Alien robotsHigh schoolGenndy Tartakovsky
Last but not least...
... the concept art you've already seen!
I can't wait!
Are Japanese animators being hired for this.It'd be a great opportunity for them to draw some bitchin' giant robots.
The background work looks really nice, as does the concept art. I think the character designs could be better. The obligatory fat guy in particular looks fucking stupid, like something out of Robotboy. There's no test footage of the series yet, so I'll have to see it in action before I settle on snap judgements.
>>74780Don't think so>>74792I think both the girl and fat guy look better in the screenshots in the classrooms than in the pic with all 3 of them. They're aliens and I think they are meant to look somewhat out of place.
Wow, those human designs are ugly. Why can't we draw people like actual people anymore?
>>74818Oh you know, realistic characters are hard and expensive to animate and all that
>>74819Not really.
>>74820
>>74820>>74821You're still using the more expensive scenes to back you up, anon.And I love how Tartakovsky's art has changed a lot in the past five years or so and yet it's still instantly recognizable as his.
>>74820>>74821>implying they look realistic>implying SE is consistently that well animated>implying Tartakovsky's designs are badOh u
>>74826It is; at least all the fight scenes which is where the animation really counts.http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=16kt749&s=5
WHEN WHENTELL ME WHEN!
>>74830That's the animefag in you speaking. American cartoons go for consistency. You should know this by now. >>74833Dunno, but it should be announced at comic con. Probably august or september is my guess.
>>74837>American cartoons go for consistencyConsistency bad art/animation is not a good thing
Liking what I see, hoping it turns out to be a really great series.>>74859>Consistency bad artWhat's so bad about it? I mean, Tartakovsky is really stylized, but I've always thought that he did it well, as opposed anything that tried a similar style (Johnny Test and the Total Drama series in particular).
>>74859You haven't even seen the animation yet.
>>74870It's extremely flat and undetailed and in general the same unappealing thick-outlined simple art we've had since the end of the 90s.
>>74875You're forgetting that Genndy kinda introduced that style to begin with and utterly perfected it with Samurai Jack and Dexter's Lab.Even John K, who's a complete and utter dickwad about animation, admits that Genndy is a good animator and that his style is decisively good when he does it.You may as well lambaste an Osamu Tezuka work for being "genericly anime".
I'm not digging the android designs...
>>74886>implying this art style can be 'perfected' and isn't inheritantly lazy and terrible.
>>74886>Even John KStopped reading the minute you said John K's opinion meant anything
>>74930That's really all a matter of personal taste now isn't it?You don't speak for everyone.
>>74875I don't see how any of those things make it bad art. >>74930Because he's so lazy, just using the same character models and faces over and over again.>>74934Why? The guy's a great cartoonist, he just happens to be batshit with most of his opinions.
>>74886>You may as well lambaste an Osamu Tezuka work for being "genericly anime".Sorry, what? Tezuka's art was a lot better than this. It may be more basic compared to other anime, but it's still leagues beyond this geometric nightmare. Just look at that fat guy's head.
>>74953His art is ugly and his idea of humor is a bunch of toilet jokes
>>74955You could at least use something Tezuka [i]actually drew[/], you're welcome.
>>74957a. Ugly =/ bad b. I never said the guy was a fantastic comedian, I called him a good cartoonist.
>>74957His art is fine and> humor is a bunch of toilet jokesis wrong
>>74930>>74957Guys maybe we should just stop now. It's pretty clear that the poster is a more blatant troll than Señor.
>>74934 It's pointless to hate him just because he's right.Just because he says something that offends you doesn't mean you should jump on the hate bandwagon.
This looks good.It HAS to be good.....please be good.
>>75019Tartakovsky is king with Atmosphere. I know he'll be able to due this without a problem.
I await this show with cautious optimism.
Footage Time.http://tv.ign.com/dor/objects/81354/sym-bionic-titan/videos/titan_pr_clip_092010.html
>>75878Ha! Pee joke. Funny.
Why is Peter Griffin in a robot show?
>>75878Well, that was... not very good.
>>75878Well, it shows the potential to be good, at least. I think I'll wait for more footage before making any further judgements.
>>75891What are you talking about, that's classic Tartakovsky! Things passing by other things in slow motion!
>>75891 I don't know, the titan's movements weren't that bad. Not really sure what to feel looking at the scenes when they show the kids in control though.
>>75888"This is just like that time I was part of a giant robot fighting force"
>>75894A giant robot fighting a hydra monster really should inspire more feeling than "not that bad." It was... sluggish. Weak. Slow. Boring.
When's this show due to air, again?
>>75952Sometime this fall
Bump
>>86124It's cute how they make it seem like this show has a plot, when it'll be just be episodic fluff like Samurai Jack for 60 episodes and then be cancelled.
>>86127You mean Samurai Jack never got a proper ending?
>>86127 How much plot does it need? Aliens come to earth and cause giant robot based mass destruction. That's almost every mecha anime in existence.>>86128 It's supposedly getting a movie to tie it all up but the original cartoon ran out of steam and ratings around 2004.
>>86128course we get hints that he ends up never going back and becomes some kinda Warrior King
>>86129>That's almost every mecha anime in existence. Except those have actual plot and story progression. And actually end with a proper ending
>>86131 It'd help if you actually proved that or gave examples of them having a plot outside of "WILL THE TEAM/PROTAGONIST MAKE IT THIS EPISODE?" but either every one of the classic giant robot series give about as much reason as to why earth is attacked and the antagonists are evil as other Science Fiction giants like Star Wars did for the Sith or the Trade Federation, IE none what-so-ever.
>>86133Gurren LagaanAny Gundametc
>>86135 >>Gundam, particularly early Gundam not being stupid.Oh you're funny. You mean the one where Zeon was bad and winning the war just cause the creator wanted Space Nazis? I mean I can just ignore that other one because it was hot-blooded retard fun and didn't pretend to be anything else but Gundam? Now I know you're an empty troll.
>>86136Are you denying those had actual plot and story each episode?
>>86137 Gundam sure as hell didn't. Gurren might have had it between tit shots and action scenes but I don't remember seeing much other then Gainax tropes.
I'm digging the "Mixing retro-anime-inspired art style with modern effects and backgrounds" thing.
>>86139>Gundam sure as hell didn't.
>>86127No it mostly looks like scenes from the first few episodes, as promos usually are
>>86145 The truth. :)>>86142 Yeah, and I'm guessing purists don't like that he reflects the flaws of anime as well as the strengths in his style
>>86147You should probably actually watch a Gundam show. Hell , go watch Wing or G, even those will show you the error of your ways.
>>86149 They'll all still be stupid. Even G Gundam which I liked.
>>86147Maybe, but then again flaws are what give this sort of stuff character.
>>86150You're going off point. You were saying that Gundam didn't have plot beyond whether or not the protagonist will survive, not that the plot wasn't good. Now you're moving the goal posts.It's pretty much undeniable that most Gundam series have a lot of plot and politics and character drama going on beyond "Will he win this fight?" Whether or not you find any of it believable or compelling comes down to taste, but it has plot. Even if the plot is boring or predictable.
>>86151 Yes. But I guess when this didn't act all high and mighty and try to show Mecha as something with a DEEP plot instead of something endearingly enjoyable outside of the outer layer of stupidity one dude just had to express his displeasure on +4. Or maybe he just hated everything Gendy and it didn't really matter what this was.
>>86153Or maybe some people are just tired of shows acting like they have a story then go episodic for the whole series and cancel.I have a sneaking suspicion this wont be as good as Avatar
>>86152 Not really, the best thing for the Gundam series was to dump all the convoluted tripe that was the universal century and this is best expressed in G Gundum. It's initial "plot" is very stupid as only the thickest of neck beards would defend the idea that all countries would form neo satellite city colonies in space for the rich, including a strangely Communist Russia and Imperial China, and turn the earth into an arena. Not to mention how obvious it was that Neo Tokyo was going to win what with receiving and making both Dark and GOD Gundams, but unlike most of the incarnations before it that tried to pass off shameless drama as a story it stuck with it and called out its own shit in the best character of the series, Master Asia. He knew as anyone else would watching that what was going on should be obviously wrong and though he used an equally dumb method to try to stop this he was right. Not to mention they were clever in shaping it into a national competition as I couldn't help but root for characters like Chibodee Crocket. It rolled with its flaws and this made it the best liked in my opinion. I said most Mecha series were stupid in my first post and the other troll only included Gundam as a whole which I still say is dumb in its entirety. Most of its detail and history was added on after the first series, which in my mind is the worst offender as Amuro’s only purpose was to overreact and be the mouthpiece for the diatribe of Peace the creator was aiming for, but still most of the reasons and detail of the story came in other OVAs and series after it. These however only made a bigger mess of the UC timeline as they tried to give reasons for Zeon to happen, be a conceivable threat in such a quick time and suddenly make Earth evil with the Titans because what is classic Gundam without a mustache twirling war mongering nation. And even then NEO ZEON JUST KEPT POPPING UP because little did anyone know a secret fleet or lost son popped up here and there and manipulated events to where war was happening yet again.
>>86159The Titans were in Zeta Gundam first not in a side story OVA. They also showed Earth as some what corrupt in 0079. You really never watch a lot of any Gundam show have you?
This thread is stupid now.
>>86187(yeah right!)