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Yeah Yuasa is great. He's also ridiculously prolific, I think one year he had two films out. He's much less exacting than Miyazaki, the animation is Flash-assisted in a really clever way that allows his studio Science Saru to create fluid movements and dynamic camera angles without killing the animators.
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Came here to third (fourth?) Yuasa Masaaki! He's my fav contemporary anime director. He's got an arthouse Tex Avery sensibility that really showcases the imagination and fluidity of animation as an artform, in a way that dispenses with the more structural and realistic approach of some the other directors mentioned. Two of his more recent features: Lu Over the Wall (2017) is delightful, kinda similar premise to Ponyo but looser and wackier. I remember almost nothing about the plot, but you're really in it for the boisterous visuals and ultra-goofy song and dance sequences. Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017) is a cerebral arthouse romance-comedy based on a novel, I think it would appeal to fans of Tampopo. It takes place over a single night and follows a hapless university student as he pursues the target of his affections through an increasingly booze-fueled series of encounters, including supernatural used book markets, spicy hotpot-eating contests, guerilla theatre students, and very silly walk cycles. It is dense with references to Japanese culture which might take a while to absorb, but it's a ton of fun to just let it wash over you as well. I'm currently watching Kaiba, his 2008 TV series that is basically Altered Carbon meets Looney Tunes. It has a really unique visual style that looks like little else I've seen in animation.
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I would recommend Mind Game (I think it's the first movie he directed) for the animation and utter creativity, but I wouldn't call it a good film overall. Edit: same with Your Name (not Yuaasa). Gorgeous to look at and experience but the story always leaves me thinking it needed a few more drafts.
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Pick posted:I mean, I've read Earthsea, and it's not like, actually good, so I don't really hold that against him.
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I'm assuming AnimeChat OP saw Summer Wars already? That was a blast I'm rewatching Fox and the Hound and had no idea it was the film Bluth walked out on. Hiatory-wise it's very interesting (transition piece from Old Disney to Renaissance), but I feel like you can tell what was Bluth-designed and what pieces were shoved in half-done (old hound in the cast).
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The Case of Hana & Alice is an animated prequel to a live action movie. It is about the two girls becoming friends. It's directed by Shunji Iwai who doesn't normally do animation, so it's not fantastic visually. The characters are the best part, since they're just great to watch. In This Corner of the World is a wartime drama but really focused on the lives of people on the home front. There's a bit of romanticization but it feels fine since it comes across as such a personal story (and it does not ignore just how hopeless the situation was).
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https://twitter.com/ani_obsessive/status/1356580878932086785 I REALLY need this.
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Hedrigall posted:I’ve been meaning to ask about anime movies I was going to recommend "Everything Satoshi Kon ever made", but someone already did that so instead I'll recommend The Boy and The Beast because I know you are a furry and the titular beast in that movie is a major DILF.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I was going to recommend "Everything Satoshi Kon ever made", but someone already did that so instead I'll recommend The Boy and The Beast because I know you are a furry and the titular beast in that movie is a major DILF. Haha I’ve seen it, I mentioned that I’ve been bingeing Hosoda’s stuff. It’s good  Loving all the recommendations, my list is getting nice and long. Gonna do another animation binge when I next get a week off.
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That's dope
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my favourite thing is that at the time i watched paprika i couldn't afford to watch it in english, so instead i watched it in unsubbed italian, which i don't speak or understand, and it was still an all-time great cinematic experience and i comprehended exactly what was going on at all times except for the bits where understanding the dialogue wouldn't have helped anybody
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My favourite bit is where the big dude is stuck in the elevator and she’s kinda into it https://youtu.be/akXwKpWTW2w
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Just to pile on, we watched Redline recently and its so rad. Its like the director just did a Scarface-sized pile of coke while watching the Wachoskis' Speed Racer then decided to strip out anything that might be called a plot. I'm not sure its strictly "good", but it's amazing to watch.
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Hedrigall posted:My favourite bit is where the big dude is stuck in the elevator and she’s kinda into it Legitimately one of my favorite romantic moments in cinema, and I love the song that plays during it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDp5WmdUn5I
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Boxman posted:Just to pile on, we watched Redline recently and its so rad. Its like the director just did a Scarface-sized pile of coke while watching the Wachoskis' Speed Racer then decided to strip out anything that might be called a plot. I'm not sure its strictly "good", but it's amazing to watch. Seconded watching Redline just for its artistry. I feel like the ending perfectly sums up that movie's story by having some of the most intense animation and ending with a freeze frame with some half-assed motion graphics of the word "LOVE"
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perepelki posted:my favourite thing is that at the time i watched paprika i couldn't afford to watch it in english, so instead i watched it in unsubbed italian, which i don't speak or understand, and it was still an all-time great cinematic experience and i comprehended exactly what was going on at all times except for the bits where understanding the dialogue wouldn't have helped anybody I''ve been thinking about watching it again since I posted the trailer. I could dig up a hard drive and hope my  version is there, but I might find another way. Goddamn. if i do still have that file it would be about as old as my account is.
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Redline also has FUNKYBOY
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FUNKY BOY might be the hardest I've laughed since coronavirus landed on our shores tbh
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Paprika introduced me to Susumu Hirasawa who consistently makes amazing tracks. His OST the only *Good* part of Berserk's 2016 anime.
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FilthyImp posted:I'm assuming AnimeChat OP saw Summer Wars already? That was a blast Summer Wars was a ripoff of the Digimon movie 
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Redline is so great. They started making it at just the right time where CG wasn't widespread enough in anime that they could get away with trying to hand draw all those cars. It's insane.
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Pyrotoad posted:Summer Wars was a ripoff of the Digimon movie They were both made by the same guy, so it's more like he just rewrote his fanfiction with original characters.
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Pyrotoad posted:Summer Wars was a ripoff of the Digimon movie But yeah, same dude.
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Feb 3, 2021 18:34
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Paddington 2 had the best prison sequence I can remember in any movie not about prison (e.g. the one where the minions go to prison in Despicable Me 3). I really like how they transition scenes in the first and second one by zooming into a dollhouse as it opens up.
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galenanorth posted:Paddington 2 had the best prison sequence I can remember in any movie not about prison (e.g. the one where the minions go to prison in Despicable Me 3). I really like how they transition scenes in the first and second one by zooming into a dollhouse as it opens up. I found a whole 20 minute segment of Paddington 2 on YouTube the other day, and it’s the prison bit. Also, I was watching and my friend who does background extra work is front and centre in a couple of shots, which is really cool for me.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuvcFvi2-cI
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i just finished Earwig and the Witch. The character designs were good, the animation was better than I thought it'd be, but it feels like half of a movie. The resolution to it doesn't really feel like effort was put into it, and there's a lot of mystery to the plot that just gets left dangling and unexplored. its a poor imitation of a ghibli movie 
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Feb 7, 2021 05:53
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PenguinKnight posted:i just finished Earwig and the Witch. The character designs were good, the animation was better than I thought it'd be, but it feels like half of a movie. The resolution to it doesn't really feel like effort was put into it, and there's a lot of mystery to the plot that just gets left dangling and unexplored. It definitely feels like 30 minutes of plot stretched into an hour and a half movie.
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someone earlier in the thread said the book it's based on had the same issue of feeling unfinished.
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Yeah, the book is blatantly unfinished, so I feel like the apparently-very-faithful adaptation being the same way is less a reflection on Goro's skills and more a reason to ask who decided to adapt it in the first place and not Archer's Goon or something.
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Hayao adapted the gently caress out of Howl’s Moving Castle that the author barely recognizes it; there’s really no excuse for little Goro.
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I just keep thinking Mortal Kombat. Still probably better than the new Mortal Kombat movie is shaping up to be. (would be funny and very 2021 if they react to the reception of said movie with panicked reshoots to downplay the studio's original character do not steal)
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Rand Brittain posted:Yeah, the book is blatantly unfinished, so I feel like the apparently-very-faithful adaptation being the same way is less a reflection on Goro's skills and more a reason to ask who decided to adapt it in the first place and not Archer's Goon or something. An adaption could have provided the chance to flesh out and finish the story, the way Howl diverged from its source material in the middle. But while Goro is by all accounts a competent storyboard artist I don't think he's up to directing.
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I’m super excited for the big premiere of Raya and her Last Dragon on March 5! I’ll pay the extra $30 happily because that’s cheaper than movie tickets for me and my fiancé, and we get to watch it on premiere night in the comfort of our own h— lmao lmao lmao get hosed Disney, this is why people pirate
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Hedrigall posted:I’m super excited for the big premiere of Raya and her Last Dragon on March 5! I’ll pay the extra $30 happily because that’s cheaper than movie tickets for me and my fiancé, and we get to watch it on premiere night in the comfort of our own h— Yeah that's a dick move. This is your reward for having a country that can maybe reopen movie theaters I guess. You're in Australia right?
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wdarkk posted:Yeah that's a dick move. This is your reward for having a country that can maybe reopen movie theaters I guess. You're in Australia right? Yup If Disney didn’t want me to be a pirate then why did they produce, distribute and heavily market a popular film series that advocates piracy “It’s good to be a pirate and you should too, boys and girls!” - Jake Sparrow, The Pirate of the Caribean
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Hedrigall posted:If Disney didn’t want me to be a pirate then why did they produce, distribute and heavily market a popular film series that advocates piracy
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ralph bakshi's earthsea quartet
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Hedrigall posted:I’ve been meaning to ask about anime movies People have already mentioned them, but 'Night is Short, Walk on Girl' and 'In this Corner of the World' are my favourites of recent years. As far as Yuasa is concerned just about everything is great, except I don't really like 'Lu Over the Wall'–the story is a mess and I don't think it is deliberately so. Still has some great animation though. When it comes to Yuasa's series Kaiba, Ping Pong and Tatami Galaxy are great and all very different. DevilMan Crybaby also but only if you are in a specific mood. He also directed Episode 7, Season 6 of Adventure Time, which features one of my favourite Adventure Time songs. 'Patema Inverted' and 'A Letter to Momo' are good early 2010's movies that seem to slide under most people's radar, but both are worth checking out. Momo if you want a coming of age story that feels kind of halfway between Ghibli and Shinkai. Patema Inverted is just a fun adventure movie with a cool SciFi premise.
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Yessss many recommendations, I’m gonna go on a anime spree soon For now I’m watching Osmosis Jones, this is.... kinda great? The script is full of great biology jokes (“you look like the kind of cell who mostly divides with himself”) and the animation is mwah chefs kiss
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