2011-12-24, 14:12 | Link #1 |
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Phenomenal Artwork and Stunning Visuals
I just revisited a classic: Ghost in the Shell. The animation struck me as absolutley amazing, much like Akira and even Perfect Blue. So it got me wanting something that looks great, like the o'ren ishii sequences in Kill Bill. I am not a fan of the art work in Stand Alone Complex. I think they ruined Major Motoko Kusanagi visual character concept in S.A.C. How do you go from black hair, blue eyes to purple hair, red eyes? Also what was with the weird one piece bathing suit she wore?
I, of course, googled this and most of the suggestions on the other forums were things like Bleach or even One Piece. Ummm, for real? When i say great animation, you mention Bleach first? There is almost no detail or depth to the picture. Take a frame from Bleach and put it next to any frame from Akira; then double face palm. Now i'm not just looking for old series and movies. I think Afro Samurai was pretty well done. But, i have a weird feeling that great visuals are kinda a thing left in favor of thriftiness for the producers now-a-days. So it may be the case that only the classics are visually stunning. Seriously, sometimes i pause the movie just to look at the pictures! I want to feel compelled to do that again. If there is anything that even remotely comes close to the O'ren Ishii Sequences in Kill Bill, please tell me
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2011-12-24, 14:58 | Link #2 |
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I recommend Kara no Kyoukai. It's a series of seven films, each about murders that are taking place through supernatural means. The protagonist is Ryougi Shiki, a girl that has been raised in a family of demon hunters and has the ability to see the death of everything through her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. She also has an almost insatable urge to kill:
Spoiler for sample:
I also see 5 Centimeters Per Second on your Plan to Watch list. I recommend wtahcing that as well.
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2011-12-24, 15:25 | Link #4 |
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I'll second 5cm, and might as well put in Place Promised and Voices of a Distant Star. Then there's Time of Eve and Birdy the Mighty: Decode, the first which is overkill gorgeous for a drama and the latter with some of the slickest fight choreography I've come across. Note that for Time of Eve, you're better off watching the OVA instead of the movie, as it adds mostly filler scenes and the arcs work better in episodic format.
And though I have yet to see this, I hear the movie Redline is pretty much a graphics fest.
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2011-12-24, 15:33 | Link #5 |
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Was looking up Guilty Crown on Youtube to see what it looked like then i stumbled upon this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edn9E...eature=related Article A, one of the best AMVs i ever did see Article B, i remember watching this up to episode twelve or thirteen and it wasn't too bad. But, i don't remember very well I think it was called something-monogatari edit- just anidb-ed it and i did see the whole thing. It is only 12 episodes long
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2011-12-24, 15:34 | Link #6 |
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5cm Per Second is the best suggestion here so far. It's a drama/romance film but for eye-candy it fits your requirements.
In terms of older graphical/artistic visual wonders, I've always had a liking to Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory. While any Gundam OAV fits here, this one has quite a lot of gorgeous mecha battles (especially in comparison to say 0080). There's a DVD remaster of it also, so try and obtain that. |
2011-12-24, 15:35 | Link #7 |
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ahhh yes its called Bakemonogatari.
Guilty Crown preview of episode 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj_xxJ03S4c |
2011-12-24, 16:17 | Link #9 |
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5 Centimeters per Second
The Place Promised from our Early Youth The Time of Eve All the above have gorgeous artwork to be sure and a good (sometimes great) story to go with it; but I'd also add "Children Who Listen to Voices from Deep Below", although in comparison to the previous three it had the least effective storyline for me. Guilty Crown does indeed have lovely visuals a lot of the time, but I personally did not enjoy the rest of it all that much and dropped the series after ep 5 or so (I forget which one now). Personally I thought the anime series Tamayura Hitotose, Hanasaku Iroha, Gosick, Dantalian no Shoka and Ikoku Meiro no Croisee all had stupendous backdrops - the character designs are prolly not to everyone's taste and the storylines are DEFINTELY not to everyone's tastes, but if it visuals you are interested in....
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2011-12-24, 16:27 | Link #10 |
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Another addition to the long list are Paprika, Broken Blade, Last Exile (and its sequel, Fam the Silver Wing), Katanagatari and Saint Seiya: Lost Canvas. Those series are visual pleasure for me and all of them has great stories too.
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2011-12-24, 17:04 | Link #11 |
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Jin-Roh
and maybe Macross: Do you remember love Patlabor movies I know how you feel. The charm is just missing from works relying too much on digital shortcuts. Oh, and if you just want to watch pretty pictures, I'd suggest Iblard Jikan. It has probably the best artwork I've seen in an anime, but not much else for better or worse. |
2011-12-24, 18:23 | Link #12 |
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Definitely seconding Kara no Kyoukai and Break Blade. Some superb animation there.
I'd also recommend Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari. Pretty unique and nicely animated. |
2011-12-25, 02:18 | Link #13 |
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if you looking for unique Visuals then Bakemonogatari, Madoka Magica
and if you don't mind a little fanservice and comedy gerne: Baka to Test is a good one here some pic: Bakemonogatari Spoiler for images:
Madoka Spoiler for images:
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2011-12-25, 11:12 | Link #17 |
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http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=54481
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=54348
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2011-12-25, 12:45 | Link #18 |
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It's funny, i already own all of Universal Century, but it hadn't crossed my mind to watch it again.
I'm watching Jin Roh( since it has that classic awesomeness) Bakemonogatari (since i never finished it and left at episode 12) I watched Iblard yestarday (it is pretty, but literally no graspable story. Really just a series of images with music) 5cm/second (believe it or not, i never saw this. This is supposedly a top ten-er) Thank everybody. I will continue to look to this thread and pull your suggestions as i start running out of stuff to watch.
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2011-12-26, 16:11 | Link #20 |
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Redline it is a movie and I say the trailer speaks for itself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2H_FsmxWzc In a completely different genre you have Hanasaku Iroha
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