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EP. REVIEW: Thunderbolt Fantasy

Well it isn't anime. It's not animation of any kind. The things being photographed are actually moving before the cameras in real time, so no animation is involved. It's no more animation than the Muppets are, and the only thing not live-action about it is the puppets aren't alive. Special effects, yes, animation, no.

That said, that's still no reason to bar it from sites that have to do with animation or anime, given the interest in the production staff of a large number of visitors to such sites.

However, I found that this episode once again showcased my main (and honestly, only) issue with Urobuchi's writing in this series (and in general): how indulgent it is. It feels like every conversation takes juuuuuust a little longer than it should, and every character gets to say their piece for slightly longer than seems necessary, or even logical, given the urgency of their mission. This was an issue in Fate/Zero, and even more so in Psycho Pass, and to a lesser extent in Gargantia (but weirdly not in Madoka at all. Go figure). As quick as the pacing seems to be as-is, he could have probably used a stricter editor.

But it is animation. By that logic, stopmotion animation doesn't count either.

I find it interesting that the archer is as accurate as he is, since he aims with his patched eye.

Gina Szanboti wrote:

Well it isn't anime. It's not animation of any kind. The things being photographed are actually moving before the cameras in real time, so no animation is involved. It's no more animation than the Muppets are, and the only thing not live-action about it is the puppets aren't alive. Special effects, yes, animation, no. That said, that's still no reason to bar it from sites that have to do with animation or anime, given the interest in the production staff of a large number of visitors to such sites.

But it is animation. By that logic, stopmotion animation doesn't count either.

Gina Szanboti wrote:

Well it isn't anime. It's not animation of any kind. The things being photographed are actually moving before the cameras in real time, so no animation is involved. It's no more animation than the Muppets are, and the only thing not live-action about it is the puppets aren't alive. Special effects, yes, animation, no. That said, that's still no reason to bar it from sites that have to do with animation or anime, given the interest in the production staff of a large number of visitors to such sites.

But it is animation. By that logic, stopmotion animation doesn't count either.

Lord Dcast wrote:

Gina Szanboti wrote: Well it isn't anime. It's not animation of any kind. The things being photographed are actually moving before the cameras in real time, so no animation is involved. It's no more animation than the Muppets are, and the only thing not live-action about it is the puppets aren't alive. Special effects, yes, animation, no. That said, that's still no reason to bar it from sites that have to do with animation or anime, given the interest in the production staff of a large number of visitors to such sites. But it is animation. By that logic, stopmotion animation doesn't count either.

Yeah, no. That's not the same at all. As Gina already pointed out above me, stop motion is taking still photographs of still objects and splicing them together to create the illusion of motion. This is just video taping actual moving objects. It is essentially live action.