EPTOn July 15 2014 19:44 ForTehDarkseid wrote:
Visuals =/= only animation. Especially if you are comparing series by looking at my actual complaints about Aldnoah's visuals (mediocre backgrounds, scenery designs and general color palete), I haven't said a single bad thing about actual quality of animators' work.
And this is where creator's scale and achievements come into factor. Akame ga kill is made by White Fox, the studio which produced Steins;gate and two Jormungand, and Akame's visual quality is laaaarge improvement from the past shows and while PA Works stay closer than anyone to their style, they upgrade the arsenal of special effects techniques with almost each series made, it's seen very clearly in Glasslip. On the contrary, Aldnoah is directed by the chief director of Garden of Sinners, Fate/zero, Ga Rei and Houko Musou, and his new show does pretty poor job in artistic department compared to any of the mentioned series, we expected much more of this guy and he failed us right here.
Visuals =/= only animation. Especially if you are comparing series by looking at my actual complaints about Aldnoah's visuals (mediocre backgrounds, scenery designs and general color palete), I haven't said a single bad thing about actual quality of animators' work.
And this is where creator's scale and achievements come into factor. Akame ga kill is made by White Fox, the studio which produced Steins;gate and two Jormungand, and Akame's visual quality is laaaarge improvement from the past shows and while PA Works stay closer than anyone to their style, they upgrade the arsenal of special effects techniques with almost each series made, it's seen very clearly in Glasslip. On the contrary, Aldnoah is directed by the chief director of Garden of Sinners, Fate/zero, Ga Rei and Houko Musou, and his new show does pretty poor job in artistic department compared to any of the mentioned series, we expected much more of this guy and he failed us right here.
While I would not call Aldnoah's animation work the best I have seen, it is by far a lot more impressive than that of Akame ga Kill. Aldnoah's backgrounds are the best so far this season and while some of the scenery design is a bit bland there is some really great ones too in there. As for colour palette, I find it to early to tell (It's for almost everything to early to tell really... 2 only got 2 episodes yet) with what direction they are going for. The first episodes had a lot of brighter colours while they switched to more grey tones in the second. Both were fitting for what was being shown.
I haven't watched all of Garden of Sinners and Fate/Zero has been on hold for months for me (I really should get to watching both of those though... >.>) I did watch Ga-Rei. And while I really enjoyed Ga-Rei it wasn't not because of the visuals. They looked good, Aldnoah looks better. Aldnoah's visual are of the same quality as those of Fate/Zero's first half.
On July 15 2014 19:44 ForTehDarkseid wrote:
What kind of mecha show hooks its viewer by not showing titular mech for straight an hour? Bad kind of mecha show.
And there's nothing else to back of to, be it character work, storytelling or general atmosphere (even M3 Dark metal scored on that, lols). I guess people who don't care for mecha at all, doesn't slightly mind though.
What kind of mecha show hooks its viewer by not showing titular mech for straight an hour? Bad kind of mecha show.
And there's nothing else to back of to, be it character work, storytelling or general atmosphere (even M3 Dark metal scored on that, lols). I guess people who don't care for mecha at all, doesn't slightly mind though.
Is there some written rule that the mechs need to be shown in the first episode? I know they switched up the episodes for Gundam Victory so that the mech was shown in the first episode and look in what kind of clusterfuck that resulted. Also titular mech? From what was revealed so far Aldnoah refers to the technology of some ancient martian society, not mech. I could be wrong.
So far the two episodes released managed to set up the story. Episode one gave us background on who is who and what happened before the series started. It introduced some really cool themes with the landing castles and how each is their own army, not giving a shit about their opponents but only fighting for their own glory. It's not something that hasn't been used before but it is cool. The whole moon being destroyed, while retarded, creates for a cool backdrop for later stuff.
Episode two enforced the story points brought up in the first episode, especially those regarding the superiority of the Martians. It gave us a lot of cool action and gave us some insight in the main character. (Although not much.)
On July 15 2014 19:44 ForTehDarkseid wrote:
Half of presented characters are obvious plot devices (mostly girls as usual), every Maritan guy is a bloody stereotype that can be described in three words max. You tell me they are trolling viewers for good old half of the show and then magically turn on a deep characterisation and non-trivial interaction button in the end? I don't believe in miracles.
Trust me, there is nothing to be learned at all. Cannon fodder at best.
Half of presented characters are obvious plot devices (mostly girls as usual), every Maritan guy is a bloody stereotype that can be described in three words max. You tell me they are trolling viewers for good old half of the show and then magically turn on a deep characterisation and non-trivial interaction button in the end? I don't believe in miracles.
Trust me, there is nothing to be learned at all. Cannon fodder at best.
Perhaps the bad guys will all end up as one dimensional characters, I wouldn't be surprised if most of them end up like that. Is that a bad thing? Not really, depends on the show.
As for the other characters, you don't get character development in two episodes. It is supposed to be a slow process. It is also way to early to judge if a character is just a plot device or if he or she will play a larger role in the whole story.
In the end though, it really is way to early to judge this show. We only saw 40 or so minutes of it. Two episodes that only showed up is the beginning. It has the potential to be brilliant but it can also end up like complete shit.
. Yea that is absolute BS though. No way is AGK upgrade over what they done in the past.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/wmyykSE.jpg?1)
