I have a theory. Since when Yutaka Yamamoto left the company, he took a lot of experienced animators with him, I am guessing that Kyoani now has to retrain a new team of animators who are actually amateurs. I am seeing K-ON! as some sort of low-budget training project for them.
Although to be honest, I think Kyoani’s standard of animation had been dipping ever since Lucky Star. Their last really consistent animation attempt, in my opinion, was probably Kanon 2006.
WTH what happened to KyoAni? T.T Well at least Clannad was pretty good. The quality wasn’t as consistent as in Kanon but it was still good considering the length of the show.
I´d say who cares about quality? The show overall was really good in the animation department, but what they showed us was bad. Should have been more focus instead of cake eating…
[...] in their Blu-ray and DVD sets, which is absolutely fine with me. I concur with 53rg10 about the QUALITY animation during those few moments though, but it’s still a relief they decided to stick with showing the [...]
At first, I thought it is because I used a widescreen TV monitor. But the problem still persist even when I set the monitor to 4:3. Turn out that the problem is inconsistent quality of animation.
I have a theory. Since when Yutaka Yamamoto left the company, he took a lot of experienced animators with him, I am guessing that Kyoani now has to retrain a new team of animators who are actually amateurs. I am seeing K-ON! as some sort of low-budget training project for them.
Although to be honest, I think Kyoani’s standard of animation had been dipping ever since Lucky Star. Their last really consistent animation attempt, in my opinion, was probably Kanon 2006.
By: deltazechs on June 18, 2009
at 9:17 pm
WTH what happened to KyoAni? T.T Well at least Clannad was pretty good. The quality wasn’t as consistent as in Kanon but it was still good considering the length of the show.
By: FlameStrike on June 18, 2009
at 9:27 pm
Nice horse
By: fangzhao on June 18, 2009
at 10:52 pm
The planet of the apes, hehe. Good animators, have nice sense of humour.
By: Gargron on June 19, 2009
at 5:59 am
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By: tflops on June 19, 2009
at 7:34 pm
I´d say who cares about quality? The show overall was really good in the animation department, but what they showed us was bad. Should have been more focus instead of cake eating…
By: manga on June 20, 2009
at 2:21 am
[...] in their Blu-ray and DVD sets, which is absolutely fine with me. I concur with 53rg10 about the QUALITY animation during those few moments though, but it’s still a relief they decided to stick with showing the [...]
By: It’s time to lower the curtains, or is it? « byakuya 『白夜』 white night on June 20, 2009
at 6:03 am
At first, I thought it is because I used a widescreen TV monitor. But the problem still persist even when I set the monitor to 4:3. Turn out that the problem is inconsistent quality of animation.
By: Fendy on June 21, 2009
at 11:01 am