You don't realize how much this specific anime style is just different from what I grew up with in cartoons. It made so many of my attempts to get into it just "not work." But like everything, those stylistic barriers weren't the fault of the art, they were the fault of my own.
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It's really no different than when you see people say "I just can't emotionally invest in animated stories," which is something I find reductive, even if it's true for them. But this is the same exact dynamic. And it's not someone I wanted to be.
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So I started throwing myself into it. You learn how little naturalism matter and these expansive animations have their own timing and humor and expression. In other words, you learn to see the humanity and the emotion of the animation.
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And when I was comfortable enough, I realized I was ready for Avatar. Lo and behold, duh, the pilot is freaking fantastic. Not just for the fun of great moments like this...pic.twitter.com/DLuBIjEoo0
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But it's so much of everything I talk about ad nauseam: clear conflicts, clear psychological characterization, wants and needs, problems getting solved through catharsis and conflict-based impasse, not "just cause." It's all therefore / buts, etc. In other words, I'm excited.
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TBH I really do like most art that is good at the fundamentals. There's a lot of art out there that finds the fundamentals boring, but I'm pretty sure it is that those artists are just scared because the fundamentals are really, really, really hard and there is no winging it.
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Episode 2: Wow the action in this show is really fun and inventive and grounded in story, huh?
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Ok this show is REALLY good.
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Fun side note: These are now the only blu rays I own along with Fury Road (I purposely do not collect them).
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