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r3ronaldo
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:13 pm Reply with quote
I was wondering is there anime in first-person? I think that would be interesting to see the story through the eyes of the character.
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frentymon
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:16 pm Reply with quote
r3ronaldo wrote:
I was wondering is there anime in first-person? I think that would be interesting to see the story through the eyes of the character.


There's plenty of bishoujo games (dating sims) out there...don't know if that qualifies.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:32 pm Reply with quote
Osamu Tezuka's 1984 film Jumping is told entirely from a first-person perspective. Other than short independent films like these (Ferenc Rofusz's The Fly comes to mind), it's hard to find animations told entirely from a first-person perspective because it's generally more difficult and time-consuming to animate. Of course, many anime titles contain first-person sequences, but they're usually found within more traditionally storyboarded films/series.
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Drowning_Wolf



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:59 pm Reply with quote
It's been a while since I watched it, but if I remember correctly, Le Chevalier D'Eon had a few... seconds in first-person (sometime when D'Eon enters a room or something like that) perspective. I'm probably ain't helping but at least I tried! Very Happy
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KyuuA4



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:10 pm Reply with quote
To have one viewed completely in first person. That'd be a very difficult thing to do.

As far as I can remember, the closest I've seen was the first episode to Suzumiya Haruhi. Well, it's through a camera lens, but close enough.
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CommunistHamster



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:33 pm Reply with quote
KyuuA4 wrote:
To have one viewed completely in first person. That'd be a very difficult thing to do.

As far as I can remember, the closest I've seen was the first episode to Suzumiya Haruhi. Well, it's through a camera lens, but close enough.

There are many scenes in Haruhi where she's talking (and often gesticulating wildly) directly to Kyon, and you see that from his PoV.
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the_silent_child



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:19 pm Reply with quote
I really can't think of any... I always thought that would be a cool thing though.
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Zewerr



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:23 pm Reply with quote
Closest things I can think of is maybe the Black Jack series, Gantz, or maybe even Perfect Blue.

The Black Jack series is usually narrated by Black Jack himself.

Gantz always had Kurono telling us what he was thinking throughout the entire series. If I remember correctly, I think he was the only character in the series doing this.

Perfect Blue is kinda iffy. I guess spoiler[we kinda watched the movie through the eyes of Mima and were constantly seeing her hallucinations.
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HitokiriShadow



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:29 pm Reply with quote
Maybe Flag, sort of. From what I hear, everything is shown through the lens of a camera, and from the same character the entire time (I think).
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:17 am Reply with quote
HitokiriShadow wrote:
Maybe Flag, sort of. From what I hear, everything is shown through the lens of a camera, and from the same character the entire time (I think).



yea that is true, there are some (very few third person shots, actually it dosent even show the main charecter) but yes everything is viewed from the camera.
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KyuuA4



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:28 am Reply with quote
CommunistHamster wrote:
There are many scenes in Haruhi where she's talking (and often gesticulating wildly) directly to Kyon, and you see that from his PoV.


Oh yea. Particularly the formation of the Brigade. Laughing Laughing

Man, after having watched each episode 10 times or more -- I completely forgot these things. Anime hyper
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:15 pm Reply with quote
1st person anime sounds like an intersting idea. Though I don't now if the whole "Blair Witch" angle would be much of a hit. A series or ova definately wouldn't keep me interested for long. One offs wouldn't be so bad. Probably make a nice change to the norm too. Suppose it would also depend on which genre you'd be using it in. Better chance of working in a romance for example. Fights would just lose some of their impact. Mite be funny though Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:18 pm Reply with quote
well as of now, Flag is the only one that is "1st" person or atlest through the eyes of a camera lens
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