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As for 3dcg, it's cheaper and - the most important part - can be done much faster and needs less proficiency than hand-drawn stuff and when schedules are extra tight (and they usually are)... you get the idea./quote]

Basically none of what you just said is true. CG animation is, on the whole, more expensive to produce - especially up front, since you need pretty high end work stations and software to actually animate on the scale of a full TV or film production. And as any artist who has ever tried to make the move from traditional animation to 3D, it most definitely doesn't require less proficiency to do right. It simply requires a different knowledge and skill set because, despite both being animation, they are vastly different mediums. In the same way Stop Motion is animation, but takes a totally different kind of skill and process to create.

As for the assertion that 3DCG is a last-resort for struggling productions - nope. That wouldn't be an option in most cases because most of these smaller studios pumping out shows don't have any in-house CG animation teams or specialists. Like I said, setting up a CG team takes a good amount of prior investment. So if a show is going to need 3D elements, said elements are typically outsourced to a CG studio. The reason they often look so clunky is because, well, you're trying to merge two completely different styles of animation and without a ton of work and coordination there will be visible seams. It's definitely possible - a lot of recent BONES productions have incorporated some remarkably well-blended CG elements. But most productions are on a razor thin schedule and there just isn't time for it.

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As for 3dcg, it's cheaper and - the most important part - can be done much faster and needs less proficiency than hand-drawn stuff and when schedules are extra tight (and they usually are)... you get the idea.

Basically none of what you just said is true. CG animation is, on the whole, more expensive to produce - especially up front, since you need pretty high end work stations and software to actually animate on the scale of a full TV or film production. And as any artist who has ever tried to make the move from traditional animation to 3D, it most definitely doesn't require less proficiency to do right. It simply requires a different knowledge and skill set because, despite both being animation, they are vastly different mediums. In the same way Stop Motion is animation, but takes a totally different kind of skill and process to create.

As for the assertion that 3DCG is a last-resort for struggling productions - nope. That wouldn't be an option in most cases because most of these smaller studios pumping out shows don't have any in-house CG animation teams or specialists. Like I said, setting up a CG team takes a good amount of prior investment. So if a show is going to need 3D elements, said elements are typically outsourced to a CG studio. The reason they often look so clunky is because, well, you're trying to merge two completely different styles of animation and without a ton of work and coordination there will be visible seams. It's definitely possible - a lot of recent BONES productions have incorporated some remarkably well-blended CG elements. But most productions are on a razor thin schedule and there just isn't time for it.

Preview guide is missing from the front page (and the sidebar), on the other hand, the article about the live action Rent-A-Girlfriend is being shown twice.

For me Netflix says “new episode coming Wednesday” for Isekai Ojisan. Not sure if that means the first English-subbed episode will air within hours or next week.

Your forum post for the upcoming Daily Streaming poll. It launches tomorrow (July 15) at 9am ET.

animenewsnetwork.com/survey/928/

This season was really weird timing wise, as we still have some heavy-hitters coming in late.

If a show hasn't premiered by Friday but is voted into Daily Streaming, the reviews will start with episode one. If it is not voted into Daily Streaming, we'll put it in Preview Guide. Have fun voting for your favs!