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Apr 11, 2015 12:24 AM
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Or has A-1 given up on even using color on this show.

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episode 52:


Also, why is the art so inconsistent? Don't even get me started on how bad the animation and still frames have become.
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Apr 11, 2015 12:53 AM
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I usually don't have problem with such issues but it was so much noticeable that it's getting annoying.
Apr 11, 2015 12:55 AM
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Yeah... Just dled that episode to make sure it wasn't you, and it looks like shit.
Apr 11, 2015 1:24 AM
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Personally, I think it looks better now, closer to the official manga colors. Whatever the reason for the change was though, I hope it helps in improving the overall quality of the art, because it really has been inconsistent. They do fix things in DVD versions, unfortunately, those aren't really available for casual watching.
Apr 11, 2015 1:30 AM
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Nuvi said:
I usually don't have problem with such issues but it was so much noticeable that it's getting annoying.

This.

Seven Deadly Sins has bright and vibrant colors, so maybe it's a budget saving thing, since FT is a long runner.
Apr 11, 2015 1:39 AM
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A-1 fuckups are strong in this one actually so I doubt it could get better with animation anytime soon. ^^;
Apr 11, 2015 3:08 AM
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The animation quality improved, but the colours are horrible.
BUT! If it bothers you, just set the "colour saturation" setting to the highest value in your movie player - it looks a little better this way :)

Before:


After:
Apr 11, 2015 5:00 AM
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The 2nd one looks better tbh
The art is more consistent ryt now
And I am just hoping that the budget gets fixed for this new arc, so we can enjoy it
Apr 11, 2015 6:50 AM
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Agreed. I thought I was the only one, so yeah. It's like they traded colors for animation (Why not just use some filters for coloring, then) It doesn't take that much effort to color something brightly. Guess they just don't feel like it. Or maybe it's a way of showing that Fairy Tail is 'maturing' as an anime?
Apr 11, 2015 7:01 AM

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Magnolia said:
Or has A-1 given up on even using color on this show.

episode 2:


episode 52:


Also, why is the art so inconsistent? Don't even get me started on how bad the animation and still frames have become.


It is made to fit with the manga color scheme


FT was never meant to be THAT colorful and current animation team is sticking to the canon now.
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Apr 11, 2015 7:12 AM

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^ That color page has a spoiler.

I don't think it's close to colored pages from Mashima, it's more pale.
Apr 11, 2015 10:33 AM

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CookingPriest said:
Magnolia said:
Or has A-1 given up on even using color on this show.

episode 2:


episode 52:


Also, why is the art so inconsistent? Don't even get me started on how bad the animation and still frames have become.


It is made to fit with the manga color scheme
[i mg]http://41.media.tumblr.com/36ad686bfba0be2f88456286c8c8e8fb/tumblr_nkyjxv5MKG1u1v2kjo1_500.jpg[/img]

FT was never meant to be THAT colorful and current animation team is sticking to the canon now.
It's brighter and more vibrant in the manga page...
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CookingPriest said:
Magnolia said:
Or has A-1 given up on even using color on this show.

episode 2:


episode 52:


Also, why is the art so inconsistent? Don't even get me started on how bad the animation and still frames have become.


It is made to fit with the manga color scheme
[i mg]http://41.media.tumblr.com/36ad686bfba0be2f88456286c8c8e8fb/tumblr_nkyjxv5MKG1u1v2kjo1_500.jpg[/img]

FT was never meant to be THAT colorful and current animation team is sticking to the canon now.
It's brighter and more vibrant in the manga page...[/quote
That's just saturation issue of the scans. Earlier scans had even more crazy issues like that.

The actual physical covers look exactly like color scheme in anime.
Apr 12, 2015 10:40 AM

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Shourii said:
The animation quality improved, but the colours are horrible.
BUT! If it bothers you, just set the "colour saturation" setting to the highest value in your movie player - it looks a little better this way :)

Before:


After:
Thank you for the advice! It was really helpful. :)
Apr 12, 2015 2:06 PM

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ziggy_Z said:
Shourii said:
The animation quality improved, but the colours are horrible.
BUT! If it bothers you, just set the "colour saturation" setting to the highest value in your movie player - it looks a little better this way :)

Before:


After:
Thank you for the advice! It was really helpful. :)


Enjoy the over-color experience that does not fit the tone of the arc nor the intentions of mangaka.
Apr 12, 2015 2:08 PM

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the colors have been like this since fillers, so I'm not sure where you're going with this.

Also, FYI, actual manga covers are quite colorful in vibrancy and saturation.
Apr 12, 2015 2:11 PM

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Ugh at least it fits his
Apr 12, 2015 2:17 PM

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Lol I didn't notice that b4 . The colors sucks

Apr 12, 2015 2:19 PM

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Sounds more like cancer to me
Apr 12, 2015 2:41 PM

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Yup, just got back to FT after not watching fillers and I noticed it right away, it's especially noticeable with characters' hair colours.
Apr 12, 2015 7:30 PM
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It looks like it's going to start raining or something even when it's a sunny day. Intent of the mangaka or not, it looks awful.
Apr 13, 2015 1:22 AM

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CookingPriest said:
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Thank you for the advice! It was really helpful. :)


Enjoy the over-color experience that does not fit the tone of the arc nor the intentions of mangaka.

Meh, seeing as I've read that arc, doesn't really bother me 'cause the experience will be better when I'm actually invested in what I'm seeing, thus I'll enjoy it more. The dull colors don't add jack to this arc, so if I "over-color" it, I lose nothing.

BTW, what do you mean by "intentions of mangaka"? Implying that Hiro told A-1 to animate it as such? Considering how the art of of this arc in the manga is the same as GMG and prior, how this arc is animated is not indicative to whatever intentions Hiro had illustrating the arc. It's simply the choice of A-1; why they did so, who knows. I'd say that they needed to debase the quality because they went pretty hard at it with NNT & A.Z.
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ziggy_Z said:
CookingPriest said:


Enjoy the over-color experience that does not fit the tone of the arc nor the intentions of mangaka.

Meh, seeing as I've read that arc, doesn't really bother me 'cause the experience will be better when I'm actually invested in what I'm seeing, thus I'll enjoy it more. The dull colors don't add jack to this arc, so if I "over-color" it, I lose nothing.

BTW, what do you mean by "intentions of mangaka"? Implying that Hiro told A-1 to animate it as such? Considering how the art of of this arc in the manga is the same as GMG and prior, how this arc is animated is not indicative to whatever intentions Hiro had illustrating the arc. It's simply the choice of A-1; why they did so, who knows. I'd say that they needed to debase the quality because they went pretty hard at it with NNT & A.Z.

yah,they are focusing more on as and nnt, and its not like nnt have a top notch animation,only 2-3 episodes had awesome animation,the rest were average for 24 episode anime, really hope they dont mess with this arc,atleast have decent animation
Apr 14, 2015 5:54 AM

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milkydean said:
ziggy_Z said:

Meh, seeing as I've read that arc, doesn't really bother me 'cause the experience will be better when I'm actually invested in what I'm seeing, thus I'll enjoy it more. The dull colors don't add jack to this arc, so if I "over-color" it, I lose nothing.

BTW, what do you mean by "intentions of mangaka"? Implying that Hiro told A-1 to animate it as such? Considering how the art of of this arc in the manga is the same as GMG and prior, how this arc is animated is not indicative to whatever intentions Hiro had illustrating the arc. It's simply the choice of A-1; why they did so, who knows. I'd say that they needed to debase the quality because they went pretty hard at it with NNT & A.Z.

yah,they are focusing more on as and nnt, and its not like nnt have a top notch animation,only 2-3 episodes had awesome animation,the rest were average for 24 episode anime, really hope they dont mess with this arc,atleast have decent animation

I reckon their just stockpiling their budget for the fight scenes in the Tartarus arc, especially Gray vs. Silver and Acno vs. Igneel.
Apr 14, 2015 9:42 AM

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A lot of changes in animation(removal of dreadful magic circles, new animation team,etc) had to do with Hiro's disapproval.

StormNA said:
It looks like it's going to start raining or something even when it's a sunny day. Intent of the mangaka or not, it looks awful.


Its how it should look.It is not "colorful" world and most of cover art is in that color scheme so that is how the mangaka intended it to look.
Apr 14, 2015 10:16 AM

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lol cooking priest, every manga image you post has more vibrant colors than the anime currently.

And manga covers are all vibrant in colors.

see?

Apr 14, 2015 10:28 AM
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ziggy_Z said:
milkydean said:

yah,they are focusing more on as and nnt, and its not like nnt have a top notch animation,only 2-3 episodes had awesome animation,the rest were average for 24 episode anime, really hope they dont mess with this arc,atleast have decent animation

I reckon their just stockpiling their budget for the fight scenes in the Tartarus arc, especially Gray vs. Silver and Acno vs. Igneel.

that would be actually good,the 1st time they wasted most of their budget and animation on the garou knights and dragged it, while they should have used to make laxus vs jura longer and better
if the fights are enjoyble then i dont really care about the rest episodes, and i think ,mard vs csk
gray vs siver, gray and natsu vs mard and igneel vs acno should be well animated or atleast i hope so

@cooking priest, well the colour palletes makes sense now, that lucy cover def. matches with current colours
Apr 14, 2015 10:49 AM

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@cooking priest, well the colour palletes makes sense now, that lucy cover def. matches with current colours
no it doesn't.

look closer.
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Magnolia said:
milkydean said:

@cooking priest, well the colour palletes makes sense now, that lucy cover def. matches with current colours
no it doesn't.

look closer.

it looks same to me
Apr 14, 2015 12:50 PM

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milkydean said:
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no it doesn't.

look closer.

it looks same to me
manga cover has more vivid colors and more contrast. take a color palette and see for yourself.

furthermore, I am completely lost as to why cookingpriest is bringing up manga colors. this is the anime. In no way did mashima tell a-1 to lower saturation for the anime to "fit the manga's mood"
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Magnolia said:
lol cooking priest, every manga image you post has more vibrant colors than the anime currently.

And manga covers are all vibrant in colors.

see?



That's exact same coloring as in anime now.
Apr 14, 2015 5:05 PM

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Thread title was supposed to be rhetorical, though it seems I've attracted actual color blind people.

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Shourii said:
The animation quality improved, but the colours are horrible.
BUT! If it bothers you, just set the "colour saturation" setting to the highest value in your movie player - it looks a little better this way :)

Before:


After:


Fancy
Apr 15, 2015 3:03 AM

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Magnolia said:
Thread title was supposed to be rhetorical, though it seems I've attracted actual color blind people.

You must be color blind. That is the same color affected by lightsources in that room. IT is exactly the same.
Apr 15, 2015 7:46 AM

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If you didn't notice, that room was supposed to be light.

Not sure why you're in denial. The same color palette can be applied for every single scene.
Apr 15, 2015 1:08 PM

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it is exactly same color scheme.
Apr 15, 2015 1:21 PM

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CookingPriest said:
it is exactly same color scheme.
Apr 15, 2015 6:26 PM
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Just started watching Fairy Tail 2014, and the art + color went downhill. The lines have definitely gotten thinner, and the colors are more dull. Each scene looks like BS.
Apr 15, 2015 6:30 PM

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Definitely needs more saturation. Maybe it's trying to be like Shigatsu.
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Definitely needs more saturation. Maybe it's trying to be like Shigatsu.
you mean


I totally noticed that and kept asking my friend to spoil me when watching lol :c
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Magnolia said:
mayukachan said:
Definitely needs more saturation. Maybe it's trying to be like Shigatsu.
you mean


I totally noticed that and kept asking my friend to spoil me when watching lol :c

yes
im implying fairy tail must be dying too :)
Apr 17, 2015 5:04 AM

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lol...... just lol....... studio changed colors becauese this was dark arc.

seriously...... you really cant see this?.... Im really tired you all. Imature kids which think that they are smart....

FT is garbage anime/manga but change of color is very good idea.

.......meh........ kids in this times.......
Apr 17, 2015 5:19 AM

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lol...... just lol....... studio changed colors becauese this was dark arc.

seriously...... you really cant see this?.... Im really tired you all. Imature kids which think that they are smart....

FT is garbage anime/manga but change of color is very good idea.

.......meh........ kids in this times.......
says the kid.

If you couldn't read, I pointed out that this change happened well before the arc. Just because my example happened to be during the arc, doesn't mean it started at that point.
Apr 17, 2015 10:56 AM

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YEs the changes happened over the course of 2014 version because mangaka was dissatisfied with bullshit in previous version(lolmagiccircles and shitty designs).

The color scheme is emulating the manga and more saturated tone would NOT fit the setting nor the feeling of the story from here on.

If someone is bitching that it is not "saturated enough" it is because most of scanlators actually increase saturation and contrast of color pages hen compared to the source material.

As a comparison:
This is the official colors from a color pages few chapters ago done by Mashima.


You will notice that Anime has very similar color scheme now:
Apr 17, 2015 4:21 PM

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unless you have a valid source that mashima told them to use this hideous paling of colors, your posts and reasoning remain null.

Yes, ofc if you saturate everything to the right intensity, everything will have the same colors. That's completely irrelevant.

Apr 17, 2015 6:13 PM

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Magnolia's right, and the illustrations used as examples are good and really well detailed.

Regardless of the circumstances of the story, dark or not, it does not justify THAT change of colors.
Apr 17, 2015 9:27 PM

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Magnolia said:
unless you have a valid source that mashima told them to use this hideous paling of colors, your posts and reasoning remain null.

Yes, ofc if you saturate everything to the right intensity, everything will have the same colors. That's completely irrelevant.

Stop wasting your time on them.
Apr 18, 2015 3:20 AM

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Magnolia said:
unless you have a valid source that mashima told them to use this hideous paling of colors, your posts and reasoning remain null.

Yes, ofc if you saturate everything to the right intensity, everything will have the same colors. That's completely irrelevant.



Yep. You are confirmed color blind if you think the color scheme before was closer.
Apr 18, 2015 9:02 PM

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I think the new color scheme is actually better than the old brighter one.

I also prefer thin over thick lines.

Hopefully they keep up this quality.
May 31, 2015 11:18 PM

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Yeah the colours look horrible now, and FT isn't a good enough series to mess with settings on my TV or media player, even if it only takes 3 seconds to do. FT isn't even worth that much.
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