Why does some anime shows' animations sucks (diamond no ace, one piece,etc) and others are unbelievably nice (shingeki no kyojin)

Raiden_Ryo said:
But then why naruto shippuden...

Raiden_Ryo said:
animations...

Raiden_Ryo... said:
was so nice?

FloatingList said:

AzureDaora said:


Naruto really had that?

That is fukkin low-tier shit Naruto, get your shit together. You're one of the longest running anime of all time.

Higashi_no_Kaze said:
ffs always with the same Naruto scenes that are PERFECTLY FINE. Animation nazis these days trying to kill any kind of innovation or experimentation, it's sad. Just because someone tried something new, an OTT method of conveying motion/impact, doesn't make it bad. There are a million fight scenes animated in the same ways but god beware there is one single scene out there that dares to look different, we need to bash it constantly every day since it aired and also pretend that it somehow works as an argument to criticize the visuals of Naruto Shippuuden as a whole since it's almost 3 seconds of one episode out of roughly 400. Gotta love the anime community...

Higashi_no_Kaze said:
Animation nazis these days trying to kill any kind of innovation or experimentation, it's sad.

BangToyib said:
One Piece animation is bad?

zygisrko said:
Not everyone can make an anime a 10/10 with animations.
They either don't have the cash or the time.
Or maybe
They focus on the plot more rather than the animations.
But overall, dont judge an anime by its animations.
And if you do, whatever im still gonna watch it lol

zygisrko said:
Not everyone can make an anime a 10/10 with animations.
They either don't have the cash or the time.
Or maybe
They focus on the plot more rather than the animations.
But overall, dont judge an anime by its animations.
And if you do, whatever im still gonna watch it lol

mayukachan said:
Did you just fucking diss Diamond no Ace's animation?

It's brilliant. Madhouse x IG is like the best combination for a sports anime. The studio that does Hajime no Ippo and Chihayafuru collaborating with the studio that does Kuroko no Basuke and Prince of Tennis (arguably best animated sports anime)...

Gorim said:
People here are mistaking animation with art. Like OP said Dia no Ace doesn't have in anyway outstanding animation. It has artwise a sharp style with a lot of colours and great designs, but there is little to no animation. There are a lot of talking heads and impact frames which are used to replace the need for animation (basically same technique which manga frames use to create illusion of movement).

Shingeki no Kyojin does this a lot too, ofcourse there are some well animated fights, but Tetsurou Araki mostly saves animation by using impact frames, coloring and mood adjustment with music. For example the Armins speech basically has no animation at all except the 1,5 second long salute movement, but it still creates a feeling that the scene is alive. Not to mention Shingeki had enermous productional and financial troubles due to lack of animators, which led to using the still frames a lot, which Araki didn't really want to do.

To answer your original question however:

- Animators are not equally skilled. Some gain fame like Kaneda or Nakamura Yutaka because they are better sakuga artists while many are forgotten an left unnoticed because they can't advance on their careers.

- Series have different budgets and schedules. Long running series like Dia no Ace, Naruto, HxH 2011 depend a lot on the team itself and their budgets. Hunter x Hunter did a marvelous job in executing the schedule. They put an enermous amount of money and animation to 2 episodes in 6 episode cycle so the fights which were more important looked awesome. And even in the 4 other episodes which usually were more dialogue based they concentrated the sakuga in most important cuts. = Well directed.

- Kyoto Animation is example where when you gather talented people and actually pay them monthly salary (which is way above the average income of animators from others studios excluding Ghibli perhaps) you can gain trust from the producers. So producers are willing to invest more money on the production that studio makes, because they are more certain of the success of show.

These were just few reasons ofcourse depending on the series there are various of reasons. Some directors write better storyboards and are economically more efficent than others. Some series have studios that are better coordinated so they can avoid disasters within the studio. A recent example of inner troubles is Shingeki no Bahamut. MAPPA was so much behind the schedule in producing the series so they had to make a recap episode to give them more time (usually recap episodes are made to gain more time because production of the show has troubles, not to annoy or remind viewers of past episodes).

deanzel said:
That OP...

deanzel said:
That OP...

Impala said:


1+ Damn you, why you always come up with somehow the right .gif?

Sloth_ said:


Oh, people do actually like his trite recycled gifs.

Raiden_Ryo said:

are you serious? Watching Diamond no Ace is like watching papers like Fairy Tail! You cant feel the animation; movements!
even though the animation sucks, I'm actually watching it anyway!

Sloth_ said:


Oh, people do actually like his trite recycled gifs.

mayukachan said:

lmao I can feel it. Sucks to be you then.
The animation is great. For a baseball anime, you can actually feel the speed of the fastballs.

Please give me examples on why you think it sucks instead of verbally expressing it.

gissellebatista said:
How does Daiya no Ace animation sucks? It's pretty damn good!

Sloth_ said:

Oh, people do actually like his trite recycled gifs.

Knixd said:
Money,

Skill of Staff,

Time limits on production,

Style characteristic of studio,

Intentional detail or lack thereof for the sake of the anime series itself and the resulting mood