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Animation is kinda what separates anime from manga.

This series doesn't need mind blowing animation at every step, but I can't think of a single benefit to viewers that comes from it being so poorly and lazily animated at every step.

Mr. sickVisionz wrote:

Animation is kinda what separates anime from manga.

Yes, because stuff like voice work, music, audible sound effects, & specifically-defined pacing (manga you could, theoretically, read at whatever speed you want), among other things, is completely irrelevant when it comes to comparing anime & manga. It seems like, for a lot of people, all it comes down to is "Oooh, moving pictures!". Is animation a big part of the difference? Sure, but if that's all you think is important then you're really coming off as shallow, which I certainly hope isn't the case. It's like people who claim that video games are defined by their graphics instead of their overall package.

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This series doesn't need mind blowing animation at every step, but I can't think of a single benefit to viewers that comes from it being so poorly and lazily animated at every step.

See, that's where your thought process is failing. You're automatically equating limited animation with terms like "poor" & "lazy". You want poor animation? Watch something like the Panzer Dragoon OVA, with it's embarrassingly-done CG (even for its time) & piss-poor animation. You want lazy animation? Watch Gundoh Musashi, with its sloppily-done scenes, actual photos used as backgrounds, and so many audio & visual mistakes that it's impossible to list all of the ones that happen in a single episode. Those are two perfect examples where words like "poor" & "lazy" are actually proper descriptors. Sure, Akagi doesn't have a lot of animation to it, but the show has enough style, substance, excellent music, absorbing characters, impeccable voice work, & intense storytelling to more than make up for it. People make fun of the anime adaptation of Violinist of Hameln for having barely any animation (it's commonly been nicknamed the "Slideshow of Hameln"), yet people love it for its memorable characters, use of classical music, & dead-serious storytelling.

If you're instantly decrying limited animation as studios being "poor" or "lazy", then you're definitely missing out on some excellent stuff.

Sure, Akagi doesn't have a lot of animation to it, but the show has enough style, substance, excellent music, absorbing characters, impeccable voice work, & intense storytelling to more than make up for it.