True, but I also mentioned before that this episode (Lillie) truly shines because of its history. The animation and visuals like Lusamine reactions during the episode complements the work of the story. Which is why I mention when people complain about exclusively animation, you need more than that if you want to fix most of those battles.
Are you sure about that? Most criticisms I've seen of the last two battles came down to the out of place comedy but more poor animation of Ash vs Drasna and the underwhelming Lucario instant win button finisher in Ash vs Raihan. The comedy and partly the abrupt finishing blow come down to writing choices, but the flow of the Drasna battle and the unimpactful and weightless Aura Bomb can be fixed with better animation. OH-1000K-O Volts and Super-Mega-Max-Aura Sphere are really no different, even down to having a flashback montage, although the events portrayed in the former actually happened on-screen. What sets them apart however is the impact and energy given off by the visual presentation of Pi-kamehameha that Lucario's Giant Aura Sphere lacked. I don't want to derail the thread with debates over animation unrelated to this episode so I'll leave it at that.
Yes, but when you compare Ash vs Raihan to Ash vs Kukui there are much more to consider than just animation, especially when 1 battle was 4 episodes long and the other just 1. Animation is important but not everything, and having just better animation overall in those battles won't fix their main issues to make them memorable enough in comparison to some of the most memorable battles in the Pokémon Anime.
Ironic...
'Explained' everything else other than the actual point, as proven with how you deflected from "production/visual quality".
Except it is not flawed, I already explained my points and you are free to disagree and left if you want to, which is different. I coudln't care any less about whatever you want to think about me anyways.
Because I already explained my arguments about this stupid "favoritism" discussion several times before, and so did other people as well.
Yes, sure.
TL;DR: "Tomiyasu has SM favouritism based on this episode"
^This
The gaslighting and goalpost moving is always the next step in arguments like these. Never mind the fact that the " big, damn deal " is that anime is literally a visual medium, this should be self-evident and obvious. No need of microscopic eyes to notice the incredibly apparent differences in production level. No one has disputed that the production quality of this episode is much higher than the average JN episode.
Don’t know how me expressing an opinion of this argument over one episode having good animation vs other JN episodes not receiving as such being pointless means I’m “gaslighting” or goalpost moving, but K.
Cool since that wasn’t what my point was.
You mean people who didn’t start a thing here, but were responding to the conspiracy theorists claiming or thinking that there’s a hidden bias at play with this episodes production quality?
Because it's purposefully myopic? Can you not think within yourself why people would care about the animation even if you don't?
There is no " drama fest. " An observation was made and people argued over the observation before you decided to drop a pile of nothing and say that you were " disappointed " that the discussion happened in the first place.
Yeah, your point was that you don't care about the problems people have put forth. Which is fine! I saw some people in the thread admit the bias, but embrace it. No problem with that. What I'm not a fan of is the gaslighting that the readily apparent difference isn't there.
See second paragraph.
I'm good, thanks.
