Higher Budget ≠ Better Animation. One Punch Man Season 1 is the best example of this. It had a completely average budget for a TV anime, but was turned into an insane spectacle thanks to a passionate and experienced director (Shingo Natsume) with an impressively vast network of connections in the industry. The budget for One Piece, and even the long-running Black Clover adaptation are fine, problems in these shows stem from a whole another slew of issues including poor management and scheduling, and a lack of resources from the studio (these are especially big problems for Black Clover).
The first three seasons of Haikyu!! are pretty much the gold standard for an anime adaptation. It's the perfect intersection of awe-inspiring animation, striking storyboards, an amazing soundtrack, and just the right amount of changes that really make Furudate's story shine in a different medium and build on their ideas in great ways (just compare the first chapter of Haikyu!! to the anime's first episode). On top of that, it's blessed with some of Takahiro Kishida's best character designs and the legendary Takahiro Chiba as an aninmation director! Season 4 isn't terrible (most of the staff is the same and the new director and character designs by Kishida are still very good), but living up to the first three seasons on a much tighter schedule is a tall order.
*Blu-Ray versions
It might not be the best ever as in having the flashiest animated scenes or the biggest budget... But for a weekly release that ran for almost 3 years HxH 2011 is splendid in every aspect except maybe the OST which at first they repeated a lot of songs.
As far as long running adaptations, Naruto.
The fillers does help the pacing and it feels natural like it should be on the Manga without feel like a dragged. That's why Aya komaki does fix the padding and make it more like theatrical rather than look mediocre episode. Her creativity on those fillers is insane like she knew everything on Oda's script.
Slam Dunk and Yu Yu Hakusho remake but I think it should be different studio
JJBA doesn't need to be highly animated for the earlier parts and it makes up for it with being very well directed. With the introduction of stands it needed it and the only time where the animation was an issue was in part 4 (a lot of outsorucing near the end iirc). JJBA excels in is its incredible direction, capturing the flair/style of the manga and the homage the anime pays to the manga is a very nice touch especially in the openings. That said, part 5 was animated very well which is funny since people were worried about it and it ended up being the best animated part.
Especially if those are written by a good writer/storyboard (it can be good as the author or creator) it really does help all the time.
I'm sorry but the fact that you think extending 2-3 pages into half an episode regularly is a good thing to do says it all.
| Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #18: |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Cover & LCP) |
| Dr. STONE |
| My Hero Academia |
| The Promised Neverland |
| Chainsaw Man |
| Haikyu!! |
| We Never Learn |
| MASHLE |
| ACT-AGE (CP) |
| Undead Unluck |
| Jujutsu Kaisen |
| Mitama Security: Spirit Busters (CP) |
| Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs |
| Black Clover |
| Agravity Boys |
| Guardian of the Witch |
| Ginnan Girls (One-Shot) |
| Mission: Yozakura Family |
| ZIPMAN!! |
| Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #19: |
| Cover & LCP: One Piece |
| CP: Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, One-Shot by Tsujita Taisei |
Shinbo working on YYH was incredible
Not sure if it's confirmed or not. But i've heard that Kimetsu is supposedly ending in 5/6 chapters according to 2ch leaks. As for the second announcement, we still have no idea. Though I would certianly would want it to be....a certian return....
Yeah, I read the same thing but until we get proof I always take this stuff with a grain of salt.
