Minami-ke Okaeri looks perfectly fine
January 7th, 2009 at 00:31:04 by wahHey guys, there’s stupid people on the internet, and today the stupid people are complaining about the artwork in the newest Minami-ke series, Okaeri.
Take a moment and think: how many anime fans have been to art school? Well, I know one, but that’s about it!
For a period of time–specifically, one and half years–I was an art student. I took all the rigorous foundation classes, and have a pretty good grasp on the fundamentals of good art (even if my own art doesn’t necessarily reflect that.) In my eyes–my trained, art school eyes–Okaeri looks slightly above average. The animation is TV standard, but has some nice fluid cuts here and there. The characters generally stay on model, but there are admittedly a few bad cuts. This is normal. In fact, most of the shows anime fans go crazy over have animation that’s worse than this. I wonder if all the Okaeri detractors also watched and enjoyed both seasons of Rosario + Vampire. Most probably!
The most surprising part about this response is that asread is actually trying to mimic the look of Doumo’s original series. And you know, they’re doing a damn good job! Sure, the character art is more on the Okawari side of things, but the colours and the linework are more in keeping with the show’s first season. I honestly think most of this response is just people jumping on a hate train started by some 2ch faggots.
Bottom line is it’s all fine, and people are dumb. Out of the whole episode, the worst shots my art-school-eyes saw were actually in the ending sequence, and this one frame is kind of bad:
But hey, it’s only on the screen for like two seconds. So whatever.
Tags: Minami-ke
January 7th, 2009 at 02:03:34
It’s awful.
January 7th, 2009 at 02:21:12
http://forums.megatokyo.com/index.php?showtopic=1732411&view=findpost&p=4846798
“The animation really isn’t that bad at all. ”
http://porkcutlets.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/something-off-about-minami-ke-okaeri/
“It looks like shit.”
flipflopper
January 7th, 2009 at 02:29:47
I’m like a politician!
January 7th, 2009 at 02:37:44
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/11/07/minamike-third-season-air-dates-confirmed/
This article claims that this season is actually animated by Doumo, so its no wonder there are so many similarities. I found the first episode to be just fine. I hope they can keep it up.
January 7th, 2009 at 04:22:37
I complained. Sorry sensei!
January 7th, 2009 at 06:45:16
I don’t really care about the animation, but I’d like to know if Okaeri is funnier than Okawari.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:47:59
>>This article claims that this season is actually animated by Doumo
It’s still by asread. Though there are rumours that they have some Doumo animators.
>>I don’t really care about the animation, but I’d like to know if Okaeri is funnier than Okawari.
Uhh… it seems better.
>>I’m like a politician!
You voted for it before you voted against it D:
>>I complained. Sorry sensei!
I’d just like it if people weren’t so quick to HATE, you know?
January 7th, 2009 at 11:14:13
Actually, I go to an arts school and that Art’s school has anime club. So actually, I know a lot.
January 7th, 2009 at 14:32:44
I listen Art-School.
And I love Higurashi series even though half of the pictures are fucked up. So I can’t imagine one or two retarted pictures ruin the whole show.
January 7th, 2009 at 20:02:26
so wah, I want to see a post regarding the re-illegalization of virtual child porn.
January 7th, 2009 at 20:31:31
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January 7th, 2009 at 22:32:38
aside from nitpicking about art and animation, s1 > s2 > s3. trilogy curse strikes again.
January 8th, 2009 at 14:24:01
So nobody realized how good the flow of the episode was because they were just caught up with the new visuals?
If you want bad art, watch Akikan. It might just win worst show of the season.
January 11th, 2009 at 01:38:00
Sure quality issues, but I enjoyed this episode anyways. They made fans a 3rd season! That’s a lot of ask for already.
January 12th, 2009 at 05:29:58
Chiaki looks even mroe awesome in this than in the Doumo version.
January 16th, 2009 at 01:31:24
Good grief, the artwork in this series is total rubbish. It’s unrelenting in its awfulness. I thought the artwork in the previous seasons was pretty shoddy, but this is just abysmal. Minami-ke can only get marginally good considering the color palette is so monotonous, but it doesn’t even get close to that.
A year-and-a-half of art and design courses per se doesn’t qualify you to know good proportions and perspective or anything else that’s a must when it comes to figure drawing, faces, etc. Some people are at that point before even starting university, and some never reach it even after years of courses. (Art courses can only “teach” so much, anyway. Natural ability and practice goes much further in that field than in most others.)
Oh, and Minami-ke’s story is beyond boring at this point. It was always just short of worthless, but this is just irredeemable, heh.
January 16th, 2009 at 09:52:30
You know someone is missing the point when they complain about Minami-ke’s story.
Hint: It’s a slice of life comedy.
January 16th, 2009 at 13:25:30
I’d say someone’s missing the point when he or she points to a work’s genre to excuse its poor execution. Being “slice-of-life” is no excuse for being boring. There’s funny and interesting slice-of-life manga/anime out there; the genre should have no bearing on writing quality, and indeed does not. Azumanga, Lucky Star, Hyakko — they are slice-of-life but they don’t cure insomnia the way Minami-ke does.
January 16th, 2009 at 14:14:42
It’s a matter of taste.
But you’re still missing the point.
June 29th, 2009 at 05:24:58
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