#graphinica

The cards are all lined up, awaiting their orders. ♦️♣️ 🌹

i saw what graphinica was capable of with juni taisen--say what you will about the plot but the character design + coloring was gorgeous in that show--and record of ragnarok wasn't it

i caught up with the manga the day before the anime came out (totally unplanned!! my rxns were/are queued up i was really surprised when i saw netflix drop this show today) and i anticipated some mid quality based off of the PV bc i am a hoe for shading + fluid animation and i wasn't really getting that from the trailer...

but ah! i am disappointed with this direction! animation aside (i actually don't mind choppy sequencing/cgi assets bc the industry moves super fast and i accept artists cutting corners bc they're cornered by studio deadlines) i feel like the story was squashed down just to focus on the punching and the slashing in the arena

i guessed the backstories of each fighter would be cut down by a lot since i thought this would be a 12-24 ep show but! the interactions of the side characters in between fights were eliminated entirely and i am so shocked bc that is what gives the audience a chance to understand the point of ragnarok since we get to see brunhilde talk to the gods (i.e. loki, heracles)

also the art hoe side of me is admittedly sad that some of the more delicate artwork from the manga couldn't be recreated--there were some facial expressions that really moved me (i.e. sasaki's face after winning)

*sigh* i'm hoping this is a result of netflix rushing through deadlines maybe? i really want to believe in graphinica since i'm super pumped to see their work on the tokyo mew mew reboot