Human beings are always evolving and this applies to different ways of expressing themselves, in products such as anime it is vital how we visually perceive a story because regardless of how well written it may be told, if an animation studio fails to provide a visual quality that positively satisfies the viewer, then the anime is destined to be a failure.
The easy way is that if there is already a comfortable animation structure for the viewer's eyes, that visual way of executing anime is the way to go but by nature we like to experiment and see what happens if we choose the hard way. Two examples with similar genre and story that serve as examples to analyze all the above I have mentioned are Baki Hanma and Kengan AShura.
Baki Hanma Animation Style, Source of Image
I know that these two specific anime have been seen by many members of the community and thanks to their recommendations in different posts, I was encouraged to watch them and the big difference I noticed was the type of animation, in fact they mentioned in one of the comments that the animation structure could reduce their desire to continue watching the anime.
In the image we can see a classic animation structure in anime, or at least the one I am used to, without so much influence of digital, artificial, fake because at least for my taste it is more comfortable to watch and does not distract me or take me out of the story, that example is Baki Hanma, in my case I liked the animation, I could enjoy the story and the battles with a natural visual of the product.
grotesque animation style at Kengan AShura, Gif of Tenor Source
All this changes radically in the anime Kengan AShura where I was greatly impacted by its type of animation that is perceived too false and grotesque, in my case I could quietly enjoy the story but it was atrocious to endure the deformation of the characters during the battles because of the animation that was decided to implement for that anime.
I am in favor of the advancement of technologies and I am aware that products can be sacrificed but maybe in the future this grotesque form of animation in Kengan AShura will become natural in future products and of course experiments are necessary to see if the anime maintains a fluid kinetics and accepted by the viewer.
One note I want to point out is that Baki also used this too digital or computerized, grotesque and aberrant animation style but it was in a few scenes, it is as if they did it to feel the ground of the viewers and see their reaction, in my case it was neutral because as I said, I enjoyed the story in Kengan Ashura but the visual impact depending on the sensitivity of the viewer, can be harmful and drive that person away from the anime.
stylized animation kinetics at Baki Hanma, Gif of Tenor Source
In the Gif where we see the great Yujiro Hanma unleashing his fury, that type of animation is ideal for me and I am sure that for many it is like that, I feel very comfortable watching it and I think it expresses very well the kinetics of battle, which in this case is a melee fight.
In the part of experiments for the visual representation of anime, I am in favor of continuing to do so because I think that precisely that has improved over the decades the way in which an animation is executed for an anime in aspects such as visual quality and improve the time in which a product can be ready but the biggest conclusion I can reach is that it involves a lot of doubt and a possible effort in vain because this kind of decisions can really kill what could handle an anime audience.
Many will have seen these two anime or some other where the change in the visual representation of the animation is remarkable and radical to a too digital, extremely artificial and lifeless, I would like to know in comments that both affected your viewing of these anime those animation structures and it is seen that the traditional still wins by the way it was represented the crossover between these two anime.
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