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Anime with best animation?
- Thread starter Alastor3
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I just heard of this anime earlier today and saw a clip from one of the fights and I have to check it out now, the animation was awesome
I just remembered that Garden of Words is also streaming on Netflix in the US.
Yeah, this is practically the same as my list! Some of the absolute classics!
Almost every single second of the movie could be a gif that looks good. Wasn't a massive fan of the simplistic plot but the animation was mindblowing.
Redline looks nice but I didn't end up liking it very much.
Anyway, as for my recommendation:
Kyoto Animation put out some beautifully animated films and series - though as everybody has already mentioned here, TV series will generally use the more impressive animation sparingly as they have a lot of ground to cover. At least with a good art style and use of colour, even the slower scenes will look nice, which appears to be this studio's speciality with some of their key works.
In particular: Sound Euphonium, Liz and the Blue Bird, and Violet Evergarden, all stood out.
I need to rewatch A Silent Voice before recommending it for animation, it's been a few years. I'm sure it looks beautiful too though..
Anyway, as for my recommendation:
Kyoto Animation put out some beautifully animated films and series - though as everybody has already mentioned here, TV series will generally use the more impressive animation sparingly as they have a lot of ground to cover. At least with a good art style and use of colour, even the slower scenes will look nice, which appears to be this studio's speciality with some of their key works.
In particular: Sound Euphonium, Liz and the Blue Bird, and Violet Evergarden, all stood out.
I need to rewatch A Silent Voice before recommending it for animation, it's been a few years. I'm sure it looks beautiful too though..
Redline is probably the ultimate answer, but the plot is real bad and the whole experience overall feels like a major disappointment despite the animation causing your eyeballs to explode.
Karas has CGI that is dated by today's standards, but it's still quite pretty and the choreography is good. When it first came out it blew me away. (Also has mediocre plot though.)
Karas has CGI that is dated by today's standards, but it's still quite pretty and the choreography is good. When it first came out it blew me away. (Also has mediocre plot though.)
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Anything Studio Ghibli or Makoto Shinkai related.
Shinichirō Watanabe is a good source of fantastic animation as well. Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Carole & Tuesday...
Shinichirō Watanabe is a good source of fantastic animation as well. Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Carole & Tuesday...
I was wondering when somebody (you and another poster) would mention Violet Evergarden (and Kyoto Animation's output in general). They create some superbly animated shows and movies.
And yes, A Silent Voice still looks beautiful.
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Mob Psycho 100 S1 & S2 (amazing anime with next level animation through out. truly extraordinary)
Kimetsu No Yaiba (AOTY 2019 for me, what a ride that was)
One Punch Man S1 (stay the hell away from S2 :( sad)
Boruto #65 (if you just want to treat your eyeballs just watch this episode. landmark achievement by the animation team behind this episode)
Dragonball Super: Broly (great movie, godly animation by some of the most talented young & senior animators in the industry rn)
Anything by Shinkai has great animation (elevated by really strong art)
Attack on Titan, watch the whole show but S3 in paricular has some really impressive animation.
Boruto #65 goodness, I am a sucker for good hand-to-hand animation:
Kimetsu No Yaiba (AOTY 2019 for me, what a ride that was)
One Punch Man S1 (stay the hell away from S2 :( sad)
Boruto #65 (if you just want to treat your eyeballs just watch this episode. landmark achievement by the animation team behind this episode)
Dragonball Super: Broly (great movie, godly animation by some of the most talented young & senior animators in the industry rn)
Anything by Shinkai has great animation (elevated by really strong art)
Attack on Titan, watch the whole show but S3 in paricular has some really impressive animation.
Boruto #65 goodness, I am a sucker for good hand-to-hand animation:
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Easily Mob Psycho 100. It's way above anything else for me. Tons of incredible action cuts, a quality that somehow stays consistent throughout its entire run (unlike most other shows where you get a cool action shot once every 10 episodes), as well as the inclusion of a bunch of non traditional animation techniques using things like oil painting, painting on glass, or even animating with sand. Plus it's super well written
Some other recommendations:
Space Dandy - Essentially an anthology where every episode is directed by a different star anime director. Gives you a ton of variety both in terms of writing and in terms of visuals, and almost every episode looks incredible.
Yozakura Quarter: Hana no Uta - if you can stomach the absurd amount of fanservice, this (and the OVA Hoshi no Umi) have some pretty great action cuts.
Maquia - This movie sort of got lost between all the Kyo-ani and Shinkai movies coming out lately, but it absolutely stands shoulder to shoulder with these more famous examples ( I like it more than them to be honest). Super beautiful visually, with great character animation, beautiful backgrounds, and character design by Akihiko Yoshida.
Gankutsuou - If by "animation" you mean motion, then you wont really find too much of that here. But in terms of having a unique defining visual identity, Gankutsuou really stands out, thanks to great character design and the fact that is uses some sort of weird texturing effect instead of traditional coloring.
Sound Euphonium - Kyo-Ani makes a lot of good looking shows, but this one is by far my favourite thanks to the incredible attention to detail during the musical performances.
Kizumonogatari movies - The Monogatari franchise isn't really something that I'd recommend people for the plot, and the visual quality of the TV series has sort of gone down the drain after the original show. But the movies look absolutely incredible.
Land of the Lustrous and Beastars - 3D GC in anime has a pretty bad reputation, but these two shows actually manage to use CG to their advantage. They're still far behind what you see in videogames or western CG productions, but they show GC can have a place in anime.
Some other recommendations:
Space Dandy - Essentially an anthology where every episode is directed by a different star anime director. Gives you a ton of variety both in terms of writing and in terms of visuals, and almost every episode looks incredible.
Yozakura Quarter: Hana no Uta - if you can stomach the absurd amount of fanservice, this (and the OVA Hoshi no Umi) have some pretty great action cuts.
Maquia - This movie sort of got lost between all the Kyo-ani and Shinkai movies coming out lately, but it absolutely stands shoulder to shoulder with these more famous examples ( I like it more than them to be honest). Super beautiful visually, with great character animation, beautiful backgrounds, and character design by Akihiko Yoshida.
Gankutsuou - If by "animation" you mean motion, then you wont really find too much of that here. But in terms of having a unique defining visual identity, Gankutsuou really stands out, thanks to great character design and the fact that is uses some sort of weird texturing effect instead of traditional coloring.
Sound Euphonium - Kyo-Ani makes a lot of good looking shows, but this one is by far my favourite thanks to the incredible attention to detail during the musical performances.
Kizumonogatari movies - The Monogatari franchise isn't really something that I'd recommend people for the plot, and the visual quality of the TV series has sort of gone down the drain after the original show. But the movies look absolutely incredible.
Land of the Lustrous and Beastars - 3D GC in anime has a pretty bad reputation, but these two shows actually manage to use CG to their advantage. They're still far behind what you see in videogames or western CG productions, but they show GC can have a place in anime.
Attack on Titan, specially season 3 had one os the best directions and action scenes this year alone.
I've been rewatching Engaged to the Unidentified recently, and I forgot just how damn good Doga Kobo can be at character animation. It's not flashy like a shonen fight scene, but there's some really impressive motion.
#1 has got to be Akira. Everything else flows from there and there are great choices, but Akira is Herculean. People must have died animating that film.
For recent series, I would say titan, hero academy, and maybe sao Alice. Just started fgo Babylonia. I didn't think minor fights would have this quality of animation three episodes in. Wonder how crazy it'll be when things pop off. If it keeps up, it certainly looks a lot bigger budget than aot or mha. OPM s1 vibes.
The best part is that its not just the fight scenes that get all the love and care. Even the scenes of characters just walking and talking or undertaking some other mundane activity get the same treatment as the big showdown scenes. Just seeing Mob struggle while he's running is given a lot of attention and makes a lot of scenes that would be throw away shots in another series look amazing. Reigen's motions are incredible for example
Just look at all the shit he's doing every second. A lot of shows would have just have him standing there with his face animated, if that.
No KyoAni love? :(
Seriously, how the hell did it take until page 2 to mention KyoAni, and Violet Evergarden in particular?
Oh yeah, Space Dandy is phenomenal as well. Only second to, if not as good as Mob Psycho in regards to animation consistency and quality
It certainly has its standout moments. When the animation hits it hits HARD.
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Beautiful fights and amazing shots. NOT WORTH IT FOR THE CREEP FACTORalways loved the minimalist look of the monogatari series. When action does happen, it's usually pretty radical.
