Guaporense
11-08-14, 10:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v6iOVhw6mQ
While this is technically a TV series, the Sopranos was here as well, so I think I will review it here as well, given that more people look at this forum and it has more attention to direction than many films (like Adam Sandler's), while representing a significant work of visual art besides being a masterpiece of character driven storytelling. Also, it runs 11 episodes of 23 minutes, so it runs 250 minutes in length, shorter than Satantango and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
While it is animated and made in Japan it's very different from most other anime series and films in terms of art-style. Rejecting the art style of Tezuka and it's modern incarnations, which dominates most current anime, Ping Pong opts for a more realistic style without any cuteness in it's designs while presenting more subtle colours than most animation, which reminded me a little of the style of Only Yesterday though here it is much more crude and realistically looking and attempts to be a rough male style which character designs are are made to be intentionally ugly looking and project a image of pure masculine aggression.
standard anime style:
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hit-5-8.jpg
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hitsugi-no-chaika-akari-and-toru.jpg
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hit-5-14.jpg
Ping Pong the Animation style:
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pp-5-2.jpg
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pp-5-9.jpg
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pp-5-13.jpg
The animation is also more fluid and creative, incorporating angles and camera dynamics that one never sees in TV animation and rarely even in anime films. There is also the utilization of the medium of animation to express the psychological state of mind of it's characters to the fullest extent.
The character development is great and the center of the narrative is the development of each of the four main characters and their inner motivations. While I usually dislike sports related films and TV series, I found this to be incredibly great. Among the best works of screen fiction ever made, TV or film. This masterpiece is on youtube as well, at least for Americans. It's one of the finest examples I know tht show the possibilities of animation for fictional narrative in expressing emotions through the distortion of time and space while possessing an extremely well written narrative. I wouldn't say it's the best thing ever because I will probably discover other things that I like as well but it's top level stuff certainly.
While this is technically a TV series, the Sopranos was here as well, so I think I will review it here as well, given that more people look at this forum and it has more attention to direction than many films (like Adam Sandler's), while representing a significant work of visual art besides being a masterpiece of character driven storytelling. Also, it runs 11 episodes of 23 minutes, so it runs 250 minutes in length, shorter than Satantango and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
While it is animated and made in Japan it's very different from most other anime series and films in terms of art-style. Rejecting the art style of Tezuka and it's modern incarnations, which dominates most current anime, Ping Pong opts for a more realistic style without any cuteness in it's designs while presenting more subtle colours than most animation, which reminded me a little of the style of Only Yesterday though here it is much more crude and realistically looking and attempts to be a rough male style which character designs are are made to be intentionally ugly looking and project a image of pure masculine aggression.
standard anime style:
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hit-5-8.jpg
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hitsugi-no-chaika-akari-and-toru.jpg
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hit-5-14.jpg
Ping Pong the Animation style:
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pp-5-2.jpg
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pp-5-9.jpg
http://www.entravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pp-5-13.jpg
The animation is also more fluid and creative, incorporating angles and camera dynamics that one never sees in TV animation and rarely even in anime films. There is also the utilization of the medium of animation to express the psychological state of mind of it's characters to the fullest extent.
The character development is great and the center of the narrative is the development of each of the four main characters and their inner motivations. While I usually dislike sports related films and TV series, I found this to be incredibly great. Among the best works of screen fiction ever made, TV or film. This masterpiece is on youtube as well, at least for Americans. It's one of the finest examples I know tht show the possibilities of animation for fictional narrative in expressing emotions through the distortion of time and space while possessing an extremely well written narrative. I wouldn't say it's the best thing ever because I will probably discover other things that I like as well but it's top level stuff certainly.