User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 187: Frog, Review./@comment-24367018-20140621110604


 * Sighs

Constructive/destructive criticism rant thing hoo.

As the new episodes go, this one was pretty good but it still has its problems. Good things; Gajeel vs. Rogue. The voice acting was excellent, especially Frosch's which I shall build on later, Levy's was awesome too. Not as good as in Episode 102 imo but beggars can't be choosers.

Eh what else? The actual fight, by these animators standards, was pretty good too. The shadow's didn't have the same level of depth as the previous animators but as it's been so far, definitely an improvement.

Right, that's my favourite bits done. Now for everything else. -.-

The man, on/in the dolphin. Dafuq was that all about? Not only was he odd, he was totally irrelevant. I know some of the best artists/authors do their best works whilst high as a kite but I get the feeling that whoever came up with this waste of time, money, acting, quality and just about everything had had the weirdest acid trip of all time to come up with... just that. Or a bad magic mushroom trip.

The sequencing also seemed off too. How the hell can you go from Rogue strangling Gajeel to the point of death to the retarded dolphin thing in the space of a few seconds. It doesn't make sense. Also the way how they bounced back and forth from CS, the rescue team and Gajeel just didn't fit. It's like they made a bunch of different scenes and thought they'd make a jigsaw out of it and didn't put it together properly.

And finally; the animation. I know everyone harps on about it but seriously, the animation absolutely did not deserve to be synced with such fine voice acting. My main example was little Frosch when he saw Rogue possessed. The picture was almost static! There was no emotion drawn onto that face that totally betrayed the emotion heard and felt. There are other examples but that one's the one that sticks in my mind the most.

Anyway, I'm sure there are other things that annoyed me and pissed me off, as there are things I like, but after writing that last bit... I don't feel like it.