You're not gonna root for Nazis now, are you?
Title: ''The Army of Evil - Germa 66 Transform!''
Chapters Covered: rest of 868-869
Episode Director: Aya Komaki (****)
Animation Director: Masahiro Shimanuki () and Keiichi Ichikawa (***)
Time: 8:30PM EST
Watch It: www.crunchyroll.com/one-piece
Why Masahiro Shimanuki have only 2* or this is just because we dont seen him long time and we dont know how good AD he is now?
The last batch of episodes he did in Punk Hazard and Dressrossa looked pretty weak and we don't know if his One Piece work will improve any after so long.
Sorry, Oda, I'm not rooting for them. Fuck 'em.
They didn't even showed the full chapter 869 in this episode, there was a few things missing. So i guess they dropped the one chapter per episode again? Else the episode was alright but the germa change was way too long…it's a shame that the whole budget (nearly) got up for this trashy transformation...
Germa 66's Transform Scene (Naotoshi Shida's style): https://yadi.sk/i/S6muMsTM3WvfWA
One Piece Episode 840 Preview
Kitazaki up next it looks like.
I wonder if the montages in the opening are going to be updated any soon, since after next week all of them will have been covered in the show itself.
Kitazaki up next it looks like.
I wonder if the montages in the opening are going to be updated any soon, since after next week all of them will have been covered in the show itself.
Looks like Shingaki to me personally
Well, this was quite the episode. This marks the return of animation director Masahiro Shimanuki. Ichikawa manages to correct a lot of the closeups, but his animation (especially his effects) are found all over the episode. Komaki's directing and board is as always superb, which makes a lot of the (arguably very limited) animation seem more dynamic than it really is. The faces of Ceasar in this episode when he's being pulled by Katakuri perfectly illustrates Komaki's unrivaled ability to convey emotion. Absolutely phenomenal.
I do however feel like Komaki's board was a tad too ambitiuous for the animators involved to execute properly given the time available to them (Which was probably affected by the SP / Golden Week holidays). A lot of the mouths didn't move during dialogue scenes, and whether that was by design or due to limitations, it came off as a tad distracting and weird.
This episode marks Naotoshi Shida's return to the One Piece's TV Anime after his longest absence from the series since he first debued all the way back in Episode 304, and holy hell did he return with a bang. This is his longest scene on the show to date, topping out at around 4 minutes of length earning him the spot as Top Credited Key Animator for the episode (Which has only happened like once before?). He started tweeting about the scene back in March, which means he's been working on it for over 2 months. He has stated in the past that he wouldn't be fit as a Supervisor due to his slow speed, but that kind of scene in 2 months is actually quite remarkable. This scene was so heavy and long that Tu Yong-ce, a newcomer to OP who you'll probably know for some striking shots of Bege in 832 and Mother Caramel in 837, had to step in as a 2nd Key Animator to finish up some of Shida's rough output (See some of the closeups of Judge).
Hisada kicks off the second half with some of the most interesting output we've seen from him in a long time; it's far from the kind of work he put out in his heyday back on Z, but with the help of his wife's storyboard it's elevated to new heights. Ichikawa taking over the role as Chief AD for the Whole Cake Island arc has been so liberating for Hisada, and despite Oda's hefty amount of characters he's been able to put out a lot of great work.
Overall, as this episode covers 4/5ths of an already quite lean Chapter, the pacing does suffer here and there, but Komaki did the best in her ability to make it work.
Shida this episode be like:
Next week looks like Shingaki with Tomita possibly doing some Bege stuff. Not quite sure though.
Ichikawa co-supervised the episode with Shimanuki
Whole budget? What are you talking about haha :D For you this can be trashy transformation but many people like germa and they was looking foward to this… Crossword, you are a little wrong that all things from opening will be cover after next episode, because luffy g4 punch vs bm will be probably in episode 841, and i can bet that Ishizuka will do this scene ^^@Ghostprincess:
They didn't even showed the full chapter 869 in this episode, there was a few things missing. So i guess they dropped the one chapter per episode again? Else the episode was alright but the germa change was way too long…it's a shame that the whole budget (nearly) got up for this trashy transformation...
True, I wasn't taking that scene into consideration. I was thinking of the but with Judge towards the end. Week after next then.
That transformation show case took forever lol. Also…Were they actually briefly naked in front of everyone? Haha.
Anyone who says they didn't like the transformation sequence is lying.
You're not gonna root for Nazis now, are you?
Title: ''The Army of Evil - Germa 66 Transform!''
Chapters Covered: rest of 868-869
Episode Director: Aya Komaki (****)
Animation Director: Masahiro Shimanuki (**)
Time: 8:30PM EST
Watch It: www.crunchyroll.com/one-piece
Don't be stupid, be a smarty…
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That transformation show case took forever lol. Also…Were they actually briefly naked in front of everyone? Haha.
In the manga it looked like the cannisters removed the clothes but here reiju just gets naked. They avoided the frontal shot but I feel it almost makes it worse lol.
Also Ichiji was basically naked instead
So damn cool <3
But somehow Ichiji’s powers look strange. What is it exactly now? Just red lightning?
So damn cool <3
But somehow Ichiji’s powers look strange. What is it exactly now? Just red lightning?
It's sort of like the Pacifista's replication Glint-Glint Fruit, but tinged red. Like Niji's is the Mink Tribe's Electro, but tinged blue.
@S.C.:
It's sort of like the Pacifista's replication Glint-Glint Fruit, but tinged red. Like Niji's is the Mink Tribe's Electro, but tinged blue.
I know but the episode let it just look like red lightning
Is the flame guy confirmed to be Charlotte Baskartte? He had a voice part in this episode. And there were three other new names, who are these guys? One of these must be that fat guy with green hair and the bowler hat 'cause he had also some lines.
There are three previously unnamed BMP who speak in this episode, but none of them is included in the credits. Apparently the captions reveal their names to be Kanten, Zuccotto and, as expected, Basskarte.
Who is credited though, is someone called High Fat… Impossible to know for sure who that person is, but my guess is either the big muscular guy or one of the decuplets since they groan at some point (and while none of the new guys with lines was credited, everyone groaning and screaming was... go figure).
If a character has a speaking role but isn't listed in the credits it's because their voice actor's voicing someone else in the episode already.
Haven't watched the episode but saw on YouTube the clip of the Germa kids showcasing their powers and saving the Strawhats from the BM Pirates and I really loved it.
Obviously the animation could've been better and it was decent at best, but I really liked how the entire sequence was done. Not gonna lie, the Germa looked very cool.
That transformation show case took forever lol.
Even Bege got his transformation dragged out. I liked the scenes a lot but it going to be funny in hindsight considering what's going to happen in the next couple episodes.
Well, that was too repetitive, the transformation. Mostly about soundtrack, having same thing playing in loop nonstop.
Loved the Germa eyecatch.
I suppose this was as good-looking a return as any for Shimanuki, though a lot of that appears to be due to other animators like Hisada and especially Shida putting in a lot of work and Ichikawa's ever-present corrections and/or drawings keeping him away from the Straw Hats. Most of Bege's stuff seemed to have his style to it, and those shots looked good, so we'll see if he sticks around.
Now speaking of returns, holy moly Shida! We haven't seen him since the end of Zo and marking his return with a whopping three-minute-long sequence (is that the longest he's ever done outside of the intro to Film Gold?) is quite a way to kick down the door and shout, "I'm back bitches!" Hopefully he'll be back to something closer to his normal frequency of output before Dragon Ball Super started taking up most of his time. There are quite a number of scenes in the arc's next act that his style will work really well for.
The episode definitely lived up to the hype for me. Only nitpick would be that the new BGM during the transformation sequence felt a little bit subdued, though I suppose that could've been my volume settings. The second new piece immediately after was enjoyable too, and the Germa 66 eyecatch was a cute touch. They're still shitheels though.
While I suppose all that dialogue being delivered without any accompanying mouth flaps seems a bit odd at first, it was like that in the manga too since all the dialogue was in thought bubbles.
Well, this was quite the episode. This marks the return of animation director Masahiro Shimanuki. Ichikawa manages to correct a lot of the closeups, but his animation (especially his effects) are found all over the episode. Komaki's directing and board is as always superb, which makes a lot of the (arguably very limited) animation seem more dynamic than it really is. The faces of Ceasar in this episode when he's being pulled by Katakuri perfectly illustrates Komaki's unrivaled ability to convey emotion. Absolutely phenomenal.
I do however feel like Komaki's board was a tad too ambitiuous for the animators involved to execute properly given the time available to them (Which was probably affected by the SP / Golden Week holidays). A lot of the mouths didn't move during dialogue scenes, and whether that was by design or due to limitations, it came off as a tad distracting and weird.
This episode marks Naotoshi Shida's return to the One Piece's TV Anime after his longest absence from the series since he first debued all the way back in Episode 304, and holy hell did he return with a bang. This is his longest scene on the show to date, topping out at around 4 minutes of length earning him the spot as Top Credited Key Animator for the episode (Which has only happened like once before?). He started tweeting about the scene back in March, which means he's been working on it for over 2 months. He has stated in the past that he wouldn't be fit as a Supervisor due to his slow speed, but that kind of scene in 2 months is actually quite remarkable. This scene was so heavy and long that Tu Yong-ce, a newcomer to OP who you'll probably know for some striking shots of Bege in 832 and Mother Caramel in 837, had to step in as a 2nd Key Animator to finish up some of Shida's rough output (See some of the closeups of Judge).
Hisada kicks off the second half with some of the most interesting output we've seen from him in a long time; it's far from the kind of work he put out in his heyday back on Z, but with the help of his wife's storyboard it's elevated to new heights. Ichikawa taking over the role as Chief AD for the Whole Cake Island arc has been so liberating for Hisada, and despite Oda's hefty amount of characters he's been able to put out a lot of great work.
Overall, as this episode covers 4/5ths of an already quite lean Chapter, the pacing does suffer here and there, but Komaki did the best in her ability to make it work.
I like how family-like Toei's staff feels. After working as members on the sinking ship called Dragon Ball super, all these people are like a well-oiled machine, even with budgetary limitations.
@Ghostprincess:
They didn't even showed the full chapter 869 in this episode, there was a few things missing. So i guess they dropped the one chapter per episode again?
This episode covered 16 pages which is basically a full chapter.
This episode was no means perfect, but by god I've never had so much FUN watching a One Piece episode. I never watched anime as a kid (other than a few Pokemon episodes while on vacation), but I imagine I kind of felt like one while watching the transformation sequence. In my experience only Zoro's finishing move on Pica was as thrilling. The motions, the lulls, the art, and especially the music all came together to create a wonderful scene, Germa's characters be damned. And Ichiji is pretty hot :ninja:
What's surprising to me about the episode, though, is that the production team didn't blow their load on the Germa transformation. Bege's transformation was done pretty well too (I had always pictured Big Father as brown…for some reason), and overall the action was consistently pretty good. I particularly enjoyed the cinematography when Katakuri pulled Brulee off of Caesar, and the Big Mom Pirates got some cool shots.
However, when action wasn't going on the character art was extremely weak. So many shots of characters standing just looked horrendous, and even the big shot of all the Germa in their Raid Suits had poor facial artwork. Also, I think the episode missed a golden opportunity to get through all of 869 by having Big Mom get back in the game and be the one to stop Big Father in its tracks...it would have been a really cool moment for her if done right, and ultimately we were left with a cliffhanger that was basically the same as the previous episode's cliffhanger. Then the next episode's trailer went on to spoil her return so now it's just wasted imo.
Big Father parts were great, and the weird "american drawing style Gastino freaking out" - moments. The rest was a pain to watch, as usual.
@.access:
There are three previously unnamed BMP who speak in this episode, but none of them is included in the credits. Apparently the captions reveal their names to be Kanten, Zuccotto and, as expected, Basskarte.
Who is credited though, is someone called High Fat… Impossible to know for sure who that person is, but my guess is either the big muscular guy or one of the decuplets since they groan at some point (and while none of the new guys with lines was credited, everyone groaning and screaming was... go figure).
my secret pleasure. im only interested in the anime to find out the names of more bmps
This episode was still leagues better than last episode even with the stuff that was a bit too dragged out.
The transformations I thought looked glorious. I had no real issue with Bege's transformation other than the shot frozen on his face for like 15 seconds or something.
Ten minutes straight of footage in this episode without any lip flap animation but lots of dialogue, what the hell? Watch it again and you'll see how unfinished and cheap this episode looks. The only scenes that made it were Bege's one liners, Germa's and the characters at the very end of the episode.
EDIT: What went wrong? You won't find any other episode with so this many still mouths and jaws. Watch it again.
Ten minutes straight of footage in this episode without any lip flap animation but lots of dialogue, what the hell? Watch it again and you'll see how unfinished and cheap this episode looks. The only scenes that made it were Bege's one liners, Germa's and the characters at the very end of the episode.
EDIT: What went wrong? You won't find any other episode with so this many still mouths and jaws. Watch it again.
Reread the chapter, almost every line in the chapter was a thought bubble, do not forget that BM is still screaming and everyone still has earplugs/mochi in their ears.
Yeah, I was very annoyed at first with no one moving their mouths when they were speaking… until I remembered no one was speaking.
@.access:
Yeah, I was very annoyed at first with no one moving their mouths when they were speaking… until I remembered no one was speaking.
…..
I don't have much to say other than they gave the Vinsmoke boys nipples.
Which.. y'know, is rare in anime. Nice.
