Hey guys, So I know I’m being a little picky here but I’m looking for suggestions. I wanna watch some more shows that don’t, or barely use (looking at you Berserk with Puck), super deformed art style. Most often I see it used in animes of heavier stories that want a way to break the tension. It works, but I hate it. Demon slayer is a great example. I love the story but too often the art style changes, characters become large or tiny, have exaggerated expressions, etc. It seems to be for comedic effect, but it breaks my investment. I couldn’t finish demon slayer because of it.
I just watched Hell’s Paradise and that was great. They never used it or it was so sparingly used I didn’t notice. So I’m looking for a new show to watch, something Shonen that doesn’t use SD. Also, preferably with characters who are already reasonably competent without whining.
Anybody else hate that style? What are your suggestions?
Wow that’s such a strange thing to get hung up on, hahaha
Honest question, do you just dislike hyperbole in general? If you’re reading a book and it reads something like ‘she felt tiny next to him, as if he could pick her up and throw her across the ship’, do you also dislike it?
Because in general anime uses that effect to convey feelings, which are hard to convey without making the characters spill out entire essays on their innermost demons, which in turn is boring as fuck.
I don’t think its that strange. i just don’t find these scenes to be funny and that is what they tend to be used for. Unfortunately, i want to watch shows with overpowered characters, which tend to be geared towards kids who enjoy these scenes more.
Here is a link to some examples from FMA brotherhood. The sharp teeth, deformed characters, etc. It just breaks me from the story. you can convey emotion without monologue just fine. Another link from demon slayer. I get that it is supposed to be funny, and my example is a fairly obvious one. But there was another scene from mugen train where Rengoku is talking and he is getting bigger and bigger. He explains the plan and then while he’s talking, the other characters make a comment about how big he’s become. Three times. Like come on, you can’t just have a serious conversation? it’s like the show doesn’t think you can pay attention for more than 3 seconds, so they have to throw in a “joke”.
I hope that makes more sense. I know most people don’t mind, but i do.
Sounds to me like you’ve been watching too much shounen and need to move on to seinen.
Have a search!
Also attack on titan, still a shounen, makes pretty much zero use of hyperbolic drawing IIRC.
I agree with you on Demon Slayer having a lot of these moments, but Mugen Train specifically is the worst example you could give. They’re meant to be hints that it’s happening inside Rengoku’s dream.