I probably should've worded that correctly. I get that a lot of people weren't expecting movie quality but at least some pretty good animation like Hisoka vs that guy in Trick Tower. I'd love that too, but I'm really not that disappointed with what we actually got. But if you look at what Uriel showed with the GIFs there was animation, despite there also being a lot of still shots.
Hisoka vs that guy in Trick Tower was animated nicely. But like I said I would have
gladly taken crude drawings for better animation. For those who don't understand
by animation I mean movement. Pretty pictures is not animation.
And yes the GIFs do show some animation, but that was pretty much the
best the fight got...well except for when Gon got knocked out of the ring.
THAT was pretty nicely done. But then it goes downhill from there.
I fully agree with you. I watched this with the Nippon episode next to it and it wasn't really all that different. Gon vs Gido isn't that important and people need to remember this is an anime that might go 100+ episodes. An average episode of Hunter X Hunter looks better than an average episode of say Naruto.
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3...p4x9o1_500.gif
The only time where there were a lot of still images was when Gon dodged some tops. Even then they showed it in the flashback. Many people aren't even talking how well done Kurapica's scene was. Not too mention the incredible music direction.
The Nippon episode actually animated the dodging. Now granted it was hardly the
best animation but at least you have the excuse it's 13 years old.
That may be true, but the average episode of Naruto has more action
and it would be difficult to animate every fight with great quality.
Hunter x Hunter has less fights than Naruto so it should have better quality fights.
Kurapika's scene was done well. But why can't they give that same treatment
to something actually from the manga-that being Gon vs Gido?
Isn't this show made with CGI and what not? I thought CGI was supposed
to make animation BETTER not worse.
Same here, I don't know what the problem is with this whole animation issue. When I was watching the episode, the still images didn't bother me at all, I mean there were more still images than usual but look at what Uriel posted earlier. I wouldn't consider this having "zero" animation, I get that someone was tyring to make a point but that was just generalizing the episode a bit. It might've been sub par considering the potential Madhouse has, but we should save the controversy for the next episode (if there is any, but it's almost guaranteed to have reactions like the ones from killua vs jones, some way some how haha).
The problem is I've been waiting 31 episodes for a good fight and I get still images.
Like I said, if they make Hisoka vs Kastro exceptional then I won't have so much
a problem because then I'll know they were just saving their resources.
But I don't want a series with just pretty pictures and no animation.
And yes I DO expect better from Madhouse and I DON'T think that is a bad thing.
And y'all know that I give credit where credit is due.
But I will criticize as well. And I don't think I'm actually being all that harsh.
Question for all you who like this episode:
Would you accept the same level of quality for Hisoka vs Kastro?
In other words, do you actually LIKE this level of animation or do you just not care
for Gon vs Gido? Because I actually LIKE this fight in the manga and the 1999 version.
I thought Gon dodging all the tops like crazy is an awesome scene and it's not like
it's that long of a fight either. I'm not asking for 30 minutes of movie quality animation.
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I probably should've worded that correctly. I get that a lot of people weren't expecting movie quality but at least some pretty good animation like Hisoka vs that guy in Trick Tower. I'd love that too, but I'm really not that disappointed with what we actually got. But if you look at what Uriel showed with the GIFs there was animation, despite there also being a lot of still shots.
I fully agree with you. I watched this with the Nippon episode next to it and it wasn't really all that different. Gon vs Gido isn't that important and people need to remember this is an anime that might go 100+ episodes. An average episode of Hunter X Hunter looks better than an average episode of say Naruto.
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3...p4x9o1_500.gif
The only time where there were a lot of still images was when Gon dodged some tops. Even then they showed it in the flashback. Many people aren't even talking how well done Kurapica's scene was. Not too mention the incredible music direction.
Same here, I don't know what the problem is with this whole animation issue. When I was watching the episode, the still images didn't bother me at all, I mean there were more still images than usual but look at what Uriel posted earlier. I wouldn't consider this having "zero" animation, I get that someone was tyring to make a point but that was just generalizing the episode a bit. It might've been sub par considering the potential Madhouse has, but we should save the controversy for the next episode (if there is any, but it's almost guaranteed to have reactions like the ones from killua vs jones, some way some how haha).
Yeah, I didn't really see any problems with today's episode. Really enjoyed it, excellent music selection. If there was one detail which I had to nitpick about, it would be that, when Gon got hit while using Zetsu, his face didn't really seem "in pain" as the manga. The face is exactly the same, but the drawing style in the manga makes it seem really painful... I don't know.
I'm not worried about future fights. We already saw what Madhouse is capable of in the Netero ball game, and in various other occasions. I'm curious how they will handle the next episode, though...
Also, white-haired Kastro? That'll be interesting to see!
Oh Madhouse is DEFINITELY capable of making some EXCELLENT fights. I don't doubt they COULD just put the 1999 series to shame in terms of animating fights.
The question is WILL they? Episodes like this make me wonder if they are just gonna give lackluster animation because they think people will watch anyways.
That's actually part of the reason why I'm upset as I am because I KNOW Madhouse can do so much better.
The only thing that gets me by is the thought that maybe they just thought nobody cares about Gon vs Gido---which seems to be the case here.
