• MentalEdge
        2·
        3 months ago

        In the process of developing the style, then. Stills are easy to make good-looking, the second you have to spend the resources to make 15 to 30 frames that look that good for every second of movement is when we’ll really find out what the show might look like.

        But then it is studio Wit. They’ll do great, but there’s no reason to trust that these images actually represent the final style.

        • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
          2·
          3 months ago

          I agree. The current one piece doesn’t look that bad, but the animation 99% of the time is pretty poor, apart from special moments when they bring the big animation studios.

          • MentalEdge
            11·
            3 months ago

            It’s been monstrously inconsistent over the full run.

            And they haven’t re-recorded the ost or created new tracks. Toei hasn’t even produced new tracks with the same motifs we love, or bothered with varying what they use once in a while, instead whenever something cool, funny, sad, or tense happens, it’s the same four tracks used over and over and over and over, for decades now.

            Each arc of the series has literally zero musical identity. I cannot wait for someone to give every moment of OP it’s own unique feeling. Each villain their own theme. Each straw-hat a motif that evolves throughout the series.

            And don’t even get me started on the 90s level, source-engine-ass SFX samples they are still using.

            Toeis run became unwatchable for me a long time ago. Even as the animation team has been cooking hard in the last few years, the show is still let down by literally everything else.

            Go listen to the Gravity Rush game OSTs, they are by the same composer, and hot damn there are some bangers in there that show we could have been getting new, absolutely fantastic tracks, every damn arc.

            Just put some on and imagine some moments from the One Piece story, and FEEL how fresh it is.

            I really hope Wit gets this guy to come back and do some new music for series. The guys music drips with OP energy.

            • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
              1·
              3 months ago

              But weren’t they planning on reusing the audio of the original anime? Or are they able to use just the voices separately?

              • MentalEdge
                11·
                3 months ago

                I have no clue.

                If the plan is to literally just animate over the original audio track of each episode, I’ve lost all interest.