Love Hina Process 6
Created/Updated 2001-02-01
- Catalog Number : KIBA-489
- Manufacturer : StarChild
- Series : Love Hina
- Printing Date : 2001-01-10
- Region : 2
- Price : Y5,500
- Play Time : 65 minutes
- Number of Discs : 1
- Number of Sides per Disc : 1
- Number of Layers (side1) : 2
- Number of Layers (side2) : N/A
- Audio1 : Japanese Dolby Digital 2ch
- Audio2 : N/A
- Audio3 : N/A
- Audio4 : N/A
- Audio5 : N/A
- Subtitle1 : N/A
- Subtitle2 : N/A
- Subtitle3 : N/A
- Subtitle4 : N/A
- Subtitle5 : N/A
Animephile Rating: C (7.5)
- Video Scan Type : interlaced-TV (-2.5)
- Aspect Handling : standard (-0.0)
- Compression : -0.0
- Video Separation : -0.0
- Scene Transition : -0.0
- Calibration : -0.0
Comments:
Since the disc 3, each new Love Hina discs has been more and more
disappointing. At first, it was the story. More and more of the episodes are
made up of pointless bickering that drag on the story to an obvious ending.
And then, from disc 5 or so, the animation quality has gone down the
drain. Even Pokemon, as simplified as it is, is animated more
consistently and proportionally! I don't know why I keep buying these! I'd
rather spend the money on something else! Heck, almost anything else! I'd
even buy Hand Maid May over this junk. I've been hearing that the
last of the episodes (Christmas special) is good. Then again, whoever
is saying all this could be the same people who loved every episode of
Love Hina. I can pick out maybe 4 episodes that I like so far. That's pretty
low number out of 18 I have.
Here are some images I put on to make my point about the animation quality.
On the first one, just look at her eyes! I've always hated how lifeless the
eye-drawings are for most of the Love Hina animation. On this one, they don't
even have proper reflections. Where is she focusing on anyway?
Second one is completely out of proportions.
Look. I watch this stuff on 100" screen and although I am not at a level to
draw fantastic pictures at high-speeds myself, I have learned enough about
animation to understand the intricacies of simplified drawings. Love Hina
(especially later episodes) is missing the devotions of animators. Either
that or the animators are mostly amateurs. And don't blame it on the new
cell-less animation techniques. Cell-less animation does indeed take away a
lot of the life out of the character drawings (especially when
oversimplified), but it doesn't cause obvious problems with proportions.
Mahou Tsukai Tai! TV series is a good example of lifeless animations that are
still watchable (not a real word).
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