How much value do you put into visual direction?

Enough to see that you're baiting.

>>>/s4s/

>>147804323
These shows actually look unironically better than most

>>147804510
This.

>>147804323
I find the direction in OPM pretty conventional.

>>147804510
This. Idiots don't know good visuals when they see them.

>>147804323
>1 for each year
>2 for 2016
Get Re:Zero out of here and find a 2009 anime, you lazy fuck.

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>>147804323
>Anime
>Art direction
As much as I like some of these shows 99% of the time they are dull or average looking with some neat visuals from time to time.
The way anime is done does not leave a lot of room for the visual storytelling or art direction.
OVAs, manga or movies on the other hand...

Here is your ((You))

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>>147804323
>>>>>not MB100

>>147804510
Not really. Only SAO and Kimi have good production values, and the rest range from garbage looking to mediocre.

>>147806497
madoka's art direction was good

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>>147804323
None.

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>re:zero 2016 choice
>not MP100

>>147804323
Art direction is more complex then just looking beautiful. It creates atmosphere, sets the tone of a scene, and can tell a complex story without any characters saying anything. So, yeah. I think it's pretty important. My ranking is

1. Writing
2. Dialogue
3. Art Direction
4. Audio Design
5. Character Design

>>147804510
SnK and Mekakucity both looked like garbage, Re:Zero and SAO were pretty average, and OPM "looked good" but mainly as an animation highlight.

>>147811118
Re:Zero's animation was pretty average and QUALITY showed up on occasion, but it had really creative visual direction.

Madoka also had a ton of QUALITY, but I honestly don't care about technical skill in animation when it comes visual direction as much as I do with having the visuals convey actual meaning to the story, and being aestheticly unique.

Kyoani is so overrated in this regard. If solid animation quality is all you care about, US animation eclipses any anime.

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>>147812908
>US animation eclipses any anime.
EL OH EL

>>147812908
Re:Zero and Madoka were both poorly directed. Madoka was narrowly saved by aesthetics, though.

Reddit zero was very average looking.

>Mekaku shittyactors
>Visual direction
garbage thread. Into the trash it goes.

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>>147813598
You just don't understand QUALITYkino

>>147813861
That one is actually good.

>>147813395
Re: Zero was only watchable because White Fox know what they're doing. It wasn't poorly directed in the slightest.

>>147814129
>that retarded melodrama and edginess
>well directed

>>147813395
This has got to be fucking b8. Both of those shows can attribute a great bit of their popularity to the directing.

>>147813861
>thunderbolt
My nigga.

>>147813291
The US used that kind of animation decades ago.

>>147814200
What the hell are you talking about? Re:Zero's adaptation could have been easily botched and basically not talked about at all. It's source material isn't that outstanding in the slightest, and the anime is generally way more highly regarded than the LN or Manga. Re:Zero was basically unheard of until the adaptation.

The directing had a ton to do with it's success.

>>147813685
is this hyouka
i never finished it

>>147813395
ultra bait.

>>147814655
People watched it because it's edgy, has time travel shenanigans and waifus. That's it. The direction was really bland.

>>147804323
SAO was generic as fuck
Rezero was the same, except half the cast had same face syndrome

>>147813861
Which Thunderbolt episode? The direction style changed between them.

>>147814833
Okay, you're clearly an idiot. You don't even understand the capacity of things in which the director has an influence on. All those criticisms you're throwing out, not only are they just plain stupid and wrong, but not in any way relevant to the direction of the show. Your beef is with the source material.

>>147815165
Not him, but you sound like the idiot, not him. His argument is that the directing wasn't important to its success, so he's listing reasons people watched it that aren't relevant to the directing.

>>147814655
Are Retard:Zerofags now pretending that their mediocre, fading show had even remotely good direction?

>>147804323
Isn't that just "art style"

>>147814655
I remember Reddit:Zero being hyped a lot here before the anime aired.

>>147804323
This is a very good thread

Story > character design > seiyuu > background art > animation

>>147813685
can someone give me a rundown on what's wrong with this scene? I know the perspective for takane is off around 8 secs in and the animations a little stiff, but it still looks relatively fine.

>>147806790
SAO has production dosh but their actual direction with it is pretty standard and cookie cutter.
2012 huh? Psycho PAss came out that year right? I'd say it had better visual direction than the generic JRPG/Final Fantasy shtick that was SAO's aesthetic

>>147817687
Psycho Pass looked a shit ton worse than SAO.

>>147804323
Katanagatari has the best visual direction of the bunch

>>147811003
>1. Writing

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>reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeddit:zero
>visual direction

lol

>>147818623
it was pretty average

>>147818497
Fucking kill yourself my dude

>>147817419
The backgrounds look very low quality, the explosion effects are very simplistic, the animation is stiff, the editing seems off, for example at sec 14 when she shoots a pig balloon from behind with her right arm, the next shot is a close up of her left arm shooting what it appears to be the same pig? Or maybe it was a different one but the fact that I'm confused about the continuity of the shot shows that the editing was sloppy. There's also a couple of other shots that confuse me.

>>147818497
This. SAO never had QUALITY and had much more sakuga than psyco piss.

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>>147819318
Can somebody teach Shaft how to into shot composition?

>>147804323
>Re:Zero
>Not mob psycho

Are you blind?

>>147818710
rip beestle girl

>>147819759
I feel like someone who only got into anime within the last month or so could say this over calling out all of the rest of the bait in the chart

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Fuck off, I did this first.

>>147820079
even worse than OP's

>>147820098
It was supposed to be a troll post back when I first did it.

>>147820118
even worse than OP's in that regard too

>>147820079
>mobshit
>space blandy
>hibikek

At least you tried, 1/10

>>147820079
>Wanting credit for something you posted anonymously on a Syrian boardgame wiki

Pathetic desu

>wanting style over substance

>>147804323
Solid choices. I'd argue Mahoutsukai No Yome has great direction even though it's held back by stiff dialogue.

>>147820185
>being an apologist for ugly anime

>>147819759
MP100 has absolutely stunning animation but its direction is mediocre, Re:Zero is the other way around.

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>>147820185
why is that any anime with any ounce or visual flair or personality people are so quick to say "lolstyle over substance"

>>147820306
I don't understand how anyone could watch mob and come up with that opinion

>>147820306
Mob has great animation and good direction. Re:Zero has bad animation and mediocre direction.

>>147820157

Keep telling yourself that Mob and Space Dandy weren't visually outstanding

>>147820381
just cause you don't like a show doesn't mean its animation and direction are bad

>>147820381
It's all wasted when you have that shit-terrible character design.

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>>147804323
>not Hyouka for 2012

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>>147820079

>>147820436
You have no idea what you're talking about

>>147820419
>quoting mob and dandy but not eupho

>>147820441
it's a fucking bait image

>>147820448
are you serious?

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So this year's top anime is a close race between yet another anime film geared toward normalfags that I might get around to watching. And its contender, a show that keeps 6-7 active threads up on /a/ and is commonly known as reddit:zero that looks so average, especially with the 5.0/5.0 rating on CR, that I dropped it before episode 1.

If you want substance, it's found in years past works.

> tl;dr New Game is AOTY; Nene is BGOTY

>>147820448
I can get behind this.

>>147820521
>that I dropped before episode one

Do you think this statement is supposed to sound smart? You sound like a retard who exclusively listens to e-celebs like Digibro on what you should like/watch and dislike/not watch.

Please acquire an actual personal set of opinions you underaged drone.

>>147820521
>this year's top anime is a close race between kimi no na wa and re zero
says fucking who?

>2014
>not Mahouka

>Two SHAFT shows
I can somewhat see how someone could put Madoka in here but SHAFT's visuals are fucking retarded, especially in Mekakucity Actors

Somehow I noticed this before sao, aot and one punch man

>>147808239
Shinbo's a hack, he's been pulling the same tricks since 1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-lNsV2IUoM

>>147823264
we're talking about madoka here

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>AoT
Remember that time they didn't even fucking color the ground?
>SAO
Remember how the only good artwork was the backgrounds? Unless you were dumb enough to think Starburst Stream looked good because there were pretty lights everywhere.

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Woah there brother, you seem to have some incorrect opinions on those charts.

Please refer to this one and fix your charts to actually reflect good anime

>>147824050
Let me fix that for you:

Any anime
Any comics
Any movies made by Hollywood after 1950
Any TV shows
Any novels written after 1990

>>147804323
>Mekakushitty CGI
>good visual direction

>>147824242
>Expecting an anime not to have shitty CGI
>in 2016

>>147804323
The time between season is terrible.

>>147804323
it's animation's best selling point compared to other medium, so a lot

>>147820769

> keeps 6-7 active threads up on /a/ and is commonly known as reddit:zero

This is where my image of the show is formed, fagget

> a retard who exclusively listens to e-celebs like Digibro

Not sure what that is, I guess some gay shit you're into?

> bullshit, bullshit, etc. ... drone

I'm a drone while you defend this generic 2016 anime literally marketed to 14 year old Japanese kids. Good talk.

>>147824471
Is this post supposed to be bait or are you just retarded? I honestly can't tell

>>>Re:zero
>Visual direction

It was forgettable style wise. Animation and character design was bland and forgettable desu.

Hell, Danganronpa EASILY had better style direction. Or kiznaiver, as triggered as that show makes /a/, had good character design and very crisp animation/style.

>>147824471
>My opinion of the show is negative because of its popularity

Okay

>>147804510
OPM looked bad besides the fight scenes.

>>147825339
mob looks bad all the time