| I've seen very polarising opinions on Shaft productions over the years, regarding specially their peculiar artistic expression. Some think Shaft is one of the few studios out there actually creative about their art style, because of their incorporation of vivid colors, patterns and real world imagery. Others think this is all style over substance: it may look different, but they lack quality in animation and script. What are your thoughts about Shaft? |
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| I like it. I like their style. It's cool and unique. And as much as it is different, it's understandable some might not like it. It's when they start 'hurr durr this artstyle is pretentious' that I cringe hard. Choosing another visual style does not need justification, there is no theme or other non-visual requirements to go that route. Heard this shit being said about 3-gatsu and Monogatari before and I can't handle the idiocy. |
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| Good studio but always when i watch they're works I feel dizzy |
| I love it, my second favourite studio. Its style is pretty unique and they polish really well every series they do. |
| Love what they did and how they adapt Monogatari. |
| I haven't watched anything made by Shaft, as most of their works don't look interesting to me. "Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger" is the only Shaft work that I would like to watch. |
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| I like them, one of my top 3 studios. Their artstyle is always very unique and recognizable. The Monogatari series is of course their masterpiece with Nisekoi and Negima also being good adaptions. |
| I like them for their Nishioishin works, specially monogatari. Now if we talk about that abomination called Fate/Extra that's a complete different story. Sometimes certain style simply doesn't look good on another anime. |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| I'm a huge fan of Shaft. I really enjoy their unique style of directing and art. I don't care if it's style over substance or not, I don't think it really matters as long as the end result is good. And in my experience so far I enjoyed every single show by Shaft that I have seen. That's something that no other studio achieved. I would go as far as to say that they are my favorite studio, in no small part exactly because of their unique approach. |
| One of my favorite studios, I love their distinct and unique Art Style & Their visual storytelling is unrivaled. |
 It’s okay to look back at the past, just don’t stare too long |
| Only care about em for Madoka Magica and Hidamari Sketch. Otherwise it's good to see that they have good enough skills as an animation studio to adapt the Gatari franchise and get a lot of clout from it. |
  Ascended Taste I only came back to this site for the forum sets and to promote my RYM list... Anilist ftw still :dab: |
| I think they did a good job on 3-gatsu no Lion. Would've wanted to see their take on Honey and Clover if they managed to do a remake of the show, since their signature style can match its tone. |
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| I like them, and I think they do a good job on their anime. |
| No anime is non-canon. Non-canon is canon, but on a different world line. |
| Generally could track record, and even their most garbage of works is a fun train-wreck to watch. They just ooze with style and are a master at adapting things. |
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| Not really a fan of Monogatari series, but I gotta recognize that aesthetically speaking it's quite unique, in a good way. Very impressive. You can tell these guys are really passionate in what they do. |
| I like some of their stuff like - Natsu no Arashi!, Hidamari Sketch, Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Bakemonogatari (only this season), Madoka★Magica (only the TV) and the Mahou Sensei Negima OVAs but not everything from them and nothing recent. |
| Great director, glad in theory because a studio is doing things in a more experimental way and is having success, but a little disappointed not all the stories in the animes are actually more common place in anime. For example, Monogatari is still an ecchi harem, despite having all the weird visuals. Their best titles i've seen: 1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2. Arakawa under the bridge 3. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 4. Hidamari Sketch 5. Sangatsu no Lion But i don't mind to see more, so if someone can recomend some show by the studio i still need to watch, please tell me. |
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Their studio should of been called Shift instead based on the animation style.~ |
 サディスティックな考え "JUST KILL ME." サディスティックマインド |
| Best camera work (can you call it that? lol close enough) in anime, no contest. |
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| God bless Shaft and the use of tilt heads. I'm also thankful for that masterpiece called 3-Gatsu no Lion. |
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| They made Monogatari. How could I hate the studio that made Monogatari? |
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| I can dig it. For reference: https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/44/Shaft individual series comments: *monogatari franchise: Between its feeling a little strange or at least not my thing (probably aesthetically, though the fact that it's about yet some more Japanese schoolchildren is another thing I'm not very interested in), its reputation for strange fanservice, and its production of memes, I find myself largely uninterested in this. I know many people like it a lot, but so far it's on my "don't bother with this" list. Madoka Magica - I've already wasted too much time on the internet complaining about why I think this show sucks, with complete awareness that a lot of people disagree with me on it. As for the distinctive artsiness that Shaft is apparently known for...I don't know how much it factors into this, but I did feel that the papercut-style presentation of the labyrinths actually detracted somewhat from the immersion, compared to the scenes in more "realistic" locations. The character art was meh to me, not particularly good nor bad. Nisekoi: The art is...nice? Blond-hair girl for some reason made me think she's from Aikatsu for a little while. Also she shows up in Mario Maker? Other than that I have no opinion. Arakawa Under the Bridge: I tried this and was not interested. Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei: I tried this and think it's decently okay. Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl: This is on my PTW solely because the title sounds very interesting. ef: a Tale of [whatever]: PTW Rec: I'm vaguely interested since it's about show biz. Hidamari Sketch: this seems like the "I'll probably like this less" version of Sketchbook, where Sketchbook is about iyashikei this seems like it'll focus more on comedy. This Ugly Yet Beautiful World: PTW Mahoromatic: vaguely possibly of interest since I have watched such series as Time of Eve and Beatless and really liked them. However, it's very "cartoony" (in the sense of looking lighthearted and comedic -- it literally says comedy/ecchi/romance) and that suggests I won't be interested. (Compare the gravitas with which Time of Eve and Beatless treat their subject matter.) Cyborg 009: PTW Sou: Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?-hen New My Tear CL Series these are two product advertisements that use characters/scenes from the movie Uchiage Hanabi, also known as Fireworks. I might watch the movie at some point, because it seems decent (albeit not something I'm jumping on), but the two commercials aren't anything worth writing home for. (And the lady's animation in the yogurt commercial feels stilted anyway. But the song is nice I suppose.) Other stuff I've heard of but haven't put on my radar: Tsukuyomi Moon Phase, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Negima, Kino no Tabi, Maria Holic, Fate/whatever, Arcade Gamer Fubuki overall comments It seems a lot of what Shaft has done is comedy, which really limits how much I'm interested in them. Anime comedy isn't usually a go-to genre for me. Nor is stuff set in modern-day Japan, which a lot of their stuff seems to be. They have a few random things on my PTW, but their arguably two most famous franchises are things I don't really care to see more of (*monogatari and MadoMagi). Also I dislike head tilts. They're like, yes, they're style, but I tried doing it myself and it feels very unnatural, so while it's probably not something I'd actually really notice heavily in context, as a concept I don't really like it. |
GlennMagusHarveyJun 28, 2019 10:30 AM
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| I personally really like Shaft's whole shtick, it makes me one happy artsy dude. 3-gatsu and Madoka are two masterpieces. 3-gatsu in particular makes great use of Shaft's unique visual storytelling. I'm watching Monogatari now, but so far I don't think it's as well done as the other two I mentioned, but even then it's really pretty. On the other hand, I dropped Fireworks because of its atrocious use of CGI. |
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| I like shaft they made madoka magica and monogatari series and I enjoy them. |
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| Aside from Madoka and Ef a tale of memories... a really self indulgent studio. |
| one of the two remaining studios that give a shit about how their art looks. so yeah I value them. |
| 馬鹿げた倫理 全部ガラクタで |
| My favourite studio really low change of someone seeing this |
  『 The truth has power because it’s the truth. And because it is the truth, that makes it just. It’s persuasive, isn’t it? Don’t you want truth like that? 』 |
| They have that style that people associate with Shaft because of Akiyuki Shinbo. Have you seen the anime they made before Shinbo started working there? |
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process. Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers. |
| @GlennMagusHarvey Dear God, please, i warn you, do not watch This Ugly Yet Beautiful World. It blows so hard it could take down the Empire State Building. It sucks so hard it could turn the Atlantic Ocean into a desert and all the water appear in the Pacific Ocean. |
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| I don't like their works all that much usually, but they are different. |
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bitchassdarius said: There's 3-gatsu no lion from 2016. It's second season just wrapped up last year.Cabron said: They have that style that people associate with Shaft because of Akiyuki Shinbo. Have you seen the anime they made before Shinbo started working there? shinbo hasnt directed an anime in a decade |
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process. Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers. |
| They are a fine studio unlike A1 pictures. |
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BlancaXLobo said: This being anime, and me being a Floridian, you're just encouraging me. :P@GlennMagusHarvey Dear God, please, i warn you, do not watch This Ugly Yet Beautiful World. It blows so hard it could take down the Empire State Building. It sucks so hard it could turn the Atlantic Ocean into a desert and all the water appear in the Pacific Ocean. (Actually, I forget why I added it to my PTW in the first place. I probably either heard the theme song somewhere or had some story element mentioned to me and thought it sounded nice.) |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| They cannot make 6/10 to 8/10 anime. Their shows are either 9+/10 or 5-/10. |
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GlennMagusHarvey said: BlancaXLobo said: This being anime, and me being a Floridian, you're just encouraging me. :P@GlennMagusHarvey Dear God, please, i warn you, do not watch This Ugly Yet Beautiful World. It blows so hard it could take down the Empire State Building. It sucks so hard it could turn the Atlantic Ocean into a desert and all the water appear in the Pacific Ocean. (Actually, I forget why I added it to my PTW in the first place. I probably either heard the theme song somewhere or had some story element mentioned to me and thought it sounded nice.) Oh, so you too has blackouts and when you woke up you "mysteriously" added 500 animes to your PTW? Been there man, more times than i like to admit. Also, what is a Florodian? I don't get the reference. And i perfectly understand the "Everyone tell me this anime is so awful that i need to atch it just to see how bad it really is". That''s how i ended up watching Mars of Destruction. And Eiken. And Abunai Sisters. And Master of Martial Hearts. And Ice: The Last Generation. And Hanoka. And Angel Sanctuary. And Honey x Hony Drops. |
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BlancaXLobo said: Hahaha, well, I sometimes do add things that I run into in "odd" ways -- for example, sometimes anime theme song quizzes cause me to add shows to my PTW because I like the snippets of their theme songs that I hear, and sometimes I watch some random AMVs and like what I'm seeing and I figure out what I'm looking at and add that to my PTW.GlennMagusHarvey said: This being anime, and me being a Floridian, you're just encouraging me. :P (Actually, I forget why I added it to my PTW in the first place. I probably either heard the theme song somewhere or had some story element mentioned to me and thought it sounded nice.) Oh, so you too has blackouts and when you woke up you "mysteriously" added 500 animes to your PTW? Been there man, more times than i like to admit. Also, what is a Florodian? I don't get the reference. And i perfectly understand the "Everyone tell me this anime is so awful that i need to atch it just to see how bad it really is". That''s how i ended up watching Mars of Destruction. And Eiken. And Abunai Sisters. And Master of Martial Hearts. And Ice: The Last Generation. And Hanoka. And Angel Sanctuary. And Honey x Hony Drops. Floridian = person from Florida, a state in the United States. "Florida is weird" and "Florida Man does [weird thing]" have been memes for a while. Also Mars of Destruction is literally only like 20 minutes long so it's actually rather easy to watch. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| I loved "ef:A Tale of Melodies", "3-gatsu no Lion", Negima!?, Sasami-san@Ganbaranai And I liked the "Monogatari series" So studio Shaft is 7/10 in my books. |
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| Everybody adores Shaft, but I honestly just can't get into their shows I like that they have their own unique style that lets you immediately recognize that a show is done by them, but they just adapt things that I don't have a huge interest in |
| Help the industry and buy Blu-rays and DVD's. Noragami is the best anime ever.  |
| It's the best studio if people understand that Shinbou hasn't done their new shows |
| Well I still consider Madoka to be my favourite anime but other than that I honestly barely like anything from Shaft. According to Malgraph, they're my 143rd studio out of 180 by weighted score, so that's... pretty bad I think it's mostly that they tend to have so much random "artistical elements" that don't really do anything productive. They're just there to look pretty. It's so much style over substance to me. I wish they'd focus more on the basics and the important stuff rather than to just try to be flashy and hipster all the time because I'm not flamboyant enough to be won over quite that easily At least they're not as over-the-top as Ikuhara anime tends to be. Now that's the epitome of random bullshit under the pretense of being "symbolic". Give me a break already |
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| fans of them have to realize is that this is the guy that made that so called "Shaft Style" https://myanimelist.net/people/5089/Akiyuki_Shinbou and i remember reading that he is not even a regular employee of Shaft |
| I like their art and I love most of their works (in particular Madoka & Sangatsu no Lion). |
| It's one of my favourite studios, if not the favourite. Very creative and gorgeous visuals, that style can easily make any show more interesting to watch. But if the source material is really good too, that's when all the magic happens, the best example of it would be 3-gatsu no lion. |
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