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[DeafTourette]

Hey guys ...

I was wondering... What are some examples of VERY good animation?

For me, Star Trek Lower Decks... Especially the most recent episode Empathalogical Fallacies.

And the whole 2 seasons of Vox Machina...

They have such fluid animations that look like they were rotoscoped instead of hand drawn ...


In fact, that's how some of the animation for Across the Spiderverse came off to me as well!

What about y'all?

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Esca]

Studio Ghibli thread

 

[Fbh]

Sword of the Stranger had some nice animation

Redline was great too, very dynamic and with a true sense of speed and momentum

Cowboy Bebop of course too:

 

[DeafTourette]

My animation heart is getting so full right now!

 

[Chuck Berry]

Of course its nothing but anime so far

Of fucking course lmaoo

 

[Trunx81]

 

[Maiden Voyage]

The greatest anime of all time

 

[Trunx81]

Of course its nothing but anime so far

Of fucking course lmaoo

That’s actually from a Belgian comic, though

 

[Dr_Salt]

 

[Doom85]

In terms of TV series:

Demon Slayer:

Chainsaw Man:

One Punch Man:

Arcane:

Attack on Titan:

 

[Bojji]

I think Akira and GitS are still the best animated things that humans have ever made:

 

[DeafTourette]

^^ DUUUDE!!!!!

 

[Bojji]

^^ DUUUDE!!!!!

This is public on YT without age verification.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Gifs are limited so above might not be the best representation but spiderverse has some good shit.

 

[Wheeljack539]

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland was a really good looking movie:

 

[jason10mm]

I've always thought Perfect Blue was the only animated movie that REALLY worked at the same level as live action.

I'm a big fan of the Fleischer Superman style, old Disney, WB in general. Cuphead was great for this.

 

[nkarafo]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit:

Doesn't get more fluid than that. Richard Williams was the GOAT of hand made animation.

 

[ManaByte]

Glen Keane from 1989-2002: Ariel, Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tarzan, John Silver.

 

[Laieon]

I've always liked this part in Deathly Hallows part 1.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[bender]

Love this scene from Ponyo.

 

[Robot Carnival]

the song itself is catchy as hell, even if the lyric itself is not going to be everyone's thing. but the animation is just so smooth, it's one of the best I've seen lately from a small animator.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[newtypepilot]

and since people like to shit on 3D animation,

 

[Futaleufu]

In the 70s nobody did it better than Tatsunoko

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Of course its nothing but anime so far

Of fucking course lmaoo

Post some examples of Western animation then.

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[LimanimaPT]

and since people like to shit on 3D animation,

Came here to post Paprika. Superb animation, it reminded me of both GITS and Akira.
For those who haven't seen it, it's on netflix or amazon prime, not sure.

 

[StueyDuck]

Anything that isn't muted colors and bean mouth.

Also whatever the fuck big mouth is can also be thrown in the shit pile

 

[The Cockatrice]

People already gave a ton of great animes so I'll just go ahead and say Arcane. Its one of my favorite tv animations of all time. Took them 7 years tho so s2 might be a while until it hits.

 

[near]

 

[Doczu]

Motherfucking REDLINE is the only right answer.



And it got a banger OST too. Do yourself a favor and watch it ASAP

 

[Toots]

Kemonozume

It's a madhouse production so the animation is top notch, while extremely unconventional in some aspects.
It's only 13 episodes and i cannot recommend it to you enough, if you like japanese animation or beautiful love stories.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[AJUMP23]

Don Bluth. His stuff is great. Secret of Nihm was always good to me.

 

[Hugare]

Kemonozume

It's a madhouse production so the animation is top notch, while extremely unconventional in some aspects.
It's only 13 episodes and i cannot recommend it to you enough, if you like japanese animation or beautiful love stories.

I've searched for it, and of course its a Masaaki Yuaza production

The guy is a genius. He is known for his very fluid animation style.

Ping Pong, Japan Sinks, Tatami Galaxy, Devilman Cyrbaby, Ride your wave and etc.

 

[Hudo]

Nier Automata was the first game where I actively caught myself thinking about the animations and how well they blend with the player input. I am especially fond of the animations for the spear.


And I am especially fond of A2's taunt animation for the spear. Sexy as fuck.


Edit: Also the spritework of Breath of Fire 4 is just fucking beautiful.

 

[MastAndo]

 

[Paltheos]

From Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, which I just rewatched recently.


As a general rule of thumb you can take any old OVA from Japan from the 1980s and watch it run circles around modern animation (although, incidentally, this movie is from the year 2000).

Not bad, although Brotherhood commits a cardinal sin that allot of modern anime does (and is seen here briefly) where destruction of landscape is often presented as flashes of cubes and similar looking, very clean polyhedrons that just kinda pop out of the ground like confetti. It never fails to look comically awful and is so prevalent in anime but I don't know where the idea came from. The shot here where Ed throws Envy into the pillar is also bad because it showcases a crater with the blast of rock even though, again, Envy's very clearly being thrown into a pillar.

 

[CGNoire]

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[RaduN]

Appleseed 2004

The motion capture was flawless, Metal Gear level of quality.

 

[FunkMiller]

Come the fuck on, people.

 

[jason10mm]

Come the fuck on, people.

Animators got sick working with the stuff they used for the early episodes of that show, right? Something about using black paper and funky chemicals?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Not bad, although Brotherhood commits a cardinal sin that allot of modern anime does (and is seen here briefly) where destruction of landscape is often presented as flashes of cubes and similar looking, very clean polyhedrons that just kinda pop out of the ground like confetti. It never fails to look comically awful and is so prevalent in anime but I don't know where the idea came from. The shot here where Ed throws Envy into the pillar is also bad because it showcases a crater with the blast of rock even though, again, Envy's very clearly being thrown into a pillar.

Probably from Yutaka Nakamura's influence

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[Musashipan]

In terms of TV series:

Demon Slayer:

Chainsaw Man:

One Punch Man:

Arcane:

Attack on Titan:

This
No wonder how expensive those Animes are