AnimeSuki Forums

Krono · 2014-09-20, 13:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estavali

Well, according to NHK's website, the animation studio has indeed been changed to Studio Deen. But, as ramlaen has said, the director, series composition, music composer, producer and production supervisors remain the same. Imho, these are the people who had made Log Horizon S1 so memorable and it's a relief that they're still here to make good anime.

Is the character designer the same? That's pretty important. One of the things that threw people off when Fairy Tail resumed was that there was a new character designer. The characters all looked different even though it was the same characters.

Also I'm not entirely convinced that the change in animators be a hit. Switching to different grunts with no practice drawing the characters is pretty much guaranteed to have a drop off in art and animation quality from where the first season ended.

ramlaen · 2014-09-20, 14:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krono

Is the character designer the same? That's pretty important. One of the things that threw people off when Fairy Tail resumed was that there was a new character designer. The characters all looked different even though it was the same characters.

Also I'm not entirely convinced that the change in animators be a hit. Switching to different grunts with no practice drawing the characters is pretty much guaranteed to have a drop off in art and animation quality from where the first season ended.

The character art in the PV looked on model to me, for all we know the outsourcing will be sent to the same Chinese/Korean animators.

Vash1306 · 2014-09-20, 17:38

So based on what we have seen in the trailer so far. How much is being adapted?

DQueenie13 · 2014-09-20, 17:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vash1306

So based on what we have seen in the trailer so far. How much is being adapted?

Up to volume 7, and at least part of Kanami's story. We can't really tell until the special episode next week, though, since the PV doesn't tell too much.

There's something with the kids, but I can't tell what.

tsunade666 · 2014-09-20, 17:47

^ you know if there are designs shown for the kids. There are chances they will animate it up til vol 8.

This is another 2 cour right? I think animating up till vol 7 and kanami's side story is too small or short for 2 cour.

Valky · 2014-09-20, 17:47

Volume eight will be released September 29 though. It might be included too.

Nachtwandler · 2014-09-20, 18:12

-_\\\. People. Volumes release dates have nothing to do with it. Tono already has story for 9 or 10 volumes(9th at least was announced for this year) ready and they'll use it all. Then actual volumes will be printed — doesn't matter.

DQueenie13 · 2014-09-20, 18:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsunade666

^ you know if there are designs shown for the kids. There are chances they will animate it up til vol 8.

This is another 2 cour right? I think animating up till vol 7 and kanami's side story is too small or short for 2 cour.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valky

Volume eight will be released September 29 though. It might be included too.

They probably will, which means we'd get up to volume 9's/Dragonhowl's part with Kanami, because it's important for explaining things that happen in volume 8. We're not sure where volume 9 will end, though. I heard rumors that it'd be released by the end of this year, but who knows. Hopefully it will, for delicious spoilers.

I can't say with certainty that the part with the kids was for volume 8, or if it's filler to explain what they were doing during the scenes of volumes 6 and 7. Hard to tell when there's no context, and I haven't read the web novel so I can't double-check the scenes.

teja208 · 2014-09-20, 18:39

So the voice in the trailer is really Tetora?

As for DEEN taking over the animation department, normally I wouldn't be worried that much as long as it doesn't have any impact the script writing.

However, they are gonna cover freaking volume 7, sub par animation quality is a must.

DQueenie13 · 2014-09-20, 19:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by teja208

So the voice in the trailer is really Tetora?

As for DEEN taking over the animation department, normally I wouldn't be worried that much as long as it doesn't have any impact the script writing.

However, they are gonna cover freaking volume 7, sub par animation quality is a must.

Yeah, the cutesy one is Tet.

DEEN shouldn't have any effect on script writing since they're only covering animation.

Doesnt sub-par animation mean below average animation ...? I think you meant the opposite, but looking at some better shots of the preview, I'm not terribly sure. Of course, it's only the PV, so it's hard to judge from there. Both Maryelle and William's hair look really stiff and somewhat awkward, though.

teja208 · 2014-09-20, 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by DQueenie13

Yeah, the cutesy one is Tet.

DEEN shouldn't have any effect on script writing since they're only covering animation.

Doesnt sub-par animation mean below average animation ...? I think you meant the opposite, but looking at some better shots of the preview, I'm not terribly sure. Of course, it's only the PV, so it's hard to judge from there. Both Maryelle and William's hair look really stiff and somewhat awkward, though.

Ah right right, I did make a mistake there sorry. I meant the opposite.

Estavali · 2014-09-20, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krono

Is the character designer the same? That's pretty important. One of the things that threw people off when Fairy Tail resumed was that there was a new character designer. The characters all looked different even though it was the same characters.

The character designer is now Kumagai Tetsuya. Previously it was Ito Mariko.

Quote:

Also I'm not entirely convinced that the change in animators be a hit. Switching to different grunts with no practice drawing the characters is pretty much guaranteed to have a drop off in art and animation quality from where the first season ended.

That's a valid concern, yes. For myself though, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Or rather, I find that there's really no point worrying about it now that everything's set and ready to go

I would prefer to think that NHK has done what it could to make LogHora S2 a bigger hit. The Abe government has been talking about promoting Japanese culture to the world again and I hope Log Horizon's appeal might persuade NHK that, yes, this is a worthy investment =3

whitecloud · 2014-09-20, 22:05

i just seen the PV, is that kanami? if so is that mean we gonna see the go east story?

Renchan · 2014-09-21, 02:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sacredus

Images

comparison of Kanami

Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?

I have really bad feelings about changing animation studio to Deen...

Kanami made Go East!Kanami from scratch after ditching her DTP char, maybe she feels like to have bigger boobs than her previous character.

Chaos2Frozen · 2014-09-21, 02:47

To be fair, we never saw Kanami move much in the first season, issues like this only comes up with exaggerated movements.

Sheba · 2014-09-21, 02:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Renchan

Kanami made Go East!Kanami from scratch after ditching her DTP char, maybe she feels like to have bigger boobs than her previous character.

Just a reminder that whatever sorcery was behind Catastrophe, it is trying to make the avatar's body match its real life counterpart as close as it can. This is why Akatsuki needed that appearance-changing potion, because her gender AND bodytype didn't match. It's like walking in a Bonta-kun suit that is too big or too small. So people stuck in different gender and race have been feeling a lot of discomfort.

Spoiler:

Benigmatica · 2014-09-21, 06:15

While I loved the trailer for Log Horizon Season 2, the fact that Studio DEEN taking over the animation gives me a bad feeling...

Side-streetdog · 2014-09-21, 06:32

Just PV make me had a bad feeling about 2 SS.

silverexorcist · 2014-09-23, 08:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheba

Just a reminder that whatever sorcery was behind Catastrophe, it is trying to make the avatar's body match its real life counterpart as close as it can. This is why Akatsuki needed that appearance-changing potion, because her gender AND bodytype didn't match. It's like walking in a Bonta-kun suit that is too big or too small. So people stuck in different gender and race have been feeling a lot of discomfort.

Kanami is a centimeter taller, after all. Whatever the reason, she definitely grew. And chose to wear a short shorts instead of her kung fu pants that she had as a swashbuckler. Clearly, her values changed when she left the modesty of Japan.

Sheba · 2014-09-23, 10:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by silverexorcist

Kanami is a centimeter taller, after all. Whatever the reason, she definitely grew. And chose to wear a short shorts instead of her kung fu pants that she had as a swashbuckler. Clearly, her values changed when she left the modesty of Japan.

She became a eurofag \o/
Our continent have a reputation for being a little more liberal than the rest of the world after all.

2014-09-20, 17:47	Link #105
tsunade666 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: In my room	^ you know if there are designs shown for the kids. There are chances they will animate it up til vol 8. This is another 2 cour right? I think animating up till vol 7 and kanami's side story is too small or short for 2 cour. __________________ To A certain Lonely Hero

2014-09-20, 18:12	Link #107
Nachtwandler Yurifag Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine / Barcelona, Spain Age: 35	-_\\\. People. Volumes release dates have nothing to do with it. Tono already has story for 9 or 10 volumes(9th at least was announced for this year) ready and they'll use it all. Then actual volumes will be printed — doesn't matter. __________________ F/GO: 828 004 124 My Anime list My VN list

2014-09-20, 22:05	Link #113
whitecloud Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011	i just seen the PV, is that kanami? if so is that mean we gonna see the go east story? __________________ Friends are nice.......

2014-09-21, 06:32	Link #118
Side-streetdog Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007	Just PV make me had a bad feeling about 2 SS. __________________

2014-09-20, 17:38	Link #103
Vash1306 Pancakes Join Date: Mar 2008	So based on what we have seen in the trailer so far. How much is being adapted?

2014-09-20, 17:47	Link #106
Valky Radioactive Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: The Big Durian	Volume eight will be released September 29 though. It might be included too.

2014-09-20, 18:39	Link #109
teja208 Critical fanboy Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Anywhere with anime and anime discussion is fine	So the voice in the trailer is really Tetora? As for DEEN taking over the animation department, normally I wouldn't be worried that much as long as it doesn't have any impact the script writing. However, they are gonna cover freaking volume 7, sub par animation quality is a must.

2014-09-21, 02:47	Link #115
Chaos2Frozen We're Back Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Redgrave City Age: 35	To be fair, we never saw Kanami move much in the first season, issues like this only comes up with exaggerated movements.

2014-09-21, 06:15	Link #117
Benigmatica Deadpan Rambler Join Date: Nov 2012	While I loved the trailer for Log Horizon Season 2, the fact that Studio DEEN taking over the animation gives me a bad feeling...