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Jun 25, 2022 7:58 AM
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Two of the best seasons of anime I've watched over the past year had to be 86 Part 2 and Kaguya S3. A-1 have also animated a number of great titles over the years including Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso and Magi. However, I never see them in the same discussions as studios like Bones, who have animated 2 very poor seasons of BNHA in recent times. I hence believe that A-1 Pictures deserve some more respect, and I am quite surprised to find that they only have 6k favourites. Do you agree/disagree, and if so why?
Jun 25, 2022 8:04 AM
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They do good to the series,nothing more.
Jun 25, 2022 8:04 AM
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★★★

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they are very popular and well talked about among fans so no THEY ARE PERFECTLY RATED.
Jun 25, 2022 8:05 AM
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A1 has definitely been improving lately, thats all I can say.
Jun 25, 2022 8:05 AM
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作画

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they're make good stuff, sometimes
Jun 25, 2022 8:05 AM
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No they were always known as a company that produces good animation and series. Even their more divisive works like SAO have good production values.
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Jun 25, 2022 8:07 AM
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From what I’ve seen people tend to think of A-1 as slightly below the absolute best studios like Kyoto, Wit, and Ufotable. I think they are fairly rated.
Jun 25, 2022 8:08 AM
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A-1 is a mixed bag studio. Not Bad, but not the best. They made bangers like Kaguya-sama, 86, and Your Lie in April. But they also made animes where the community thinks it's not good like the final 2 episodes of Erased, and Season 2 of SAO
Jun 25, 2022 8:08 AM
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They've had a pretty mixed reputation from what I've observed.
But then again, most of the bad shows they're known for didn't suffer from bad production. As a studio, they're very competent, but they have picked up some questionable titles over the years.
Jun 25, 2022 8:15 AM

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"A-1 Pictures underappreciated/underrated?"

You mean the studio produced a bunch of popular animes like SAO, Your Lie in April, 86, Anohana, ServantxService, Saekano, etc., is underappreciated/underrated?

Ok...



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Jun 25, 2022 8:20 AM

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Consistently great. VERY undersold despite that idfk why
Jun 25, 2022 8:27 AM

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They were always good, I just feel that since around 2015, it felt like they had gotten lazy.
Jun 25, 2022 8:28 AM
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When are you going to start understanding that the animation studio doesn't matter? What matters are the staff members, and most of them are not employees of A-1 Pictures.
Jun 25, 2022 8:29 AM
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i heard A-1 will be doing solo leveling they have to give fate or demon slayer level animation to get it done properly if that happen A-1 surely will be praised by everyone
Jun 25, 2022 8:51 AM

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They kinda underrate because majority of people care about studio that make Shounen Battle Series.

a-1 can go from harem-ecchi to Sol-drama etc.
that's why sometime people talk bad about them.
Jun 25, 2022 9:04 AM
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they are currently 3rd best studio behind mappa and ufotable. they are delivering good anime shows nowadays so they def deserve the hype
Jun 25, 2022 9:19 AM
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A-1 Pictures may not so huge just like Wit Studio, KyoAni, Ufotable, Madhouse, Bones, even MAPPA in my opinion.
But most of their works are memorable by people that watched it.
When you see some of those characters below, I bet at least you can guess half of them from what anime they are


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Jun 25, 2022 9:22 AM
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A-1 studio had a so-so reputation because they kept their budget for SAO all the time. Sure they did Anohana, You Lie in April, and even Fairy Tail but it's still can't even match the popularity of SAO. Seriously, I think like 70% of their budget went to SAO. But after Alicization WOU finished, they now has lots of budget to go to other project such as Kaguya Sama and 86. And now I think Kaguya-Sama has became their ace beside SAO.
Jun 25, 2022 9:25 AM
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YS19 said:
they are currently 3rd best studio behind mappa and ufotable. they are delivering good anime shows nowadays so they def deserve the hype
no I believe they can't be compared like that. A-1 didn't focus on action anime so you can't really compare it to heavy action anime studio like Wit, Mappa, or Ufotable. But you can compare it to studio like KyoAni, Whitefox, or Cloverworks. These studios doesn't focus on action shounen battle anime and I can say for now that A-1 might be at the same level as KyoAni
Jun 25, 2022 9:34 AM
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I'm still mad that they didn't animate 7ds seasons 3 and 4
Jun 25, 2022 9:36 AM
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CuriouSniff said:
YS19 said:
they are currently 3rd best studio behind mappa and ufotable. they are delivering good anime shows nowadays so they def deserve the hype
no I believe they can't be compared like that. A-1 didn't focus on action anime so you can't really compare it to heavy action anime studio like Wit, Mappa, or Ufotable. But you can compare it to studio like KyoAni, Whitefox, or Cloverworks. These studios doesn't focus on action shounen battle anime and I can say for now that A-1 might be at the same level as KyoAni

so blue exorcist, seven deadly sins, fairy tail, darling in the franxx , magi , aldnoah zero , sao are not action shonen anime? bro do yourself a favour and check out all the animes they made. half of all entertaining animes of the 2010s are made by them. they make anime in almost all genre and excells in all. the only reason it got backlash was for crappy sao first seasons and fairy tail maybe idk but their artstyle and animation + production quality per episodes are always top notch. they are clearly better than all studios in the game right now in terms of releasing quality anime plus releasing a lot of good anime in a year. the only reason it cant beat mappa cause mappa has the biggest projects in hand and ufotable ... well because they made demon slayer and fate.
Jun 25, 2022 9:53 AM

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I used to hate A-1 as a studio, but not as much anymore. They've done an excellent job on 86 and Kaguya-sama, yes. Their not-so-good reputation prior is understandable though. They've handled things poorly with their popular shows like Kuroshitsuji, Blue Exorcist, their game adaptations, and it doesn't help they made two of the most hated-on shows in the anime community - SAO and Fairy Tail. Also, their production quality isn't the best.
I like Studio Bones cause their production quality is more consistent; other than the latest seasons of BnHA (which I don't care about that much anyways), they've done an excellent job on the shows I've seen. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, BnHA up to season 3, Mob Psycho, Noragami, Bungou Stray Dogs, No. 6, Vanitas no Carte, Sk8, OHSHC, etc. are all great. Can't name that many shows A-1 has done a great job with. Even Shinsekai Yori, one of my favorites, has some glaring production quality issues.
But really, at the end of the day it all comes down more to the staff than the studio itself.


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Jun 25, 2022 10:04 AM
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they aren't underrated, nor overrated, they are about as competent as a studio can get. even with their trashy shows like eromanga sensei, they still have great animation and art. I think their sister studio, cloverworks, is a step above with their shows but they both are great
Jun 25, 2022 10:10 AM

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They are rated fairly enough, at least from what I have seen of their works.




Jun 25, 2022 10:11 AM

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G0602 said:
i heard A-1 will be doing solo leveling they have to give fate or demon slayer level animation to get it done properly if that happen A-1 surely will be praised by everyone
They are also working on NieR:Automata anime.
Jun 25, 2022 10:13 AM
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YS19 said:
CuriouSniff said:
no I believe they can't be compared like that. A-1 didn't focus on action anime so you can't really compare it to heavy action anime studio like Wit, Mappa, or Ufotable. But you can compare it to studio like KyoAni, Whitefox, or Cloverworks. These studios doesn't focus on action shounen battle anime and I can say for now that A-1 might be at the same level as KyoAni

so blue exorcist, seven deadly sins, fairy tail, darling in the franxx , magi , aldnoah zero , sao are not action shonen anime? bro do yourself a favour and check out all the animes they made. half of all entertaining animes of the 2010s are made by them. they make anime in almost all genre and excells in all. the only reason it got backlash was for crappy sao first seasons and fairy tail maybe idk but their artstyle and animation + production quality per episodes are always top notch. they are clearly better than all studios in the game right now in terms of releasing quality anime plus releasing a lot of good anime in a year. the only reason it cant beat mappa cause mappa has the biggest projects in hand and ufotable ... well because they made demon slayer and fate.
I need to make this clear first. I did say you can't compare A-1 to heavy action anime studio such as Mappa, Wit, or Ufotable because A-1 didn't focus on action anime only, rather on every genre. Meanwhile Mappa, Wit, and Ufotable only focus on action genre. I didn't say A-1 doesn't do any action anime, what I sad was "A-1 didn't focus on action anime". "Didn't focus" doesn't necessarily didn't make any of it. SAO was my first isekai anime ever, Darling in The Franxx left some scar on me and Fairy Tail has pretty much become a "fairy tail" for me so I hope this will clear some misunderstandings.
Jun 25, 2022 10:18 AM

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It's definitely the production staff that make Kaguya so good, not necessarily the studio. The director is amazing at adapting manga into animation just glancing at his previous projects (Rakugo Shinjuu in particular), and the team surrounding him is filled with freelancers who aren't chained to A-1
Jun 25, 2022 10:18 AM

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A1 Picture have a good recent track record but overall it's not that good. Moreover they did lots of questionable stuf such as Eromanga-sensei, Oreimo etc etc.
Jun 25, 2022 10:25 AM

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A-1 Pictures has made tons of anime, some are good while most are average or just plain bad.

For some reason their anime look generic, I think it's just because I've seen so many of their anime that it feels that way
Jun 25, 2022 10:26 AM

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A1 has been gradually improving over the years and has recently released some good looking and well directed animes with beautiful visuals. I think they are under appreciated in the field of studios popular among anime fans.
Jun 25, 2022 10:53 AM
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A-1 Pictures are incredibly underrated! ERASED, Anohana, and Kaguya-sama are all masterpieces. It's insane that they don't get the recogniction they deserve.
Jun 25, 2022 11:31 AM
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I believe they're on par with the first class of studios. One thing that I really respect about them is that they have very good directors. You can see those guys really understand the original source and get what must be done as an adaptation. In terms of aesthetic and animation, I believe KyoAni, Ufotable and ScienceSARU are on a level of their own, but A1 has stepped up greatly lately. Still, I must remember they had very bad production issues with 86 s2, so they have faults yet to be dealt. But yeah, they used to be considered one fine studio, but they're emerging as a great one.
Jun 25, 2022 11:53 AM
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A1 and cloverworks made some pretty good animes over the years it's not that they are underrated. It's just that they made some notorious crap as well.
Jun 25, 2022 1:45 PM

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On average, they are rated fine
Jun 25, 2022 1:58 PM

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I couldnt care less, but I do think they are the kings of adaptations. Massive respect to the animators, and everyone involved in those projects tbh.
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Jun 25, 2022 2:33 PM
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the quantity is more important than its quality for A-1. On the other hand, it makes the A-1 Pictures make more adaptations in recent decades than any other studio's. On the other hand, it causes a lot of potential adaptations to be lost among the many adaptations under the production and not get their due, such as SAO(failure Adaptation), Shinseki yori(failure Animation Production), ERASED(failure Adaptation for the ending), etc.
Jun 25, 2022 7:17 PM

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If we're talking purely about what they can do as an animation studio, not really, we know that they're very good (compared to other studios) and recently they have been outstanding.
As others pointed out, they made so many anime and some of them are average but some are really good especially the recent ones such as SAO (OS, Progressive, Alicization), 86, and Kaguya.
Jun 25, 2022 7:47 PM

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Nah, they're not underrated. For me they're yet to make an 8/10 or higher rated anime compared to other major studios. Or maybe i just haven't watched enough of their works.
Jun 25, 2022 8:52 PM
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They've done some mid stuff over the years. But their job on kaguya sama is as 10/10 as an adaptation can get.



Jun 25, 2022 8:58 PM

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They were a decent studio, nothing too special at first. They had quite a few hit or miss shows. I think it was around SAO Ordinal Scale and Alicization where you could tell that they started upping the quality of their productions. Now I would say they’re easily one of the top five studios out there imo.
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they aren't underrated, nor overrated, they are about as competent as a studio can get. even with their trashy shows like eromanga sensei, they still have great animation and art. I think their sister studio, cloverworks, is a step above with their shows but they both are great


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Jun 25, 2022 10:15 PM
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Bro, it is one of the most well known studio out there, what you want it to become Best in the world ?
Jun 25, 2022 10:54 PM
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How I see things, I lump Cloverworks in with A1, as both are Megacorp Uncle SONY babies.
Somehow their marketing works to make their shows amongst the top during the recent seasons.
Jun 25, 2022 11:27 PM

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So far I’ve seen 7 different anime from them, and yeah I have to agree, they are indeed an underappreciated and underrated studio.
Jun 25, 2022 11:40 PM

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They were great already with shows like Your Lie in April, but Kaguya sama is probably their best and most highly regarded project so far.
Aug 12, 2022 1:49 AM

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I mean considering how popular this one anime is in the west. I don't think A-1 Pictures is either. Not like the studio is a one-trick pony.

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