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REVIEW: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

The film is absolutely filled with dynamic shots—especially during fight scenes—that, while possible with traditional animation, would be prohibitively expensive.

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The film is absolutely filled with dynamic shots—especially during fight scenes—that, while possible with traditional animation, would be prohibitively expensive.

Oh boy, a common misconception that's been debunked by industry people numerous times in a review for a large website that is all about anime. Contrary to popular belief CGI is actually more expensive than traditional animation. And considering how badly 2D animators are paid it shouldn't be that surprising.

Matros wrote:

Quote: The film is absolutely filled with dynamic shots—especially during fight scenes—that, while possible with traditional animation, would be prohibitively expensive. Oh boy, a common misconception that's been debunked by industry people numerous times in a review for a large website that is all about anime. Contrary to popular belief CGI is actually more expensive than traditional animation. And considering how badly 2D animators are paid it shouldn't be that surprising.

Yeah I don't know where this misconception comes from. This is come from a person who has worked in various 3D programs. Yeah for characters you only need to have one model and unlike traditional animation you don't have to keep drawing them ad nauseum. However, there are other complications to consider when doing CG. The fact that it is simply in three dimension means you have worry about lighting, weight, textures, camera, etc. It actually far more work than most people would even consider.

So it might be cheaper in some situations like vehicles or crowd shots as you see in most anime nowadays. Overall though it is cheaper and it is not easier. The equipment alone is expensive enough along with the software which is not cheap I'll tell you that much. I'm sure the author means well and there are probably some things I haven't considered but I am just speaking from personal experience.

Lastly, the film falls into the ever-looming pitfall of adding even more transformations into the series. While a new transformation for Piccolo makes sense (it's been a long time since he had anything like one), the other new transformation seen in the film feels completely unearned.

Matros wrote:

Quote: The film is absolutely filled with dynamic shots—especially during fight scenes—that, while possible with traditional animation, would be prohibitively expensive. Oh boy, a common misconception that's been debunked by industry people numerous times in a review for a large website that is all about anime. Contrary to popular belief CGI is actually more expensive than traditional animation. And considering how badly 2D animators are paid it shouldn't be that surprising.

Yeah I don't know where this misconception comes from. This is come from a person who has worked in various 3D programs. Yeah for characters you only need to have one model and unlike traditional animation you don't have to keep drawing them ad nauseum. However, there are other complications to consider when doing CG. The fact that it is simply in three dimension means you have worry about lighting, weight, textures, camera, etc. It actually far more work than most people would even consider.

So it might be cheaper in some situations like vehicles or crowd shots as you see in most anime nowadays. Overall though it is cheaper and it is not easier. The equipment alone is expensive enough along with the software which is not cheap I'll tell you that much. I'm sure the author means well and there are probably some things I haven't considered but I am just speaking from personal experience.

Considering how Gohan has been treated by the author ever since the Saiyan arc, this might be his best thing. I mean ever since his introduction, the character faced quite a complex arc for such a young kid while Goku was always late to save the day with a simple style in comparison. Toriyama even admitted he wanted Gohan to be the new lead in the Buu arc but ended up changing it really fast. Even the last transformation Gohan got was kinda the laziest thing ever. He just got his eyes redrawn and his hair stylish. Even the Battle of the Gods staff forgot "Ultimate" existed leading to revision of trailers but not the poster. Whatever is his new transformation, I haven't heard of its name or anything but it looks like the whole spoiler[Ultra Instinct Goku used in the Tournament of Power out of nowhere]

Why is this not spoiler tagged?

Nice review but the first paragraph already killed me. It's like they are recycling Gohan's arc from the Resurrection F arc where he gets nearly killed by Frieza which forces him the idea of training again to avoid depending on others. .