(L) Houseki no Kuni (Land of the Lustrous) Anticipation

[Solace]

Originally Posted by Cloudedmind

My reason and I'm going to assume Flowers' as well for postulating our question is because Orange is known for CGI, it's pretty much their forte. So the fact that they seem to be the main studio in charge makes me think there's a high chance that it'll be full CG.

Ah, gotcha. Well if it's CGI I'll pass.

[Flower]

Originally Posted by drawr

If you mean this that's a page from the manga.

That makes sense ... been a while since I last read the series too, so no surprise I forgot that. :\

[moodie]

I'll watch it if its CG. CG has gotten better over the years and im not going to pretend the low effort BS 2d animation is any better.

[aohige]

I'm gonna be honest, I'm not very fond of this title.
It's one of the few titles I actually skip while reading Afternoon.

It's too... abstract. Which is hypocritical, since "Tsuki ni Hoerannee" running in the very same magazine is also very abstract, psychotic, yet I like that one (poems rewriting reality and imagination invading time & space).
I guess I can only attribute to stylistic difference.

I admit I would have been a lot happier if tsuki got anime adaptation instead.

[Stark700]

Anime preview/teaser:

[moodie]

Looks amazing. Better than most 2d anime running this season.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by moodie

Looks amazing. Better than most 2d anime running this season.

I'm not sure it's full CG. There's a number of shots with 2d elements. Kind of hard to judge based on such a short preview. I'm just glad the budget looks decent.

[moodie]

Originally Posted by Solace

I'm not sure it's full CG. There's a number of shots with 2d elements. Kind of hard to judge based on such a short preview. I'm just glad the budget looks decent.

The studio is a cg studio tho

[drawr]

Looks like 3d on 2d backgrounds, like bubuki buranki. Looks pretty nice.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by moodie

The studio is a cg studio tho

But they don't usually make purely cg productions. I'm not saying it is or isn't full cg, I'm just saying that it looks to be a mix of both styles. There are a lot of newer techniques being used today that are helping to restore the 2D "feel" to 3D animation.

[Kismet-chan]

That preview looks gorgeous. Wow. I was already pretty interested in this, but I'm even more on-board now.

[bastek66]

Originally Posted by Solace

But they don't usually make purely cg productions.

Look at this list again. Orange never made show alone. They were always studio that does CGI. Houseki no Kuni is first solo job.

[ellifeedn]

When I first started reading this series it was really rough to get into it, mainly because the art was tough to follow. But as I read on something clicked and I was able to follow it. It was the winter arc got me invested enough to follow the series.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Been eyeing this manga for a while now so anime is a good place to start I guess

[Stark700]

New preview

[kuromitsu]

An all female cast... I kind of hoped they would bring in some more androgynous-sounding male seiyuu. Oh well.

[AntonKutovoi]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

An all female cast... I kind of hoped they would bring in some more androgynous-sounding male seiyuu. Oh well.

Well, there's Jouji Nakata in the cast and he has an experience of voicing little girls and schoolgirls-idols

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by AntonKutovoi

Well, there's Jouji Nakata in the cast and he has an experience of voicing little girls and schoolgirls-idols

Now that you mention, magical girls, too! Well, magical ossan. Almost the same thing.

[AntonKutovoi]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Now that you mention, magical girls, too! Well, magical ossan. Almost the same thing.

And also voiced flying dildo magical rod in Fate/kaleid liner CD drama (due to the usual voice actress voicing another character in that drama).

[OkamiNoKaze]

So Steven Universe the anime?