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played in our face with the animation this week

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I hear you & accept your opinion and I can even understand the frustration but for me personally the animation is second to a good story but that’s just me I’m not trying to make anyone see it my way I just personally don’t understand it the same I’ll still play a game I like even if the frames or graphics ain’t crisp

Cleven Anthony

Its not even just the animation. The direction is not the best imo the close ups shots have amazing art but it makes it hard to even imagine wtf is going on. That and the lack of animation just make it less enjoyable to me personally. S1 had more wide shots that made it easier to understand. And its crazy not to expect good animation from a SPORTS ANIME if you dont care about animation thats fine but i do because its anime not a manga. If i wanted to watch pictures move id do it better in my head. This show has amazing style, art, music, etc. but you can't excuse the slideshow ass animation.

WhiteObama

More high ground ? Lmao I’m just not a snob for animation & im entitled too that opinion. I need to learn criticism from someone who criticized me ? Lmfaoooooooo pls gtfoh buddy 😂

Cleven Anthony

This might be the MOST braindeaf comment i’ve ever read lmao. Twitter rotting peoples brains that they think they gotta gain some moral ground on everything. Well hows this about moral high ground. The author of tog is basically breaking his wrist writing that, in terms of story it’s one of the best i’ve ever read. AND the anime was doo doo. Stop being a weirdo and learn what criticism is

Enryu

15:49 Rin gon have to da the helicopter or sum iykyk😂😂😂

Malachi Way

There is genuinely no way you’re blaming the American audience when the still frame literally gives no indication that he hit the ball 💀 even if they said “Nice Pass” it obviously would have people confused if they didn’t see a pass.

Ariana

lupa's face throughout this reaction as he comes to the realisation that this is the animation we're gonna be getting the rest of this szn is gold lmaoo

naa

Dawg compare the first season to this it's a clear step in the wrong direction.. the art is good but the lazy half ass motion is obviously.. you should be pushing for studios to stop rushing shit for money and let animators take their time to do the Manga justice.. your literally settling for less while fanmade animation is better then this just because the person who made it took their time

Elijah Smith

on Twitter Roshi said they already watched it. They liked the first 2 seasons alot but the 3rd season was so bad they stopped watching the whole show lmao.

Jillian Wallace

Oh yea that’s how you know roshi draws and shit cause I didn’t pick up on any of that lol I didn’t have a problem with the animation until you brought it to my attention Damn good call.

Trequan Williams

It's not even about it being S tier, these studios need to have some sort of respect for the material they're animating and not do the bare minimum lol. If you like a show, why would you settle for "at least it got animated" especially for a series with action sequences like Blue Lock or any sort of fighting anime? Trying to call ToG animation fantastic is such cope because they're disrespecting that series SO hard, especially when S1 was fine lol. They gave us one good episode at the start and then it got lazy. Just because these aren't in the depths of hell with seven deadly sins doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to get talked about lmao

Izaiah Sanchez

It doesn't owe us s tier but it should at least be smth that don't look like a sideshow. If they needed more time they shoulda just release it later people are fine waiting if the end product is good

Nabo181

I’d love to see ppl In here do a better job animating until I’m okay with my decent animation and have no reason to complain as Loong as it doesn’t look like 7 deadly sins. Animation for this and tower of god are fantastic and it’s bad form to try and step away from something cause of animation; there was none when you read so now that it’s animated please be grateful and stop acting like the industry owes you s tier animation on every project

Cleven Anthony

Nah if it’s not seven deadly sins bad then you complaining for absolutely nothing

Cleven Anthony

You know i had a feeling it had to be Zlatan 😂

Jacob Remmler

The reason for the dip in production was due to 8 Bit working on Episode Nagi movie, S3 of Slime and Irregular at Magic high school. One of them was bound to suffer 😭. Def looks like they didn’t see Blue Lock as a priority

Darius Wells

Nah it’s bad

Darius Wells

"Bainko Namdai" Lookin Ass! 🤣 Fun Fact: Shidou is based on a 6'5 Swedish legend that was Also very proficient in Ka-Ra-Tayyy. He was known for being able to make crazy powerful kicks from unorthodox angles, thanks to his Karate prowess and size. He was ALSO known for his large attitude and inability to get a long with other strong personalities. He and Barou are based on PHYSICAL BEAST that actually had crazy egos and failed to reach greater heights because of it.

HIM

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Kimani ❌

Weebs and denial. A tale as old as time.

Fraudkuna

Might as well stick to the manga, then. Lmao

Fraudkuna

Yeah sadly this is one of the instances where you can tell the anime is basically just meant to be promotional material for the manga and nothing else. Some flags for that are when they basically just take the manga and colour it while doing the bare bones for animation, instead of thinking how it can be best adapted for the animation medium. Also, I hate the dialogue and terrible nicknames they give each other lmao. I don't think it's come up yet this season but last season it was killing me 😭. "You won't get past me Pink Panther!", "Sure I will Blunt Bangs!" Felt so unnatural.

King of New York

Bro I'm sorry but in an ANIME no animation = bad animation

King of New York

💀Blue Lock gatcha game

King of New York

Being a fanboy is a helluva thing.

Champion Bescos

Hey that’s me

Skurp

That show is only good for like the first half of season 1, everything after that is complete mid-ass

Charcoal

Wtf is this episode 😭 ain’t no way now I see why you posted that on twitter they def need some money

GeekdUpDee

I tried but can't watch this. Kind of seems like one of those anime mobile games where there's nothing but slide shows and lots of talking.

KingdorismHD

Fun episode!! Stop whining people because it's so pretentious!

Badsos123

this episode was like 90% still shots (which look amazing) but when there was that lil bit of animation like the chigiri part, it also looked pretty good. Coping for the future eps to be better Edit: i just realized Roshi said the same shit as me after the episode lmao

Harmonial

Yes it is dawg don't be delusional

Ougi

its not cope, im not saying this is good. im just saying this situation is NO animation and not BAD animation

melloburner

This is hard cope. In a sports anime, actual movement (which comes from, you know, animating extra frames) is a pretty big part of immersing the audience into the action of the match. You can see this from...literally the first season.

Sean

I think they mean no animation. The arts still fire though. It's almost a manga slideshow.

chewysbutt

It’s bad lil bro , i didn’t even watch it😭🙏

jojoey

Animation wasn’t even bad , y’all all exaggerating 💀

Layo

png lock

kloihyf yt

you might be the only blue lock fan that has a brain. I’ve been tryin to tell ppl this for so long bc they just don’t understand. The way the manga is authored just makes it a hard anime to adapt. Plus soccer is a hard sport to make into a anime because you NEED dialogue but a match is so long and not a ton of action happens so it’s difficult to translate into a anime i feel like

refillable

people calling the animation "bad" are wrong. there was tons of stills and a LACK of animation, but none of the little bit of animation in this episode was BAD, it was fine. bad animation is shit like what happened in Seven Deadly Sins. that is just poor animation lmfao

melloburner

Can you guys watch umbrella academy

SimSimSalabim

The problem with people not knowing football is that stuff is missed. But even if you miss Otoya's finish him saying "Nice Cross, Miss" would have clued in a football fan. Sometimes I take it for granted that Americans don't watch football at all.

Karabo

The only info on s2 is the final question with Arisawa if u want to skip to that.

e10

I got u: 2024 Anime Expo interview w/ Ryoya Arisawa (the producer), Megumu Tsuchiya, and Kazuki Ura. I think it’s on yt but you can read the transcript here: https://animecorner.me/interview-blue-locks-kazuki-ura-ryoya-arisawa-and-megumu-tsuchiya-on-production-experiences-and-season-2/

e10

clown lock had more animation than the actual episod lmao, I hope they level up during U20 matches. CGs looked better than first season CGs tho

Nabi

The animation bad yet but people saying it's Queen Bee levels bad? Brooooooo nothing is Queen Bee levels bad

ShaquanVirse

LMAO relax cause No TF They Don't

ShaquanVirse

Yeah, this is my thought too. I know what's going to happen later (literally name of the season), they will sauced up Sae a lot. So, if that match comes and the animation is questionable, there's no defending. Let's just hope the studio focused on the correct part.

Un D

This episode was so bad they tried their best to hide it using a lot of lights and shadows for no reason lmao

Wsgyan

I mean I rather have the shit animation being hidden rather then everything is ass😵 hopefully all the budget went to the u-20 match

snowy

Why u talking like that you weirdo

Wsgyan

Nah they did too much on the lighting and shadows sometimes it was really unnecessary and it’s only to hide the fact that the animation was ass

Wsgyan

source ? Cause y’all always say that but nobody can give any source

Wsgyan

Because uzumaki isn’t a fucking sport anime where you need to see movement 🤦🏾‍♂️

Wsgyan

The blue lock anime/manga has a problem where they tell u literally EVERY movement that occurs on the field w/o letting the action breathe It’s fine in the manga because it’s not as prevalent since u can just read and move on w/ pics HOWEVER in anime-form (especially a sports anime) it’s extremely noticeable because there needs to be a large amount of still shots so the dialogue can catch up to the action I don’t need characters (mainly Isagi) telling me word for word every step that takes place. I have eyes, I can see what’s going on. It also doesn’t give much breathing room for animators. In my opinion, it would be best if they could possibly cut out some dialogue, but dialogue in bllk is kinda important at times so it’s hard to figure out what to take out & keep in It takes time to discuss w/ the mangaka but considering this production was rushed, since they did an entire movie in between S1 & 2 (For no reason other than a $$$ grab) I doubt they would’ve had time to cut dialogue effectively Sure the production could be MUCH better, but I can’t help but feel for the production team due to the abundance of dialogue making it so much more difficult, the time constraints placed on them, & the high expectations from fans

YoungSalsa

Chigiri actually didn’t score he passed to otoya(The Ninja) who headbutted the ball into the goal

Runawayjinx

In an interview the producer said they had less time for season 1 and that U20 will have better animation and directing. Unless it’s a straight up lie, we can at least hope it’s true since they had more time and the season will be much shorter. However a lot goes on behind the scenes so we’ll just have to wait and see. Will be a shame if they waste one of the best arcs in the best selling manga of last year.

e10

Even Queen Bee animates better than this...

Manny

ngl the animation is crap but the art style and lighting is beautiful

snowy

Seven deadly sins had 1 off season but recently has been very very good consistent animation quality

Davon Thomas

Promise neverland is a whole different issue. Animation was the least of its problems in that one

Asher Ealey

Thats some real shit

GenSalesTax

Same. Where?

Dyastro

Himothy Himson

Dyastro

The animation was non existent, but imo, I'll take good looking still frames like this over poor attempts at animation like Seven deadly Sins, or Tower of God

13

Everyone settle down, yall know what budgeting is if you want the actual epic moments and U-20 to be crisp then the first few episodes are going to be sacrificed

CAM

It’s like basketball but with your feet but with less whiny calls for those who still might not understand

CAM

Where can I watch that I’ve been searching

CAM

yeah i really think the whole seasojn could be bad like maybe the rushed excuse from season 1 was just an excuse. based on the trailers it looks like the whole season has problems. which is unfortunate because the u-20 match is the best arc of the series so far and one of the best matches in recent sports anime/manga

CuteAdorableDog

It was moments like that in s1 one as well. Even in the manga there are moments where you don’t know what the he’ll happen

Tellyg47

And also who ever co-signed the decision to animate a FOOTBALL anime but also with the most complex and detailed line work needs a spanking bc this show could’ve been godlike with easier characters to animate. The intense line work should’ve been reserved for really epic moments and close ups tbh.

Taiwo Aileru

Does anybody actually know the staff list for this episode bc people saying it’s a low priority episode might be coping

Taiwo Aileru

I´m pretty sure they are animating like this to save the budget for the u-20 match, the studio even said that during an interview awhile back, even tho I still dont mind the bad powerpoint, but yea the animation is gonna be all on u-20 game

Nuke XD

Rare roshi feet sighting 23:59

Cheesecake

Haven't had a chance to watch the reactions yet, but I feel that caption omg. I hate nitpicking animation, but it was so noticeable... It'll be incredibly disappointing if the rest of the season is like this.

Kiara

Well the good news is that it will end soon. Hopefully the U20 match will be better.

Victor

seven deadly frames vs Blue Locked in Frames

Casual

they really tried to make this slideshow fancy as hell i will give em that

Fuji

nono it was bad bad

Endo

My son shidou 💪🏽

xProKnockz

Imma be real sad if the next few episodes like this. Might have to start reading the manga cause the animation is not there

Joncarlo Alvarado

For anyone wondering, the match with U20 Japan would take like 70% of this season. Since this season has 14 episodes, this means there should be only 2 or at most 3 episodes left before the match, and one of them is non-action. So we can confirm whether or not they indeed put all their effort in the U20 match really soon.

Victor

I’m begging that shits true 😭

LStunzz

they better not do this season dirty.. U20 was my fav so far in the manga ( I'm taking a break, so i stop reading after the next arc.. but just so yall knw, our main boy will be going through it for a while. lol) like 90% of the arc was on the field, and if I'm right the match should take place in about another 8-10 eps if they don't speed it up. So, I hope tht this was just a goofy moment. Cuzz if it ain't, u guys will be upset..

Tore Jessamy

Relax guys. I'm sure they have reasons to do this. Maybe they put all their effort into to match with U-20 Japan. And stop being bloody dramatic, this is nowhere near the level of TOG season 2. We shall see.

Victor

are they going to react to the blue lock nagi movie ?

Dontae Lindo

I'm thinking the animation will pick up in later episodes but if not, as long as it's not that one terrible run from Uzumaki I can live with it lol

Ash

It's a good thing there's a lot of characters I'm invested in but man hopefully the animation catches back up with the art style. Would hate for this show to fall the way of Misfit, Slime, Shield Hero...

DevilMayCarter

It’s every week

Rimuru

This ep gave me Promise Neverland flashbacks, felt like watching a slide show

Kevs rey

That much physical contact and more is allowed. You can't like wrestle people, but using your physicality to overpower opponents is a big part of the sport. It's why professional players need to do tons of strength training rather than just all being quick and agile

Liliana

It really feels like they just took the story boarding and added low level animation to it (and some straight up windows movie maker effects) and was like “they’re gonna love this, won’t even notice what we’re doing!” But we definitely do 😭

Lea Garrido

yes like i said to CJ i thought people were clowning on the art i agree i feel like there should be more animation guess we will see in the next episode

AnimeTiddiesKindaNice

Bro the animation is so poor(not the art btw) they thought chigiri scored😭

CMBR

Drawings are fine, the animation is nonexistent. As Roshi pointed out in the discussion, most of the episode is still drawings with tons of effects to make you think stuff is moving on the screen, which it is not. The only movement we get is the effects, the CGI soccer ball, and every now and then a character will actually move, but it's either a drawing dragged across the screen or a tiny snippet of a CGI model of the character at a more odd angle than the usual character drawings. The animation is not good, it is basically currently nonexistent. You can love the art and drawings, but don't say it has good animation.

Masneomlock

All my friends watch NFL. They did this to me 😭

AllanJ

ok yes thank you thats what i thought people were talking about but yes i agree with that i did get them mixed and yes i feel like they should use more animtion

AnimeTiddiesKindaNice

I haven't even watched a single episode of Blue Lock, I just came to see this reaction because I saw all the twitter shit talk and the clips and wanted to know what you say about it lmao

Francisco

Not sure if you’re confusing the art and animation, but the art looks extremely good, there’s just no animation. It’s mostly moving images which is very bad and makes it hard to see the impact of actions and follow the players as they move

CJ

I don’t think that the animation “got worse” cus some sequences and frame looks cleaner when compared with first season. But they are definitely trying to make it look more like the manga but animated and both things don’t work good together. They should’ve keep doing what they did the first season, tbh if they want to give a real “adaptation” and not just a cool AMV.

Saúl Candanedo

i actually dont see the problem everyone is having with the animation its not even bad like what???

AnimeTiddiesKindaNice

Blue GIF

J Man

It's called football bitch don't make me throw a crumpet at you

Expired Breast Milk

!!!

hayden 💟

whats up with these season 2 anime and the sharp drop off in quality. Same with ToG

Luciaron

i banged ur mom

Ren

this is another anime they dropping soon

Killah_ Raze

Framelock

Stephan Braham

When I saw rumors of this seasons animation I was afraid AF especially with literal actual badminton animation blue box had. Just like with TOG Im just hoping they are going to put effort in the scenes/arcs that actually matter because if the U20 match is this lazy ima read the fking manga cause I heard some amazing moments happened.

Keondodge

i thought it was just me, I was like why aint the animation as clean as the previous season

I jay

Well, that isn't saying much, since there ain't much animation going on.

Gabriel Jimenez

tbh Uzumaki episode 2 animation was WAY worse and they didn't say nothing bout that besides that one scene.

RBGTalk

I wish they would react to Ippo

LiquidXGravity

Oh I thought slime was better than this forsure

Alan

To answer your question Roshi, Yes.. he can do that. Soccer is actually a pretty physical sport and you can get away with alot more than you can in Basketball.

AllanJ

let's just hope that the team is putting all their resources into the U20 match I know Roshi is skeptical about this but unlike TOG Blue lock actually has talented staff working on it they just did not have a good schedule.

Julian_lol

Editors were sick with COVID or some shit when making this one

Alan

Season 1 looked way better then this and the animation wasn't even crazy

Kisuke01

The art is insanely good, but the actual animation is bad

Sergio Duran

Also to your point Lupa that you stated at the end, Blue Lock is essentially a battle series masquerading as a sports series

Nick Vaughn

We'll have to see how the U20 is looking like. Also ngl the CGI actually looked good enough for me, I didn't mind it tbh

Tenroku

Yeah. I'm hoping that most of the budget went towards animating the U-20 match.

SavvyAlloy

Chigiri didnt score that goal, he passed it and the ninja dude scored its just that the animation is so stiff its hard to tell

Prxj3ct

Peeps need to realise there's some studios that genuinley don't gaf about some shows that's its not about time or effort its about money and I ain't mad at it no more. Show got so popular that niggas in the studio said "lets so throw shit together fans will eat it up anyway lol", its like me going for a bathroom break 25 times in a Walmart job shift i still get paid for the hours anyway lmao.

sotonye ogan

Blue lock got that Record of raganork treatment, hajime no ippo and haikyuu could never get disrespected like this🤣🤣🤣

Fizzy

24:00 👀😭

Mike Alcazar

Yehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Hasnain Khan

first slideshow anime thats peak

twinuzis

right? I'm still really enjoyed the episode but even if we have stills it looks really good! The bad thing is that we barely have any movements but I do hope when we get to the main match it's gonna look better.. they can use stills but try to use less if they can maybe? lol

Kevin Kovacs

They really colored the Manga panels and moved them like cards across the screen 😂

Kisuke01

17:38 I'm like 90% sure ninja boy headed in Chigiri's cross, that makes the most sense at least.

Solemnity

This episode is the first time where I’ve ever seen the animation be good and bad at the same time. Like the animation in its self was still nice and clean, but the motions/movements were weird. That’s insane because the motions/movements were fine last episode. The episode was still good though. Hella entertaining.

Earphone Jack

I'm actually so sad about this cause the manga especially this arc is peak! I'm holding out hope for the rest of the season but rn this is trash omg 😭

Daniella

Hopefully this is only for the first couple of episodes because if they did this during the U-20 match I'd be pissed

Devin B

only kuroko no basket and hajime no ippo can save us

Delgado

Made with PowerPoint

TheHud257

Bro when did this show turn from Blue Lock to Frame Lock?

V STAN

slideshowlock is peak

Ájanae Jenkins

I would’ve much rather not gotten a another season for a year or two if it meant the studio could get their shit together behind the scenes and have the time to put out a quality season especially since there have been nothing but production issues since the end of season one. Again that’s just my opinion because I feel like the quality of the animation is just as important for a sports anime as it is for a battle series.

Nick Vaughn

Agreed

Michael Kaiser

Why are we getting a powerpoint presentation as animation?😭😭

Aleyna

Terrible excuse though from the studio

Jazko

Wonder if people think this better or worse than the animation in slime s3 😂

Nikabee

8Bit Studio will pay for playing with us like this. How are you gonna pick up the HIGHEST selling manga of 2023 and just “eeehh here’s a nickel” the animation??

Nico

Ahhh shit time for the Power Point Presentation 💀

Art of Trolling

I really dont mind the animation

Ren

they giving us mmv animation man 💔

Heystax

i have trust issues now. Studio Ufotable will never do me like this

Jazko

Gotta wait for the u20 there saving the budget for that

BONE DRAGON Vids

I mentioned this on another post but not sure if this is confirm or not but isagi's va mentioned that they're putting all the budget on the main match that's why shit looks like a powerpoint...hopefully that's the case

Michael Kaiser

PowerPoint lock

TChang23

JPEG Lock

Chauncey

oh god png lock😶 and FOR THE PPL WHO COMPLAINED SEASON 1. yall shouldve kept quiet cause atleast we had some good animation when people used their “ability” now its just png 😭

DatKid_Kaneki

PNG lock

Chris

Here we go😂

Jesse Hill


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