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[–] otacon239 94 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Everything, Everywhere, All At Once comes to mind. Redline is another that has a similar feel (the intro sequence is insane)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

There is another move Daniels made before. Swiss Army Man. Don't watch trailer, don't read about the movie, just watch it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

Don’t watch trailer, don’t read about the movie, just watch it.

100% this.

I don't think I've ever said "what the fuck?" as often in any other movie

[–] otacon239 2 points 13 hours ago

Love that one! Daniel Radcliffe has such amazing range. All the way from a corpse to a man with guns nailed to his hands.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

I wasn't really blown away by Redline, it just felt like cheap effects with long trail lines.

I was however blown away by Dandadan's first episode. A genuine tour de force of amazing animation and pacing.
It renewed my love of anime which I thought had been stagnant for a while. Every single frame had its own vibe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What blows my mind about Dandadan is the audio. Anime has never sounded so good.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago

Same! It also has one of the few intro songs that I don't skip because I always hear something new each time.

[–] jaycifer 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Dandadan is very pretty, but Redline uses no effects or CGI. It was one of the last animated movies to be completely hand drawn using traditional animation. The reason it looks like “cheap effects” is because over 100,000 hand-drawn frames were made for it over a seven year production period to push the animation to the absolute limit. Please reconsider.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I guess I'll have another stab at it with fresh new eyes, but I doubt I can shake off the initial impression already burned into my mind.

Edit: I just watched the intro sequence linked above, and though I can appreciate the heavy layering of multiple elements in beautifully crafted scenes... I can't shake off the feeling that they're just animated static paintings, with lots of closeups to distort the action, but very little change in background - except maybe a short stint in that boost scene where the perspective lines beautifully converge. It's top-tier out of this world art, but I wouldn't say it's good animation.

Edit2: I'm guessing it's mostly just a personal preference of what good animation is. I'm likely going to receive many downvotes for this edit, but consider this fight scene between Madara and the Shinobi Alliance (specifically the 10 second segment between 1:43 and 1:57). The art is piss poor, anyone can see that by simply watching an episode of Naruto. But the sheer dynamism, perspective shift, and pacing, really communicate how devastating an earth-shattering force Madara is, even with piss poor art. To me, that is good animation. The motion transcends the art.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

what you like is sakuga lol, I like it in short doses, look up hobbes sakuga, mute and play your favorite music, I caught hella ppl that dont like anime or were initially hating on it for being on just staring st the screen for minutes. (Would use their vid as visuals while we played music off our speakers in college)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

hobbes sakuga

Woah, solid recommendation! Thanks for this

[–] [email protected] 20 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I showed redline to my family who would absolutely hate anime and they asked me for more like it. Unfortunately, there isn't.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I pitched Redline to my partner as "It's a racing movie but they cranked the 'anime' knob up to 11. It's great." They loved it.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

There's absolutely nothing else like it, every frame is a painting.

It did kinda remind me of Dead Leaves though.

[–] shrodes 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Props for the Dead Leaves reference, I watched that like 15 years ago and I sometimes forget what it was called but never that specific style. Insane animation.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 3 points 5 hours ago

I'm a sucker for anime that isn't afraid to get weird with it. I should really look through more of Studio Trigger's catalogue.