#budget anime

[mattmonss]

zoomies

some frames

[theelegantpotato]

So I misprinted these and am selling Toji/sukuna bookmarks or a choso/geto one for 2 dollars and free shipping if interested, you can message me. I have three of each. Double sided printing has apparently become my enemy 👿

I made more bookmarks 😋😋

Available in my kofi shop here

[hero-in-high-tops]

One benefit lower decks had that was really a boon to the trek universe as a whole is that animation paved the way to add more, and continue to showcase, aliens that went beyond just humans in makeup. The original animated series had a few as well but it's place in canon was always a little loose. Lower decks was able to confirm those species as canon as well as add some new ones of their own, without being limited to the budget of adding makeup and prosthetics to an actor

[mari-lair]

so the anime adapted this

but didn't adapt this...?

ok, sure, let's make the already most shallow friendship in this manga even more of a yuri bait.

[astralbondpro]

Re-Animator (1985) // Dir. Stuart Gordon

[mysticalflyte]

Pantheon was such a doozy, the ending threw me for a loop 🔁

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[tatakaeeren]

"That piece of trash missed a chance that even a monkey could've scored on...so I got pissed off and took the shot myself"

[meg-noel-art]

Arcane is a Masterclass in visual storytelling

I hate that a lot of the discourse post Arcane has been centered around it's focus on visual storytelling. Whether this be in regards to character interactions, or plot hints, etc, it seems that the genius of Fortiche and the writers is being criticized unnecessarily. This studio accomplishes what every artist DREAMS of excelling at. It's one of the things I appreciate most about the show. It uses its medium, animation, to its absolute fullest potential. It requires analysis and multiple rewatches and study to fully appreciate it. And I wanted to break down a specific moment that really does illustrate the control Fortiche has over every SECOND of this show (and one that's been controversial) Spoilers for Arcane S2 Episode 9

There is a set up in this final scene that lets us know what will happen to Jinx before it happens. And it lasts a single frame. Your eye and subconscious will register it before your brain ever does. As Jinx throws herself at Warwick/Vander and Vi pushes herself up to reach for her, a single frame focuses on the Hextech crystal in Vi's gauntlet.

Visually the scene could have cut from Vi's face, to her reaching for Jinx. But it shows us the Hextech purposefully - because it will be relevant to the scene. This is a visual cue for "remember this is here, remember what it does? It's about to have a payoff." And it's FAST, but on PURPOSE. And we see the payoff once Jinx uses it to depower the gauntlet moments later.

We knew as the audience, something would, because there was intentionality reminding us it was there. The way Jinx was going to fall was spelled out before it happened. Simultaneously, what they DON'T show in this scene is equally as relevant.

Jinx pulls out the bomb but we never see her deploy the pin. (She clearly DOES as there is an ensuing explosion). But this is different from the moment in season 1 on the bridge during her fight with Ekko, when we see the pin and bomb roll out of her hand before Ekko's reaction shot and the explosion. In that moment they gave us the visual indication of "there is no time" and indeed, they are both caught in the explosion.

But, in the S2 finale, the visual delay in her not removing the pin for us on screen, gives her canonically more time to escape its blast. It's a subtle visual nod to "Never found the body" trope. Hey never saw her pull the pin sooo ;) winkwinkwinknudgenudge. It's a hint to her survival due to nothing more than a single action of what we DON'T see. It needs to be subtle and tricky so that we DO have trouble believing it, but that we also still have a modicum of hope that we're right... That's awesome storytelling.

The next moment we are given a visual of the explosion we see a clear (incredibly fast) offshoot her shimmer abilities (as many have already pointed out.

Finally, in the final scene, Caitlyn nor Vi say a single word about the fallout of the battle. But we are given three visual cues to piece together what happened. Our minds are still purposefully meant to be processing the 'death' of Jinx, which as viewers, occurred 60 seconds ago.

The final battle occurred at the top of the Hexgate and Cait is looking at a blueprint of its construction.

2. The next cut is to the detonated head of the bomb we saw Jinx use while falling, meaning Cait is specifically thinking of the same moment we are. The single piece of bomb she's looking at also insinuates that's the only thing they "found" of her. Another nod to the "no body, no death" trope. But what is she thinking about it?

3. It shows us exactly what she sees and is thinking. A specific location within the Hexgates (which, notably, also includes the only TEXT we can visually make out. The line above it is pure scrawl.) 'air ducts'. An escape route in the same direction we saw Jinx's shimmer line go.

Jinx is likely alive and not a single line of dialogue was needed for that speculation to make sense or be followable.

Without a relevant line of dialogue (besides Cait's memorial-esque voiceover) since the battle, we can be relatively certain of three things:

1.) Jinx escaped the blast 2.) Jinx fled Piltover/Zaun 3.) Cait/Vi know this or suspect it (I believe Vi knows but that's a whole other meta of mine)

Whether or not that is your storytelling *preference*, this show needs to be appropriately commended for it's mastery of its art form. While I think it's fine and fair to say "I wish we had a bit of dialogue" regarding this or that, or a scene that laid x,y, or z out in a different way - it's not necessary. Not with the way the studio visually has told this entire story.

Anyway I don't even know how to end this, this is just a moment that stood out to me really hard, especially because people had such mixed feelings on the ending.

This studio is so god damn inspiring as someone who's dream is to work in storytelling and animation. Standing ovation.

[eightspringdays]

The Boys

[figurecollection]

Miku Hatsune Very Happy Ita Bag ver. by FuRyu, of Vocaloid

[proselles]

What I don't get is why news outlets and Netflix are trying to convince us that arcane was expensive to make. 250 million usd for both seasons they said, and obviously that's a lot of money, but they make the mistake of comparing it to big budget movies like Tangled. So you're telling me that I got an animated masterpiece that combines multiple different art styles fantastic voice acting and creative and passionate writing, that's 6-7 hours LONGER than major animated movies, and its the same fucking price?? And you're expecting me to agree with the corporations outlook, that it's too expensive? Yes, tangled is considered one of the most expensive animated movies, but arcane is like FOUR Tangleds. Many other 3D animated movies fall within the 160 million mark, but again, they're hours shorter than arcane was. I think the prices are comparable. I believe in saw someone (on reddit maybe?) divide the cost down to minutes of screen time for each show or movie and it becomes really obvious. I'm also pretty sure that many of these movie budgets do not include marketing in their overall expenses; arcane does.

This isnt even bringing live action tv shows into the equation; i dont think arcane even touches like the top thirty of those. And yet it's framed as such an expense!! Bitch its an incredibly successful tv show!! Ik Netflix is cheap as shit and has its own reputation to grapple with, but is the disdain for animation so much? Is it disdain for female lead action, for poc representation, for LGBT rep on screen? For the animation medium as a whole? I know the answer of course. But it's still very upsetting to acknowledge and think about.

Separately, arcane is absolutely crushing it. Ik act three is going to knock it out of the ballpark. Keep crushing corporate execs expectations please.

[littlecrittereli]

When I was reading the reprogrammed fic and just kinda making my own little gibbits in my head, I for some reason convinced myself that this was the layout of their room

This last one is just how I imagined their little storage spots to look. This one is Chris’s :3

Chris just likes to keep books and clothes nice and organized, and Martin likes to hold legos and little figures and whatnots. Chris likes to hold his trinkets on the shelf next to the beanbag where he can chill/read. The bottom part can also be used as a bedside table since it’s at the same level as the beds.

I also imagine a little nook that sits in the window that Chris likes to sit on when he’s feeling overwhelmed. Martin covered the nook with plushies, blankets, and string lights when he noticed it was a place Chris liked ❤️

I LOVE BEDROOM DECORATION HEADCANONS!!!!! omg the way people decorate their spaces are so cool and you can tell so much about a character by their interior design choices I'm so obsessed actually- Gotta appreciate the detail of Martin having some shit on the floor. They 100% fight about it at least once a day. (but Chris gets over it dw) (I say as a younger sibling who shared a room for like 17 years with my sister who is now moved out and can't leave clothes all over our floor... I miss sharing a room with her... but the mess? not so much...)

[prlssprfctn]

Don't start a conversation with me when I have an open video of Arkham Knight tilting his head. Just don't. I am not going to hear a THING.

[autumndragon]

honestly i really appreciate the writers of rtte stretching the rating as far as they could, now more than ever, because i can't believe how refreshing it is to hear words like "kill" and "death" and "tortured" just be said instead of it being censored away

[anhappyfangirl]

all the budget of today's episode was used for Lucy's magical girl transformation and I am not complaining

PRINCESS