Battles are between mixed units, from squads to large fleet engagements. Your usual fight is between two humans, or humanoid beings (including robotic ones). Ghost in the Shell is remarkable in its awesome mecha battle. It’s really a set-piece showcase for the show. It shouldn’t be surprising, given that fights and battles have a lot of stuff going on at a very fast pace. One thing notable about remarkable animated scenes is that a lot of them are fights and battles. Animation quality is better measured (grossly) in terms of frames per second, or the number of images that can be shown in sequence per unit of time. Shows in High Defenition reward us with this quality. Image quality can provide us rich detail, perhaps in terms of pixels/dots per square (insert unit of length here). These are cleverly sequenced to make us see moving subjects.

We are actually being shown one image at a time, one after the other. Motion (in the context of) and animation are misnomers. As can be read from various posts, animation quality isn’t only about how pretty the pictures are, but rather how well they are sequenced to create the illusion of movement. I actually find it unusual that it isn’t discussed enough (well, I guess it does in various reviews). It’s not at all unusual to find articles on animation in the aniblogosphere, from general awesomeness, to eccentricity. This entry was posted in anime, review on by. Associated feeling of the day: mono no aware. My only hope is that not too much trouble lies ahead for Emma, as I wish her well. I find it very intriguing and in the same vein as Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (“Yokohama Shopping Log”) with its slow development and strong focus on tiny little details (with good and detailed animation), but “Emma” seems to have a sadder undertone, which is underlined by the dark brownish-grey colour scheme for a Victorian London (I presume it is London from the picture of Big Ben in the ending), the contrast between poverty and the Rich as well as Emma’s reluctance to accept what would probably be best for her (in a variety of ways) but this is what makes the story.

If you have a strong dislike of (non-superpowered) maids, this is probably not for you it is very much “down-to-earth”.

I quite liked the first episode of the “Emma” anime (and I have to admit that I did not yet get around to take a look at the manga - although I’ve finished “Shirley” by the same author), all of which is thankfully provided by the iichan translation group. Truly a high point for animated films this year! Last but not least, the soundtrack (although sparse) by Plaid fits perfectly. Technically, the 2D animation has a rather low frame-rate at times (and I’m not sure I like the motion-blur post-processing in that context), but the excellent backgrounds and superb 3D animation (which managed to never feel separate) are more than making up for that. The art style takes some getting used to, it is similar to Ping Pong from the same mangaka - which also has an excellent live action adaptation which I cannot recommend heartily enough it evokes many of the same feeling that Tekkon Kinkreet does. I’m a bit sad that many people won’t bother with the film because it seems to make very little sense in the beginning (and not too much more explicit sense in the end) it’s more like a collage of emotions at times. Very enjoyable, but slightly fragmented (with many fades to black separating scenes) and very surreal.

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