JulieYBM wrote:Blade wrote:DragonHermit wrote:Damn, that looks so much better.
What I'm pissed off about is that out of all the bad things an anime could suffer from it has to be animation, especially when it's such a big anime by such a big company.
Toei have rarely ever been noted for the artistic integrity of their products. They make their money by being able to churn out so much content under the names of the big Jump titles that they license, they never have been and never will be Studio Ghibli. They're a big name with too many irons in the fire and too few skilled hands on the work floor. The most talented artists and animators that Toei are able to call upon are rarely given time enough and sufficient free-reign to aptly demonstrate the best of their abilities.
Studio Ghibli isn't exactly known for artistic integrity, either. Never mind how often they or their founders adapt stories, they also tend to force their animators to stick to the character designs and not express themselves.
Well, I'd argue that it's debatable if delivering a consistent (but high quality) product goes against the grain of artistic integrity. One could argue that Ghibli are a good example of how a talent pool can be project-managed to realise a single artistic vision in the animated medium. To give an analogy, it's a little bit like an orchestra of excellent musicians being well-rehearsed and performing a piece of music to the exact specification of its notation as opposed to being allowed to improvise and self-express wildly, potentially detracting from the cohesion of the performance.
I think in the example of Dragonball Super, Yamamuro is probably the polar opposite of that, where the recognisable influence of his character designs can be seen in the work of every animator, but he lacks the overarching vision, professional integrity and a production scope (and, arguably, project management expertise to boot) to bring it together.
I recognise that not all of the Ghibli films are award-season-material, but I think anyone would struggle to argue against the enduring legacy of Ghibli's output.
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