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Aug 18, 2019 10:23 AM
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I remember watching the first few episodes of Vinland Saga and being absolutely stunned with the animation. Visuals were incredible, and the fight scenes looked spectacular. However after watching these next few episodes especially episode 6, the animation quality dropped from spectacular to good. Anyone else noticed this?
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Aug 18, 2019 10:37 AM
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Well, it is wit studio, attack on titan and all their other series drop in quality at times as well.
Aug 18, 2019 12:11 PM
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thats the fate of most anime sadly, the first 4-6 episodes are usually with high quality animation but then as time passes by the production schedule tightens up since production problems usually piles up too and affects future episode production that way but im sure there will be some few (1-3) sakuga episodes for the rest of the season at least though especially with the final episode for example
Aug 18, 2019 12:13 PM
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I don't see any difference. It all look the same to me.

Maybe people who watch anime for just animation might see the difference, but personally don't care and I don't see any difference, visuals look too similar in each episode to me.
Aug 18, 2019 12:18 PM
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Just because there aren't as many fight scenes doesn't mean the animation quality dropped.
Aug 18, 2019 1:02 PM
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just watched episode 7 i think you will be pleased with the battles there and animation in general and nope no use complaining about the 3DCG since the director of this series is a 3D expert animator since its much more faster and thus cheaper overall (although 3D animation is more expensive) to do 3D battles in the grand scale like the wars in this anime
Aug 18, 2019 1:15 PM
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It did look a bit off lately, fight scenes were still pretty well done though. I hope it doesn't do a Dororo and completely drop off in the middle
Aug 18, 2019 1:48 PM
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I think that feeling comes from the more prominent CGI in episode 7, actual 2D animation looked good imo, didn't notice any dip there.

As for episode 6 and 5, they were kind of low priority episodes for the team in comparison to what's to come.
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Aug 18, 2019 1:50 PM
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Wait til the Askreladd duel.


Aug 18, 2019 2:44 PM
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shootin said:
Just because there aren't as many fight scenes doesn't mean the animation quality dropped.


This. People always say this whenever there is no fight scenes, i honesy don't see a problem so far. Also for 2 cours its pretty normal for the animation being a little incosistent, unless its produced by Bones or Ufotable
Aug 18, 2019 2:47 PM

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The last episode had some fight scenes that weren't that good but I think the animation will not drop too much in quality.
Aug 18, 2019 2:51 PM
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Tsarko said:
I think that feeling comes from the more prominent CGI in episode 7, actual 2D animation looked good imo, didn't notice any dip there.

As for episode 6 and 5, they were kind of low priority episodes for the team in comparison to what's to come.


Well the folks that dont like CGI will complain till december i guess cuz the Director has been working with it in all his projects, he's gotten better tho
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Aug 18, 2019 4:10 PM
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keragamming said:
Well, it is wit studio, attack on titan and all their other series drop in quality at times as well.


I wouldn't generalize it like that, have you see other underrated shows that WIT has done : Hoozoki no Rentetsu, Love is Like After the Rain??! I mean the later looked like something that came from Kyoto Animation, these shows had good schedule, its been a while that i watched it but i dont remember any jarring moments from Owari no Seraph either, WIt can do work when they are willing to!! Aot is the one that suffers the most
Aug 18, 2019 4:27 PM
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I didn't really notice it.
Although it drop the quality a little bit, it is still better than majority of anime that air in this season.
Aug 18, 2019 6:02 PM

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1- It is still better than almost every show currently airing.
2- This was not an important episode, was mor elike 'filler' since all new character introduced on last episode will never appear again(frog face), if they are saving the budget for the more important fight scenes of later episodes i aprove of that tiny bit quality drop in this episode.
Aug 18, 2019 6:20 PM

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thepath said:
I don't see any difference. It all look the same to me.

Maybe people who watch anime for just animation might see the difference, but personally don't care and I don't see any difference, visuals look too similar in each episode to me.

Same do I.

I don't see any big differences in the animation. It has still high quality and I haven't noticed any drops. Besides, if an episode is one of those with less action then I can perfectly understand more static scenes with beautiful landscapes and less fights. It's obvious. I'm saying that 'cause some people put the letter of equality between "good animation" and "good fights".
Aug 18, 2019 6:25 PM
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I'm one of those who bitches about the CG. I was not a fan of it, but the 2D art looked very decent. Am I theonly one who hates how the water looks in this? maybe I just miss how pretty and glowy water looked in One Piece and in Free!....
Aug 18, 2019 10:00 PM
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The first episode was pretty good, OVA quality material. The rest have been good/okay, with some really nice 2D art. The last episode was probably the one where the CGI bothered me the most. There were some really jarring scenes, especially the one where the boats go down the waterfall, it looked really bad.

Having Wit Studio animate Viland Saga is a double edged sword. On one hand, we are talking about a renowed studio, on the other they still have to animate SnK, a juggernaut. Splitting resources would always lead to inconsistent results.
Aug 19, 2019 2:22 AM

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Yeah there was a drop, definitely. The first four episodes were the most stunning animation-wise. Episode 5 was fantastic visual-wise. Episodes 6&7 were “ehh” in both sections.
Aug 19, 2019 2:31 AM

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The two latest episodes had some animation hiccups and more liberal usage of CGI for sure. However, episode seven involved a large-scale battle so it's understandable. I'm hoping the Thorfinn vs. Askeladd duels will shine like episode four and five, which are still the most visually impressive.
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Aug 19, 2019 3:08 AM

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slight drop, but emphasis on the 'slight'. people seem to be confusing the use of cgi (which isn't inherently bad) with animation quality lowering.
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is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps?
Aug 19, 2019 3:23 AM

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It is bound to happen, especially when you have large animation heavy battles, and it is a 25 episodes anime after all, the compositing quality won't drop tho, and the CGI helps with keeping the consistency...

Also, don't worry, the schedule and management for Vinland Saga is really good, this will not be another AoT season 3 "situation" :P
Aug 19, 2019 4:12 AM

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It's impossible to have that level of quality for a 24 episode anime these days i find it kind of funny how people expect such an unrealistic standard sometimes. i asure you similar to aot there will be slight dips followed by more amazing quality, but even then i personally think the most recent episodes still looked good. They did a damn good job with the cg compared to other shows, also animating giant fights with loads of people is incredibly hard animation work.
Aug 19, 2019 4:24 AM

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I'm literally not seeing one.

Aug 19, 2019 9:24 AM
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What are you talking about
Aug 19, 2019 12:45 PM
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animation Still very good you're talking about isolated scenes Where the quality of a small marshland.

For example, in this last episode there were very lively action scenes but people prefer to criticize CGI.

Of course not the best cgi in the world but far from the worst.
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Aug 19, 2019 12:52 PM
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yeah i noticed it. it seems wit studio isn't able to maintain the awesome animation til the end of a show anymore, that's sad. we'll probably see some good animation in the more important episodes but for the rest i think it will drop even more.
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Aug 19, 2019 2:58 PM
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How can people watch this:

https://streamable.com/nai31

And say it looks good? This is Berserk's level of animation. It still looks pretty good at times, but it's hard to ignore moments like this.
Aug 19, 2019 3:36 PM

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nutsie said:
How can people watch this:

https://streamable.com/nai31

And say it looks good? This is Berserk's level of animation. It still looks pretty good at times, but it's hard to ignore moments like this.


???? this scene has very good cgi
Aug 19, 2019 3:55 PM
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I honestly haven't noticed any quality drop aside from CGI witch was understandable.
Aug 19, 2019 4:45 PM
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Taito10 said:
???? this scene has very good cgi


You are either blind or too clueless to realize how bad that looks.

God have mercy on your soul if you think this is very good CGI.
Aug 19, 2019 8:18 PM

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the previous episodes looks better because it has less CG. While in episode 7 CG was everywhere. the CG is not bad but not good either, and i wouldn't call it decent because the CG is too noticeable.
Aug 19, 2019 8:33 PM

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Jfs_ said:
the previous episodes looks better because it has less CG. While in episode 7 CG was everywhere. the CG is not bad but not good either, and i wouldn't call it decent because the CG is too noticeable.

I evaluate CG rather by how it's used instead of how noticeable it is. In this case, it's decent.
Because unless it's covered over with 3D rotoscoping, it will always be noticeable.
Aug 19, 2019 10:22 PM

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nutsie said:
Taito10 said:
???? this scene has very good cgi


You are either blind or too clueless to realize how bad that looks.

God have mercy on your soul if you think this is very good CGI.


People are allowed to have different opinions. I don't think that scene looks amazing either, but I also don't think it looks anywhere near as bad as Berserk.

Aug 20, 2019 10:31 AM

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nutsie said:
Taito10 said:
???? this scene has very good cgi


You are either blind or too clueless to realize how bad that looks.

God have mercy on your soul if you think this is very good CGI.


good, good let the butthurt flow through you
Aug 20, 2019 6:33 PM
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Taito10 said:
good, good let the butthurt flow through you


Why would I be butthurt?

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People are allowed to have different opinions. I don't think that scene looks amazing either, but I also don't think it looks anywhere near as bad as Berserk.


I'll agree that comparing it to Berserk is subjective, but it still looks pretty bad. We are talking about a scene that is supposed to convey movement, instead we get a still shot of two boats 'floating' in the air.
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nutsie said:
Taito10 said:
good, good let the butthurt flow through you


Why would I be butthurt?

TsukuyomiREKT said:
People are allowed to have different opinions. I don't think that scene looks amazing either, but I also don't think it looks anywhere near as bad as Berserk.


I'll agree that comparing it to Berserk is subjective, but it still looks pretty bad. We are talking about a scene that is supposed to convey movement, instead we get a still shot of two boats 'floating' in the air.

Few second of wonky looking animation (only because water wasn't properly animated) doesn't compare to CGIserk which looked like shit for 99% of time.
Aug 21, 2019 8:13 AM
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bastek66 said:
Few second of wonky looking animation (only because water wasn't properly animated) doesn't compare to CGIserk which looked like shit for 99% of time.


I made it clear I was talking only about that scene and not Viland Saga as a whole.
Aug 21, 2019 2:51 PM

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nutsie said:
Taito10 said:
good, good let the butthurt flow through you


Why would I be butthurt?


if you are not butthurt then what is this? ▼

nutsie said:
Taito10 said:
???? this scene has very good cgi


You are either blind or too clueless to realize how bad that looks.

God have mercy on your soul if you think this is very good CGI.
Aug 21, 2019 10:15 PM
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Taito10 said:
if you are not butthurt then what is this? ▼


I apologize for being rude, but what you to me was equivalent of saying the sky is purple, when it is blue.

Your response was not worthy of a reaction like that, but I believe you need to have better standards when it comes to CGI.
nutsieAug 21, 2019 10:38 PM
Aug 27, 2019 9:12 AM

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in most anime the animation drops in less action heavy episodes because the studio keeps its budget for the action scenes
Sep 1, 2019 6:06 AM

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I don't see much difference either.
And what you are talking about is commercial purposes. First episodes usually have super quality and lots of sakuga to attract as many followers as possible. The further drops in quality are inevitable and are made for budget economy

Sep 1, 2019 6:35 AM

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According to the new PV, the animation will ascend later on.
Not sure for how long.
Sep 1, 2019 11:30 AM
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Elucid said:
According to the new PV, the animation will ascend later on.
Not sure for how long.


A lot of it was from previous episodes...
Sep 1, 2019 2:06 PM

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The latest episode had a lot of great cuts, and I don't see any kind of downgrade, plus I believe the schedule is good which is pretty rare for Wit Studio and knowing what they're capable of when the're under pressure we shouldn't worry about this for this season.
Nov 3, 2019 2:21 PM

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imagine if episode 17 got great animation it would have been epic!
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deg said:
imagine if episode 17 got great animation it would have been epic!
so how was it? Average?
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shootin said:
Just because there aren't as many fight scenes doesn't mean the animation quality dropped.


I don't think episodes 1-3 have any fights except the battle in the first 2 minutes of episode 1. And animation quality dropped considerably after episode 4.
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deg said:
imagine if episode 17 got great animation it would have been epic!
I m surprised that you haven't chosen so-called better mango if you aren't enjoying animoo.
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The fight in episode 18 was really disappointing in terms of animation. The last impressive animation cut this show had was in episode 9 or 10, I think, which surprises me, because Yonkou Productions said the production schedule was very good.
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