How much do backgrounds mean to you when watching anime?
When was the last time you were truly impressed by what you were seeing?
How much do backgrounds mean to you when watching anime?
Joseph Sanchez
Cameron Murphy
They help with immersion
Made in Abyss
Kayden Murphy
Old school JC Staff used to make really excellent backgrounds
Brandon Bennett
Mushishi
Every episode had top tier backgrounds
Oliver Powell
They help establish a shot, a tone, a feeling, a believeability.
The potential for backgrounds to add to every scene is there, but I don't particularly like digital focused ones, full of gradients, 3d models, glare, those type of things, they always come off as tack and cheap to me.
Oliver Torres
Made in Abyss.
Otherwise if it's a show I don't really pay backgrounds much mind, especially recently cause all I've been watching is Gundam.
William Barnes
Tada-kun wa Koi Shinai. The anime is ok but visually, its very impressive. What really sticks out for me is the MC's house. Usually, your typical anime house is pretty empty, devoid of any human life actually living in them besides the typical TV and sofa set within the four corners of their living room. This anime however, went way beyond that and provide character to each room and give you a sort of an impression what sort of person living in it. Its mundane yeah, at the same time, very human. I appreciate that.
Luke Mitchell
>When was the last time you were truly impressed by what you were seeing?
earlier this year with Somali
Andrew Martin
not really, since I spend most of the time reading subtitles instead of actually watching the art
Jack Thompson
>I spend most of the time reading subtitles instead of actually watching the art
That's the one thing that irks me about subbed shows
Although with anime it's mostly still frames so I don't miss too much
Landon Brown
Backgrounds are 80% of the experience
Jack Fisher
Yeah.
Levi Morris
It varies depending on level of detail and how that meshes with the show's artstyle.
The rough and often abstract background art for Grimgar turned out great because of how it surrounded the characters in a scene and provided focus while not just making them exist in a black void.
Jayden Walker
I can read subtitles wherever I'm looking on the screen. Do you guys prefer dubs? I've always wondered if this was why.
Jackson Wilson
The brother did everything wrong
>Fuck you aunt I'm not doing the chores I'll just run away in the middle of the war and live the hobo life with my sis how hard can it be
Gabriel Powell
>Do you guys prefer dubs?
Oh no way, it's just a minor inconvenience at times.
I usually experience it when there's an exposition dump going on in whatever show I'm watching (I'm looking at you MiA)
Isaac Taylor
England has the fucking worst convenience store sandwhiches
Daniel Gonzalez
Pardon?
Liam Perez
agree
William Perry
>When was the last time you were truly impressed by what you were seeing
Dorohedoro, the background is amazing
Nolan Morgan
I rewatched Angle's Egg the other day, does that count?
Robert Lewis
I'd rather they do the foreground properly first.
Jaxon Johnson
As long as they don't look like plastic, glossy shit I don't care.
Nathan Wood
>It varies depending on level of detail and how that meshes with the show's artstyle.
>posts vlc screenshot
Elijah Flores
I don't really care since i really don't know what makes a good background, but when I watched Mushishi I remember really liking them for some reason
Aiden Richardson
You begin noticing backgrounds when there are no characters and no dialog. So, they're not really that important, they just put them in there to complete the shot.
Noah Reed
Angel's Egg probably has my favorite backgrounds. Really anything by Shichiro Kobayashi is amazing
Aiden Reed
Backgrounds are everything.
Brody Cook
for a show that's all about the characters, and the actual world setting is mostly irrelevant, the backgrounds are great. They're creative without being distracting.
Dominic Stewart
Rewatched Princess Mononoke last night. Drawn artwork is so pleasant to sit and watch.
Andrew Jenkins
There are lots of shows with good backgrounds but the most recent one I can remember is Naruto. At least in part 1.
James Roberts
I don’t watch anime