Canipa breaks his hiatus to talk about how sad he is about NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a’s hiatus. Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheCanipaEffect Video edited by penlum and UN Owen Additional editing by Canipa Sources and Further Reading: Answerman that compiles info on Winter delays – https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2023-01-27/.194130 Tomohiko Ito talking about struggles in the anime industry (including at A-1 Pictures) https: //www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2022/12301041/?all=1&page=2 Thread from SakugaBlog’s Kvin running down Wonder Egg Priority’s similar production issues: https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/1410396850025340932 Follow me on Twitter : https://twitter.com/CanipaShow Intro: Animated by Christian Maize (@CookieficationJ) Music by Steven Kelly (@Sarifus) Produced for The Canipa Effect Anime series featured in this video (chronologically): NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a The Detective is Already Dead The Seven Deadly Sins Tomo-chan is a Girl! Persona 5: The Animation Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms 86 Mirai Ayakashi Triangle UniteUp The Misfit of Demon King Academy 2 Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Lycoris Recoil Sword Art Online Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Music: Copied City Memories of Dust (Medium) (Instrumental) Alien Manifestation (Instrumental) Weight of the World (FFXIV Instrumental) All footage is used for the purpose of review and is fair use.
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I'm back! This one's less research-heavy than my usual work and it was meant to be a kind of inbetweener video released in March where I talk through how sad I am about the NieR: Automata anime. But then I got really busy, outsourced all the editing, and thankfully I still got it out faster than NieR episode 9!
But yeah, we're back on track! I refuse to become one of those people who's like "I used to make Youtube videos but then I grew up and got a real job"! I can do both! I've got some free time, I'm working with new editors, and I'm ready to talk about anime that actually makes me happy – aka Heavenly Delusion. As always, a massive, massive thanks to the Canipa Effect patreons who are paying for these videos to get edited. It's a process that I've been really overprotective of in the past, but I think they both did an amazing job!
While I really enjoy the NieR Automata anime for what it is and its effort to incorporate story elements not included in the game, the hiatus on its production really zaps the momentum this version of the story should have. Aspects of the anime feel more lively and the unexpected differences and references were an absolute treat. The episode depicting the Pearl Harbor descent mission was a definite stand out, and episode 8 ending on a cliffhanger that was legitimately creepy was a cool experience. It's just a shame that the genuine effort being put in to capture the essence of the game and even expand on it in certain ways is completely overshadowed by the delays. My hope is that we'll get more episodes because the anime, even as it is now, still has potential to be something special but it's hard to know if this anime will be able to get its feet off the ground at this point. I hope it does. NieR Automata is one of my favorites stories in general, and seeing it as an anime really was a treat. Seeing the nods toward side quests, certain weapon stories, and the way they're trying to combine route A and B into one was exciting. As you said in this video, it wasn't just a rehashing of the game. It felt like it had new things to say but it simply couldn't get there fully. Too many outside factors are pulling it down, and I don't know if the anime is popular enough to withstand it. I hope that there's enough love for it that the production will pick back up and we can get the rest of the story in this format, but there's no way to really know right now and that's kinda sad. This anime definitely deserved better.
Thanks for the nice video! Best wishes and God bless you. 🙂
Aniplex literally is using AI-generated frames in Fate/Grand Order, so yeah, we'll only go downhill from here.
I think it was too much of a quota to complete due to the management and it shows like still frames are too common and even if there was action, it was all over in a minute or less
Last thing I heard is ep 9 is back on the air on 23/7.
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Not gonna lie this reccommended analysis made me wish they adapted more of
The routes
They will release episodes 9 to 12 at the end of July… they are calling them thr final episodes of Season 1, when it was inititially 24 episodes of a stand alone series
aside from episode 1's cgi, there were no issues with the series at all. when all 12 episodes are out, the hiatus issues will not matter in the slightest.
I see, so outsourcing and lean business models. Sounds truely penny-pinching.
It's just a bunch of cutscenes from the game clubbed together. Looked great in the game, but poor for an anime. I got bored quick.
The only thing I like about the anime of nier is B2
It looks like they just released the final 4 episodes at once but it is also getting a second cour at least. It's not like the show itself was bad. I only watched up to episode 3 or so but the background work, the level to detail to the games were pretty great. Just its schedule was severely messed up.
I wish they didn’t make an anime, I couldn’t even get through episode 1 and every clip I see just makes me hate the way they did 9s’s character.
I like how Nier fans likes that the anime ver is quite different from the game while also integrating some stories from the stage plays and such whereas FF7 fans when it comes to FF7 Remake… 💀
And I still waiting for the return of chadnos…and still nothing
Will Metal Gear Risinig anime be possible?
I loved the anime. I feel like a lot of the criticisms are nitpicky. I especially liked the episode with Lily/A2's past. I really hope they successfully release the second season.
The anime is the best video game adaption yet
in defense for the stiff animations during TALKING scenes. aniamation is hard and expensive. plain and simple. if you want smooth fight scenes, you need to cut corners. and what better way to cut time and money is to barely animate the scenes that don't need overtop or even any moevement at all, which is for the better considering how underpaid the animtors are. also the fact that simply, the more detailed the art style is = harder is to animate, case in point: castelvania. lots great animation, spliced in with some animation thats slightly more 'stiff' or barely moving.