Debuted yesterday and it did not disappoint. So far it looks like Yuasa's returning to a more light-hearted narrative ala Mind Game instead of doing a bigger-than-life plot like Kaiba. I like him better when he's doing the former.
While the subs went by as fast as possible, it was a two-fold approach by Yuasa according to an interview he did. He had lots of material to cover from the light novel and he also wanted to make the dialogue fast and dense enough for it to be incomprehensible to give off the feeling that the main character can't make up his mind. Not knowing what the light novel is like, all I can say is that he definitely got the point across on that last statement.
Visually, Yuasa goes back to implementing live-action shots along with 2D/3D animation to provide his psychedelic visuals. After thinking about it, I realized that the character designs and the overall aesthetic of this show is the most accessible I've seen from Yuasa so far, which is saying a lot about his previous projects.
Definitely looks like a keeper so far. Can't wait for the next episode. (It's streaming on Youtube and Hulu right now).
2 comments:
Nice blog. Good to see other people appreciating Masaaki Yuasa's work, he's definitely a director who deserves much more attention. noitaminA is a step into the right direction for exposing more people to his work, even though the ratings aren't particularly good.
The first two episodes were really amazing, hardly suprising, though, considering the staff. Like Yuasa's past projects, Yojou-han is again an assemblage of top-notch animators and directors, so every single shot is filled with exciting ideas. One of my favorite up-and-coming animators is responsible for episode 3 (Ryoutarou Makihara), judging by his comments on twitter he really poured his soul into it. Can't wait!
Thanks for the compliment.
I'm ecstatic to hear that Makihara is involved with Yuasa again. I really liked the episode of Kaiba that he was the AD for, so it's great to hear that he's back to work on another Yuasa project.
I was going to write about episode 2 too, due to the 3 animators involved, but there's too much going on with school for me to write even a brief summary of my thoughts. Though, I still have to rewatch it to see if I can pick out which scenes Matsumoto, Yamashita and Tanaka were specifically responsible for.
Needless to say this show is turning out to be every bit as good as I'd expected it to be, so far.
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