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Hey, Answerman! - Fandoms of Evil

Look In my humble opinion rotoscoping is ugly, I hated it when Ralph Bakshi used it for budget reasons in his movies and i hate it now, its got nothing to do with wanting to be spoon fed the same art style. Im all for trying different things but if you make something look like a bag of arse expect people to mention it (or praise it as some people dig it, different strokes ect). Frankly its a bit snobbish to dismiss the folk who arent finding it to their taste as whiners who are upset their steady diet has been interrupted.

I semi-agree with. The only thing is that I have seen a mountain of reviews from people being overly-whiny for ridiculous reasons. The first review on Crunchyroll before the series even premiered there was: "The worst anime ever!" due totally to him not liking the change in art. Nothing about story or any other details. Worst anime ever. I've been reading so many bashing reviews that go just like that.

A lot of my personal problems with "moe" shows is that they simply look boring. Flowers of Evil never looks boring at all; it's unsettling, it's unnervingly realistic, and it gives it a distinct edge and atmosphere that's completely different from every other anime that's set in a Japanese High School.

I'm sure most of you already know this, but for those that don't: "Light Novels" are called such because they're meant to be, well, light. Breezy, entertaining, pleasuring reads that don't necessarily upset or challenge their readers. Here in America, we call that "Best-selling fiction."

I was also disappointed and agree that the rotoscoping is ugly. But more than that, I found it distracting. It enters into 2D uncanny valley, like watching animation of quick outline real-life sketches in drab colors.

Part of the distraction for me also comes from having way too much mundane motion, all the little tiny movements in other people we normal filter out of our attention in real life, now captured and brought to focus with rotoscoping

The irony is that it is not cheap. You need a slew of live actors AND you have to retrace the frames.

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I'm sure most of you already know this, but for those that don't: "Light Novels" are called such because they're meant to be, well, light. Breezy, entertaining, pleasuring reads that don't necessarily upset or challenge their readers. Here in America, we call that "Best-selling fiction."

I laughed so hard at this, I could almost see Groucho Marx delivering the punch-line and wagging his cigar.

I also agree with Brian's response to Aku no Hana, which was a good reaction I think to the controversy it brought up in parts of the fandom. FWIW, I personally think the rotoscoping looks great, so I think whether you like it or not is ultimately a subjective opinion.

Meh, Flowers of Evil looks good, like something Mamoru Oshii would have made.