Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 25
Added 2023-09-13 20:23:52 +0000 UTCYeah, I really should have more of a plan in mind before I start referencing something in advance, shouldn't I?
But seriously, this is one of the most legendarily botched episodes of any major anime series. It's probably a matter of personal judgement whether the art in this episode is actually worse than that of episode 13, but it certainly HURTS this episode much worse. Between the inclusion of a knife fight, a space wedding, AND a dog fight, there's a whole of action in episode 25 that really REALLY needed the extra frames and on-model art that a top tier studio would have brought. Instead... I don't actually know off the top of my head what studio this episode got outsourced to, but if it turns out they WEREN'T involved with some of those bootleg productions that Joseph Lai unleashed upon the world, I'd be legitimately shocked.
And yeah, speaking of which, if you DON'T know what "Space Thunder Kids" is... well, good for you. See, there was a spate of animated movies where the Korean studios that the Japanese studios farmed their grunt work to (you know, in-betweens and the like) decided to up and make their own. The end results could be charitably described as "unpolished." Basically, imagine a whole movie animated like the knife fight.
By the way, I was TEMPTED to subvert expectations entirely and not even do a comic about the animation quality. The other option was to say something cynical about this episode's themes of love and togetherness by bringing up Macross 7, but that'd be a little too mean-spirited even for me... by which I mean forcing other people to have to think about Macross 7. To get that unpleasant thought out of your head, watch this.
Finally, just in case you missed it, the first page of Gunbuster comics also just went up!
