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INTEREST: 'Otaking' Tears Apart In Another World With My Smartphone's Animation

In the episode, Okada called In Another World With My Smartphone "awful as anime." He added that before he watched the series, he was sure he would "become dumb just by watching it."

Okada criticized the image below for the character's overly long legs. In addition, the left hand's position makes it impossible for the hand to be attached to the boy's arm in a real human way.

Oh good, not that other Otaking.

Anyway, OldManYellsAtCloud.jpg is a bit overused. So let's get a bit classier with this excerpt from Teddy Roosevelt.

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

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Okada criticized the image below for the character's overly long legs. In addition, the left hand's position makes it impossible for the hand to be attached to the boy's arm in a real human way.

I'm curious what this expert would say about Welcome to the Ballroom necks.

Jonny Mendes wrote:

Quote: Okada criticized the image below for the character's overly long legs. In addition, the left hand's position makes it impossible for the hand to be attached to the boy's arm in a real human way. I'm curious what this expert would say about Welcome to the Ballroom necks.

Well considering he has made almost 200 episodes on his YouTube channel there is a good chance he will get around to it eventually. Also it would depend on what Okada personally considers to be an animation error and what he would accept as part of the art style.

We are talking about Isekai Smartphone, right? What about it strikes you as "striving valiantly" or "daring greatly"? I ask that genuinely, and I welcome any efforts to persuade me about the merits of the show.

Also, the metaphor falls apart, given that he isn't just some critic, but a former member of the industry. Say what you will of the man, but he certainly knows "victory and defeat" as it relates to the anime industry.

zrnzle500 wrote:

We are talking about Isekai Smartphone, right? What about it strikes you as "striving valiantly" or "daring greatly"? I ask that genuinely, and I welcome any efforts to persuade me about the merits of the show. Also, the metaphor falls apart, given that he isn't just some critic, but a former member of the industry. Say what you will of the man, but he certainly knows "victory and defeat" as it relates to the anime industry.

Okada's not an animator, though. He was a president for a company that ironically didn't make it's big break until he quit. He's another one of those people like Yamakan who can't find work anymore so they complain about the industry.