I love this scene from Demon Slayer. I think it's really beautifully made and wanted to use this video to celebrate and learn from it.
UPDATED NOTES:
There have been some misconceptions about the role of CGI for this. And the Canipa Effect just brought out an informative video that explains more about the role of CGI in these productions:
• "90% of Anime Are All ...
They are used for the BGs of the scene and for pre-vis, but hand drawn animation still forms the core of the visuals and my thoughts on the auto-inbetweening still stand.
WHY I DISABLED COMMENTS:
As you can see, I have decided to disable comments on the video. I'm pretty surprised that the majority of comments people left have been angry, misunderstood, judgemental and a little disrespectful. Clearly a different crowd has seen this video and take issues with it. I no longer want their comments clogging up my feed. So let me reinforce a few points I made, and then I am moving on from this subject for good:
- People are saying that I am reacting negatively to the scene, or that I dislike the scene. Come on guys, I love the scene. The whole video is nothing but praise for the scene. I spent all this time writing, shooting and editing the video because I felt it is worth talking about. I probably care more about this scene than you do, because I put all this time into making this video. What have you done, besides watch the episode? Think about that for a second...
- I stand by what I said, it is not revolutionary. I chose my words very carefully in that sentence. The scene will not change the direction of the animation industry in a big way. I do not believe it breaks conventions. It is a beautiful powerful scene, but it is not revolutionary. And people are saying that the quality is reason enough to say it is game changing. But the scene can certainly be compared in overall quality to the final scene in Sword of the Stranger 2007, as just one example. To treat it as if it is on a pedestal above all other animations is very ignorant. You should really watch some more animations if you have that opinion.
- I don't need the context of the series to make an analysis of the scene. Sure, it would have given me more insight into the story, but I also gained a point of view from seeing the scene out of context. Besides, this is an animation analysis, not a story analysis. There are lots of fan channels which give their hot takes on the story. My video is different.
- I am aware of the facts I got wrong when it came to the backstory, lore and special powers / abilities of the characters. Frankly, it doesn't matter to me at all, and I don't think it should matter to you either. It is just an animation analysis, from a guy who doesn't watch the series. Get over it.
This channel is about learning animation. I'm a serious animator, not an otaku. I don't want to be roped into arguments about your favorite anime. If all you want is confirmation that "your" anime is "the best" anime, you won't find that on my channel. I want nothing to do with you. Go subscribe to Giguk if that's the kind of content you want.
I'm sorry for those who left considerate comments. Unfortunately, you were in the minority. I almost regret making this video, just because I obviously kicked the beehive and have attracted the wrong kind of people to my channel. But I'm not going to take the video down because there are actual animators who are learning from this analysis and they are who I care about.
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