
a review by KitKitovsky

a review by KitKitovsky
Review contain spoiler scenes.
If you have ever worked in the anime industry (and in the current conditions it is possible), then you should have received a letter of happiness from the Mappa studio asking you to work on JJK. Spammed everyone.
In this way, this disgusting studio compensates for the small number of workers, and the tight deadlines can be overcome by increasing the working hours to 13 and more.
The series took over the information field, boosted manga sales, and even won the competition for AOTY on Crunchyroll (the anime didn't even end at that time). It is a pity that not in the category "the worst compositing".
By the wrighting JJK is an ordinary battle shounen, with strengths and weaknesses.
The characters turned out to be strong enough, not annoying characters with funny gags. Kubo Taito, sitting opposite the author of the manga, in an interview hated female heroes, because they are too unyielding. It is ironic to hear this from the author, whose heroine in Bleach remained a walking joke about huge breasts.
So, the tough but pleasant female characters, and the male ones, are also pleasing, it's not for nothing that the female viewer (and some male) is dripping because of the Great Teacher Gojou.
On the other hand, there is a strong failure in working with the world. Many heroes here are from clans with evil grandfathers. The viewer is frightened by these clans, by the tense internal situation, but there is no specifics.
The technical part is also uneven.
Almost every week, the series held a Sakuga festival - there are a lot of invited personalities here + an animation director with an excellent understanding of the fighting scenes.
Some episodes stand out because of the strong personality at the head. Top three:
№13, directed by Hironori Tanaka, theman found in any seasonal anime. The episode is very atmospheric.
№17, directed by Shota Goshozono, animator-turned-director. A sea of fights and a pleasant setting of the shot.
▶ VideoBut at the same time as the sakuga festival, the series held a funeral for its compositing.
On a par with Majo no Tabitabi, the worst in this aspect in the Fall 2020 season.
Strange filters, a lot of ugly sprites, characters and objects don't fit together, layers don't integrate in any way
The most striking example is episode # 7, filmed by Park himself. Apparently the director was able to finish the production of TGOH and burst into jjk, only stumbled at the entrance.
▶ VideoMeme footage, where the original is all right, but the result is...
The photography department failed for quite trivial reasons - the management assigned a person with no experience to a really important role.
Poor performance can ruin the days of animators. This is not the fault of the person, it is the fault of those who appointed him. Remember, Mappa studio is one of the worst out there today.
And in order to get out of this negative block, I will mark the last favorite episode №22. Directed by Kamiya Tomomi, the episode is almost 100% done by the girls who previously worked for I.G. Almost 3 months to produce = great storyboard with proper use of lights and filters, fine motion in animation.
The last episode brought together everything that was in the series (with the exception of music, for the first time I heard here a remarkable ost, the weak side of the anime). A bunch of sakuga from talents: director Park Sung Hoo, Keichiro Watanabe, Hironori Tanaka, Tatsuya Yoshihara.
Yuki Sato was making this piece, and at 0:39, these wretched trees happened again.
▶ VideoThe announcement of the film has already happened, with the same studio. I will laugh wildly if there is the same lineup with the same photography department.
At the very least, it was funny to look at such obvious mistakes.
As a maximum, the further the sadder.
The Battle Shounen is still the Battle Shounen, and there is no need to give him non-existent merit.
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