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Mohawk52
Posts: 8202 Location: England, UK |
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It's still better than the CGi version that currently is running on CBBC, that's just nauseating.
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Battle Cossack
Posts: 87 Location: Bay Area, CA |
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I'm really not liking this. The transition between each frame is really unnatural looking, and some of the character designs look pretty botched. Project A-Ko and Macross are two of my favorites, but I don't think this lives up to his inspirations. This reminds me of all those tee-shirts you saw back in the 90's and early 2000's of people imitating anime designs.
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edzieba
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SHADING! How I've missed it! Greatly enjoyed the "obligatory fleet sequence" and "80's anime laser effect".
My one complaint is excessive volume on the canned foley effects. Even the cheesiest of golden-age anime did their own foley work.
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invalidname
Contributor
Posts: 2447 Location: Grand Rapids, MI |
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The short-lived manga "Time Guardian" and its clever treatment of time manipulation made me think that a Doctor Who manga or anime would be interesting. These clips help make the case further.
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writerpatrick
Posts: 671 Location: Canada |
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The BBC might be willing to go for this if it could be done cheaply enough. And based upon recent material like games and cartoons, they would also likely want a story with the current Doctor.
I wasn't that impressed with the examples, although I understand it was only one person doing all the work. The Daleks came across as particularly stiff. But it seems he is more focused on action scenes rather than just trying to tell a story. It's an interesting "what-if" but it would be better to go with a western animation company and a more British style for an animated Dr. Who. Unless it's actually produced in Japan there's no sense in using that style. That's not to say I wouldn't like to see at least one Dr. Who story set in Japan. An entire planet and he keeps coming back to Cardiff. |
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mdo7
Posts: 6258 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Yeah, I think I recalled that it was a UK-Japanese co-production. This came out in Japan on November 1995, then it came out in UK on December of that same year. This film didn't came to the US until March 1996. So Ghost in the Shell is really a UK-Japanese co-productions. Beside Ghost in the Shell I can't think of another anime that was a UK-Japanese co-productions. |
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Brand
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I went to an art school with an animation program and had several friend in said program and I have to say any one of them (and their Teachers) would be impressed by this project. That was a lot of animation done by one person. No it is not prefect but considering it was home made it is dame impressive.
I had already seen these and though it was cool. I too would like something more like an episode then a short clip but I could then see the BBC putting a halt to the project. |
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Dop.L
Posts: 714 Location: London |
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Got to commend the guy's effort, but I can't help thinking how very dated it all looks, and I'm surprised the BBC haven't jumped on him by now!
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Mohawk52
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Zin5ki
Posts: 6680 Location: London, UK |
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The Beeb certainly have far more money to spend than Manga did in their heyday. However, I doubt whether the former would be interested in this notion, and I also doubt whether the latter, pace Jerome et al., would be able to take part in another co-production nowadays. |
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Mohawk52
Posts: 8202 Location: England, UK |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
Posts: 7580 Location: Wales |
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Manga injected money into it (30% of the budget) pre-production to head off rival bids at the pass.
You mean Derwin, right? Oh, shame: TV facilities company Barcud Derwen in administration That would be why the site is down. |
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DrizzlingEnthalpy
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I'm amazed I immediately recognized Paul Johnson as one of the former members of Studio Trophis from the art style. I played a game he did the art for, the white chamber, around a year ago, and the art style in these videos immediately reminded me of it.
I recommend the white chamber if you like creepy point-and-click adventure games, yes. |
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BuffaloStyle
Posts: 274 Location: Colorado |
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Kudos to Mr. Johnson! Very nice work, indeed! As a lover of both Dr. Who and anime, this is soooo right up my alley...
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Nagisa
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Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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This ought to be a dream-come-true, but unfortunately I'm not sold on it. It's too much cliché 80s anime and not enough Doctor Who, like it's a generic anime from twenty years ago that just coincidentally happens to have the Doctor, Cybermen, and Daleks in cameo roles. One of the key things about Doctor Who that makes it great is its quirky, campy, whimsical style, which just doesn't gel well with slick, gritty, 80s, cyberpunky anime. The project has lost the spirit of the source material in the name of "anime-izing" it, in my opinion, and it makes the whole thing just not work.
Now don't get me wrong, on a technical level, this is fantastic work. The animation is impressive, as is the level of detail put into the artwork. It's a great technical achievement, but it just suffers from trying to ostensibly claim to be Doctor Who while lacking everything that makes it, well, Doctor Who. |
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