| Curious to see what everyone says... For me, it's hard not to mention anime such as Ping Pong The Animation and AKIRA, such unique animation styles with so much attention to detail, fluid, and dynamic motions, and creative visual effects, all while having an amazing cinematic direction. I also see Demon Slayer as one of the anime pushing more and more the expressive character designs and stellar action sequences. As well as just the overall quality of animation present in Demon Slayer. |
| Redline for animating cars in 2D all the way through and Macross: Do you remember love for well everything pretty much. |
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| Land of the Lustrous (2017) was the first anime which got universal acclaim because it used CGI in new ways. It was Studio Orange's breaktrough, and paved the way for more CGI masterpieces such as Beastars (2019). Satoshi Kon's movies created camera techniques unseen before, and which made their entry into live action movies. It's very rare that anime has an impact outside its bubble, but he even inspired Hollywood. Perfect Blue (1998) is most influential here, runner up Sennen Joyuu (2002) and Paprika (2006). Tokyo Godfathers (2003) excels in story writing, but visually is rather standard fare - by his high standards. Finally, Studio Shaft created a unique visual language easily identified even by small snippets. Shows such as Bakemonogatari (2010) and Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica (2011) are near the peak of their innovative period. There are of course many more examples, but those three should make almost any top 10 list. |
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| Phoenix 2772 did it before Akira. 2003 Astro Boy (Japnese audio) was probably the greatest looking TV anime at the time it aired. I have not seen anything like Gankutsuou before or since. |
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| Animators who work in the anime industry view Memories and Jin-Rou as the Bible of animation, the veterans of the industry call them “animation pushed to it’s extremes”. Other notable ones are Akira and Steam Boy as they really did receive so much resources. And I would also mention Redline, simply for looking unreal and having such a mind blowing backstory. And as strange as it may seem, Fate/Grand Order Babylonia is an anime that made a Sakuga for every single episode of it’s 20-ish episode runtime which is a HUGE deal for tv-broadcasted anime that length. |
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| Probably not the "right" answer, but Tales of Zestiria the Cross came to my mind first. |
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| Naruto vs pain, that's always going to be in my heart |
| Tv series: Akage no Anne Astro Boy (2003) Cowboy Bebop Lupin III (1971) Macross Mob Psycho 100 Monogatari series Monster Perrine Monogatari OVA: FLCL Hoshi no Koe Yukikaze Movies: Akira Kara no Kyoukai Weathering with You |
| Daily reminder that this mere one minute and a half scene took nearly 2 years to animate. |
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| The list of anime that pushed the boundaries of animation.. Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai (rated with 7) Black Jack the Movie (rated with 7) Blood: The Last Vampire (unrated) Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen (unrated) Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (unrated) Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 (rated with 7) Cowboy Bebop (rated with 8) Dennou Coil (unrated) Detective Conan Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer (rated with 7) Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! (unrated) Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (unrated) Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (unrated) Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (unrated) Fullmetal Alchemist (rated with 8) Fune wo Amu (unrated) Gake no Ue no Ponyo (unrated) Gankutsuou (unrated) Godzilla: S.P (unrated) Gyokou no Nikuko-chan (rated with 8) Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken (unrated) Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (rated with 8) Hidamari no Ki (unrated) Higashi no Eden (unrated) Hotarubi no Mori e (unrated) Innocence (unrated) Jin-Rou (unrated) Jujutsu Kaisen (unrated) Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (unrated) Kaiba (rated with 9) Kaijuu no Kodomo (unrated) Kamichu! (unrated) Kanata no Astra (unrated) Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi (unrated) Karigurashi no Arrietty (unrated) Kemono Friends (unrated) Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor 2 the Movie (unrated) Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED (rated with 6) Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer (unrated) Kimetsu no Yaiba (unrated) Kimi no Na wa. (unrated) Koe no Katachi (unrated) Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (unrated) Kotonoha no Niwa (unrated) Koukaku Kidoutai (unrated) Koukaku Kidoutai: Shin Movie (unrated) Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex (rated with 10) Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (unrated) Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (unrated) Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro (unrated) Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna (unrated) Macross F (unrated) Macross F Movie 2: Sayonara no Tsubasa (unrated) Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica (rated with 8) Majo no Takkyuubin (unrated) Mama wa Shougaku 4 Nensei (rated with 7) Memories (unrated) Misaki no Mayoiga (rated with 9) Momo e no Tegami (unrated) Mononoke Hime (unrated) Mouretsu Pirates (unrated) Mugen no Ryvius (rated with 7) Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu (unrated) Neon Genesis Evangelion (rated with 8) Odd Taxi (unrated) One Piece Film: Red (unrated) Onigamiden (rated with 7) Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (unrated) Paprika (rated with 7) Ping Pong the Animation (rated with 7) Planetes (unrated) RahXephon (unrated) Roujin Z (unrated) Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (unrated) Serial Experiments Lain (rated with 7) Shingeki no Kyojin (unrated) Shirobako (unrated) Shoujo Kakumei Utena (rated with 8) Sonny Boy (rated with 6) Spy x Family (rated with 10) SSSS.Gridman (unrated) Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu (unrated) Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (rated with 8) Tekkon Kinkreet (unrated) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (unrated) Tenki no Ko (rated with 8) The Sky Crawlers (unrated) Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (unrated) Tokyo Godfathers (unrated) Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (unrated) Tonari no Totoro (unrated) Turn A Gundam (rated with 5) Uchouten Kazoku (rated with 9) Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei (unrated) Yuri!!! on Ice (rated with 7) Yuru Yuri (unrated) Zombieland Saga (rated with 10) |
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| I dunno if it pushed the boundaries or not, but after just watching K Project 2nd season, it was really refreshing watching such dynamic directing and visuals. |
| Best animation I've seen is the dragon ball super broly movie, absolutely stunning. The ToP arc in super had amazing animation as well, specifically goku vs jiren. Other than that the obvious fate series. |
| i think the animation in mashle is pretty awesome |
| the "illusion world" scenes in clannad must be at like 999 frames per second. |
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| i think sword art online: alicization deserves a shout. that godly animation probably has a lot to do with why s3 is the only season i like. maybe gurren lagann as well iirc. one piece: film red more recently. |
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| From my personal perspective: 1969 - Nagagutsu o Haita Neko 1971 - Lupin III 1974 - Alps no Shoujo Heidi and Uchuu Senkan Yamato 1978 - Takarajima and Lupin Sansei: Lupin vs Fukusei-ningen 1979 - Lupin Sansei: Cagliostro no Shiro 1980 - Hi no Tori 2772: Ai no CosmoZone 1982 - Macross and Space Cobra 1983 - Golgo 13 (with some ugly 3D CGI) 1984 - Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa, Giant Gorg, Galactic Patrol Lensman and Meitantei Holmes 1985 - Tenshi no Tamago 1986 - Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa 1987 - Ouritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no Tsubasa, Black Magic M-66, Robot Carnival, Manie-Manie: Meikyuu Monogatari and X Densha de Ikou 1988 - Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Tonari no Totoro, Akira and Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster 1989 - Riding Bean, Venus Senki, Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor Movie and Majo no Takkyuubin 1990 - City Hunter: Bay City Wars 1991 - Roujin Z 1992 - Giant Robo The Animation 1993 - Juubee Ninpuuchou, Patlabor 2 the Movie and Orguss 02 OVA 1994 - Iria: Zeiram - The Animation and Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko 1995 - Ghost in the Shell 1996 - Memories , Lupin III Dead or Alive, Mahou Tsukai Tai! and Tetsuwan Birdy 1997 - Lupin III Walther P38 1998 - Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Spriggan and Ao no 6 Gou (with some ugly 3D CGI) 1999 - Jin-Rou 2000 - Yuusha Ou GaoGaiGar Final, Furi Kuri, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Blood: The Last Vampire. 2001 - Spirit of Wonder: Shounen Kagaku Club, Nekojiru-soup, Metropolis and Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira 2002 - Sentou Yousei Yukikaze, Overman King Gainer and Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex 2003 - Macross Zero (with some inconsistencies and ugly 3D CGI), Last Exile (with some ugly 3D CGI), The Animatrix, Tokyo Godfathers and Planetes 2004 - Dead Leaves, Ghost In The Shell Innocence, Appleseed (2004), Samurai Champloo, Steamboy and Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster 2005 - Karas, Fullmetal Panic! The Second Raid and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children 2006 - Black Lagoon and Paprika 2007 - Tekkon Kinkreet, Afro Samurai, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, Genius Party, Stranger: Mukou Hadan, Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 and Appleseed Saga Ex Machina 2008 - Macross Frontier, Batman: Gotham Knight, Bounen no Xamdou, Cobra The Animation: The Psychogun and Genius Party Beyond 2009 - Kurokami The Animation, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Cobra The Animation: Time Drive, Summer Wars, Redline, Cencoroll and Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike 2010 - Uchuu Show e Youkoso, Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn, Trigun: Badlands Rumble, Black Lagoon: Roberta`s Blood Trail and Gekijouban Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer 2011 - Gosick, Rain Town, Tiger & Bunny and Fate/Zero 2012 - Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna, Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199, Hyouka and Short Peace 2013 - Little Witch Academia (2013), Suisei no Gargantia, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Gundam Build Fighters, Kill La Kill, Kyousougiga (2013) and Kaguya-hime no Monogatari 2014 - Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen Daisuke no Bohyou, Gundam G no Reconguista, Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis and Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199: Hoshi-Meguru Hakobune 2015 - Death Parade, Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin, Kekkai Sensen, One Punch Man and Kidou Senshi Gundam: Thunderbolt 2016 - Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (2016), Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV and Mob Psycho 100 2017 - Youjo Senki, Lupin the IIIrd: Chikemuri no Ishikawa Goemon and Kidou Senshi Gundam: Thunderbolt (2017) 2018 - Hakumei to Mikochi and B: The Beginning 2019 - Lupin the IIIrd: Mine Fujiko no Uso, Gekijouban City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes and Lupin III: The First 2020 - Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel - III and Akudama Drive 2021 - Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash, Shadows House and Vivy: Fluorite Eye's 2022 - Chikyuugai Shounen Shoujo, Shika no Ou: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi, Summertime Render, Ame wo Tsugeru Hyouryuu Danchi and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners |
| Violet Evergarden is the first, that popped in to my head. The second anime might be Chainsaw Man, not my personal preference, but I can't deny it looked and more importantly, felt revolutionary. That's all I got. |
TRC_Randy said: @alshu defo not Takarajima. It looks good in standstill scenes but doesn't have enough frames during movements. It does better than other TV shows from the same year, like Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock for example. Also not sure what release you have watched. |
| Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust anime. |
| I still believe Macross: Do You Remember Love? is still the most beautiful anime I have seen in terms of animation. There are tons of shows and movies that are gorgeous and beautiful, but I'll never forget how awestruck I was when watching DYRL. |
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alshu said: i watched the bluray version on 9anime.TRC_Randy said: @alshu defo not Takarajima. It looks good in standstill scenes but doesn't have enough frames during movements. It does better than other TV shows from the same year, like Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock for example. Also not sure what release you have watched. |
TRC_Randy said: i watched the bluray version on 9anime. Trashy encoding is my guess... Like it's not the greatest TV animation or anything, but it's a benchmark for that period (some great art and backgrounds too, like took about 100 screenshots with crows, skulls and creepy places)...and we are talking about my narrow perspective here. If there's a TV show from the same year with incomparably better animation...well I haven't seen it (yet). For example I know for a fact that Tom Sawyer no Bouke (1980) and Space Cobra (1982) have way better animation (for TV projects) in comparison, but they came later. By the way I didn't included Tom Sawyer no Bouke in my list, because it had about 4-5 episodes (which are pivotal for the story) with movie quality animation, but the rest were kind of average. |
| Kara no Kyoukai is the easy answer for me over the few decades of watching. |
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