of the same product? If so, I dunno, maybe they shouldn't be posting on a forum where diverse opinions based on anything is allowed.
Shall we close this forum, re-opening it only when the show starts up?
Zenkai Power wrote:I like how I can make a huge post and nobody acknowledges any of my points but instead going on and on about whether or not we should be mad at TOEI b/c we wuz mad at Funi.
How about I pointed out why that doesn't matter up above.
The problem with your post was this:
The show was MADE to be framed in 4:3. When it was being animated, they knew it was going to be framed for 4:3 and so the important stuff was kept within the 4:3 aspect ratio. Cropping what was meant to be a 4:3 aspect ratio can cause problems, just as cropping a film meant for 16:9 can cause problems. Problems can be minimized by selective cropping, but in the end it's not the way the original animation was meant to be seen.
And so, I think it's a valid point that cropping is bad. Regardless of whether it's Toei, Funimation, or who released what first. It may be acceptable(I've accepted it on the Remastered sets because they're a very cheap option when I get them for $20 each), but it's still not the way it was originally made to be seen. The stuff on the sides isn't part of that "intended" image.
This is the same reason most people prefer the Double Features over the Funi singles. Or, at least, part of it. The Double Features are in 16:9. But the original prints were in 4:3, so the singles have more picture on the top and bottom. However, because they were ANIMATED specifically to be cropped to 16:9, some parts outside that ratio are animated badly and you can tell. They knew they were making it for 16:9, so when making the animation itself the image was meant to be framed that way. Same with 4:3 in the TV show.
Very nice logo.