Saw the trailers and tbh, the janky 3D animation and sometimes models really put me off

True, but the reason for the vitriol is because most mediocre anime aren’t nearly as popular as SAO.

I think there’s a 50% chance we went to the same theater, because I also went to see The Colors Within yesterday

Haha, yeah, quite likely.

slight plot hole

Hm, maybe, but they were quite lenient with other things in the ends so…

Still a weird experience to go to the mainstream cinema and see an anime film in a packed house, though. That would have been unthinkable a few years ago.

Hmm, I don’t know. It wasnt in any cinemas near me, so it depends on where you are I guess. Bigger cities generally have a wider variety of audiences.

I tried Code Geass as my 1st anime and dropped it 1st episode haha. I didn’t like the OP and the artstyle. Apparently that was enough at the time.

Then I tried SAO (I know), and here I am, 12-13 years later: weeb and still haven’t watched Code Geass.

Haven’t really had the brain space to pick up anything from this season yet, but I did watch two anime films yesterday in the theater: Chainsaw Man: Reze’s Arc and The Colors Within.

CSM: I didn’t like S1 much. I thought it was okay at best. But this film was incredible. Denji is much more human here and Reze is just incredible. She really stole the show. The pool scene everyone raves about deserves all the praise it gets. Visually it’s a big upgrade too imo. More vibrant and better movement. And man, that soundtrack was so good. Kensuke Ushio doesn’t fail to deliver. If this is how the rest of CSM is going to be adapted, I’m all for it.

The Colors Within: the theater I went to ocassionally has anime film showings outside of the release schedule, and they showed this one this time. Great movie as expected of Naoko Yamada, also with a great soundtrack by Kensuke Ushio. Bit of a tonal whiplash to see it right after CSM though haha.

Ah right, personal preference is fair.

I do think that explosive/hype music would’ve been out of place though, looking at the more introspective and mysterious themes of the show.

Hmm, but one of the biggest reasons for its success is the art. You’d need to replicate that somehow in live action, otherwise it’s just pointless tbh

IMO it’s rather lackluster in the music department though. I barely noticed any soundtrack, and when I do, they don’t seem to fit the scene.

What makes you find it lackluster or not fitting?

I think Apothecary Diaries does a stellar job

Nice, I’ll give it a read then.

Sounds interesting. Is it painful or depressing to read the entire way through or is there space to breathe as well? I’d like to give it a read, but I don’t deal well with fiction that is depressing all the time.

Leon is partly to blame for running away and then acting as a distraction

Yeah, I thought they were going to do this and that probably is what actually happened, but instead they chose for Leon to believe something a bit more unlikely.

If they can’t figure out where to go, I hope they do. Would be a waste to turn something good into something bad just to keep it going, but that is unfortunately how things tend to go.

Yeah, same. I don’t think the mangaka knows either. Hopefully they settle soon or simply end it

Hmm, yeah. Better than the usual 6 or more months though

Wasn’t the recent Demon Slayer movie a simul-release (or close to)?

Why do people so often blame and shame the actual people that worked on this? It’s so dumb. You think the director and animators wanted to deliver bad animation?

I do hope the movie will be released worldwide at the same time

That’s rough. It feels really unfinished, but I guess it got the axe

It’s almost always the production committee. At the same time, J.C. Staff leadership is not blameless. The studio doesn’t have a particularly good track record. They keep taking on projects that result in lackluster to poor animation. Often many at the same time too (and I’m guessing for bottom prices).

Of course, blaming the actual animators is dumb and stupid.