I miss classically animated movies

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Fajita Jim Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:03pm

Watched Secret of NIMH and All Dogs go to Heaven with the nieces and nephews, and man I really miss hand-drawn animation. It just looks so much warmer and tangible than the Flash stuff we see today.

And point besides Don Bluth is just a brilliant animator.

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Coffinmaw Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:09pm

Well here's a modern film that has some of the old animated charm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqpU7lUlLg

Enjoyable film; easy to forget it was made in 2010.

Fajita Jim Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:10pm

Originally posted by ROATER:
anime /thread

Not really into the antihero/androgynous/moody teens and sexualized kids thing.

Trickster Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:12pm

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:
Originally posted by ROATER:
anime /thread

Not really into the antihero/androgynous/moody teens and sexualized kids thing.

lol wat

nextgengranny Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:16pm

Originally posted by Jonathan:
Well here's a modern film that has some of the old animated charm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqpU7lUlLg

Enjoyable film; easy to forget it was made in 2010.

Looks pretty good, thanks for that.

Fajita Jim Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:17pm

Originally posted by Trickster:
Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Not really into the antihero/androgynous/moody teens and sexualized kids thing.
lol wat

People have been trying to push anime on me since the 90's. I gave it a shot. A few things that stand out:

Watched Vampire Hunter D and not a damn thing made sense. Guess there's a body of work like a comic of something you've gotta be familiar with.

Weathergirl. No.

Some anime that had some little ninja guy in it that's always whacking off to two girls who eventually get the tentacle treatment. Ninja Scroll I think. No.

Some girl who stopped aging in elementary school. No.

What the ♥♥♥♥ was Akira even about?

And some space ship anime all I remember is they shrunk the planet Jupiter to power a spaceship.

Pass.

gugnihr Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:18pm

I agree, I love traditional animation

Coffinmaw Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:19pm

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:
Originally posted by Trickster:
lol wat

People have been trying to push anime on me since the 90's. I gave it a shot. A few things that stand out:

Watched Vampire Hunter D and not a damn thing made sense. Guess there's a body of work like a comic of something you've gotta be familiar with.

Weathergirl. No.

Some anime that had some little ninja guy in it that's always whacking off to two girls who eventually get the tentacle treatment. Ninja Scroll I think. No.

Some girl who stopped aging in elementary school. No.

What the ♥♥♥♥ was Akira even about?

And some space ship anime all I remember is they shrunk the planet Jupiter to power a spaceship.

Pass.

Both Vampire Hunter D and Akira have source material (comic books essentially) that help make understanding the animated films a lot easier. Suffers from the same problem as western films that're based on books. Not enough screen-time to make a completely coherent story that's also true to the source.

it's love Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:22pm

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:
Originally posted by Trickster:
lol wat

People have been trying to push anime on me since the 90's. I gave it a shot. A few things that stand out:

Watched Vampire Hunter D and not a damn thing made sense. Guess there's a body of work like a comic of something you've gotta be familiar with.

Weathergirl. No.

Some anime that had some little ninja guy in it that's always whacking off to two girls who eventually get the tentacle treatment. Ninja Scroll I think. No.

Some girl who stopped aging in elementary school. No.

What the ♥♥♥♥ was Akira even about?

And some space ship anime all I remember is they shrunk the planet Jupiter to power a spaceship.

Pass.

why do u watch crap and then judge the medium on it, I don't even know what any of that is aside from akira

Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍 Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:25pm

I definitely agree. You get a good director with clear focus and a talented team of artists and it's always going to be better than the stuff for getting nowadays with all the CG.

Ghibli comes to mind. They are always so vibrant and creative.

Fajita Jim Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:36pm

Originally posted by Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍:
I definitely agree. You get a good director with clear focus and a talented team of artists and it's always going to be better than the stuff for getting nowadays with all the CG.

Ghibli comes to mind. They are always so vibrant and creative.

That's what I liked about Bluth. He and his team were ex-Disney animators who left to start a studio because they felt the short-cuts Disney was taking in animation (like scrolling backgrounds, or re-using whole scenes with a paint-over ala Aristocats>Robin Hood) were ruining the artistic values of animation.

I especially appreciate the details Bluth placed in animating character faces. It may only be a few frames of animation, but the fine details really make a difference.

https://youtu.be/kQT_xfKYajU

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TwisterCat Jun 13, 2021 @ 12:39pm

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:
Originally posted by Trickster:
lol wat

People have been trying to push anime on me since the 90's. I gave it a shot. A few things that stand out:

Watched Vampire Hunter D and not a damn thing made sense. Guess there's a body of work like a comic of something you've gotta be familiar with.

Weathergirl. No.

Some anime that had some little ninja guy in it that's always whacking off to two girls who eventually get the tentacle treatment. Ninja Scroll I think. No.

Some girl who stopped aging in elementary school. No.

What the ♥♥♥♥ was Akira even about?

And some space ship anime all I remember is they shrunk the planet Jupiter to power a spaceship.

Pass.

Can't change your mind, but you're missing out. It's a different taste and style compared to anything animated in the Western world, and I feel it would be unfair to take my own culture and judge a foreign cartoon that incorporates bits of their own, at least in their average theme of storytelling