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omoikane
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There are plenty of washed out and low detail scenes in the first season of Love Live too. I think comparing the two shows like this does nobody any favors, more importantly.
I think you need to talk to these animators and see what they actually worked on. My impression from the Anim@s animators are probably too personal to share here but let's just say that before Love Live S1, there was not much of Love Live to love in the first place, because there weren't all that much of it at all. Most people did not know what it was at the time. At the least you can credit the animation team for being professional and doing a good job tackling something they didn't know much about going into it. For IDOLM@STER TV, the love comes through in the way not only how things are animated, but it's in the design, the writing, the attention to detail, the fandom lore, and just how much effort was put into putting the show together above and beyond the average. It also extends to the background stories some of the creators shared over time. The doujinshi the animation team created, stuff like that. There was already an established fan base in Japan for IDOLM@STER by the time the anime was in production, and more than a few of those fans probably had a chip on their shoulders given how things were turning out at the time.
I think you must be confusing A-1 with some non-profit organization. A-1 was established by Aniplex and had a very clear purpose from the start. It was as "commercial" as you can get from the get go, and the studio was building up its staff and pipeline to increase its production capacity over time. Their earlier works were less ambitious, but now they have the capacity to do something like Cindderella Girls and turn around to make Granblue Fantasy, for example... Sunrise is way "worse" in that regard. What's ironic is that I think you are right in that how IDOLM@STER TV was largely created in 2011-12, during a time when A-1 did not have all the money and resources they have today, so in order to produce the anime they relied on the effort of a wide cast of animators, giving it the characteristic mentioned in the review. Which is why Cinderella Girls look much more "consistent" due to having more dedicated resources on the production.
I really have three minds on this comment but they all agree that you need to stop confusing your own biases with what is objectively good? If you know anything about the character design history of IM@S over the years, you might realize what was accomplished in the IM@S anime is, actually, quite like Space Dandy and how its design elements change over each episode. I guess that sort of background is missing in this review but I guess I can't fault people not knowing how many character designers had a hand in this franchise.
Are you just butt hurt how one review thought the IDOLM@STER anime being better than Love Live anime, and how that fact subconsciously makes you question your own opinions and beliefs? |
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