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Originally Posted by DragoonKain3
...As my brother puts his criticism of Shinbou's work in Bakemonogatari, "What a pathetic attempt at post-modern artistry...."
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I'm not into everything Shinbou does -- and when Oonuma Shin's
ef memories came out, I thought it was better visual Shaft than anything Shinbou had done, partly because the odd visuals actually fit and contributed to the feeling of the story, rather than just being edgy play, like most of Shinbou's previous work had seemed to me.
But I thought that in
Bakemonogatari, Shinbou hit his stride, and that the visuals complemented and energized the words and story. Of course, it may be that it was only with that show that I began to understand what he had been doing all along.
Katanagatari is just workmanlike, and the visuals are generally pretty but don't contribute much beyond that. Panning a scene to simulate motion (and save money) is fine by me, but I thought it was done in a rather crude way here.
But as I say, I enjoyed the look of the show quite a bit. The character design and backgrounds are excellent. Like a fairy-tale, indeed. Which seems a good thing, to me.
Thanks to
sirn for that info about "Tou Fuyashi," lol. I guess then I prefer the work of nameless Shaft staff to Uezu Makoto's. Doesn't surprise me, since I haven't liked anything he has done before. I still have some hope for
Seiken no Qwesar.