Anime with Quality Animation?

[axlryder]

Wings of Honneamise looks pretty gorgeous.

Robot Carnival has some fantastic animation sequences (and some not so fantastic ones).

Memories also has some great looking animation throughout, with each animation style offering something different.

 

[Nazulu]

The 1999 Hunter X Hunter series had great animation. They knew how to make the characters look swift and unique, not relying on these crappy tricks DBZ is known for like the new HXH.

 

[Blitsie]

I also watched Kizumonogatari yesterday and was taken aback by how utterly splendid the animation is in it, they just made it so lifelike and its got such a nice flow to it. Here's the opening scene for y'all to indulge in:

Spoiler

Ugh. The animation itself is good, but why did they have to put it on top of those ugly CGI backgrounds?

Yeugh I know right, the animation is good enough to make me overlook the CGI but it is definitely an eyesore. I notice its becoming a trend in modern anime though with Berserk 2016 being the worst offender, I can't stand that series simply because the whole thing is damn near only CGI and its atrociously wonky looking.

Anyway, I just remembered another one which had really striking animation for me; Redline! Its a hand-drawn, high octane love story on wheels basically, and damn does it look splendid. I think it took like 7 years to make with so much of it being hand-made too

Spoiler: Redline Intro

 

[PapaGreg096]

The 1999 Hunter X Hunter series had great animation. They knew how to make the characters look swift and unique, not relying on these crappy tricks DBZ is known for like the new HXH.

What are you talking about the new hxh has great animation hell I would argue it has better animation than the 99 version

 

[Nazulu]

The 1999 Hunter X Hunter series had great animation. They knew how to make the characters look swift and unique, not relying on these crappy tricks DBZ is known for like the new HXH.

What are you talking about the new hxh has great animation hell I would argue it has better animation than the 99 version

Not to me. A lot of the animation for movement looks sloppy, even if it is smoothly animated, it still looks stiff. I'm talking how it is portrayed just in-case you aren't sure.

 

[Cold Shiny]

After watching tons of anime over the years, Hellsing Ultimate is still the best looking one in my opinion. It was so good it was almost like it had a Hollywood-esque budget or something. Lots of deep colors, hatched shadows, and tons of detail. Its fun just to look at.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Did you watch the Rite of Spring segment (the one with the Dinosaurs)

It is my absolute favorite segment that its a shame it did not use the full orchestral score (and this version is the best conducted one I have ever heard)

Yeah, I liked it. I liked most of them, but I think the film blew its load by the halfway point. I was rather bored with the later ones, especially the hippo one. But I think it recovered with the last one, Night on Bald Mountain, which was dreamy.

Fantasia 2000 was a letdown for me. I only really liked two of the seven new segments, Rhapsody in Blue and The Firebird. I'm also biased towards 2D animation, so Pines of Rome and Piano Concerto No. 2 were kind of meh for me. None of them were bad, though.

That is exatly my opinion and personally that is fair.

I mean Toccata and Fugue has the best use of abstract imagry to go with the music.

Rite of Spring shows us the the birth of our world.

Night on Bald Mountain showcases that evil is bombastic and good is subtle.

The Hippos and the My Little Pony-Greek Mythology Edition was always meant to pale in comparison. I do enjoy watching the Micky Mouse one The Sorcerer's Apperentice especially how gorgeous the Water Animation is.

Fantasia 2000 yes was dissipointing but I really enjoyed Rhapsody in Blue and my goodness I cried at the Firebird Suite, those 2 segments were the saving graces of the whole movie:

 

[axlryder]

The 1999 Hunter X Hunter series had great animation. They knew how to make the characters look swift and unique, not relying on these crappy tricks DBZ is known for like the new HXH.

What are you talking about the new hxh has great animation hell I would argue it has better animation than the 99 version

Not to me. A lot of the animation for movement looks sloppy, even if it is smoothly animated, it still looks stiff. I'm talking how it is portrayed just in-case you aren't sure.

I agree, even the older series took a sharp turn for the worst when they animated the greed island arc in those old ovas. I think that's when they switch from hand drawn cells to digital animation. I remember people praised the new style, but I always thought it looked really mediocre.

 

[Nazulu]

The 1999 Hunter X Hunter series had great animation. They knew how to make the characters look swift and unique, not relying on these crappy tricks DBZ is known for like the new HXH.

What are you talking about the new hxh has great animation hell I would argue it has better animation than the 99 version

Not to me. A lot of the animation for movement looks sloppy, even if it is smoothly animated, it still looks stiff. I'm talking how it is portrayed just in-case you aren't sure.

I agree, even the older series took a sharp turn for the worst when they animated the greed island arc in those old ovas. I think that's when they switch from hand drawn cells to digital animation. I remember people praised the new style, but I always thought it looked really mediocre.

Agreed. I found it such a shame that they also lightened the hell out of it, making everything seem flat while killing the atmosphere. Next step was to over-use of lens flares I guess

 

[beyondbrainmatter]

Nichijou. It's otherwise a regular (really funny) slice of life comedy, but there are one off scenes where the animators pull stuff like this:

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[loa]

Pretty much anything by studio ghibli.

 

[Groxnax]

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor is good.