Shiboyugi belongs on the 2nd screen.
After watching ep3 I've come to the conclusion that, it's not worth my full attention.
The animation is mostly stills with slow and wide pans. It's very aesthetic. It's got a distinct style. But... At the end of the day it feels like a PowerPoint.
The story is alright. Characters are great. Ultimately it's a great audio book.
Here's my question. I know this show is also on Netflix. Is it their fault? Did netflix tell them to write it for the second screen?
The animation is mostly stills with slow and wide pans. It's very aesthetic. It's got a distinct style. But... At the end of the day it feels like a PowerPoint.
The story is alright. Characters are great. Ultimately it's a great audio book.
Here's my question. I know this show is also on Netflix. Is it their fault? Did netflix tell them to write it for the second screen?
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What? No, that's not a thing, at least not with anime. And usually when a non Japanese company wants to dictate directives like that to a Japanese studio, the studio tells them to get bent.
That said, I have never seen anyone mentioning it regarding anime. It's an american thing as far as I know.
The style of the art feels so ingrained to the story. I can't really tell what dictates the stillness.
Look I really don't know. Why can I handle quiet scenes in Frieren more than here? Is it the mood/the music. It could be taste. But some of the stills just feel lazy to me. It just pulls me out.
I still can't get over the fact that I watched episode 2 and 3 thinking. This image says nothing new, you've told me how these people feel and I can see where they are. Why are we still here.
They are taking advantage of their art style to lessen the work load in non critical areas. I can't judge them, making anime is hard. But it's ruining my immersion.
Also, they are clearly willing to betray it when they want to show something more intense. (That's also the anime business)
Because these shots do say something new. I've rewatched the episodes just to pick apart some of these shots, and they're astoundingly clever in visual storytelling. Frieren is a masterpiece of a work, but it's a work that is very forward with its feelings and intentions in a way that Shiboyugi is not. It's very difficult to miss the meaning in Frieren's scenes, which has been a core part of its success. This is not to say Shiboyugi is a higher form of art, but rather that it accepts the risks of its creative choices simply not working on some people.
Neither way is right or wrong. If there is a disadvantage with Shiboyugi's style, it's that if the viewer "doesn't get it," they'll get frustrated with it. It's not the viewer's fault that they don't get it, but the end result is that they will probably not enjoy this kind of thing.
Also you’re judging the anime off one of its weakest arcs overall. Only up to vol 4 is translated right now but my personal ranking is.
1. Cloudy Beach
2. Royal palace (could move up. Only read fan translation)
3. Halloween night
4. Ghost house
5. Candle woods
6. Scrapyard building
7. Golden bath
Looking forward to it. Sounds like this arc will end in 1/2 EPs.
I still live by these words from thug notes.
"A student won't volunteer their attention."
I put this on because it looks good. With zero context. To me this is an anime. The truth of the matter is ep2 was on the wrong side of show/tell ratio. It currently doesn't deserve my eyeballs. But the written word, the performance of the voice actors they deserve my ears and my thoughts.
To all the naysayers out there, next week watch episode 4 with a blind fold... (Might regret that... Lol)
Some shows, like Shiboyugi, use pretentious direction in order to compensate for the lack of compelling characterization.
All the non-protagonist characters of the first 2 episodes were unmemorable.
And the praise I hear about this anime is uncannily similar to praise I'd hear about Evangelion, an anime with a director that admitted to "making a pretentious anime, a show that had no meaning but constantly implied that it had meaning".
"Brutal"
"Artsy"
"Deep"
I wonder if we'll hear words like "symbolism" at some point.
This anime looks like a bunch of Bishoujo and not much else.
It is vindicating to see that other users don't care much for it either.
I thought that maybe the story would have something going for it before I watched episode 1. The one thing that stood out was the long pauses (to stretch their production budget, not an artistic choice).