Has studio Mappa made Chainsaw Man too realistic for an anime?

Psycho_Goku said:
Ambient sounds and chirping birds often playing in the background, muted colors inside the city, toned down voice acting, mostly realistic facial expressions, highly detailed art and backgrounds, detailed character designs that always stay on model, always present shading, almost weirdly detailed cloth animation, constant use of film-like angles, etc.

Chainsaw Man almost feels like an animated live-action show rather than an "anime" at some times. The CSM director Ryu Nakayama has stated that he wants to make CSM realistic like a live-action show. Is Mappa going too far with this approach or do you think all of this is fine?

thunderkitten13 said:
I will say that this episode was extremely boring at times. They are pacing it like we are watching some deep philosophical piece about the human condition, when at the end of the episode Denji literally takes his feces covered hands to feels Power’s boobs lol. The shots were cinematic but that was like using cinematic shots for a Teletubbies episode.

Ctes said:

i think it was mappa showing off, and also to show a harsh shift from piece to when power moves in. but i get your point.

thunderkitten13 said:

Ya I get that would think there could’ve been better moments to show off then mundane things, this isn’t a Ghibli film but more than anything was completely grossed out.

Ctes said:

did you the episode was gross? or just the pacing? if your think its gross its gonna get worse dont watch the next episode haha, its quite a strange series.

thunderkitten13 said:

I am disgusted by feces and stuff similar to that. I am fine with glimpses I guess but it was used as an element of fan service which jfc I hate it so much, if there’s more feces fetish stuff I might drop.

Iloveggs said:

"there is literally a whole site called sakugabooru where you can check which scene was rotoscoped or not infact chainsawman has none
https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=chainsaw_man "

Pietru said:
My only issue is Denji's never changing face expressions on some parts of episodes, other than that it's pretty much fine the way it is IMO

Psycho_Goku said:
Ambient sounds and chirping birds often playing in the background, muted colors inside the city, toned down voice acting, mostly realistic facial expressions, highly detailed art and backgrounds, detailed character designs that always stay on model, always present shading, almost weirdly detailed cloth animation, constant use of film-like angles, etc.

Chainsaw Man almost feels like an animated live-action show rather than an "anime" at some times. The CSM director Ryu Nakayama has stated that he wants to make CSM realistic like a live-action show. Is Mappa going too far with this approach or do you think all of this is fine?