Author Topic: The most beautiful designed anime (Read 11766 times)

zherok · « **Reply #20 on:** November 26, 2008, 05:48:10 AM »

It's a lot easier to get away with crazy details in a shorter format like a movie. Same reason OVAs sometimes have drastic improvements in art quality. Kenshin's OVAs are the obvious example there.

Ghibli works are almost all movies, so it probably helps them keep the high standard up.

Nikkoru · « **Reply #21 on:** November 26, 2008, 06:18:07 AM »

I was somewhat in love with the animation in Claymore, I like the feeling of speed and intensity.

Although the visuals from something like Kamichu sticks with me longer.

k0d0chaa · « **Reply #22 on:** November 26, 2008, 08:06:10 AM »

Quote from: zherok on November 26, 2008, 05:48:10 AM

It's a lot easier to get away with crazy details in a shorter format like a movie. Same reason OVAs sometimes have drastic improvements in art quality. Kenshin's OVAs are the obvious example there.

if assuming that equal time and production money is spent for both one movie and a whole OVA series, then yes. tho it is not always the case

Mcgreag · « **Reply #23 on:** November 26, 2008, 11:16:23 AM »

Wings of Honneamise.
The level of details in every single scene is astonishing and it was made long before CGI.
It was Gainax first project (but it's not very Gainax like) and was the most expensive japanese animated movie at that time.

Memories.
Both the Magnetic Rose and Cannon Fodder episodes in different ways. Stink Bomb not so much.

ilk3000 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 27, 2008, 03:36:06 AM »

Black Cat had pretty good animation. I don't agree with all the angles or cuts, but I think it looked good.

AceHigh · « **Reply #25 on:** November 27, 2008, 02:18:45 PM »

The masterful blend of 2d, 3d and CGI in Karas makes it's animation style a masterpiece.

Sitio · « **Reply #26 on:** November 27, 2008, 03:50:01 PM »

I liked:

5 cm per second - Stunning visuals!

Time of Eve - Ongoing with a new episode once a month (...or was it every second month?). Superb "camera work".

bryzon82 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 28, 2008, 02:25:35 AM »

I'd have to vote for Sketchbook (Full Color'S). It's the most beautiful, as well as calming anime I've ever watched. Serei No Moribito would have to be my #2, if not tied for #1, but of course, this is just my opinion.

Reinvent · « **Reply #28 on:** November 29, 2008, 03:51:00 PM »

I thought the GITs: Innocence movies were amazing looking, and 5 cm/s was beautiful as well.

sdedalus83 · « **Reply #29 on:** November 30, 2008, 01:22:10 AM »

Dennou Coil is certainly one of the best in terms of fluid animation and background detail, but it's like the Miyazaki and Shinkai movies in that the character designs are very simple, distinct and beautiful, but very simple.

Anything from Kyoto Animation is excellent.

For its time My Neighbor Totoro is absolutely astonishing.

Planetes and Paranoia Agent both have very fluid animation with the added bonus of great variety in character design and a clear departure from the perfect, beautiful people who seem to inhabit the vast majority of shows on the market.

Simoun and Last Exile mix very detailed, well animated characters with very good 3D CG.

creedo · « **Reply #30 on:** November 30, 2008, 02:23:12 AM »

I don't have a ton of different anime under my belt but Sword of the Stranger was really unbelievable to me. I hard to see some of the sword fights in slow motion again. Every step and movement is carefully articulated even though they're supernaturally fast. Makes the speed of swordfighting more realistic and impressive. They also did little touches with the 'camera' like having it shake and pan a little inaccurately during fast sequences, and get rattled or splattered when stuff happens nearby.

Also a big fan of the fighting sequences in Samurai Champloo, the scenery was standard stuff but pretty nicely done.

Kurozuka is impressing me right now, almost too pretty. More work put into the background scenery and cg stuff than the actual animation I think, but the animation has its high points too.

Lizzy · « **Reply #31 on:** November 30, 2008, 10:27:14 PM »

The visuals in Voices of a distant Star and Beyond the Clouds (and other works of Shinkai Makoto) totally impressed me (and still do). Esp. skies and clouds.

GitS2 was an impressive visual show too but to be honest that was already too much. It was a flood.

asamihuruta · « **Reply #32 on:** December 02, 2008, 05:37:05 AM »

My vote goes to Clannad. Love that anime as well as the art. Very gentle and nice!

AGX04 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 04, 2008, 01:33:53 AM »

Quote from: mgz on November 24, 2008, 02:30:57 PM

i always thought gankutsuo had an odd appeal to it and a uniqueness to it

Gankutsuou...a yes... one of the few anime that as both, style and substance.
Awesome style and colors, Eugénie wear the best dress i've ever seen, both in real and animated life

, when she plays her concert.

rathoriel · « **Reply #34 on:** December 04, 2008, 02:09:44 AM »

I also think last exile deserves some note here

Stsin · « **Reply #35 on:** December 05, 2008, 11:59:19 PM »

Everything by Shinkai Makoto. Everyday things become beautiful with some of the best CGI to be seen.

I quite enjoy the added CGI like in Karas, but full CGI like in the latest Appleseed was just plain boring. I also enjoy many of Gonzo's experimentations. Bone's art style in Soul Eater is also worth mentioning.

One of the latest animations that has caught my eye is Gekijouban Kara no Kyoukai. High production with a good soundtrack to set the mood. Unlike what I've read from others, I really love the story.

xerojwo · « **Reply #36 on:** December 06, 2008, 01:23:37 AM »

It's not really fair to compare anime movies or OVAs versus entire series's

. The animators make sure every scene of a movie is always perfect, and these days anime movies are all flawless.

I agree with u though series wise Gundam 00 is very good. They never put out a Gundam without making sure its perfect first. Ive never been let down with any Gundam series.

relic2279 · « **Reply #37 on:** December 06, 2008, 01:28:33 AM »

Quote from: Stsin on December 05, 2008, 11:59:19 PM

I quite enjoy the added CGI like in Karas, but full CGI like in the latest Appleseed was just plain boring.

I'm not too sure about CGI. I think it's kind of cheating. There is some beautiful cgi out there though.

I said Clannad earlier, but I recently started watching an anime that is stunning, and I think someone mentioned it before.
Kurozuka. Haven't seen anime done this good in years. (I'm strictly speaking artwork, I can't comment on plot/story as it hasn't finished)

Reki34 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 06, 2008, 02:02:46 AM »

Voices of a distant Star is very good.. Sadd though..

Reki

iindigo · « **Reply #39 on:** December 06, 2008, 02:31:23 AM »

I personally really liked how both FMA and Eureka Seven turned out visually. Their animation and art (especially in E7's case) was always very clean, colorful, and fluidly animated, and they never skimped out anywhere - it was consistent between the slow, quiet scenes and action scenes. They were decent about details, too - obviously nothing close to Ghibli in that aspect, but good nonetheless. But then again, I like BONES.

Full Metal Panic was pretty good for the first two seasons, I'd say a bit above average, but in FMP: The Second Raid, it was quite obvious that they had a significantly larger budget to work with. The quality was very good in that series, at least in my opinion.

Serei no Moribito is a visual masterpiece despite slight overusage of CGI.

I'm currently watching Clannad in HD and honestly I'm stunned by it. Every scene is very beautiful, flawless, and fluid. The sequences featuring the girl and the little robot thing are a treat too thanks to the hypersmooth animation caused by the boosted framerate during those periods. Are the rest of the Key-based animes like this as well? If so, I need to get busy tracking down those torrents...