The Killing Joke animated film

[ZombieRepublican]

I wish they got a Japanese production company to make it, like Project IG.

The animation looks horrendously cheap. Production IG made Ghost in the Shell and Akira I believe. It could have benefited from classical animation style of those movies

 

[crows]

I wish they got a Japanese production company to make it, like Project IG.

The animation looks horrendously cheap. Production IG made Ghost in the Shell and Akira I believe. It could have benefited from classical animation style of those movies

batman anime would be great

 

[kryptonianmutie]

batman anime would be great

We had that already with Gotham Knight.

 

[IrishJedi]

Hamill doesn't sound that good in the trailer.

Actually, I tend to agree. But I think Hamill will be fine.

I'll do you one better: I think (with what I've heard so far) that Kevin Conroy is the one that sounds all wrong for this. Particularly in that scene where he's talking to the fake Joker stand-in at Arkham Asylum. Unless that is an alternate take of the dialog in that scene, then the reading and tone is WAY wrong, imho. This shouldn't be the TAS Batman. It should be The Killing Joke Batman... particularly one who is speaking Alan Moore's nihilistic words.

Still... despite that and despite the apparently lackluster animation I'm still eager to see this and will give it a fair shake.

 

[crows]

We had that already with Gotham Knight.

and it was great

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Actually, I tend to agree. But I think Hamill will be fine.

I'll do you one better: I think (with what I've heard so far) that Kevin Conroy is the one that sounds all wrong for this. Particularly in that scene where he's talking to the fake Joker stand-in at Arkham Asylum. Unless that is an alternate take of the dialog in that scene, then the reading and tone is WAY wrong, imho. This shouldn't be the TAS Batman. It should be The Killing Joke Batman... particularly one who is speaking Alan Moore's nihilistic words.

Still... despite that and despite the apparently lackluster animation I'm still eager to see this and will give it a fair shake.

Yeah, I agree ...wait...did that just happen?

 

[IrishJedi]

Yeah, I agree ...wait...did that just happen?

 

[GasparZizou]

I wish they got a Japanese production company to make it, like Project IG.

The animation looks horrendously cheap. Production IG made Ghost in the Shell and Akira I believe. It could have benefited from classical animation style of those movies

I can't help but wonder why is it that average episodes of average modern animes look and are better animated than full animated feature films by DC?

I've always wanted an anime-style superhero show, and One Punch Man gave me that, but still, a Justice League movie by a good Japanese studio would be sweet.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I can't help but wonder why is it that average episodes of average modern animes look and are better animated than full animated feature films by DC?

I've always wanted an anime-style superhero show, and One Punch Man gave me that, but still, a Justice League movie by a good Japanese studio would be sweet.

Because cartoons from the United States are animated in China, not in Japan To be fair, it could be a style in story telling because I've never seen an anime show or film where the mouth is animated in a realistic manner. In anime, the lips only move up and down, like in a ventriloquist's doll, while low-budget cartoons in the Sates always attempt to animate the mouth in a more realistic manner, meaning that the lips can move in all directions to simulate actual human speech...perhaps because there's a greater emphasis on dialogue and story telling through verbal communication...or maybe I'm just talking a bunch of bull****

 

[kryptonianmutie]

I've seen some adult oriented anime where the mouths move a very realistic manner.[emoji38]
And I thought Flashpoint Paradox had an anime feel to it.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I've seen some adult oriented anime where the mouths move a very realistic manner.[emoji38]
And I thought Flashpoint Paradox had an anime feel to it.

You ruined my 15 years in the making theory!!

 

[jye4ever]

Because cartoons from the United States are animated in China, not in Japan To be fair, it could be a style in story telling because I've never seen an anime show or film where the mouth is animated in a realistic manner. In anime, the lips only move up and down, like in a ventriloquist's doll, while low-budget cartoons in the Sates always attempt to animate the mouth in a more realistic manner, meaning that the lips can move in all directions to simulate actual human speech...perhaps because there's a greater emphasis on dialogue and story telling through verbal communication...or maybe I'm just talking a bunch of bull****

 

[GasparZizou]

Because cartoons from the United States are animated in China, not in Japan To be fair, it could be a style in story telling because I've never seen an anime show or film where the mouth is animated in a realistic manner. In anime, the lips only move up and down, like in a ventriloquist's doll, while low-budget cartoons in the Sates always attempt to animate the mouth in a more realistic manner, meaning that the lips can move in all directions to simulate actual human speech...perhaps because there's a greater emphasis on dialogue and story telling through verbal communication...or maybe I'm just talking a bunch of bull****

Actually, they do put a lot of emphasis on mouth movement too tee-hee, but since it's Japanese it doesn't even make sense to me

Older DC stuff was animated in Japan and Korea, and it was great, the Animated universe included.

 

[kryptonianmutie]

You ruined my 15 years in the making theory!!

Go on

 

[ZombieRepublican]

We had that already with Gotham Knight.

Its ashame that was a disappointment for me. I think for alot which is why im afraid another Batman anime probably wont happen again unfortunately.

Actually, I tend to agree. But I think Hamill will be fine.

I'll do you one better: I think (with what I've heard so far) that Kevin Conroy is the one that sounds all wrong for this. Particularly in that scene where he's talking to the fake Joker stand-in at Arkham Asylum. Unless that is an alternate take of the dialog in that scene, then the reading and tone is WAY wrong, imho. This shouldn't be the TAS Batman. It should be The Killing Joke Batman... particularly one who is speaking Alan Moore's nihilistic words.

Still... despite that and despite the apparently lackluster animation I'm still eager to see this and will give it a fair shake.

Surprisingly i kid of agree, i literally never have a vote against Hamil/Conroy. But were probably wrong and it'll be great when it releases

I can't help but wonder why is it that average episodes of average modern animes look and are better animated than full animated feature films by DC?

I've always wanted an anime-style superhero show, and One Punch Man gave me that, but still, a Justice League movie by a good Japanese studio would be sweet.

Its because Japanese animation takes more time and effort, maybe higher budget, which DC isn't willing to do for a straight to video release. Look how quick we got trailer after the announcement! If it was Japanese it would come out next year.

Even though it takes more time, that's what makes it timeless, and i wish DC would have put the time/budget this story deserves.

I've seen some adult oriented anime where the mouths move a very realistic manner.[emoji38]
And I thought Flashpoint Paradox had an anime feel to it.

Some DC movies ( the nest looking) are actually developed by Japanese studios. Like Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, or Green Lantern: Emerald Knights they look great!

 

[GasparZizou]

Its because Japanese animation takes more time and effort, maybe higher budget, which DC isn't willing to do for a straight to video release. Look how quick we got trailer after the announcement! If it was Japanese it would come out next year.

But I don't think the case in modern times, anime is a very efficient industry nowadays, very often studios are still in the process of making like the 6th episode of a 12 episodes anime by the time the anime starts airing, or even less than that, with a standard or modest budget.

Take One Punch Man for instance, it's a very average anime in production time/budget, they were still making half of it when it came out, and it looks waaaaay better than this, even the outsourced episodes.

And studios do this multiple times every season with several animes... One would think DC is bigger than said studios.

 

[ZombieRepublican]

But I don't think the case in modern times, anime is a very efficient industry nowadays, very often studios are still in the process of making like the 6th episode of a 12 episodes anime by the time the anime starts airing, or even less than that, with a standard or modest budget.

Take One Punch Man for instance, it's a very average anime in production time/budget, they were still making half of it when it came out, and it looks waaaaay better than this, even the outsourced episodes.

And studios do this multiple times every season with several animes... One would think DC is bigger than said studios.

Well Japanese work ethic is unlike any other in the world, especially in animation lol. (Full disclosure I've not watched OPM yet)
But beautiful anime like Attack on Titan still takes ages, season 2 doesn't even come out this year. Or even look at the new Evangelion movies, I can't believe the series wasn't finished years ago.

Western animation hasn't been on par with Japanese since the original WB and Jungle-book days unfortunately.

 

[EVILFACE]

Trailer came off and trying to sound dark way to hard.

 

[GasparZizou]

Well Japanese work ethic is unlike any other in the world, especially in animation lol. (Full disclosure I've not watched OPM yet)
But beautiful anime like Attack on Titan still takes ages, season 2 doesn't even come out this year. Or even look at the new Evangelion movies, I can't believe the series wasn't finished years ago.

Western animation hasn't been on par with Japanese since the original WB and Jungle-book days unfortunately.

That's true, they bust their asses off making that stuff.

 

[greygoose]

Wish they had gone with the yellow bat logo.