Breaking Down Attack on Titan's (All Seasons) Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Canipa explores the highs and lows of eight years and four seasons of Attack on Titan, from its initial creation at WIT Studio to its finale at MAPPA.
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Sources and Further Reading:
Arifumi Imai Talk Event summary - note.com/ynkl/n/n2ec12da1a797
Crunchyroll Interview with George Wada - www.crunchyroll.com/anime-fea...
Attack on Titan Season 1 interview - www.mangauk.com/13613/
Honey’s Anime Interview with George Wada - honeysanime.com/george-wada-w...
AnimeNewsNetwork interview with George Wada - www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...
Interview with Ancient Magus’ Bride staff - www.animenewsnetwork.com/conv...
Tokyo Otaku Mode interview with Tetsuya Nakatake - otakumode.com/news/5c81f5ab6b...
Behind the Action Animation of Kabaneri and Attack on Titan - www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...
Arifumi Imai on animation process - / 1346517264284012544
Interview with Kabaneri makeup animator - www.animatetimes.com/news/det...
Interview with Tetsuro Araki on Kabaneri - manga.tokyo/anime-seasons/spr...
Interview with Kabaneri staff - fullfrontal.moe/wit-studios-c...
Attack on Titan: Final Season interview summary - / 1362804610365202433
Attack on Titan Official Interviews (Playlist) - • TVアニメ「進撃の巨人」The Final ...
Yuichiro Hayashi interview on Kakegurui - www.easternkicks.com/features...
Yuichiro Hayashi on adaptation - storyofbooks.co.uk/anime-mast...
Culture Japan: Production IG - • 337 101211 Culture:Jap...
Danny Choo - / tokyostormtrooper
All Attack on Titan S1 TV vs Blu-Ray Differences - • All Attack on Titan S1...
FanimeCon 2015 Attack on Titan Cosplay Gathering - • FanimeCon 2015 Attack ...
AX 2014 - Survey Corps Masquerade Halftime - • AX 2014 - Survey Corps...
The Corps Dance Crew - / @thecorpsdancecrew
Intro:
Animated by Christian Maize (@CookieficationJ)
Music by Steven Kelly (@Sarifus)
Produced for The Canipa Effect
Anime series featured in this video (chronologically):
Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan: The Final Season
Guilty Crown
Psycho-Pass
Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me To You
Hal
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Shirobako
Love Live! School Idol Project
Hozuki's Coolheadedness
The Rolling Girls
Seraph of the End
Attack on Titan: Junior High
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Overlord
Berserk
Sakugasaku (Music Video)
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Vinland Saga
Vivy: Fluorite Eyes Song
Great Pretender
Vampire in the Garden
Granblue Fantasy: The Animation
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Banana Fish
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
Dorohedoro
Jujutsu Kaisen
Garo: The Animation
Kakegurui
Log Horizon
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
The God of High School
Music:
00:00 - army⇒G♂ - Hiroyuki Sawano
01:14 - The Canipa Effect Intro - Steven Kelly
01:29 - 巨♀～9地区 - Hiroyuki Sawano
04:04 - EMAymniam - Hiroyuki Sawano
07:03 - Shingeki st-hrn-gt20130629 Kyojin - Hiroyuki Sawano
09:10 - cóunter・attàck-mˈænkάɪnd - Hiroyuki Sawano
11:12 - Shingeki st-hrn-gt-pf20130629 Kyojin - Hiroyuki Sawano
13:57 - Barricades - Hiroyuki Sawano
15:02 - son2seaVer - Hiroyuki Sawano
18:01 - Zero Eclipse - Hiroyuki Sawano
19:39 - K21 - Hiroyuki Sawano
21:42 - Apple Seed - Hiroyuki Sawano
23:33 - Ashes on the Fire - KOHTA YAMAMOTO
25:49 - EastSoldierParty - KOHTA YAMAMOTO (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress)
28:59 - Carry On Attack - KOHTA YAMAMOTO (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress)
30:34 - No pain... - KOHTA YAMAMOTO (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress)
32:10 - 立body機motion - Hiroyuki Sawano
All footage is used for the purpose of review and is fair use. - Фільми й анімація
Wit Studio in 2013: "We don't want to be known as the Attack on Titan Studio."
Also Wit Studio a little later in 2013: "Well that plan has been f**cked."
To be fair if Vinland saga continues to be as good as it is then they may not be the attack on titan studio for long.
@@VampireKingRyan vinland saga isn’t nearly as big as attack on titan though
@@VampireKingRyan I think they have already left the sphere of "The Attack on Titan studio" behind, because let's be honest, the people who even know which studio is which already know that Wit Studio has come into its own as a great place for animation.
I honestly don’t see the problem with that aot is a masterpiece a good title to be related to
@@ale4462 exactly
Man honestly there needs to be a better system in place for all these animation studios; it's great that we get awesome shows but I would rather the staff gets paid well and stays healthy
100%
Which means higher quality
Sadly, this system is more profitable for the committee and the studio management. With less show to make there's less money involved. There's a rare studio like Kyoto animation that cares about their staff and quality. But since anime on its own is no longer a big profit maker since Bluray sales had been dropping and well anime, in general, had been a glorified advertisement for its manga counterpart this is the only way for the studio to survive.
*cough cough* studio Mappa. I still don't know if they are paying their animators fairly, especially with the amount of high-end and popular anime. Anime upon anime, I really hope they become like studio trigger and Kyoto studio where they can support their animators. If the industry doesn't change I think Japanese animation would die down and Chinese animation would become the new niche.
@@bellamy2041 they were not a few years ago if I remember correctly. Idk if they changed for good or not. Does not look like it tho.
Well researched and well presented. This should be a mandatory watch for AoT fans who appreciate the production process
Aot should get atleast 2 years gap between each seasons period
I'm right here lol
@@teomankaya769 Wit - pulled off AoT season 3 part 1 in 10 month while working on another project & part 2 in about 8 months while working on Vinland Saga.
@@nouridv3118 your point?
@@teomankaya769 My point is pretty obvious, and the OP comment make it seem that for quality anime there has to be atleast 2 years of production which is true for cash-grabbing studios like MAPPA, every decently good looking show they made had been in production for atleast 2 years. but its not the same other more talented studios.
Now that Attack On Titan is officially over, watching breakdowns and people's perspective is all that's left to fill the empty void.
You said it dudester:”)
wdym officially over s4 p2 is coming in less than a year
@@erwins_arm but manga ended
@@resmittien9817 i didnt know :o no spoiler
@@erwins_arm don't worry i'm not an asshole but be careful,there are a lot of spoiler in the comments
I almost forgot how cool it was in season 1 seeing them flying though cities like Spider-Man with the camera swinging on round with it
It’s so mesmerizing
Ikr? I hope we can have more of that in part2 cause the odm gear in part1 wad lame af
@@Matpeixelegal lame is a massive overreaction
ikr
Hope they do something for the final movie
@@LORDdrPepper not really
So much of the problem here can be attributed to Japanese work culture, and it's blatantly obvious when you have a studio turning down the opportunity to work on something that is guaranteed to be extremely successful
Extremely succesful for the production committee, sure. But the studio won’t make more money because the show is popular. They don’t get paid extra even if it’s succesful. That would only be the case if it’s an original show and the studio is on the production committee.
“Extremely succesful” is a bad thing here. Millions of people criticizing your every move, a horrendous schedule, and the same compensation you’d get for any other project. If you mess up, chances are you’ll not only ruin that show’s production, but your good name as well.
turning it down because the stupid committee won't give you enough time cuz they need money NOW
@@RogerNbr because they wanted the cour to end at the same time as the manga, basically
@@ScyrousFX Nothing but facts, the production committee really fucked up giving mappa such a shitty time schedule, but even so mappa is doing pretty good
Trini PaPPi
Mappa is now in a even harder situation, they are tripling down this time. Aot part 2, Chainsaw man and a JJK movie. Three years for each adaptation, im seriously worried about the production quality given the circumstance above
Damn how come animation studios never consider crowd funding? I’d be willing to donate irresponsible amounts of money to see attack on titan season 4 in full 2D Beauty
Crowdfunding has rarely worked for anime. It's usually used as a promotional thing these days. Although the issue with AoT wasn't money, it was time.
@@TheCanipaEffect do you think the part 2 on winter 2022 will be having enough time to make the show's animation better?
@@oogaboogaa21 Does 10 months seem enough? We will be lucky if they manage to reach the same level the did in part 1.
@@TexYMatt98 well they did part 1 with 8 months, and the content for part 2 isnt as bigger as part 1 so hope fully it delivers a masterpiece
@@oogaboogaa21 hopefully, but dont make your expectation too high, you may fell in the same pit.
In short, Attack on Titan has Always been production hell
Huh just like Paradis
But people never cared until now ofc.
They think the shit schedule started last year but actually its been a tough project.
The difference is that all 3 season have a good quality and they didnt care as long as they get the god tier quality.
Now we arent getting a god tier quality so people try to informate themselves about what happens about mappa's situation etc...
But if you r an old wtacher of aot(2013) you knew almots everything about aot and wit situation.
@@G2rtTr heck the only season that has somewhat good schedule was s2
s1, s3 and s4 has the worst scheduling
And the liberio internment zone was reproduction hell
except season 1
The storyboarding, direction, voice acting and plot are carrying this season hard. I barely notice the lack of movement thanks to them.
Direction how? I'm a couple episodes behind but it's predominantly been a very close adaptation of the manga. It doesn't actually feel like it's elevated the source as s1 did w Araki.
@@Olegnas705 some of the episodes are very well directed but others feels a little bit rushed.
I think that Liberio Arc could've been better.
because it was very hype in the Manga, which i really couldn't feel the same way the Anime has shown.
@@Olegnas705 And the storyboard is basically a 1:1 copy from the manga.
@@papaxota4725 Yeah, I just can't agree with the idea that the direction and storyboarding are "good" but more so ok at best. I believe Yuuichirou Hayashi even said that they wanted to keep this season as close to the manga as possible bc it has a very cinematic presentation. It, unfortunately, doesn't really offer too much as an adaptation (unless you wanna be petty and say it had music, va, moving characters etc.).
@@Olegnas705 ep 1,7,8,14 are probably the best so far in terms of animation quality and art work.
I can live without amazing sakugas if that means animators having good hours of sleep and receiving a good amount of money. The problem is that no matter how much more money they make they never go to the animators.
If AOT does not get amazing Sakuga then it will just go to other shows. Overworked animators are a constant. You can do nothing to change that.
If animators got more time and money to do shows, we would probably get even more amazing sakuga then we have now.
@@nikolaihalvorsen7526 yup. Honestly this a Japanese society problem. They are overworked and underpaid in almost every field. The problem goes very deep.
@@nikolaihalvorsen7526 Sakuga is not just about giving money to animators, it's all about time too.
It's kind of an iffy situation though. You see, there are a pretty decent amount of animators that are paid well enough to have good lives, but those are the salaried positions. Animation Studios quite often outsource to freelancers or do what is essentially a paid internship. If you're able to prove yourself as either a reliable artist/animator, or you have displayed insane skill that can't be passed up regardless of your reliability as an employee, you can get one of those salaried positions.
The sleep issue is a different thing. It's not just the animators, literally everyone on the production team of an anime is overworked, just watch a recent interview with the director of AoT's final season and pay attention to the awful bags under his eyes. This part sadly doesn't have a solution or necessarily a bright side to it.
Once you look at the information for a while, you realize that the pay for salaried employees at bigger Studios isn't as bad as many people think (it's not great, but it's not the BS "salaried employees only get two dollars per hour" thing that people say). The real issue is the overworking and sleep deprivation situation, because the thing is, you don't really need much money in your pocket to sit at a desk all day, sure you deserve the money and you have earned the right to it, but I think it's bad that people think of this as a money issue for the employees when it's much more of a schedule issue.
The best part of this already masterful video is how he put time stamps for the various Sawano tracks he used. That’s such a cool touch and it just shows how methodical and thought out these videos are. Amazing job on one of my favorite shows of all time.
I stole the idea from a different channel, I just can't remember where XD
Saves people asking what the music playing is though.
@@TheCanipaEffect Exactly. The video was amazing, nevertheless. You told me some things I’ve never heard before in my 6 years of watching and learning about the series, and your breakdown of the animation is astounding. I love looking at the intricacies of animation just as much as the next guy, and a masterfully crafted video like this is such an awesome watch. Thank you so much for making this!
@@TheCanipaEffect yeah, its also nice that I dont know what each time stamp is going to talk about
The best part: 28:39 "look like a POWERPOINT". Totally agree.
Thank you so SO much for including music used in the description. More people need to do this.
Agreed.
Lmao I was about too hunt the music down
Lets be honest. If Mappa were given the time they needed then the action scenes would be godly. I just hope they continue the series and take their time to do it.
It's hard to know what it would be like if they had the time they needed. MAPPA's early shows like Kids on the Slope and Rage of Bahamut: Genesis were godly. But then a studio in that state probably wouldn't have accepted Attack on Titan: Final Season, they'd be doing their own stuff.
@@TheCanipaEffect of course we can't know for sure what would've happened, but MAPPA has put out great animation even recently. You used God of Highschool clips too for example, and that was three seasons ago. JJK also looks great, contracted work or not, they do seem to care about this production at least. If they can handle two action heavy shows in a year, why not AoT?
but i think it wouldve been WIT if it gave enough time
@@nuimee5884 Because neither of those had to be animated in the middle of a fffffucking pandemic.
@@nuimee5884 well comparing the action scenes in aot s1 and s2 and jjk, Id say that aot action sequences were much smoother and much better animated, we really were spoiled from s1 to s3
I hope production committee learns from the mistake and not rush the process of whatever will be the continuation of Final Season, whether it's a Part 2 or a Movie give it more than just 8 months. Mappa staff are doing great with what they were given but their struggle and lack of freelancers/action directors like Arifumi Imai due to them not being able to make time is heavily felt. Committee got their anime season running around ending of the manga to boost sales tactic, now hopefully they should handle it's last stretch in anime better.
@Emperor exactly
They will never learn. When investors and production committees see an advantage in getting more money for them, they won't care about the animators.
I belive that kodasha or the Committee wanted the anime to end with the manga(at least this first part) so the manga can get its last kinda of surge in sales i guess it kind of makes sense from a business perspective but since the manga ends within a month it wouldn't make much sense for them to rush the Mappa staff anymore thus allowing them give aot a better adaptaion overall.
@@aero2423 yeah there isn't any reason For another atrocious schedule so they should be able to hire as much freelancers as they want like Imai and be able to polish it
This actually makes me concerned with a possible TPN situation. When AoT manga ends, what will be the incentive for making another season? That's what happened with TPN, they just wanted to be done with it since there would be no more manga boost, and that was a manga that was selling more than AoT.
And sadly, this is how business works. And I´m not hating Mappa at all. But one thing I really hate are the manga readers who just spoiled the show to others.
Lol
True. Was so pissed when a guy in the comment section told me that Mikasa eats Rainer, ruined my week.
@@NigtMareZero is this sarcasm
FALCO WILL INEHRIT ERENS ATTACK ON TITAN
Eren kills mikasa
3 months to animate 1st Levi Vs Monke? Daaaaaamn. it was freaking good tho !
@SYLWVIN Do you think the original Levi vs Beast Titan fight wasn’t incredibly good? Either you’re trolling or you’re mixing up which fight is being referred to here
@SYLWVIN Season 3: 5 minutes took 3 months
Season 4: 16 episodes for 8 months
@@peeper2070 did WIT only work on that scene for 3 months? I'd imagine that they were working in other things as well (still very little time for MAPPA to animate S4)
@@lerquian1970 not the whole WIT, just one guy worked on it for 3 months. His name is arifumi Imai.
@@devarshbhatt5612 Pretty sure it was "just" 2 months and 8000 frames. But yeah, to create good sakuga, you need A) an insanely talented animator who has B) enough time to make it good.
Quality needs time. Mappa didn't get any of it and the results were to be expected, sadly.
my boi canipa
Thanks!! A long morning coffee lol
@@TheCanipaEffect though, can you do a review on Kyoto animation, and do a spotlight for them? Unlike Mappa, and Wit, they supposedly have really good pay for their animators, and they are one of the studios that I believe have managed to not fall down into the system.
If you hear or read anybody dissing MAPPA for their work on AoT season 4, link them here. You cannot expect a new studio to suddenly inherit the methods and direction of a studio that worked on it for several years. You cannot expect to stop a car that has been moving on 6th gear and transfer to another car and expect it to jump straight into the 6th gear. I've read some comments saying that MAPPA had no excuse to not be at a similar level that WIT was during their time. Not gonna lie, those comments were annoying.
So thanks for this video. This the go-to for deep dives into animation studios. If there's one thing I've learned from this channel, it's that amazing animated shows and ridiculous labor demands are two sides of the same coin.
Don't mistake criticism for dissing. 90% of people are criticizing which is good. It lets Mappa know that this quality isn't acceptable. It would've been great for no studio to take it because of bad scheduling, because then we'd get season 4 in 2 years instead of 1, but beautifully done. I'd take quality over speed any day. And so would majority of fans. (And yes, s4 would've been done eventually because it's a money maker)
@@thelegacyofgaming2928 Honestly, I would have loved that too. But given that it has already happened, there's nothing to do about it. Not that they don't deserve criticism. It's that some of the "criticism" are unreasonable and it was obvious that this certain individual didn't really read up or research about the nature of the problem.
Criticize them for choosing to take on the work load and more relevant stuff. Don't diss them because they decided not to kill their animators in the process by incorporating 3D characters in the limited time that they had. Production team should not have kept the same ridiculous schedule after WIT walked away from the scene.
You're not wrong though. Criticism is fine of course. I just don't think I can call some of them criticism if they had no real understanding of what goes on behind the scenes and just typed in whatever insulting comment they can think of.
But I do see what you mean. AoT Final Season really should not have been made this soon. I honestly think MAPPA was a worthy successor to WIT and they could have done so much more. They have great animators. Thanks for the input
@@thelegacyofgaming2928 While fans would definitely be happy if more time was given to MAPPA to animate, we all have to realize that we live in a capitalistic society, and shows do not come into thin air. It requires money and profits to be made, especially in a very unregulated industry. The manga is the big moneymaker for the franchise, so animating years later would definitely bring fewer profits for the production committee. If Kodansha put more money into funding season 4, it would make even more sense as to why it aired now.
Still, I'm pretty happy with what MAPPA was able to do, and I have a few minor tweaks that I would implement.
That's because MAPPA only care about money ... they shouldn't accepted this. We could have to wait 2 years more for WIT to animate the final season ... but at least could be well done.
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When I saw the last episode of AOT final season part 1and they said that the next episode will be airing in Winter 2022 I was in disbelief. As a new anime fan who do not know anything about anime release season, I thought I will have to wait until December 2022 to enjoy the show.
But when I learned that winter 2022 means December 2021 until March 2022 I was in relief.
Watching your video about how overworked the MAPPA animators are made me wish that the winter 2022 release get changed to winter 2023 instead.
I am willing to wait one extra year for the animator's well-being and top notch animation.
i saw the chapter feature and automatically assumed the chapters would be for highlighting different animators, so when i saw hiroyuki sawano as the first one i genuinely had a moment of "oh wow, he animates too?" before my brain started working again
20:50 I don't think I've ever noticed this before, but when Levi kills this first of Zeke's titans that looks like Armin's VA they actually have the detail of him cutting it's hair in the process!
yes
It was worth waiting a couple of months. Great video.
As much as I want to see season 4 part 2 as soon as possible, I still wish the staff would get more time to work on it. I know the committee will probably force it to air the moment the timeslot is free (so probably fall 2021), but I wouldn't mind waiting until 2022 if it means better animation qualiyy and less pressure on the staff
I would wish they give it a year or two. We dont have to chase a tight schedule of the manga and everyone will be hyped as hell for the ending. AOT is a good show but still the ones who make it is also need to enjoy making it
I really hope we could get it on Summer 2022 with fully 2d and A LOT of sakugas since part 2 can be an entire Sakuga season if done right
we're getting it in winter
It's winter 2022, so probably December/January at the earliest. Considering that Mappa has apparently been working on season 4 part 2 since October, I think it can be great.
@@raawesome3851 Winter could mean the start of the year as well.
Something that I dont understand is mappa hiding the linework of the drawings, there is some kind of filtering that's happening within the compositing, that seems to be making the images look more "blurry", in comparission to Wit Sutdio's version. Perhaps this was a decision to unify the look of the 3d and 2d animation better. The backgrounds themselves often times won't stand out because of this.
Honestly, that's the most unpleasant thing for me in the final season: Asakawa Shigeki, the photographic director which has long reputation on butchering animators and colouring staff work with his odd compositing vision, making everything blur, noisy, pale, glowing and 480p... Google Servamp, Devil's line or 7SEEDS and you'll witness his previous victims.
MAPPA has an in house photography team that is no doubt overworked to hell. Jujutsu Kaisen is also a victim of bad compositing, despite having really good animation.
But ofcourse the blurs are completely unnecessary. Like, there's no point. Why go out of your way to make something look less good?
They haven't really used the blur since episode 5, though.
@Emperor yeah, you're probably right.
@@xkyoshi11 Its in every episode. Its especially evident any time there are very bright scenes. They just look terrible. Its not even a close comparison to how good the lighting is in WIT's adaptation
The utter PERFECTION that is 23:24 had me rolling.
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What I love about Araki's direction is that in action scenes, even stills are used to great effect. Even though they are primarily designed as a cost-saving measure, their execution is fantastic. They are usually accompanied by overlaid speed lines on the side of the screen, a crash zoom/speed pan and a BIG sound effect. All these together morph the still into something more akin to an impact shot rather than a cost saving measure. However, Hayashi's direction so far has not used anything like this. His stills are mostly... stills, and none are used in action, which is valuable in itself, but I wouldn't be complaining usually apart from the fact that there are some woefully janky animated shots in the series that honestly, would've been better left with the illusion of movement. For example, Eren's elbow drop into the crowds in Episode 6 only seemed to contain the end of his fall, and didn't emphasize him in the air. A still of him in midair placed in between the shots, coupled with some more impact sound effects could've helped sell the scene better.
His dynamic still effects and shaky camera work enhanced greatly Death Note. The manga could be tedious with those walls of text, but Araki's style, helped by the seiyuu cast's stellar job even helped to make the 2nd arc less draggy. The man had hits and miss (I am looking at Highschool of the Dead), but you cannot say his series were boring.
@@ShebaFr man am i glad people are coming around to season 4. really got tired during the hype of arguing with people who were claiming the animation was better than ever and to stfu instead of criticizing the show. it was making me question if people were truly appreciating the quality we got before if they cantsee the downgrade now
@@joaodelgado6696 Yeah I think when it was airing there were two extremes. One side calling it amazing(it wasn't), and the other side calling it the worst thing since Beserk 2016(also wasn't).
I have a more neutral approach(The animation was good, but not close to the high tier shit given to us by wit.)
In conclusion, while it was still a good adaptation overall, AoT fans have just been spoilt by the godly earlier seasons by WiT.
you're fan animated directions are pretty goated and similar
Damn, this is your magnum opus. This will (hopefully) have millions of views in the next few years, lol. Huge respect and much love to Canipa and all the wonderful, hard working animators out there. Your enthusiasm brings so much joy to many people all over the world.
WIT studio is not only good at animating,theyre also good at making impact of emotions that would touch the viewers
no
Yeah, in previous seasons there were many scenes that really get you: Eren Titan first appearance/Mikasa getting motivation, Reiner revelation, Hannes death/the first time Eren activates the coordinate, when Eren gets the memories of his father, Kenny's death, Armin vs the Colossal titan, the Attack Titan name revelation, "save Mikasa and Armin", etc... But in this season even with the wonderful writing, there wasn't any particular scene that makes you feel like those scenes, maybe when Eren transforms in the declaration of war and when he eats the Warhammer.
@@lerquian1970 I get goosebump reading manga when Reiner want to shot himself. But it animate badly, My disappointment is immeasurable.
WIT puts passion into their works. Mappa does not
@@aeryangkim1454yeah sure💀
Bro watched the whole production
But seriously, amazing research
The only problem of CGI i have with the MAPPA final season is Eren's titan. All the other titans are great. Especially the Warhammer titan and the armored titan. Eren's titan looks too much like a stiff rubber dummy with fake muscles. I think it's the lack of any texture/fur/armor that's usually on all the other titans that makes Eren's look pretty bad.
I don’t mind his movement, it’s mainly his face in 2 or 3 parts which is weird because that means it’s something to do with the model (idk much about animation), not the actual movement.
@@peeper2070 Yeah, I'm in total agreement with that. It's was the only thing that really threw me off for the declaration of war/revenge episodes
Madea me realize how thicker lines helped with eren's titan form.
I guess they tried to replicate the Wit look of Eren's titan which is why it doesn't have as much texture as others
@Bal D. guy They'll probably fix it for the Blueray
13:27 to this day, this Historia shot gives me goosebumps everytime I see it
"This is the best the Armored Titan has looked since Episode 2."
THANK YOU!!!!!
It wasn't the same, I think
Thank you for actually diving in to the production of this show it's not something a lot of people cover
Upon rewatching all the season man my heart pumps up with mind-blowing breathtaking animations in first 3 seasons.
The gloss and intense close up scenes and of course amazing make up team. They elevated Isayama's work to whole another level. The texture and polish over titans and amazing colour palette that changed along with tone of arcs.
Watching S4 all I had was disappointment. It didn't look terrible over-all it was fine. But just 'fine' isn't something I consider AOT should deserve.
S4 was pretty rough and that's that. No matter how good a CG is it always look jarring and lack the weight both in action sequences and facial expressions.
I sympathize with the staff who had to go through such tough time constraints because of higher ups at Mappa and got shit on by people even though it wasn't their fault.
People saying it getting a movie by the end is good rumour but I think that's just prolonged suffering for the animators. I wish the best for him and hopefully other future series don't found themselves in the situation aot is in just because of greed.
I still don’t get why when someone says they miss the previous season animation, mappa stans take that as an insult for some reason
Because when you say stuff like that they seem to take it exactly like "Damn, MAPPA sucks, I miss WIT"
@Sami Aot no that's an opinion
@Sami Aot But they don't suck. If they did then S4 would look 100x worse
@Sami Aot yeah bro, mappa sucks when compared to wit
@Sami Aot no they don't
Attack on titan is so well animated it makes me feel I should meet the animators and thank them. Season 3 part 1 was PERFECT I’ve never really been paying attention to the animation but season 3 forced me to respect these geniuses of animation. All fights were overwhelmingly beautiful.
It was mostly Arifumi Imai that carried the action scenes in aot
Lmao this is how I know you know nothing. Season 3 part 1 had one good scene and that was Levi vs Kenny squad. Did you even have your eyes open during the rest? Did you even see the fight scenes with Rod and the cave? They were nothing compared to seasons 1 and 2.
@@klmknop you the hell are you talking to
@@klmknop LMAO why you so pressed?
bruh really? season 3 is the season that made you pay attention to the animation? it was the season where quality decreased a LOT, and as the other person said, Arifumi Imai is the one that carried the action scenes. Season 2 was a piece of art.
I swear this is the best UA-cam channel, thanks for such detailed research. As a follower of AOT I must say that I have not lost any of my love for the series, I think this last season has been good, although obviously not at the same level as the first seasons, particularly in the action scenes and the look of the titans, btw I don't think the CGI looks bad at all, but it's certainly no better than 2d animation, anyway it's impressive what MAPPA animators has achieved in such a short time, I seriously hope they have a good vacation period after this, and for the second part, or movie, they finally have the time necessary to demonstrate everything they are capable of, because they have a lot of talent and the series deserves to end in the best possible way.
You mean it’s not as good as the previous seasons in terms of animation, right? Because in terms of storytelling it is the best AoT has ever been.
@@DarthJex yes, animation
@@DarthJex not really some episodes were rushed, some cuts are wierd and iconic moments are ruined
This video needs so many more views, people really need to hear about the production hell that is Attack on Titan and how MAPPA was screwed from the jump.
Honestly, both Mappa and Wit post season 1 were screwed.
@@thelegacyofgaming2928 That's because MAPPA only care about money ... they shouldn't accepted this. We could have to wait 2 years more for WIT to animate the final season ... but at least could be well done, or at least how this anime deserves...
@@Maisonier no you couldn't
@@Jordstain16 yes
@@Maisonier i don't think you ever had a job in your life lol
There are only two channels that make me this excited for a video:
The Meaning of NERD
& The Canipa Effect
Keep it up bro ❤️
WIT recently has opened a Kickstarter for their feature length film adaptation of "Girl from the other side", and it reached its goal in a day and doubled that after. With how successful a kickstarter for such a niche manga was you would think making one for the most popular anime out there would be pretty logical. I just hope more Studios do this since there is no shortage of people who would like to help and support animators and studios and get a great product as a result.
Watching this makes me understand why Mappa is releasing season 4 part 2 in 2022. I would even want them to take a longer time if that means they are mentally and physically well. Please take as much time as you need Mappa!!
It won’t be much better than part 1
@@meawiyaothman7872 That didn't age well.
@@LuisManChelosWorld True, Part 2 is very splendid. Mappa really made me shout my damn mouth
@@LuisManChelosWorld Yup it looks way better than part 1, and the latest episode was amazing
"wait this is what you are complaining about?" EXAcTLY!!!! that's what I thought in my head too when I first watched the episode from mappa. when they said cgi i expected much worse
I thought it was good too, but then I started realizing why they were complaining. It wasn't because the cgi was bad compared to other cgi, it was because it was CGI. Remember in Attack on Titan season 2, everyone complained about cgi colossal, not because it was bad, but because it was cgi. It's fair to say that people just don't like cgi, which I can actually agree with because of how out of place it looks.
@@thelegacyofgaming2928 Honestly I was barely aware of the CGI at all the whole series until the Colossal Titan’s scenes in Perfect Game which went back and forth between being a weird CGI blob to a detailed hand drawn Titan.....that was strangely proportioned in its scenes to the point of looking like 7-8 times taller than Eren’s Titan despite only actual being about 4 times its size. Maybe that was more an issue with Eren’s Titan, I’m not sure. Honestly Eren’s Titan looked rather weird in his fight with the Armored Titan a couple episodes prior as well.
Keep in mind these are all nitpicks in my mind than only barely detract from my enjoyment of the show, but I do think it’s worth mentioning that while WIT’s use of CGI was far less noticeable to me early on in the series, that doesn’t mean they were flawless. Season 3 Part 2 is remembered for its standout scenes involving Levi, the Beast Titan, and the ocean, but there were quite a few parts where the animation was less than stellar that people seem to have completely forgotten in their crusade to hate on MAPPA. Nothing in S4 has felt as odd to me as the sudden change in character models from the Basement episode, well okay maybe the Beast Titan did but that’s really the only major problem I have. I think MAPPA’s style shines in episodes like Midnight Train, Deceiver and Sole Salvation where it’s all about the emotional character interactions and dialogues, which to me is why episodes like Declaration of War and Children of the Forest are so loved while some of the more action focused scenes are where people start having complaints. MAPPA and Kodansha just did not give their team the time necessary to animate these action pieces to the same standard that they been handled before. I don’t blame the animators for this, and people harassing them or calling MAPPA as a whole trash are toxic as hell and need to be purged from the fandom. But the higher ups at Kodansha and those at MAPPA who accepted this project despite knowing they didn’t have enough time, the ones who made these situations as difficult for the animators as it is fair game in my opinion, they absolutely did prioritize money over quality. I still think production wise the season has looked incredibly good but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t extremely glad that Part 2 is getting more time, because Part 1 simply did not have the polish that fans of this series have come to expect, this truth cannot be denied.
I really hope Mappa/Wit take all the time they need before the start airing Final season part 2. Just take the time already. Season 2 looked glorious. it was worth the wait
i hope they team up!! probably my only dream
well tell that to the production committee that denied them extra time when they requested
Bro if WiT actually return to make S4 part 2 and given a healthy schedule I would literally cry of happiness
Wtf do you mean "/WIT"
Watch the video. WIT is not coming back smh.
Also they probably wont get more time to animate because its not their call
@@zurielbabida8162 Never say never. Madhouse literally said the same thing about never doing sequels. And WIT already did 3 seasons. So yeah. It's nothing crazy to say WIT might want to involve itself, even if it's more likely MAPPA will fix it. And speaking of. There is a big chance MAPPA will have more time to animate the 2nd half. The committe had set a deadline for final season to air very early on, but that was still also in reference to WIT finishing their product in the first place. Just look at other Mappa products and it's not hard to see they take their time when possible. They aren't looking for a big backlash due to overwork of staff. So yeah, pretty big chance they will take their time more for the next part.
For 8 months, I think MAPP did wonderful but man in the long run this won’t really age well. Looking back on this season years from now and rewatching it will always be annoying seeing the slight quality drop. Idk who tf told kodansha we were impatient lol I would’ve been fine with a 2 year gap so we could receive a high quality finale for this masterpiece
Even an extra 4 months would've been enough to polish up all the episodes. Could've easily waited until this summer. But of course the manga had to end in April so they rushed the final season to boost manga sales. Sickening.
What about part 2? I mean, the manga is over so there's no reason to rush the anime
It's a massive downgrade. You're being too generous calling it a "slight" quality drop
@@generalgrievous3731not Really. Season 3 part 2 is actually worse
@@user-og6pb6dd5p It had Levi vs. Beast Titan, Eren delivering the final blow to the colossal, the Beast Titan throwing rocks, and other sequences featuring excellent animation. Sure, the CGI colossal looked super janky, but I honestly prefer having high highs and low lows than everything being mid
Season 4 Part 2 was a major improvement across the board. I definitely got the feeling that the staff working on this season felt much more comfortable after part 1 now that they had a firm foundation to build upon with a still tight but more forgiving schedule.
Arifumi Imai is Brilliant. I can only hope Mappa considers to hire him as an adviser atleast for the last action scenes... The fight angles on Titans and scouts are just too brilliantly choreographed make the scenes come alive. That's what S4 lacks... No issue with 3D cgi, just doesn't feel cinematic enough because of the angles and decision made by characters during fights
I've heard somewhere that freelancers tend to have their social network of people they appreciate and like and with whom they work together - this was the case for WIT and (I think) the director Araki - Mappa doesn't have the connections to Imai, hence why I doubt he will show up or even answer their calls.
Just wish WIT had finished the job with a good schedule, Araki and Imai provided excellent sakuga moments that are among the best you can find in anime, period.
I hope he comes back. But since the direction of Hayashi is so lame when compared to araki's, i don't think it would be a drastic difference
@@Matpeixelegal
i hope he doesn’t
ending is already trash
I don’t care how long I have to wait as long as it looks good I think mappa should take their time for season 4 part 2 (if there is one)
Coming January 2022 and it'll be 12 episodes. So 10 months from now.
Lol, It's Winter 2022 (Either January-March)... But production already start since sometime in October 2020. But even so, I highly doubt Part 2 will reach the end of manga. It almost impossible with this amount. If we only reach chapter 130, we safe. If we reach the end of the manga, we entirely fucked.
@@Villagerwarrior don't forget that most of the chapters left are action-packed, and those can easily fit in one episode.
@@aminesbai926 Im not talking about the pacing.. I'm just worried if they have enough time to animate the fight properly and maybe got some freelancer to help them.
@@Villagerwarrior you was right about the freelancers, some of the best shots of this part was because of free lancers
This video was so well put together!!
Truly this channel covers stuff which most of the channels don't!, really appreciate you taking time to bring out the one of the best anime breakdowns!
I'm so glad this did not turn into no 3D animation my god it would have been bad 😂😂 I mean the 2D with 3D is what I love for especially season 1 animation and then Levi vs Kenny Season 3 now that was pure hand drawn hard work
when I saw the aot mappa art style, I realized how beautiful the wit studio animated s1 to s3
This was the best educational documentary that I have ever seen about animation! Impressive work sir & massive respect!
This was an amazing video! Enjoyed watching the whole thing!
kabaneri is the chef kiss of seasonal animation
graphics check
lighting check
movements check
camera angles check
landscapes check
Yeah but it lacks a catchy history
@@StiKyou14
yeah the story is the most ok or eh but hey good visuals and the fight scenes are superB in every fight
Yeah but the story and the characters are meh, on the technical side is really good show but as a whole is not really worth the time. Just watch sakuga in youtube and enjoy it as what it is.
@@TexYMatt98
yeah like i said the story is meh
"Let's go back to 2013"
proceeds to show Miley riding a wrecking ball
It's the only thing I remember from that year
@@TheCanipaEffect I respect you for making this on my requests
@@TheCanipaEffect haha. Fair enough.
Great video! Very insightful and a real eye opener
What a great video :), really, this is one of the best videos a ever seen
I had forgotten about all those great animation sequences from season 1. Holy heck these were so good!!
Seeing these beautiful and smooth animations puts a smile to my face
Probably the most interesting video I've ever seen. Incredible job!.
Outstanding piece this is Canipa.
We all probably have different view about Aot studio in general but there's one thing we all can agree with and that both studio had terrible working schedules.
no doubt
This is the first show introduced me to Anime and watched more anime’s but AOT cannot be replaced tbh.. the story, the animation, and specially the Music! ❤️
Canipa, you are incredible, man. Amazing Video, took my breath away.
Great video as always
Good points here the show may not be as beautifully animated as it once was but it is still good and i hope that for the next part or movies they are given the proper time and resources etc to do just as was well as jjk , goh, dororo etc the situation is unforunate but the product still turned out to be soild for this first part
A year late but for someone who was oblivious to the change, it was barely noticable (specially since they all aged up so much) i just assumed they changed the style a bit to work with the feel of the show and actually barely noticed the CGI on many of the fights. While I would have loved Wit continuing the series Mappa has done a decent job at continuing it.
P.S: Please for the love of god stop making "60fps Remasters" they look gross and ruin the efforts of animators, Thank You!
Thank. you so much for the honest and objective video covering Attack on Titan's animation (especially season 4) lol so many people would benefit from watching your video.
:D glad to see this video, thank you for the hard work you do.
Wit studio and ufotable are the kings of 3D backgrounds with 2D characters. Always looks sooooo sick! Mappa up there too! When they have time at least lol
Jujutsu Kaisen has some of the slickest uses of 2D fight sequences with 3D backgrounds. If only Mappa had more time
@@Mirage475 JJK is one of the worst examples you could've used, the compositing in that show is often so off-putting it's not even funny, the 3D backgrounds are far from being well integrated with everything else.
@@Pyrtuch Yikes, there's always one
@@Mirage475 He is objectively right in this case. Atleast try to differentiate between "criticism" and "hatred" before you say "tHeRe'S AlWaYs OnE GuY". JJK's compositing is so bad that it almost ruins the good action sequences. Just look at the beginning of episode 11. Nanami's scene, animated by the genius Keiichirou Watanabe, almost looks bad because of how awful the 3D is coupled with the horrible compositing with a flat background that dosen't mix well at all. Another example is gojo fight in episode 7, where it looks like 2 well animated characters are fighting inside a PS2 game.
JJK has some of the best animation coupled with the worst photography and compositing that I've seen in anime.
@@Mirage475 He is kind of right though
Hayashi is great but i think Tetsuro Araki is still the best director of Aot. Nothing can change my mind. His direction is really suitable for Aot.
Jun shisido is great too
The best UA-cam channel ever, Great video as usual!
Holy sh*t man, it’s been ages! Hope you’re doing well! Fantastic video!
who else is watching this right before episodes 73 and 74 drops?
They were amazing
Both was amazing especially the ost choices for both eps🔥
Great video! Now looking forawrd to the MAPPA one.
Just one mistake I noticed, Section 6 didn't create Psycho-Pass. That show was handled by Section 5 lead by animation producer Kawaguchi Toru (previous works: Ghost Hound, xxxHOLiC, Sky Crawlers, Blood-C). At IG it seems that usually "animation producers" like Kawaguchi and Nakatake cover only one section at the time while "producers" like Wada produce works for more than one section at the time. Not sure how it's now since I noticed Kuroki Rui has been working on multiple shows at once for some time now as an "animation producer".
I guess it's just that psycho pass is so good that most people (me included) just assumed it was made by section 6.
@@-MankoMan Psycho-Pass started airing in October 2012, 5 months after Wit's creation so if it were made by section 6 it would have been labeled as Wit studio show. Section 6's portfolio sure was great, besides Guilty Crown, Kimi ni Todoke and Sengoku Basara they created Real Drive and Le Chevalier D'Eon which are both not really that known and are quite underrated shows. That said, the most impressive section was section 9 as they created Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Seirei no Moribito and Eden of the East.
Thanks for this vid
Man this must of taken so much work out of you
I'm never making a video this long again XD
Brilliant work, man!!
I enjoyed everything and many new information about the production amd the team behind.
And no Wit isn't anymore the attack on Titans Studio in my eyes, Vinnland Saga is amazing too. I pray for a Season 2.
I prefer wit studio to animate AOT... Missed their animation
yeah
@@marinaaguas9219 Yea, Wit made a smart move there. Because everybody would jump on them for doing something wrong in the final season. Idk why Mappa decided to take it when they knew they couldn't do it properly.
@@marinaaguas9219 BTW, they didn't have 5 years for season 2. They started working on it less than a year before it came out, as they were working on a ton of other animes during the gap period.
@@thelegacyofgaming2928
greed
How did we come from Character Designers having contest for designing characters to the CD not even taking part in the entire season.
because mappa is trash
@@augustusplays7896 said by the guy who hasn't seen any mappa animes except for aot s4
@@himankdayal7013 idgaf what they did somewhere else. Im judging them on aot.
@@augustusplays7896 That's a way of sounding like a clown, there are some animes with good *_animation_* made by MAPPA recently, just look at the first episodes of The God Of Highschool and the first episode of Jujutsu Kaisen
@@DamageMaximo how stupid are you? God of high school can be the best animated in history, so what? Dosent mean they didn't shit the bed with aot. You can get an A in maths and F in bio. They got an F in aot. Hence they are dogshit to me
Great video! Very informative. You've got a new subscriber~
I LOVE this channel
Thank you ❤️
Nice video👏🏿
Arifumi Imai will stay my fav animator for his dedication for now, even if other animators like Nakamura or Yamamura are legends in the industry too
I'm not a casual viewer of AOT but do listen to the soundtrack by Hiroyuki Sawano often when I'm either chilling or working out.
Very informative. Thank you!
Thank for your video !
The jab at Wada, I love it!
I was impressed by what the MAPPA staff was able to do in the time they had. I can't condone overworking the staff though. We also can't forget this was during the height of the pandemic. But they still delivered a very strong first half imo. The improvements on the Blu-ray look really great too. WIT set the bar but let's not forget to highlight the amazing things MAPPA brought to the table. I wish you used clips of Armin's colossal aftermath which gave off strong Evangelion vibes!! And it was 2D. Or the gorgeous animation in one of the series best episodes, Sole Salvation with Zeke igniting the thunderspear. Or the soul crushing but beautifully adapted Assassin's Bullet episode and etc.
Amazing video honestly
exellent hardwork,should deserve more views!!!!!
Season 1, 2 and 3 were amazing.
The quality of animation in these seasons is absolutely god tier.
All thanks to WIT Studio. WIT studio is reason behind the success of AOT in the first place.
Thank you so much WIT studio for this masterpiece.
@Eren Jäger Agreed. Actually I stopped watching Season 4 after watching Eren vs War Hammer titan because I couldn't bare it.
In my opinion, Season 4 was horrible.
@@patrick6361 Yes Buddy. Absolutely Correct.
@@omkarpathak9880 haha good, don't need u to watch anyway, the story is incredible
#ThankyouWit
@@joshuathomas512 Yea, I read the manga already so I agree on the story.
Attack on Titan honestly has the best background animation
Mother of god I’ve never watched you before but after seeing this intro and the video’s quality I’m loving this already
Welcome!
Nice video thank you! CG can be awesome in animation, just has to be done right! Time, money and the right team!!
Great insight into the production. WIT was really able to up the source material. While I don't hate the new season or staff I do really wish WIT could have taken more time or planned work better to complete the series. My biggest complaint is with the character designs, and color design. The MAPPA season is very pink and navy, while WIT's color palette is much brighter. MAPPA doesn't have enough yellow even in scene that occur in broad daylight.
I agree !! especially miss the previous character art lol
I was shouting Attack on Titan in my bedroom at 6:51
Really solid video, surprised it doesn't have more views
This video is amazing bruh!
THE VID IS FINALLY HERE
WIT studio did a perfect 10/10 for adaptation and mappa did a 9/10 adaptation. The only issue with the mappa is the animation is a bit iffy. The big moments all slap hard, but there is some jank cg with the titans. I would argue everything else is just as good.
The art style change is great though, it perfectly captures the complete shift in tone from the third season to the 4th.
Nice video!!!You are the only personal who dont take side of a studio and evaluate them equaly!Also can you please make a video about Hellsing Ultimate?
Amazing video keep it up