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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#31501: Dec 22nd 2015 at 3:03:47 PM

Low budget my ass.

This animation team needs to be offered more work if that's the case.

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#31502: Dec 22nd 2015 at 3:08:07 PM

[up] The animation director stated on Twitter that it is the usual average budget they had (160,000 US dollars an episode).

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#31503: Dec 22nd 2015 at 4:18:09 PM

160,000 USD per episode? No wonder anime's really expensive.

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#31504: Dec 22nd 2015 at 5:04:08 PM

Animation's gorgeous tho.

Anyway, problem is, even if they have the exact same budget, what they spend it on is very different.

So I imagine that the budget Toei gives to its animators is quite a bit smaller than the budget per episode would suggest. Even animators who're just doing it for the paycheck are likely to put in a lot of effort if it's a big fat paycheck.

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#31505: Dec 22nd 2015 at 5:29:53 PM

I think it's a combination of that and it being just plain rushed. People looking at the credits realised the animation team that did Episode 24 had just done Episode 19. That gives them 5 weeks to work on it. Apparently, the average schedule for an episode is about eight weeks.

No wonder the episode looked crap.

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#31506: Dec 22nd 2015 at 5:32:09 PM

So caught the new ep.

Nothing interesting at all, and the sub I watched was poor as well.

All in all, Super isn't very super. It needs to get it's head out of it's ass and kick things up a notch.

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#31507: Dec 22nd 2015 at 5:55:55 PM

Well, Toei is also doing One Piece; I'd imagine half assing episodes is just their way of saving money.

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#31508: Dec 22nd 2015 at 6:16:44 PM

It's probably less "let's half ass it to save money" and more "let's half ass it because I don't give a shit".

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#31509: Dec 22nd 2015 at 6:20:59 PM

Meanwhile, their best animators along with a bunch of Web gen animators (animators that came to prominence on the Internet) focus on Precure instead.

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#31510: Dec 22nd 2015 at 6:22:04 PM

Lower animation quality would be forgivable if the content was more appealing and less padded. Again, this is the third time TOEI's efforts have ended up this way and the second time they don't have an incomplete manga as an excuse.

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#31511: Dec 22nd 2015 at 6:28:26 PM

Yeah, there's exactly no reason for filler when you're adapting a completed work.

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#31512: Dec 22nd 2015 at 6:29:28 PM

"Cough Cough Studio Pierrot and Naruto, Cough Cough"

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#31514: Dec 22nd 2015 at 6:44:05 PM

[up] You Mean Hiatus X Hiatus.

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Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#31515: Dec 22nd 2015 at 7:49:06 PM

[up][up]Hunter x Hunter did not have any filler.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#31516: Dec 22nd 2015 at 7:52:55 PM

Yeah,but like Naruto,they haven't animated the last bits of content left. tongue

Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#31517: Dec 22nd 2015 at 7:57:28 PM

[up]Because there is not enough to make a story out of it. The point they ended on was a good ending point anyway.

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#31518: Dec 22nd 2015 at 9:23:04 PM

It's weird. The Battle of Gods arc was a bit too long and was full of padding, but the Resurrection 'F' arc has actually been a lot quicker. And instead of just padding out everything, they put a whole bunch of deviations in about 2 episodes. And now they're sort of ignoring those deviations.

Although having Goku and Freeza spending so much time fighting in base made Vegeta's tantrum make a lot more sense. Just transform already!

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#31520: Dec 23rd 2015 at 11:22:57 AM

Is that the Supreme Kai of Time's name?

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#31522: Dec 23rd 2015 at 11:26:37 AM

I would make a crack about how uncreative it is but this is Dragon Ball. Theme naming is Toriyama's favorite joke. Of course the Kaioshin of Time is named after time. I'd be disappointed if she wasn't.

edited 23rd Dec '15 11:26:52 AM by TobiasDrake

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#31523: Dec 23rd 2015 at 11:27:24 AM

Least it's not Yhwach.

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#31524: Dec 23rd 2015 at 11:33:59 AM

Naming a god of time after time is better than naming aliens after vegetables, low temperatures or fruits.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#31525: Dec 23rd 2015 at 11:37:10 AM

[up][up]Hey, I thought it was a cool name. But I like Kubo's names in general.

edited 23rd Dec '15 11:46:41 AM by LSBK


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