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2Disliked it
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1Hated it
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Average 3.2
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Heh, it seems in order to protect a village, some people are willing to do just about anything. This was intense. The way this episode used its music bought more sense of tragedy especially during the burning scenes. Loved Dororo and Hyakkimaru's character chemistry as usual. |
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| Hyakkimaru man has no chill, he doesn't give a fuck, he just want to kill some demons lol. What the villagers did was bad, but man ... still. Also, those little ghosts were adorable. |
SwagernatorApr 22, 2019 7:54 AM
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| The character art and animation were bad this time. I like the story and little character build up though. |
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| Felt like 5 minutes, but the art this episode was pretty bad most of the time. Thank god the story and some of the animations (specially at the end at the lake) make up for it. Looks like once again Osamu Kobayashi came in to give ''Q U A L I T Y'' like in episode 4 of Gurren Lagann. |
DatRandomDudeApr 22, 2019 8:26 AM
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| Just what the hell happened with the art and animation this episode ? Even with that break between cours it looks like the staff is still battling the deadlines. |
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Hatsuyuki said: Just what the hell happened with the art and animation this episode ? Even with that break between cours it looks like the staff is still battling the deadlines. Yeah it was pretty off most of the time. |
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| Yeah, the animation was crap, but oh well - there are bound to be moments like these, it's just the way it is when it comes to the budget, I still think MAPPA is killing it, tho ! What bothered me more was the direction .. it seemed kinda odd today ? Like the abrupt ending and the random scene of Hyakki's bro training, like what was that all about? xD "Hey guys, letting you know I'm still in the anime and that I'm working really hard!" - or smth hahahahahahha Nothing will dissuade me from this show, tho ! The story is still going strong and Hyakki and Dororo are amazing !! Love them both so much ! ^_^ |
| preview for next week but man this week animation lol |
The spider is watching |
| Can't say this episode was perfect or something but it was dffit was different, pace, animation looked like it was a complete different staff, some scenes were weak some were great, some were good with some bad frames what's up with that? Overall the village was fucked up and Sabame died while his head was in the paddies. Don't like to see Itachi again... Those who say the animation was crap shouldn't talk crap when you don't even know how hard it is to keep up deadlines, they made a mistake and tried to animate this episode differently if you have an eye for this stuff you will notice some great frames but the problem was deadlines being there |
RaizelApr 22, 2019 8:45 AM
| Wow, this episode was horrible. I liked the series overall, but there have been a few really bad episodes, and this is the worst one yet. The animation was terrible, yeah. But whether it was the direction or editing who screwed up, the whole pacing felt sluggish and the shittons of crossfades seemed almost like a technical oversight or something. As if all the editors this week were sick and an intern took over. I'd even prefer the lazy cut to black with a cliched audio sting, at least that would add some excitement. I am not bashing the series, because I like the serious tone and cool action that's going on. But if the remaining episodes are like this... ugh. Let's just hope things return to normal soon. |
ArcturusMi said: damn this episode is terrible, the animation and the direction. The moth dies anticlimactially. Next episode looks promising though. What did Hyakkimaru meant when "You're... you're the same!"?? I think he meant the lord was the same as his father in that he sold his soul to demons or ghouls and sacrificed innocent lives under the guise of protecting his people and the land he governed ! |
ArcturusMi said: Ooh, so that's why he saw a glimpse of Daigo in his horse and Tahomaru(?) which I can't really make because the bad animation. Really thought it was "assholes murdering orphans and their caretaker then burning their temple AGAIN" because of Hyakkimaru's scream Yeah, that's what I gathered cause of the shadow thingies of Daigo and Tahomaru but it might also have something to do with Mio and the poor orphans from that time .. Hyakki just can't catch a break, tho, no wonder he has no chill and is like "I hope you all die assholes" xD |
| Really, if MAPPA just learned to pace itself better and got a grip on how (and when) to burn their budget (or if they'd just increase it) they would be first rate around TRIGGER level, only surpassed by ufotable or KyoAni or Madhouse when they don't pull an Overlord III (ofc excluding movie studios e.g Shinkai Makoto, Ghibli, Khara, etc). It happened the same with art quality in Inuyashiki but at a much worse timing as it was right at the only cool and fair fight the series has. |
| Jesus Christ what happened to this episode? The animation was terrible and the characters were off-model most of the times, I can't deny some parts looked incredible tho. Still, the directing and the pace were all over the place. Raizel said: Those who say the animation was crap shouldn't talk crap when you don't even know how hard it is to keep up deadlines, they made a mistake and tried to animate this episode differently if you have an eye for this stuff you will notice some great frames but the problem was deadlines being there I mean, it sure looked great on some scenes, but it looked really off and stiff on certain parts. Its a 50/50 for me, still the pacing and the directing for this episode was really bad. |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| Personally I really liked the different style and feel of this episode. Storywise it wasn't that good compared to other parts, but the conflict between Hyakkimaru and Dororo caught my interest. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| When a show is two-cour or more, it's bound to have one or few episodes of really questionable animation quality. |
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| I knew I wasn't the only one to notice how rushed this week felt. |
Mattinator95 said: Seiign said: Really, if MAPPA just learned to pace itself better and got a grip on how (and when) to burn their budget (or if they'd just increase it) they would be first rate around TRIGGER level, only surpassed by ufotable or KyoAni or Madhouse when they don't pull an Overlord III (ofc excluding movie studios e.g Shinkai Makoto, Ghibli, Khara, etc). It happened the same with art quality in Inuyashiki but at a much worse timing as it was right at the only cool and fair fight the series has. Really the budget excuse . You can have a big ass budget and still have shit animation . It's the staff and deadlines that mostly the cause The thing is, usually more budget = more staff (usually korean animators if is not permanent) |
Hokkage said: Some people has to see Shirobako to understand how industry works, because use the budget excuse is literally a meme. Nice episode in general terms, the real problem was some plot holes and non sense scenes. My main question is how the fuck you burn a moth thingy that just came out of the water and is likely too damp to be burned up xD |
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Seiign said: Really, if MAPPA just learned to pace itself better and got a grip on how (and when) to burn their budget (or if they'd just increase it) they would be first rate around TRIGGER level, only surpassed by ufotable or KyoAni or Madhouse when they don't pull an Overlord III (ofc excluding movie studios e.g Shinkai Makoto, Ghibli, Khara, etc). It happened the same with art quality in Inuyashiki but at a much worse timing as it was right at the only cool and fair fight the series has. *sigh* why people still blame budget for bad animation in 2019 is beyond me. Good planning and scheduling assure a healthy production. Animators underperform when they're constantly fighting deadlines. Most TV series receive about the same amount of budget for production. |
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Hatsuyuki said: Seiign said: Really, if MAPPA just learned to pace itself better and got a grip on how (and when) to burn their budget (or if they'd just increase it) they would be first rate around TRIGGER level, only surpassed by ufotable or KyoAni or Madhouse when they don't pull an Overlord III (ofc excluding movie studios e.g Shinkai Makoto, Ghibli, Khara, etc). It happened the same with art quality in Inuyashiki but at a much worse timing as it was right at the only cool and fair fight the series has. *sigh* why people still blame budget for bad animation in 2019 is beyond me. Good planning and scheduling assure a healthy production. Animators underperform when they're constantly fighting deadlines. Most TV series receive about the same amount of budget for production. Yeah. You can ask just about any production assistant or any animator, while budget helps a bit, it's largely scheduling & planning. TBH it looks like some of these frames weren't even checked this episode. |
Mattinator95 said: People really need to do research before blabing it off . Osamu Kobayashi is the animation/storyboard director for this episode is the same one who directed the first ED - you can see the same slow fading transitions, choppy animations, and hyakki's eye shadow. And people will be familiar with him if they have seen Gurren Lagann epiosde 4 rhe shitty animatated epiosde it's the dudes style . And apprently he was only hired for the 1st ED and this episode. So it should hopefully go back to normal next week or at least better Quility then this episode Not just Gurren Lagann. Other "greatness classics" like Samurai Champloo and Ergo Proxy had quite a number of episodes with questionable animation quality as well, and yet those series did fine for the most part. For this show to have just one and everyone go nuts and bolts about it is ridiculous. Now if this was something actually recurring a bit too often, then I can understand the complaints. Also, it's multi-cour, you can't expect every episode to be of practically equal quality throughout. |
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Mattinator95 said: Hatsuyuki said: *sigh* why people still blame budget for bad animation in 2019 is beyond me. Good planning and scheduling assure a healthy production. Animators underperform when they're constantly fighting deadlines. Most TV series receive about the same amount of budget for production. @zagzee Apprently it's down to Osamu Kobayashi who was the director for animation and storyboarding if you watch ED 1 you may see some similaritys because it's done by the same guy so his basically just his style . BTW have any of you seen gurren L epiosde 4 https://twitter.com/osamukoba/status/1120191009537703936 If this is his "style" I don't think it should be acceptable in a show like Dororo, considering the episodes that come before make it a decent quality drop. The majority don't like it. I'm alright with a couple episodes though. You'd be out of your mind if you think I could watch an entire series like this though. |
| Honestly apart from the bad animation, I really liked this episode a lot. Hyakki still has that kill all attitude and the scene with the spirit children was pretty to watch (especially that lighting) The only thing I will say though I hoped the transitions would be more smooth instead of jumping around every 3 lines of dialogue |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
Mattinator95 said: Ryuseishun said: Not just Gurren Lagann. Other "greatness classics" like Samurai Champloo and Ergo Proxy had quite a number of episodes with questionable animation quality as well, and yet those series did fine for the most part. For this show to have just one and everyone go nuts and bolts about it is ridiculous. Now if this was something actually recurring a bit too often, then I can understand the complaints. Also, it's multi-cour, you can't expect every episode to be of practically equal quality throughout. Point being is that it's Osamu Kobayashi fault this episode who was the director for animation and storyboard and not a production issue Yea I can agreed on that, I keep forgetting that this show had more than one storyboard director. |
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| but even after the demons are defeated people are seen to be far worse... why are samurai fighting again |
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