'Journal with Witch -Ikoku Nikki-' Director Miyuki Oshiro says that excessive "sakuga" can negatively impact anime
"If the animation stands out too much, it can distract from the story, so I avoided going overboard, but I made sure to be meticulous. It's not a work that relies on flashy animation, after all."
"Of course, it's better to have high quality, but when there's too much movement, your eyes get pulled to that. Even in scenes where I want people to focus on the actors' performances or the music, if the visuals move excessively, attention shifts there instead. That might be what people call sakuga (amazing animation), but sometimes that's not what I'm trying to convey. Deciding where to move things and where not to is something I've been conscious of ever since the storyboard stage."
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The saddest thing about society is that people seem almost surprised by Robertson’s post-match interview. That’s the reality of this world we live in - you can be walking around broken inside, fighting like hell to keep it together, while everyone else carries on with their expectations sky-high as normal.
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@izzykento I feel like this is just an overall thing now anime has gone mainstream tbh. You’re gonna get a lot more people who don’t like lore dumps.
Take the Crunchyroll awards for example, Solo Levelling won over Frieren and the main ‘excuse’ I heard was that Frieren was “boring”.
Episode 24 of To Be Hero X is one of those episodes where it just hammers it down how much I really love animation. This episode was a work of art
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@sheevthan Will always remember being at Celebrations 2023 in the Obi Wan Panel and they showed concept art and then showed a still from the scene and the audience started laughing 😂