munchlaxboy
Catching up on XY
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For being such an avid poster in this forum, I'm surprised I've never once made a thread in "Anime Discussion". Huh.
Well, basically, I made this thread to talk about the show's ANIMATION. You know, just the basic graphics and visuals of the show.
Obviously, with advancement in technology and funding, the Pokemon TV series has gotten higher quality animation over the years. In the first season, the animation was pretty decent for it's time, with many high and lows. By that I mean at times I was stunned at how they pulled off such fluent animation, and at times how I was in shock over how still and lifeless the characters were.
As some of you may know, I've been re-watching the Original Series (Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto) for a while (I'm up to "Fighting Flier with Fire" in Johto Journeys). At this point, the animation standards have been slightly upgraded, but still have those lapses of the animators' laziness. However, I've also noticed this in present episodes as well...
After watching "Ignorance is Blissey" (a Johto Journeys episode), then watching "One Big Happiny Family" (a Diamond and Pearl episode), the animation has improved greatly. I was especially in awe over Team Rocket's motto and how fluently they moved it in (albeit, I don't like the "new show" at all but I still have to give it some props). BUT THEN... Right back to laziness. You just have Ash, Brock, Dawn, and Pikachu it one standstill for fifteen seconds, alternating dialogue lines simply through lip flaps. Not one part of their body moved besides their lips. It was like I was watching the "old show" all over again.
Anyway, to summarize:
- The show's animation/visuals has greatly improved over the years.
- The animators' seem to be "bipolar" in a sense, in that they sometimes produce amazing animation followed up by absolute crap.
Three questions for you all to answer:
1. What is your opinion of the Pokemon TV show's animation/visuals?
2. Have you noticed laziness in animation at times? Explain how you feel about it.
3. What is the best display of animation you have seen in the series? The worst?
For me:
1. I was and always will be content with the show's animation/visuals. I believe they bring a livelier sense to the show and make it very entertaining to watch.
2. The laziness is always apparent to me. I feel as if the animators are having a bad day once in a while, that's fine. What I don't understand is how one episode can have an amazing display of animation that obviously took a lot of work, and then a moment later become dull and lifeless..
3. BESIDES THE MOVIES (duh), in the earlier goings of the series (which is my forte), the best animation display I've seen was probably in "The School of Hard Knocks" (Kanto, Episode 9). It was just very fluent and enjoyable, and is one of my most favorite episodes ever (Top 5 without a doubt). On the other hand, I can't really think of an episode that was completely terrible in animation... "The Mystery Menace" (Orange Islands) had some EXTREMELY poor and noticeable lapses in animation. I specifically remember one moment where Ash, Misty, and Tracey just walked across a still screen, with just their legs moving and x2 speed. It was bad... But it was just a few moments. The entire episode wasn't a drag.
OK, I'm done. Now it's your turn.
For being such an avid poster in this forum, I'm surprised I've never once made a thread in "Anime Discussion". Huh.
Well, basically, I made this thread to talk about the show's ANIMATION. You know, just the basic graphics and visuals of the show.
Obviously, with advancement in technology and funding, the Pokemon TV series has gotten higher quality animation over the years. In the first season, the animation was pretty decent for it's time, with many high and lows. By that I mean at times I was stunned at how they pulled off such fluent animation, and at times how I was in shock over how still and lifeless the characters were.
As some of you may know, I've been re-watching the Original Series (Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto) for a while (I'm up to "Fighting Flier with Fire" in Johto Journeys). At this point, the animation standards have been slightly upgraded, but still have those lapses of the animators' laziness. However, I've also noticed this in present episodes as well...
After watching "Ignorance is Blissey" (a Johto Journeys episode), then watching "One Big Happiny Family" (a Diamond and Pearl episode), the animation has improved greatly. I was especially in awe over Team Rocket's motto and how fluently they moved it in (albeit, I don't like the "new show" at all but I still have to give it some props). BUT THEN... Right back to laziness. You just have Ash, Brock, Dawn, and Pikachu it one standstill for fifteen seconds, alternating dialogue lines simply through lip flaps. Not one part of their body moved besides their lips. It was like I was watching the "old show" all over again.
Anyway, to summarize:
- The show's animation/visuals has greatly improved over the years.
- The animators' seem to be "bipolar" in a sense, in that they sometimes produce amazing animation followed up by absolute crap.
Three questions for you all to answer:
1. What is your opinion of the Pokemon TV show's animation/visuals?
2. Have you noticed laziness in animation at times? Explain how you feel about it.
3. What is the best display of animation you have seen in the series? The worst?
For me:
1. I was and always will be content with the show's animation/visuals. I believe they bring a livelier sense to the show and make it very entertaining to watch.
2. The laziness is always apparent to me. I feel as if the animators are having a bad day once in a while, that's fine. What I don't understand is how one episode can have an amazing display of animation that obviously took a lot of work, and then a moment later become dull and lifeless..
3. BESIDES THE MOVIES (duh), in the earlier goings of the series (which is my forte), the best animation display I've seen was probably in "The School of Hard Knocks" (Kanto, Episode 9). It was just very fluent and enjoyable, and is one of my most favorite episodes ever (Top 5 without a doubt). On the other hand, I can't really think of an episode that was completely terrible in animation... "The Mystery Menace" (Orange Islands) had some EXTREMELY poor and noticeable lapses in animation. I specifically remember one moment where Ash, Misty, and Tracey just walked across a still screen, with just their legs moving and x2 speed. It was bad... But it was just a few moments. The entire episode wasn't a drag.
OK, I'm done. Now it's your turn.