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I'm just going to say it, Netflix has a weird obsession with trying to make terrible 3DCGI happen and it should be considered a crime at this point and they should never be able to make anime again.

It always looks terrible. How have they not gotten this yet?

Edit: Obviously I'm biased. Most CGI I've seen Netflix do on anime just to me looks bad, and I'm not a fan of the CGI trend anyways

That said, tv grade CG anime is still not where Resident Evil 5 or MGS 4 were a decade ago (the amount of assets in those PS3 cutscenes is insane at times) and where Clone Wars ended up around S03 but I get it, limited budgets etc.

The trailer uploaded to Netflix Japan has significantly more viewership and positive reception verses the American upload. Pretty sure this is a cultural bias.

It's obvious the Americans are complaining about the show's visuals because it looks as much like a T-rated video game as the CG KOTZ:SS series. But instead of giving the benefit of the doubt that this show won't be as poorly made, they've already jumped to conclusions. It's immature and unjustified.

Americans have been spoiled to better 3DCG

Eh it is hardly just Netflix. Look at all the Star Wars CGI television that predated Netflix's glut. It does well for some reason so why would they not? People just need to improve their visual taste or companies will keep doing it... Razz

AntiKuro wrote:

I'm just going to say it, Netflix has a weird obsession with trying to make terrible 3DCGI happen and it should be considered a crime at this point and they should never be able to make anime again. It always looks terrible. How have they not gotten this yet? Edit: Obviously I'm biased. Most CGI I've seen Netflix do on anime just to me looks bad, and I'm not a fan of the CGI trend anyways

Eh it is hardly just Netflix. Look at all the Star Wars CGI television that predated Netflix's glut. It does well for some reason so why would they not? People just need to improve their visual taste or companies will keep doing it...

residentgrigo wrote:

That said, tv grade CG anime is still not where Resident Evil 5 or MGS 4 were a decade ago (the amount of assets in those PS3 cutscenes is insane at times) and where Clone Wars ended up around S03 but I get it, limited budgets etc.

That is why I get a bit miffed when people say these CG series look like video game cutscenes. Complete disservice to video game cutscenes. Maybe a video game cutscene from the mid-2000s,

To be fair even the 2D Star Wars stuff looks really bad. From the 80s Droids cartoon to the modern day Forces of Destiny. A new, fledgling IP like Seis Manos has better art and animation than one of the biggest IPs in the world. I guess the main factor is all those Star Wars shows are for kids, so they're not worth investing a decent budget into when kids will watch it anyway, while Seis Manos is purposely going for that older audience who wants cooler and nicer looking art and animation. Castlevania too. Netflix can do good animation when it wants, but it's usually reserved for the shows they market as 'anime'.

That was my takeway as well. The desert parts remind me a lot of this OVA about bunny rabbit soldiers, but I can't remember the name of it now.

They just keep making everyone look younger and younger, that kills the appeal for me. Major is so supposed to be fine af, but is supposed to look like a grown, mature woman.

No it looks like cheap cut scenes from one of the earlier GTA games, especially the wind farm scene (seriously, WTF).

You'd think they want another Devilman or Castlevania react from audiences, but that only happens when you put effort behind a project.

AiddonValentine wrote:

Yeah, I'm just glad they're bringing the old guard back. Part of the reason Arise never clicked for me was the unnecessary recasting.

Arise was a completely different continuity, so I don't see what the problem was with recasting. Not to mention, completely different licensor with a different talent pool.

It's too bad we can't get a decent Blu-Ray release of the first two seasons of SAC.

enurtsol wrote:

Americans have been spoiled to better 3DCG

It could also be the opposite. Americans have become very jaded and cynical about everything being CG these days. Japan still sees it as a novelty since most anime is still traditional animation. So they'll see CG like this and think "Whoa, cool, that's new and unique!" while us Americans freak out about Japan going full CG like we did I know I generally don't watch CG anime because I have a bias against it and find it pretty unappealing.

Arise was just not a very good show, just another bit of pablum from resident hack Ubakata.

dragon695 wrote:

No it looks like cheap cut scenes from one of the earlier GTA games, especially the wind farm scene (seriously, WTF).

....Yeah you might need to get those eyes checked as this looks nothing like the PS2 or PS3 era GTA games. I know some of you guys don't like CGI and feel the need to justify that criticism but at a certain point you have to realize what hyperbole and outright bullshit looks like.

Battle Angel Alita, Lion King

They can do better. The outdoor scenes are mostly crap, especially during the day. GitS deserves better than this. They should bring back Studio Orange. Look at how well Beastars turned out. No reason they couldn’t work the same magic here.