Super Animation Catalogue 2.0

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by FortuneSSJ » Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:21 pm

kinisking wrote:A lot of bulma shots looked worse in the blu ray.
Wonder why they focused on her when the fight was what needed it
I don't think Bulma's shots look worse, just different and not in a bad way. Both versions are acceptable.
I agree the fight should be their priority. It's a waste fix something that looked okay, while stuff like this remains:
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With one month delay I expected more from them. Let's see if they bothered with Champa arc, since that one doesn't have any movie to back it up.
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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by DragonHermit » Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:35 pm

Waste time on Bulma when she looks fine, and let that abysmal art in the fight slip through.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Avok » Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:25 pm

The fight still looks absolutely dreadful. Flash-tier animation, and some of the fixes look plain bad.

The shot were Beerus is eating the ice cream thing looks pretty good tho.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Ajay » Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:33 pm

Just a reminder that these are being corrected by animators who are still working on the show. All of these changes are quick fix-ups that they're trying to squeeze in while also animating brand new content.

Ask yourself this: would you rather they spend time reanimating episodes that have perfectly serviceable movie counterparts at the cost of the quality of upcoming episodes, or would you rather they fix up minor things here and there that help for an overall more consistent episode without risking their current projects?

I think the answer is pretty obvious.

Considering Box 2 has zero corrections, I'll take what we can get. There are only around two fixes that I think are arguably worse, the rest are absolutely fine. I think my favourite change is the Freeza frame with the giant tail.

And uh, nitpicky comment: Flash is a tool. This was done in Flash. It's not necessarily always amateur work.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Lord Beerus » Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:36 pm

Ajay wrote:Alright, here's episode #25's TV vs Blu-ray corrections.

Click me!

Pretty big focus on the cutaways in this episode. Bulma is redrawn in just about every single scene.

Much like episode 5, many of the corrections involve slight tweaks and the addition of highlights and properly placed shadows.

Interestingly, you can see Naoki Tate has reanimated a few sections for better impact or flow.

Looks to be only touched by Takeo Ide and Naoki Tate.

Going to examine 26 now. Just taking it an episode at a time.
The fix ups for some of the very ugly moments in the SSJB Goku/Golden Freeza are very much appreciated. It's a shame most of touch up were done for Bulma specifically, even though she was already relatively fine in the TV version.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by ryou766 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:39 pm

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Why? The broadcast version looked fine.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Lord Beerus » Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:40 pm

Ajay wrote:And uh, nitpicky comment: Flash is a tool. This was done in Flash. It's not necessarily always amateur work.

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Thank you so damn much for making this comment. I really don't like it when people using Flash as a derogatory term in relation to amateur or bad animation. Like as if it's at the bottom of the totem pole in regards to animation. Using Flash as a tool can give you fantastic results with the right animators and a good amount of time. Just like in the example you gave with PreCure.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Lord Beerus » Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:42 pm

ryou766 wrote:Image

Why? The broadcast version looked fine.
The broadcast version looks awful. It looks like Goku's doing a dance. The Blu-Ray version at least has Goku in a more natural fighting stance.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by ryou766 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:44 pm

Stance, yes. Hair style and facial expression, I don't see the problem.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Avok » Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:21 pm

Ajay wrote:Just a reminder that these are being corrected by animators who are still working on the show. All of these changes are quick fix-ups that they're trying to squeeze in while also animating brand new content.

Ask yourself this: would you rather they spend time reanimating episodes that have perfectly serviceable movie counterparts at the cost of the quality of upcoming episodes, or would you rather they fix up minor things here and there that help for an overall more consistent episode without risking their current projects?

I think the answer is pretty obvious.

Considering Box 2 has zero corrections, I'll take what we can get. There are only around two fixes that I think are arguably worse, the rest are absolutely fine. I think my favourite change is the Freeza frame with the giant tail.

And uh, nitpicky comment: Flash is a tool. This was done in Flash. It's not necessarily always amateur work.

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I know, I know.

I was just poiting that the problem wasn't the art per se (unlike majority of the show) but the boring and amateurish nature of the fight- the storyboards if you would...

What's the point in wasting resources and manpower in fixing some shots of Bulma talking? If they were from the U6 arc I get it, but there is a movie covering the RoF events. It's redundant, and on top of that they're corrections made in a hurry, so they just look equally bad or just slightly better.

And about the Flash thing, you know I was refering to the kind of fan-made animation that's so popular on YouTube and such. No need to be that specific. :problem:

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Shuby » Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:16 pm

[quote="Ajay"]Just a reminder that these are being corrected by animators who are still working on the show. All of these changes are quick fix-ups that they're trying to squeeze in while also animating brand new content.

Ask yourself this: would you rather they spend time reanimating episodes that have perfectly serviceable movie counterparts at the cost of the quality of upcoming episodes, or would you rather they fix up minor things here and there that help for an overall more consistent episode without risking their current projects?

Obvious the latter but to say "perfectly serviceable movie counterparts" comes across as total fanboyism the arc was throughout bad it had no "perfectly serviceable movie counterparts" , no one with a neutral view will say man let me go and see ROF arc again...

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Ajay » Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:23 pm

Shuby wrote:Obvious the latter but to say "perfectly serviceable movie counterparts" comes across as total fanboyism the arc was throughout bad it had no "perfectly serviceable movie counterparts" , no one with a neutral view will say man let me go and see ROF arc again...
Uh, what?

I think you misunderstand me. I'm not calling Super's telling good, I'm saying the movie version (the movie counterpart, as I said) is perfectly serviceable.
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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Dbzk1999 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:25 pm

Shuby wrote:
Ajay wrote:Just a reminder that these are being corrected by animators who are still working on the show. All of these changes are quick fix-ups that they're trying to squeeze in while also animating brand new content.

Ask yourself this: would you rather they spend time reanimating episodes that have perfectly serviceable movie counterparts at the cost of the quality of upcoming episodes, or would you rather they fix up minor things here and there that help for an overall more consistent episode without risking their current projects?

Obvious the latter but to say "perfectly serviceable movie counterparts" comes across as total fanboyism the arc was throughout bad it had no "perfectly serviceable movie counterparts" , no one with a neutral view will say man let me go and see ROF arc again...
Uh, by movie counterparts, I'm pretty sure that Mr. Ajay is referring to the RoF movie, not the arc

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Shuby » Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:40 pm

Ajay wrote:
Shuby wrote:Obvious the latter but to say "perfectly serviceable movie counterparts" comes across as total fanboyism the arc was throughout bad it had no "perfectly serviceable movie counterparts" , no one with a neutral view will say man let me go and see ROF arc again...
Uh, what?

I think you misunderstand me. I'm not calling Super's telling good, I'm saying the movie version (the movie counterpart, as I said) is perfectly serviceable.
Ohh oops sorry i completely misunderstood. :crazy:

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by ArchedThunder » Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:29 pm

Ajay wrote:There are no changes to 26. Not that anything but the scenes after the eyecatch actually needed it.

Still don't see how that's "ugly art", but whatever. Not getting into that argument again.
That's a shame, I think 26 could have used some touch ups, 33 as well.
Anyways, I'm interested to see if the upcoming Ishikawa episode has him working with Tate again or if Tate has a little more time. I hope they shift into a 7 week rotation, assuming the schedule is now in a place where that would actually be beneficial.
I want it to go like this
1- Kitano
2- Yashima
3- Ishikawa
4- Shimanuki
5- Tate
6- Onishi
7- Karasawa

With the show's other supervisors working with these 7 and then others pop in completely separate from these seven from time to time and they reshuffle these 7 a bit when they want a specific person to handle an episode.
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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Sodhi » Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:14 pm

Interesting rotation. I wonder if tate would work with shimanuki this time as they both popped up for #50.

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by cuartas » Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:18 pm

FortuneSSJ wrote:
kinisking wrote:A lot of bulma shots looked worse in the blu ray.
Wonder why they focused on her when the fight was what needed it
I don't think Bulma's shots look worse, just different and not in a bad way. Both versions are acceptable.
I agree the fight should be their priority. It's a waste fix something that looked okay, while stuff like this remains:
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Image[/spoiler]
With one month delay I expected more from them. Let's see if they bothered with Champa arc, since that one doesn't have any movie to back it up.
Agree, they should definitely double check their priorities when correcting

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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by Lord Beerus » Thu Jul 07, 2016 9:46 pm

ryou766 wrote:Stance, yes. Hair style and facial expression, I don't see the problem.
Goku's face looks very derpish in the TV version. The hair, I actually don't mind in either version.

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Post by dhaval_dongre » Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:29 am

Time to eat back my own words. When I first heard the Yoka Yoka Dance track, I thought it wouldn't fit Super. But the portion of the track they played along with the new animated ending really worked well.
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Re: Super Animation Catalogue - [Updated with #50]

Post by dhaval_dongre » Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:30 am

ArchedThunder wrote:
Anyways, I'm interested to see if the upcoming Ishikawa episode has him working with Tate again or if Tate has a little more time. I hope they shift into a 7 week rotation, assuming the schedule is now in a place where that would actually be beneficial.
I want it to go like this
1- Kitano
2- Yashima
3- Ishikawa
4- Shimanuki
5- Tate
6- Onishi
7- Karasawa

With the show's other supervisors working with these 7 and then others pop in completely separate from these seven from time to time and they reshuffle these 7 a bit when they want a specific person to handle an episode.
I think they are kinda doing that. The first 4 guys you mentioned are gonna be supervising the next 4 episodes. They can do that but the only stumbling block is that the schedule is still a bit tight and we have multiple people working on a single episode. But on a second note, we already have had 5 new Supervisors since the Potafeau mini filler arc (including Onishi), plus some other non regulars who have worked previously. So they can deal with it as well.

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