| I know there's an old topic somewhere, and I found a recommendation topic, but I want to form a collective thread (preferably if you can include pictures) of beautiful landscapes. Bring on the Makoto Shinkai's. the Ghiblis, the pseudo-Venices, and any hidden gems that's not as popular as them! Currently, I'm in love with Aquarion Evol's landscapes. The character design is average but God, the landscape is like a cross between Aria and Shinkai's. It's scenery porn at with a sci-fi tint at its very best. I hope this doesn't count as spam, because I really want to know some hidden gems if possible. And enjoy series I haven't heard of or have heard of but never took the time to enjoy them. |
TachiiMar 3, 2012 4:31 PM
| off the top of my head i remember eureka 7's backgrounds were the most unique ones ive seen, they werent greatly detailed but they had this warp thing to the ground that made it very recognizable |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| The scenes of the "another world" in Clannad had beautiful landscapes. But I think that definitely, the best landscapes I've ever seen are from 5 Centimeters per Second. |
| Damn, I was hoping to be quick to this topic so that I could state my obvious two choices, but Kyuubeys beat me to it! I would choose 5 centimeters per second over Clannad any day though in terms of landscapes. |
| Aria is pretty. |
Legendre said: Damn, I was hoping to be quick to this topic so that I could state my obvious two choices, but Kyuubeys beat me to it! I would choose 5 centimeters per second over Clannad any day though in terms of landscapes. Haha, that's true. Clannad's landscapes are pretty, but it's more because they make me emotional. 5 Centimeters had unbelieveably gorgeous landscapes. |
| 5 centermeters per second has fantastic scenery, but I think children who chase lost voices from deep below beats it. Last Exile also had some really good settings, kinda cheating there but whatevs And Mardock Scramble had great ones too |
ReialgoMar 3, 2012 6:48 PM
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| ^ Holy crap that first one is so detailed. My goodness. What a sight to behold. Saw a couple of more episodes of Aquarion Evol just now. This show has such low replies in its discussion forum compared to other popular shows this season. The consistency so far is amazing. So many different sceneries, so many simple yet detailed looks. |
| First thing that interested me when watching Aquarion EVOL Ep 1/2 was how incredibly high quality and detailed the scenery was when they were riding the boat. (got ninja'd) The Place Promised in Our Early Days had really amazing scenery too. Though these days, most new movies always do. Break Blade for example has amazingly high quality... wasteland scenery. Lol. Break Blade OP |
Tachii said: Saw a couple of more episodes of Aquarion Evol just now. This show has such low replies in its discussion forum compared to other popular shows this season. The consistency so far is amazing. So many different sceneries, so many simple yet detailed looks. Because looking pretty will only take you so far for so long.(until the next eyecandy comes out) |
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| Lol high quality wasteland landscape. So vast, empty, and detailed arid land texture. My god. I am putting this movie series on my PTW list. I almost laughed that the landscape is SO GOOD that the character designs, a bit average if left alone, seem weak in comparison. Even Aquarion Evol suffers from this, and its character designs in general is better compared to many series. Even the non-up close character styles look fluid and detailed. Anime_Name said: Pretty much, yes. But Aquarion Evol got another thing going for it: the absolute corniness and wackiness the show offers. And a bit of nostalgia factor because I watched Genesis as a kid.Because looking pretty will only take you so far for so long.(until the next eyecandy comes out) |
| Another: |
KuriniMar 3, 2012 7:31 PM
| Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya |
| I agree completely on 5 centimeters per second, although I was pretty impressed with the landscapes of Eden of the East |
| scenery porn: 5 cm per second ef - memories and melodies |
| Shinkai Makoto. end of story |
Kurini said: Another: Hanasaku Iroha: Not really a landscape but really beautiful: @ Another: Eh, for a series in 2012, the art looks surprisingly retro? (not a bad thing surely) @Hanasaku Iroha: Wow, I haven't even heard of this show before. Looks beautiful and detailed without even being supernatural/fantasy/scifi. |
| Mushishi! Every episode smells like forest. |
| Hotarubi no mori e Natsume (all four series) the forest scenes are really pretty. 5 cms per second (people have already posted loads of pictures) |
| The Place Promised in Our Early Days |
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| To aru Kagaku no railgun |
 "I like to expose what people hide. I'm an intellectual rapist." - Furudo Erika |
| Even though 5 CM/Per Second had great artwork, the fact that the story was insanely boring and hardly even there ruined it. Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu had some of the best artwork I've seen. I don't understand in the slightest why people complain about Clannad's artwork. It has the most memorable and detailed city I've seen. |
| Dont touch me I'm in despair. |
| Sorry. No pic. Just google and check images. Edit: Never mind the google. I just tried a few and can't find the beautiful scenery I remember. Blood+ Escaflowne Flag Ghost Hound Guin Saga Gunslinger Girl Haibane Renmei Hanasaku Iroha Juuni Kokuki Kemono no Souja Erin Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World Last Exile Michiko to Hatchin Mirai Shounen Conan Moonlight Mile Mushishi No.6 Planetes Pom Poko Princess Mononoke RahXephon Samurai 7 Samurai Champloo Seirei no Moribito Senkou no Night Raid Spirited Away The Boy Who Saw the Wind The Heroic Legend of Arslan Wangan Midnight Winter Sonata Wolf's Rain Yukikaze |
lisnoireMar 4, 2012 1:27 PM
| -animeS - The plural of anime is anime. More than one deer is still deer. There is no damn "s". -epic |ˈepik| noun•a work portraying heroic deeds/adventures covering an long period of time - adjective • heroic/grand in scale or character Active Military, Prior Service, and Veteran's Anime Club http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=25937&time=1299710079 |
| Beautiful. Dragonball Z |
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lisnoire said: this had really beautiful imagery, it was so pretty that the show had to blow it all up in the last 4 episodesRahXephon |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Agreed with some of the mentioned, and I'll add Only yesterday and Whisper of the heart. I'm having some problems to find and upload proper images, though. |
DJIzzyIzzyHitler said: --Aw, man. You might have just ruined it for someone. And it is such a great show it deserves to be seen.lisnoire said: this had really beautiful imagery, it was so pretty that the show had to blow it all up in the last 4 episodesRahXephon |
| -animeS - The plural of anime is anime. More than one deer is still deer. There is no damn "s". -epic |ˈepik| noun•a work portraying heroic deeds/adventures covering an long period of time - adjective • heroic/grand in scale or character Active Military, Prior Service, and Veteran's Anime Club http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=25937&time=1299710079 |
| Kanon 2006 has really beautiful landscapes, each a sight to behold. |
| Personally, I've always been partial to the art style of Kaiba: And it's successor, The Tatami Galaxy |
| Mononoke & Gankutsuou They both looked amazing. |
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| Not really a landscape, but I do love Bakemonogatari's unique and shifty scenario Then there's Madoka Magica, which has a just plain beautiful scenario both inside "magic barriers" and outside it them. They're the only ones I find truly worthy of note, I love these shadowy and "different" art styles/landscapes/scenarios. |
| 「レミ咲が今日のティータイム。」- RemiSaku ga kyou no tea time! |
| I thought I had more... It's difficult to look for these. Excluding 5cm/s and Hanasaku Iroha since someone has put their image up. Macross Frontier The Movie : Sayonara no Tsubasa ARIA the OVA Arietta Higashi no Eden UN-GO Ikoku Meiro no Croisse Eve no Jikan Mardock Scramble: The First Compression Summer Wars The Place Promised In Our Early Days Whisper of the Heart Macross Frontier The Movie : The False Songtress |
| i'd say hanasaku iroha too |
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Morbyllan said: Not really a landscape, but I do love Bakemonogatari's unique and shifty scenario |
UmbryaMar 6, 2012 8:25 PM
Morbyllan said: Not really a landscape, but I do love Bakemonogatari's unique and shifty scenario Definitely agree. I was beyond amazed by Shaft's architecture. Just simply beautiful and innovative. |
| There are many beautiful "natural" sceneries in Spice and Wolf. Although, it's a given since the show is somewhat focused on travelling the world slowly. Also, the timeline of their world is long before technology advanced. Oh yeah, there's a beautiful pagan wolf deity known as Horo too. ^^ |
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Legendre said: Yeah a lot of beautiful landscapes are easily forgotten even though just about every anime with a bit of art direction should have them, it's just that most animes don't really focus on the scenery like how obvious they are in Ghibli or Shinkai productions. And there are plenty of varieties, too.Also this thread is awesome. I wish more people would post landscapes from anime that I haven't seen because I am sure there is a ton of amazing landscapes out there. Maybe I'll search some in Arakawa (it's by SHAFT as well). |
| Eden of the East I really like the overhead shots of the the city they did in Tiger & Bunny. I've also always loved the landscapes in Inuyasha. |
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| I thought ef A Tale of Memories had great landscapes. |
Kazeshini said: Shinkai Makoto. end of story This. The charcaters aren't great, but omfg the scenery is awesome. |
| No. |
| Iblard Jikan - the ultimate eye porn. It gives the impression that the anime's purpose is to paint imaginary landscape. |
TsukikageRanMar 9, 2012 11:47 PM
| O.O think that might just trump them all.. |
| /The Celestial Railroad/Fantasy Railroad in the Stars - no surprise since it's done by Kagaya who specializes in otherwordly landscapes. Beautiful eye candy with story based on Kenji Miyazawa story. |
| hanasaku iroha clannad AS mushishi heaven's lost property |
AmbleMar 10, 2012 8:28 AM
| Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai has good landscapes every now and then. I also think Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi had some great ones, too... Rather then that, there's some beautiful anime-style landscape art out there. |
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TsukikageRan said: Iblard Jikan - the ultimate eye porn. It gives the impression that the anime's purpose is to paint imaginary landscape. TsukikageRan said: /The Celestial Railroad/Fantasy Railroad in the Stars - no surprise since it's done by Kagaya who specializes in otherwordly landscapes. Beautiful eye candy with story based on Kenji Miyazawa story. My my, you know your scenery porns. I wanted this topic to tackle some hidden gems instead of the usual fantastic work of Ghibli and Shinkai but man, this is awesome. Although I'll probably never watch them since their story isn't my kind of thing... but still, wow, these are some rare works, looking at how many people have seen it on MAL. |
| Ghibli and Makoto Shinkai's films have those in spades. In a more recent example, Ikoku Meiro no Croisée has beautifully reproduced backdrops of 19th century Paris. The very first shot you see in the series is the Notre Dame Cathedral, and it is absolutely gorgeous. |
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| even though i don't really like makoto shinkai's movie , the scenery just screams beautiful |
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