...Well I guess since Netflix got Little Witch Academia, you got to make your own bootleg version of it.
'High Guardian Spice' is Crunchyroll's first original series
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...Well I guess since Netflix got Little Witch Academia, you got to make your own bootleg version of it.
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Little Witch Academia parallels aside, I'm interested to see what the end result looks like. I'll admit, I'm interested to see what they do with the 2D animation... Unoriginal premise, but the execution could be interesting.
You gotta start somewhere but oh god...
This is My Life Me levels of wannabe anime trash.
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Careful now, everyone will jump down your throat if you happen to point out that it looks like Tumblr OC's given life.
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If you are talking about the Tumblr comments, Im sorry but Im not going back on that.
It feels like Steven Universe mixed in with a good heap of wannabe animu, a stylistic choice popular with some communities on Tumblr.
It looks exactly like Steven Universe, and Steven Universe is something people would call "too Tumblr" in certain circles.
Cartoons and anime have been influenced by eachother for over 70 years, "bootleg anime" is a silly argument when this looks a lot more like a cartoon than an anime.
Were this on Netflix or Amazon, no one would even think of a silly complaint like that.
Looks cute. Not for me, but I'm sure the intended audience will enjoy it.
As usual, the certain group of people who see the staff and the style of the project have come out of the woodworks.
As usual, the certain group of people who see the staff and the style of the project have come out of the woodworks.
Not really into it, but good luck to them.
Looks way better than the Jaden Smith anime at least.
Looks way better than the Jaden Smith anime at least.
Looks like someone said, "What if we made Steven Universe even MORE anime?"
I'll wait for impressions, because I know I would be making comparisons from the get-go, and that's a HIGH bar to clear for High Guardian Spice.
Edit: Yea also wondering if Crunchroll was the best Avenue for this show? Seems like it could have killed as a Netflix original (yes, I'm highly aware they don't decide which service they get to be a part of). Seems like hardcore anime fans will immediately dismiss this as "not my true animez"
I'll wait for impressions, because I know I would be making comparisons from the get-go, and that's a HIGH bar to clear for High Guardian Spice.
Edit: Yea also wondering if Crunchroll was the best Avenue for this show? Seems like it could have killed as a Netflix original (yes, I'm highly aware they don't decide which service they get to be a part of). Seems like hardcore anime fans will immediately dismiss this as "not my true animez"
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Oh sure,the west and east eat off each others plates all the time, but its not so much the art style just dosent look good ( it looks somewhat flat and formless), but there was a show that mixed the more slapstick style of western cartoons with the detailed backgrounds and animation of anime. I wonder what that was...
Oh well what you look at that, the show Netflix has on their platform. Like even if High Spice Guardian looks unflattering compared to Little Witch, on its own merits the trailer didnt sell me on fucking anything. What they did was anti-marketing. They barely showed off any aspect of their show and decided to talk about their staff, but that only works when you have a well-known and respected team working on a show. Why would I care that its all women if they dont have a portfolio of work to judge them by?
Thus just screams of Crunchyroll wanting to compete with Netflix originals.
Can't fund what was already acquired and funded by another company, Netflix.
The Last Jedi was a mistake. But no 4chan pandering here... I don't get why they didn't pull a Neo Yokio and have an actual anime studio involved. It looks as "fun" as those horrible 'vice and luna' comics that Anime News Network had.
It's pretty sad Netflix funds shows that look more anime than the ones funded by Crunchyroll.
I just remembered that French movies called Two Queens that never got funded. I hope someone picks them
Oh, Little Witch Academia? You mean the Harry Potter Ripoff?
Come the fuck on, claiming something is inoriginal, and then comparing it to LWA of all things. Jesus.
Also, there was nothing in LWA that "combined east with west".
Not to mention that, LWA is not a Netflix creation. All they did was fund some of the TV show after the OVAs were a smash hit. Those were funded through Kickstarter and were entirely Studio Trigger's own thing.
Oh sure,the west and east eat off each others plates all the time, but its not so much the art style just dosent look good ( it looks somewhat flat and formless), but there was a show that mixed the more slapstick style of western cartoons with the detailed backgrounds and animation of anime. I wonder what that was...
Oh well what you look at that, the show Netflix has on their platform. Like even if High Spice Guardian looks unflattering compared to Little Witch, on its own merits the trailer didnt sell me on fucking anything. What they did was anti-marketing. They barely showed off any aspect of their show and decided to talk about their staff, but that only works when you have a well-known and respected team working on a show. Why would I care that its all women if they dont have a portfolio of work to judge them by?
Thus just screams of Crunchyroll wanting to compete with Netflix originals.
I mean you can keep peddling the LWA stuff but it's fairly obvious that this show is more in line with Cartoon Network's output, unless you want to hit me with the "Steven Universe rips off X Magical Girl anime" meme. You're also ignoring the the obvious RWBY connection as well.
Where the hell are those "tumblr: the cartoon/anime" comments coming from?
Because most of the cast has hair with weird colors?
That's some really stupid comments to make.
Because most of the cast has hair with weird colors?
That's some really stupid comments to make.
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Its not just me who recognizes it.
https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/08/22/crunchyroll-high-guardian-spice-original-anime-animation/
Yeah... I dont think so.
Not really a fan of the artstyle, which goes to a common direction these days from western cartoons, but without some actual footage
and some gist of the story I don't know if I wanna see it, but time will tell.
and some gist of the story I don't know if I wanna see it, but time will tell.
I dunno. I think it looks pretty cool. If it sucks it sucks, if it's good it's good. Give it a chance.
I'm disappointed this isn't about a Kentucky trailer park magical girl who gets her powers from K2.
Is that the show with the desert-y environment and predominantly black characters? That show looks rad.
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Oh, straight up Little Witch isnt original. It take liberally from Harry Potter, western cartoons, and prior Trigger/Gainax shows, but you want to to know what the difference is? Little Witch looks amazing, this does not.
Probably because Netflix has a wayyyyyy bigger budget for their anime productions.
"Someone else made this comparison"
Alright, that doesn't really much to me. OK KO isn't Dragon Ball or GI Joe either.
The jist of your criticism seems to be that this comedic SoL cartoon doesn't look like an anime.
"I'm not alone in hating this show without reason and sense! There are dozens of us!"
Have you shared your opinions on the new She-Ra show on this forum?
Please point me to all those animated scenes we've seen of this new show.
LWA doesn't take anything from "Western Cartoons", it's completely in Trigger's style and hasn't changed at all from what they've done in Kill La Kill. Hell, it's very much still even in the playbook of their old Gainax stuff. Stop making things up.
"Tumblr the cartoon." Give me a break. What kind of ignorant bullshit is that?
I dig the art. Nothing wrong with anime influenced cartoons. Hell, its great to see the best qualities of the style making their way into Western art. This stuff has never been better.
I dig the art. Nothing wrong with anime influenced cartoons. Hell, its great to see the best qualities of the style making their way into Western art. This stuff has never been better.
I like you.
Relax people. I think it's cool they are investing in some original content.
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Sure, but OK KO does take a lot from Dragon Ball. Lets get away from the LWA comparisons, since thats not really my big issue with the trailer. They could have squashed my doubts about the shows bland premise by talking about the show, but they just spent the entire trailer patting themselves on the back for being ultra diverse and all women.
Yall were just talking about Cannon Busters a couple of post ago. LeSean did a great job of highlighting the staff, because they are really fucking noteworthy.
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