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epicwizard
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I really hope that happens! I'm actually pretty excited for Sun & Moon, despite Ash and Team Rocket's weird new character design. |
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Luke's JRPG Channel
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It's going to take a while to get used to the new animation.
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meiam
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They used that frame in promotional material... This doesn't bode well for the show quality, weird artstyle or not |
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MadHi
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I really do not like Ash's new look. What makes it hard to accept is that everyone else around him looks fine, he was given a treatment that doesn't at all match the rest of the world. Should have stuck with XYZ's art. And it's sad to see Serena go.
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Lord Oink
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Did you actually watch Best Wishes or are you just echoing the "BW is bad" meme? It was clearly established Zekrom temporarily drained Pikachu's strength which is why he lost to Tsutarja. BW is far from trash. It's still miles above Johto and Kanto, and even Hoenn to a degree. DP and XY beat it out though.
I know right? The trailer looks a lot more animated and lively. XY stepped the bar up already, and if they can do it again with Sun and Moon then only better. I love how people are using a single in-between frame to say the animation is bad. The average person doesnt know much about animation I guess. |
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TsukasaElkKite
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Satoshi looks UGLY AS SIN.
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ETX
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The one-hour special is comprised of TWO regular length episodes, not a single one-hour episode. Also, to all the people that have jumped on the bandwagon and keep complaining about how this series looks terrible or how it pales in comparison to XY you really need to stop hating without knowing anything. 1.) While it's still the same animation studio (OLM), Team Kato, who have animated the Pokemon anime up until XY&Z are working on something else, so it's a completely new team working in this series. That, is why the art-style looks so different. 2.) Much like the new animation team, it also has a completely new set of writers, key character designers and director, with the exemption of Omode and Matsui who are returning. 3.) Despite people saying that XY and XY&Z was the best Pokemon anime series to-date (Which I do agree with) It is also the series with the worst ratings in Japan. To put that into perspective, even BW/Best Wishes did better than XY/XY&Z. People have to remember that at the end of the day, this is an ongoing anime that is mostly aimed at a younger target audience. That's not to say that Pokemon can't be enjoyed by adults such as myself, but for the anime you honestly shouldn't be getting that wound up about it. Generations albeit shorts, is there to whet your appetite. As I said above, XY&Z did really bad in Japan despite being in the top 10 weekly anime a fair bit. The series shifted to dark tones as soon as the league arc concluded and I'm sure the younger audience would of been a bit put-off when it goes from lighthearted battles to full on despair. The Sun/Moon anime is a big change and it's a big ask to get used to it considering what came before it. That said, know that all the changes being made are due to it effectively being handled by an all-new cast of people. |
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JDude042
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To put all seriousness aside for once...
Jeez Satoshi! You must have really been under the knife with that new look you got going on there, huh? I don't think I want to visit your plastic surgeon.  No wonder he looks the same age until the end of time. I guess I can't really complain though considering it's not like the animation style has stayed the same since Day 1. I mean go back and look at some of the original episodes from the Kanto stuff and compare it to X & Y, but for some reason this just seems to stand out way more. I'm pretty sure after Kanto & Johto, the style changed when the show went to Hoenn and went from old traditional style animation to digital, and slowly changed from Diamond & Pearl and so forth.
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TheAnagelic1
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And the megaton ship called the SS Yokai Watch, it's success has probably stolen some younger fans/viewers alone the road... |
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ParkerALx
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Wow! I get how not everyone is going to like the new art style, but the bulk of these responses are just ridiculous.
The Pokemon anime's creative team have adopted new, rounder designs that are very friendly to animators. They're emotive, playful and energetic, and take advantage of the medium of animation in ways the series's older stiffer seasons seldom did. Pokemon XY gave us a hurricane of amazing cuts, and I'm sure Sun and Moon will continue that trend. It looks like a Pokemon series directed by Mamoru Hosoda, using a similar loose approach. What's not to like about that? And how do people respond? By nit-picking in-between frames and ignoring completely how they flow together to create fluid, dynamic motion. It's amazing how posters on an anime website can show such little understanding of how animation works as an art form. |
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#sukkar
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[quote="ETX"]
To put this into perspective, TV ratings have been on the drop for almost a decade now. Saying XY is the least watched Pokemon series is sort of pointless because every single new Pokemon anime is the least watched Pokemon series until the next one starts. These are the rating averages for the various shows: Original - 16.1% Advanced Generation - 9.6% DP - 8.4% BW - 8.1% XY - 5.3% While there is a pretty big drop off between Best Wishes and XY, the XY drop is more of a continuation of the BW drop. (it went from 9.3% average in its first year down to 7% in its final year) I think whatever show followed BW was always going to struggle due to increased competition from other properties. XY just had the unfortunate luck of being that show despite being (IMO) the best entry the series has ever seen. |
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cyberdraco
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Just saw the 30-second preview and I honestly liked what I saw. Haven't seen the longer preview yet, but going by this and mag scans this does look good, not as good as XY but still good.
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ETX
Posts: 344 Location: England |
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[quote="#sukkar"]
I never did say that XY was the least watched series, just that the ratings it get's each week and for the series as a whole are the worst. There could still be the same amount of people tuning in each week to watch it as past series, yet it might not be to their tastes. They could still watch the entire XY series all the way through and still not like it as much. It's not viewership figures we're talking about here, but how much people enjoyed it. |
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Kon'Doriano
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Annnddddd now I know what to skip for the next few years. This new anime with it's ridiculous premise and style is definitely gonna be the most kid-friendly thing the anime has to offer, which is why only little kids (and some dedicated teens/adults) will watch this trash.
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SailorDJ
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It's looks like Ash grew younger. I thought it was bad enough that he never aged.
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