What 90s Anime Did BETTER Than New Gen Anime | A VIDEO ESSAY.

Do you guys remember when anime looked like this? I mean, like this was some sexy looking anime. Like these were some top tier drawings. Like these drawings were making me want to just... These are anime in the 90s. Animation of course has improved over time and I mean, we went from characters sitting in empty spaces by themselves to this. Anime is an art form and although we do have the technology that has helped anime propelled in the way it did over time, I feel like most companies can forget that. Back then, anime had that distinct art style that had an aesthetic to it. Like, can you please tell me why this anime character is looking at me like that? Why is she looking so good? Boy, if you don't- I remember when I was a child waking up early in the morning to watch Dragon Ball Z and seeing how buff every single character was and how they trained. Even though it was dang near impossible to train in 100 times gravity, to look like that, I would. Knowing that, can somebody explain to me why Dragon Ball characters now are so skinny? Like this is wrong. Like they did my boy Gohan wrong. Like if me and Gohan hit the gym, I feel like I'm squatting more than him. I'm not gonna lie. To put it into words, nowadays, anime just looks unoriginal. And before you guys start attacking me, calm down, I already see the comments being typed. Just hear me out. Hear me out on this point. In this day and age, studios currently have no use to sit and derail from what's most popular right now. Like the phrase, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, is being taken to another level in this era. Many characters have the same look, if you get what I'm saying. These are basically the same characters with a different font on all of them. This one looks like he ran out of budget though, I can't lie. Bro looks like he needed to be scrapped off the list. But I came to a realization though. The actual reason for this dilemma in the medium today, we'll have to take it back. Back to the detachment of cell animation. In the early 1900s, cell animation is a form of 2D animation now strictly hand drawn. No digital help, no auto-filling frames. Every single frame was done by hand. Many companies came up using this technique, because at the time, it was the preferred and best looking method. But there's one thing I'd like to point out about cell animation. Cell animation gave artists creative freedom. And yeah, trust that the animators took full advantage of this. Because they got so good to the point that the animation industry had finally hit its The golden age of animation is what I'd like to call in today's terms, peak. This was the time when drawings and backgrounds started to have that insane detail. From the hair strand on a character's head, to the fingernails on each person's hand. I'm talking about that Studio Ghibli. That Cowboy Bebop. That, that old school Dragon Ball. Anime ain't look this good. It had that beautiful but warm color palette that every time you watched it, you couldn't help but feel cozy and want to just relax in the most chill way possible. This is the animation that you see on those Slode and Reverb songs we listen to all the time. It's because it carried that, and dare I say, that vibe. This animation resonated with your soul. The problem with anime today is, anime can sometimes look too perfect or smooth, if you guys get what I'm saying. Every drawing looks like it had no room for error. And that can take away from what we can relate to when watching these shows. The main thing is, humans aren't perfect. And that's what makes art. It was those mistakes or imperfections that allowed you to resonate with the photo you were looking at on another level. Those imperfections were the perfections. Boiling down what we made from creative minds to overly saturated photos with no room for error, takes away from the art that you were witnessing. Because it lacks that humanness. Now, I'm not going to take away from what digital animation has enabled us to do. There's a reason why so much anime are even able to come out. That doesn't mean all of them are good, let's be honest. But there are many anime, and I mean many, that are expanding on the creativity in their own fashion. For example, Ranking of Kings, Chainsaw Man, and even Afro Samurai. These animes understand the advantage that they have today with their digital advantage. And instead of just using it, they embrace it. They're using completely 3D environments, for example. Camera angles we wouldn't have ever gotten with 2D animation. This is the digital animation's way of immersing you into their TV show. They use other techniques to keep you engaged. Maybe later down the line, people might view the beginning of this digital era as of what was. Thank you for taking the time to watch this video. Subscribe! That would be extremely appreciated, and I want to hear what you guys have to say about this dance. Do you prefer 90s animation? Or actually prefer what's given to us today? Maybe you like it way more nowadays. But let me know down in the comments below. Thanks for watching, God bless, and peace. By the way, Chopper's old design was better. Sample