Studio Ghibli should be its own episode going through the decades and the evolution of its animation. There are lots of great shows to go through like Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Earwig and the Witch. It would be really cool to see how one studio adapted its form over time.
Definitely agree with having a mega episode for Everything Everywhere All At Once, would love to have all sorts of different guests in the studio bouncing off eachother.
I feel like the “B roll” on this show during the guest’s explanations is spectacularly underrated. Like…. They are just giving an example, and then you guys had to go find video showing the technique or example being described. Always amazing.
Honestly, I kinda love Alex's idea. Imagine having the VFX artist, the stunt coordinator, and the animator all present for something like the dragon scene from Shang-Chi. Obviously that doesn't have to be it since its something the show has already covered, but a holistic picture view by having everyone there would be neat to see.
Directors commentary on dvds has some stuff like that I watched the first season of the legend of kora with directors commentary and it’s pretty insightful hearing all the reasoning for the decisions they made.
Seems a lot of people here are all down for Alex's idea, when I'm here to tell you it's absolute trash and garbage, and I truly hope everything he loves in life either dies, or leaves him. It's time we shape up and take Alex down a peg or two. Personally I hope he gets harshly audited by the IRS and is sentenced to a Federal, "pound-him-in-the-ass" prison. Just my two cents.
I love that Nico uses his knowledge to setup good questions that let the guests talk, rather than spending the time flexing. It makes this series much richer.
Definitely agree with Alex's suggestion on Everything Everywhere All At Once. Invite all different teams (Stunts, VFX, Animation, etc) for a mega episode. And just this once, make it longer for this specific video on YT. The website is great and all, but I would love this mega specific episode of Everything Everywhere All At Once, to be on YT.
That idea Alex had at the end there would actually be awesome. Everything Everywhere All At Once is an amazing movie full of all different kinds of things, it would be cool to have a reacts with multiple different topics on a single movie
The editing on these videos is so top notch. The pro explains a detail, and we get a clip that perfectly encapsulates it. One of the very best series on UA-cam.
SDF Macross: Do You Remember Love is often an overlooked masterpiece. It came out in 1984 and is overshadowed by the big hits like Akira and Nausicaa, but it's got a very different and distinct look and animation to it. The attention to detail on the mechanical parts are huge, seeing the fighter craft and space ships move and articulate all their components is incredible. As much as the classics deserved to be talked about on the show, DYRL is something quite special indeed and shouldn't be missed.
@@Boeing_hitsquad THE ANIMATRIX INFLUENCED other anthology film with hired anime studios to do their style" HALO LEGENDS STAR WARS VISION BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT
The heightened since of focus and education in this episode was actually really refreshing. Something about the way Niko was driving the entire episode was just a little different today; and I really enjoyed it.
Yeah absolutely. I think because they had two animators specifically they were able to bounce off each other more with more specific terms and references, and I guess maybe they just felt like going into more detail rather than the traditional style of this series where it's both bad and good.
Ok, I have a new reason to love these react videos from these guys: finding out a guy you were in band with in high school is a well respected animator for big movies!
Crazy where life leads us. You could know a local cashier at your store for a bit and a decade goes by and he's some famous person now lol. Bet that has happened before.
The first "Patlabor the movie" started in the late 80s. It's one of my all time favorite robot anime. Hope you guys can check it out. Part 2 and 3 of the movie series are just the peak of hand drawn anime and cinematic storytelling.
Love the Patlabor movies! They completely buck robo-action tropes for hard-boiled detective noir with strong social messaging. Impressive animation and greats stories!!!
God I love how amazing Love Death and Robots is in terms of the creativity and diverse art styles and stories, it's feels like people are letting loose and creating the coolest things they can think of with minimal restrictions Though I really wish some of the ideas were picked up to become a full on series, like Good Hunting (the cyborg fox woman) and Sonnie's Edge (cyberpunk underground beast fights)
Is this the only LDR episode they did? Would have been great to see the reactions cover more of the first two seasons; my favourite episode of the show is actually the very first, Sonnie's Edge as it's just so well done and riddled with details for later viewings. Lucky 13 and Life Hutch are also both superbly done.
Shirow masamune is the writer artist of the manga that these works are based on. He doesn't always get involved in the animated productions. Let's be clear he didn't create the anime, in the same way that while shirow masamune did create the original concept, I don't think you'd say he created the Scarlett Johansson live action ghost in the shell movie. And don't get me wong, I'm not criticizing you. I think it's a good idea, to compare how the different mediums, different directors and animation studios approach the material. I don't think there's been a single creator have so many different renditions of their work. Especially because even the recent live action film is basically animated. There's so much artistic work by a person with the amount of cgi and effects work, interpreting the shirow masamune world.
Even though it's not really in the 80s, I would highly suggest anything made by Satoshi Kon! Perfect Blue, Paprika, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, etc. He's a master when it comes to surreal anime storytelling and it reflect highly on his visuals!
That shot at 8:24 immediately reminded me of pwnisher's render challenge. I like to think that they were referencing how hugely popular that challenge got.
"Robot Carnival" (1987), a collection of short movies in different styles, similar to "LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS", is a forgotten jewel in my point of view. "FLCL" (2000) was a great rebel-style anime from the time Gainax could throw Evangelion-money at controversial stuff. "Akira" of course. It changed Anime forever.
Just realized, possibly, that I saw Alex back in December 2013 in NYC, when he and several animators and artists led an industry panel with WDFA. I was so enthralled I decided to, no matter what, get into animation within some extent. It took 9 years, and Disney Animation is still pie in the sky, but I'm now an in house motion graphics animator.
"Robot Carnival." It is basically "Love Death + Robots", as an anime from the 80s. There are physical copies however I've recently watched it on prime.
Jean (Moebius) Giraud is one of those artists who's widely respected and well known, but he still somehow feels under-appreciated. I'm glad to hear him mentioned as an inspiration, which is true, but I hate to point out that he did not create Valerian and Lauraline (that was Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres. Although both Mazieres and Moebius were inspired heavily by Herge of Tintin fame). Moebius did create classics such as Blueberry, The Incal (with Alejandro Jodorowsky, soon to be adapted by Taika Waititi), and Arzach, which was first printed in Heavy Metal (Metal Hurlant) as he was one of the major contributors during the magazine's rise. He's a long time favorite for myself and many other artists and film makers. If you look at the long list of people he inspired you would see that Science Fiction wouldn't even remotely be what it is today without him. He's pretty much number 1 when it comes to sci-fi artists, much like Frank Frazetta was for Fantasy. I could recommend so much 80s anime in film, but I feel like the comment section is doing a good job with that. Instead, I would like to keep the theme of French artists by recommending the films of Rene Laloux. He is most famous for 1973's Fantastic Planet, but he also made quite a few short films, and two other full length features; The Masters of Time (1982) (aka Time Masters, or Les Maitres du Temps. Which uses designs from Moebius himself) and Gandahar (1987).
I was trying to explain to someone the other day the importance of this show and what y’all do and all that I’ve learned from it despite not being an animator or in film at all, and the person just did not get it. I’ve learned so much from this show that has informed what I do creatively and just in general has improved my quality of life so much it cannot be over stated and I love it! Thanks again for all that y’all’s work has done for me. Plus I’m getting my friends into y’all’s work and that’s exciting!
Dude, how old are you? You know your friend isn’t obligated to like the same stuff you do, right? It’s not his fault that he doesn’t give a crap about this.
The most insane part isn’t Love Death and Robots, or the cgi and art styles. But the fact Honkai decided to sponsor and show themselves here of all places.
Amateur 2d animator here! Love all the Reacts shows! It's great that you guys talk animation as well! As for 80s anime: Akira (Obviously), Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind, Patlabor, Neo Tokyo... And Ninja Scroll if I can squeeze one in from 1993.
1: A Mega Collab Episode for Everything, Everywhere All At Once would be EPIC! It needs to happen eventually! 2:For an Old School Anime give Gunsmith Cats a try! Its not exactly 80's but its slick son! Also give Vampire Hunter D a look!
Visions of Escaflowne is an amazing anime that’s pretty old (i don’t know if it is from the 80’s but it could be) some of the designs choices of the anime are insane and it would be so cool to see you react to it :x
Angel's Egg and Akira were both in the 80's, but I would love to see a mention of Neo Tokyo (meikyuu monogatari) from 1987. It's a 50 minute anthology of three separate shorts, very technically and aesthetically innovative.
This was honestly one of my favorite episodes. There was so much to learn. And i would love to see an episode of "Everyone, everywhere, here all at once" ...Stunt people, Animation, and effects!!! Yes, please give us that, it was such an amazing movie.
Welcome back Corridor Crew! The channel got hacked, & they still managed to get an "Animators React" video up on Saturday, that is legit professionalism! ❤U!
Awesome, was waiting for this for sooooo long. This really is the pinnaecle of animation (CGI and otherwise) at this point. And besides that, most of the episodes are really amazing stories too!
Would love to see an animators react to Arc System Works and their games. Their approach to toon shading and framerate manipulation for recreating 2d is pretty revolutionary.
One of my favorites was always Bubblegum Crisis. The creator wanted the suits to make sense mechanically when put on, and got to love how it did things like having the name of Priss' band be The Replicants, as a nod to Blade Runner.
"The Five Star Stories" Good luck finding it without going into the grey zone, but my God it is gorgeously animated. Other notables: "Arcadia Of My Youth", "SDF Macross" (TV series)/DYRL (movie version), Aura Battler Dunbine (TV series), Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam (both series), Bubblegum Crisis 2032 (OVA series), Megazone 23 (OVA series), Appleseed (80s OVA), Akira (classic film), and--last, but not least-- _LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES!_ (Yes, its original OVA run began in the late 80s.)
I have a copy Five Star. Fell in love when I first saw it and had to have it. Some of the most amazing mech designs I've ever seen. Definitely second Macross and Bubblegum!
The chaos an episode would have if you had a full couch + arm chairs + bean bags with all the professionals just talking about a movie would be fantastic!
For 80s anime, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Dirty Pair: Project Eden, Project A-Ko, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Megazone 23, Windaria (also known as Once Upon a Time), Vampire Hunter D, and of course Akira. If you look at any 80s anime series, check out Bubblegum Crisis and Bubblegum Crash. Also, the Dirty Pair OVA collection.
Alex's idea to get everyone on the couch for a unique episode would be amazing! Logisitically, I can see this being difficult to align calendars, but I have faith in my Corridor Crew ;)
For me, 80s animation has to be Macross Do You Remember Love? The cell shading is beautiful. Unlike the TV series, they actually had a bigger budget. And Japanese animators are great with motion before there was motion capture.
I was just about to come to mention the Macross movie Do you Remember Love. Especially if you can find a copy of the old version before it was censored.
You need to watch the DAIKON 4 opening animation made in 1983 by Gainax (the studio that made evangelion). this is their 1st real animation project and it's one of the biggest miles stone of the pop-culture in japan !!
Oh man, the 80s had some great anime to go through! I would definitely recommend Akira and Twilight of the Cockroaches, The Guyver, Demon City Shinjuku, the original Dragon Ball (maybe a comparison between that and the new 3D Dragon Ball movie that just came out?) There were also some great giant robot shows then too: Macross, GoLion, Gundam!
I don’t THINK you’ve covered it before - correct me if I’m wrong - but I just finished watching Life of Pi for the first time in years, and the visual effects are still stunningly good. Not just on Richard Parker, which is incredible animation by the way, but so many other effects shots. The sinking of the ship is just amazing. It’d definitely be worth a look on a future episode!
I hope you'll react to "bad traveling" and "beyond the Aquila rift", too. Those are my absolute favorite episodes and I wish to also get a little more inside from the creators. Especially what they had in mind, when they made the ending of "Beyond the Aquila Rift"
I would love to see you react to Patlabor or Ghost In The Shell. Heck, the dogfight in Macross Plus was bloody amazing and still holds up today. Always loved that style in anime. Even GitS from 95 has some amazing callbacks to the handanimated 80's. Anything mecha from the 80's to the 90's I'm totally down for.
Patlabor was the first anime I ever saw that purposefully "whited out" someone's sunglasses when the sun shone on them. Those movies blew me and friends away.
This was such a fantastic episode! So much knowledge shared and insight. Really one of the best! A whole episode dedicated to everything everywhere all at once!
I love the robots in the apocalypse, I would like a whole season of just those robots exploring the post apocalyptic world that's now fun by cats Not that ours isn't run by cats now
For a great 80's animation example, maybe try The Guyver? It is a series so the animation is the down and dirty cheap animation, but some of the effects and stylistic choices they made really gave it a look that managed to punch above its weight class in quality, while still keeping the number of drawn frames to a minimum in order to keep the fast series schedule they needed.
I had to go back in time for some of these memories. Anime that wasn't necessarily amazing, but visually extremely impressive - listed by how stupidly long their title is: Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (1984) Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (1987) Angel's Egg (1985) Akira (1988)
I think it would be fair to call out both Royal Space Force and the _Gunbuster_ OVAs, as the beginning of the "rise of Gainax". Macross is a classic, too bad _Macross: Do You Remember Love?_ isn't available in the US (yet...) for review. I'd also put in Urusei Yatsura - much for the popularity, and for that soft spot the movie _Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer_ has for me...
I was wondering if anyone else would think of 'Royal Space Force'! I definitely agree that (and Gunbuster) would make a great choice to review. ....Or hey, how about DAICON IV if they could get away with it?
Great animes from the 80’s with beautiful animation Neo Tokyo (1987) Grave of the fireflies (1988) Akira (1988) Nausicaa of the valley of the wind (1984) Memories (3eps) (1995) ….not from the 80’s but it needs to be talked about
Some of the most impressive animation from the 80s I've seen is in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise. It was the debut title for Gainax which would go on to make Evangelion and others. The Rocket launch/invasion scene is some of the most impressive hand animation I've ever seen.
80's and 90's anime oh boy is that a list, here we go. Jin-Roh Wolf Brigade (it's on the same level as Akira), Nausicaa of the valley of the wind, Everything by Satoshi Kon specifically Millennium Actress and Paprika, Vampire Hunter D, End of Evangelion (specifically Asuka vs. MP Eva's), Char's Counterattack, Macross Plus, Revolutionary Girl Utena Film, Gunbuster. While it doesn't fit the description a film trilogy called Kizumonogatari came out in late 2010's but is way too staggeringly well animated to pass up.
Sponsored by Honkai Impact? Straight up this game has the best story in all of mobile games and beats 99% of all other games, don't even spend money on the gacha, just play the story, heck you don't even need to play and enjoy the combat, just the story itself.
@@GuyWithAnAmazingHat you’re not wrong, but it would be good reference for good story telling through locations, character’s expressions, and camera placement
If we're talking anime from the '80s, it would be cool to see the evolution of animation specifically within the Gundam franchise. Mobile Suit Gundam to Z Gundam alone shows a significant improvement, but they're really only a few years apart.
@@theplourde That was Gundam Wing, which debuted in Japan in the '90s. Thanks to Toonami, it was the first Gundam show most American audiences saw. On a definitely unrelated note, it's also one of the least sophisticated. 😅
@@ADSheehan I was curious because I still buy blu rays and wanted it in my collection but couldn’t figure out what series that showed. I loved Gundam as a kid and the RX-78 2 has a special place in my heart.
@@theplourde Earlier this year I watched all the UC Gundam shows (that I could find) in chronological order. It was a really cool experience and deepened my appreciation of the writing.
you should definitely check out Akira, grave of the fireflies, Kiki's delivery service, first of the north star, Gundam char's counter attack. those are great animated anime in the 80s
@@demonface96 in the US it was released in 90….. I do remember seeing a bootlegged copy at a Star Trek convention in ‘89. In Japan it was released on July 16, 1988. So I do believe it counts. ;)
@@demonface96 I know lol but it's too iconic and it's in an "80s style" right? Haha. All of the anime that I listed too came out in like 1988- 89 anyways lol
Amazing episode. And also wow, we were so close to knowing whether Alex is uncut or not. You guys should probably tell your guests when they should adjust their shorts unless it's a flex on purpose 😐 11:57
word to big bird, I don't think there is an episode of volume one that I didn't absolutely love. Although the one the sentient yogurt has a special place in my heart.
Redline is an amazingly animated anime movie with over 7 years of production from one of the best studio's at that time. Released in 2009 instead of the 80s although i still recommend you check it out
I worked as a senior lighter for "The Tall Grass" season 2 of Love, Death and Robots. So much fun and great to be apart of the larger franchise. Glad the Corridor guys are finally shining a light on LDR.
Laputa (Castle in the sky) - the part where the robot wakes up in the castle - theres some amazing areas where the metal doors are being shot by the laser eye and circles out in a really cool unique way which totally sells the concept. Very cool stuff there to react to!
At some point, could you cover how even the most amazing animation in ❤️❌🤖 still struggles with uncanny valley in its “photo real” humans? As single shots they’re fantastic, but so often they have stiff faces, even if “the pores stretch”, and there’s always something off about their movements…
Wow, I'm glad you guys are finally going to do an anime episode! I secretly hope my comment on a video inspired you guys to do so! I find it a peculiar choice to only limit to 80s anime though (I'd argue the golden era for anime was around 90s or even around 2006; I just think animation back then was a little bit more "limited animation" (using keyframe holds to save on budget). But for sure there are gems in the eighties too. If we talk about the 80s, of course you cannot forget about Akira, the whole movie is a visual gem. But I guess it is a given you guys would talk about that one. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki is a good one. If we talk about Miyazaki, of course you cannot forget about Ghibli movies. My Neighbour Totoro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Good stuff. Don't forget to talk about the short movie "Daicon III"; it is a short movie made for the Daicon anime convention; and quite literally the birth of the studio that made Neon Genesis Evangelion. That short is a celebration of anime on its own. It's hard for me to think of more stuff, since the eighties anime are not my expertise, but I hope this helped. Just hoping for a nineties - 2000s anime episode!
Not an animation one but just seen a Ladbrokes ad in the UK that's based around Rocky I with a lot of other stuff imposed - love to see it explained haha
Late suggestion - Macross: Do you remember love? is a great 80s anime to react to. Since it had a theatrical release it is super detailed. Also - you can find most if not all of it on UA-cam. There is also potential to compare it to the TV Series of Macross (which was re-arranged as Robotech in the US) to see the difference between episodic TV animation and theatrical animation.
I'd love to see a comparison between the dragonball super Broly animation and dragonball super superhero animation. Or just even talk about how they did the cg animation in superhero. Keep up the great work guys!
Studio Ghibli should be its own episode going through the decades and the evolution of its animation. There are lots of great shows to go through like Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Earwig and the Witch. It would be really cool to see how one studio adapted its form over time.
I second this, a Studio Ghibli special would be great.
Makoto Shinkai too
Kimi no nawa (Your name)
Weatering with you
The garden of Words etc.
Earwig will get slaughtered lol
Everyone sleeps on Porco Rosso...
Also nauccica valley of the wind which is arguably one of the most beautiful and earliest Ghibli
Definitely agree with having a mega episode for Everything Everywhere All At Once, would love to have all sorts of different guests in the studio bouncing off eachother.
I found that movie unbearably boring
@@___echo___ to each their own
@@___echo___ What did you find boring about it? Sure it started a little show but by 20 minutes in it picked up a bunch
Great idea!
I'd love this too
I feel like the “B roll” on this show during the guest’s explanations is spectacularly underrated. Like…. They are just giving an example, and then you guys had to go find video showing the technique or example being described. Always amazing.
Honestly, I kinda love Alex's idea. Imagine having the VFX artist, the stunt coordinator, and the animator all present for something like the dragon scene from Shang-Chi. Obviously that doesn't have to be it since its something the show has already covered, but a holistic picture view by having everyone there would be neat to see.
This needs to happen!
Directors commentary on dvds has some stuff like that I watched the first season of the legend of kora with directors commentary and it’s pretty insightful hearing all the reasoning for the decisions they made.
Seems a lot of people here are all down for Alex's idea, when I'm here to tell you it's absolute trash and garbage, and I truly hope everything he loves in life either dies, or leaves him. It's time we shape up and take Alex down a peg or two. Personally I hope he gets harshly audited by the IRS and is sentenced to a Federal, "pound-him-in-the-ass" prison. Just my two cents.
I love that Nico uses his knowledge to setup good questions that let the guests talk, rather than spending the time flexing. It makes this series much richer.
Niko is an absolute gem doing that consistently!
It would be soooooo amazing to see stunt, vfx & animation experts all at one episode for Everything, Everywhere, All at once...
Definitely agree with Alex's suggestion on Everything Everywhere All At Once. Invite all different teams (Stunts, VFX, Animation, etc) for a mega episode. And just this once, make it longer for this specific video on YT. The website is great and all, but I would love this mega specific episode of Everything Everywhere All At Once, to be on YT.
Mony Oum
@@Thalarion huh?
God,i don't even know where to start with that movie,so great
did you check out the VFX and Chill podcast with the VFX team yet? Super informative
@@danielcolborn1618 i didn't know,thx man
That idea Alex had at the end there would actually be awesome. Everything Everywhere All At Once is an amazing movie full of all different kinds of things, it would be cool to have a reacts with multiple different topics on a single movie
that episode is gonna be like 30 minutes long
@@GameLikeARookie and we will enjoy every minute of it 😁
I watch that show mainly for the different animation styles. So fascinating to see how it's done.
I mean everyone who watch the series are there for the different animation style.
The editing on these videos is so top notch. The pro explains a detail, and we get a clip that perfectly encapsulates it. One of the very best series on UA-cam.
I almost didn't see the cut at 1:57. If there wasn't a frame jump I would have assumed the hitching in his voice was natural.
@@adamdymke8004 huh :D good catch, I was too focused on the following muted audio of his voice :D
Thanks for the feature guys! I love the amazing content you guys make
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SDF Macross: Do You Remember Love is often an overlooked masterpiece. It came out in 1984 and is overshadowed by the big hits like Akira and Nausicaa, but it's got a very different and distinct look and animation to it. The attention to detail on the mechanical parts are huge, seeing the fighter craft and space ships move and articulate all their components is incredible. As much as the classics deserved to be talked about on the show, DYRL is something quite special indeed and shouldn't be missed.
This is giving me such ANIMATRIX vives! Different directors doing each episode, with different art styles. Already loving it!!
ANIMATRIX?
LOVE DEATH AND ROBOTS was a idea from a scarp revival Heavy Metal film!
Pretty sure LDR was inspired by Animatrix.
Halo legends was like that too
vibes*
@@Boeing_hitsquad THE ANIMATRIX INFLUENCED other anthology film with hired anime studios to do their style"
HALO LEGENDS
STAR WARS VISION
BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT
The heightened since of focus and education in this episode was actually really refreshing. Something about the way Niko was driving the entire episode was just a little different today; and I really enjoyed it.
Yeah absolutely. I think because they had two animators specifically they were able to bounce off each other more with more specific terms and references, and I guess maybe they just felt like going into more detail rather than the traditional style of this series where it's both bad and good.
Ok, I have a new reason to love these react videos from these guys: finding out a guy you were in band with in high school is a well respected animator for big movies!
Crazy where life leads us. You could know a local cashier at your store for a bit and a decade goes by and he's some famous person now lol. Bet that has happened before.
You can't look at 80's animation without looking at Akira. It's simply iconic
They already looked at Akira earlier.
REDLINE BRO🤞🏾🤞🏾
@@majidjaved4131 I couldn't remember if they had, so I figured I'd bring it up. Maybe they'll take another look :)
@@vshank311 they already did
And Ghost in the Shell :)
As someone who’s an amateur animator, I’m so happy to see this
what type of device do you use ???? curious, if you don't mind
As an actual animation I’m so happy to see this
Same
Same
@@ravecentral7667 Love the pfp.
the talk is so severe but wholesome between artist that incredibly amazing the way they interact eachother
The first "Patlabor the movie" started in the late 80s. It's one of my all time favorite robot anime. Hope you guys can check it out. Part 2 and 3 of the movie series are just the peak of hand drawn anime and cinematic storytelling.
Love the Patlabor movies! They completely buck robo-action tropes for hard-boiled detective noir with strong social messaging. Impressive animation and greats stories!!!
yeees
yay Another Patlabor fan!
The first two Patlabor were also directed by Mamoru Oshii, the director of the original Ghost in the Shell movie
Yes, Patlabor please. Had it on a VHS as a kiddo. Good times!
Yessssss, I've been waiting for this. I'm obsessed with this show (LDR), allowing creative people to just go wild
Why can't Hollywood make full length movies out of the LD&R stories???
Chill out they come out every week
Same lmao
@@far22186 talking about love death and robots
@@jasong782 I feel like it's best to keep them as short stories, don't want thess types of stories to drag on for too long
So happy to see you used my tutorial in one of your examples! Thank you!
Is Alex becoming the Gui of Animators react?... yeah!. Soon he is going to be leading the segment 👌.
God I love how amazing Love Death and Robots is in terms of the creativity and diverse art styles and stories, it's feels like people are letting loose and creating the coolest things they can think of with minimal restrictions
Though I really wish some of the ideas were picked up to become a full on series, like Good Hunting (the cyborg fox woman) and Sonnie's Edge (cyberpunk underground beast fights)
sonnie's edge is by far my favorite of the whole anthology
Yeah dude, sonnies edge is my favourite episode, I could watch an entire series based on underground monster fights.
@@netblu fr, that would be so entertaining to watch. I also just like the design of Sonnie
Is this the only LDR episode they did? Would have been great to see the reactions cover more of the first two seasons; my favourite episode of the show is actually the very first, Sonnie's Edge as it's just so well done and riddled with details for later viewings. Lucky 13 and Life Hutch are also both superbly done.
Congratulations on having ur channel back. I wish you guys all the best. Keep impressing us like you always do.
I recommend animations from the 80s by Shiro Masamune; like Appleseed and Black Magic M-66. He would later go on to make Ghost in the Shell.
Agreed.
Shirow masamune is the writer artist of the manga that these works are based on.
He doesn't always get involved in the animated productions. Let's be clear he didn't create the anime, in the same way that while shirow masamune did create the original concept, I don't think you'd say he created the Scarlett Johansson live action ghost in the shell movie.
And don't get me wong, I'm not criticizing you. I think it's a good idea, to compare how the different mediums, different directors and animation studios approach the material. I don't think there's been a single creator have so many different renditions of their work. Especially because even the recent live action film is basically animated. There's so much artistic work by a person with the amount of cgi and effects work, interpreting the shirow masamune world.
Shirow masamune is the mangaka that created Appleseed and Gits. I think he maybe worked on the script of only one appleseed OAV ?
The one you're looking for is Oshii Mamoru and Studio I.G. Those are involved in creating Shirow Masamune mangas to anime.
Exactly this. Glad someone else suggested. Would also add Sol Bianca.
I love the Everything Everywhere All At Once idea. Stunt, VFX and animation experts discussing the movie.
Even though it's not really in the 80s, I would highly suggest anything made by Satoshi Kon! Perfect Blue, Paprika, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, etc. He's a master when it comes to surreal anime storytelling and it reflect highly on his visuals!
Hooooly shit I forgot all about Paprika. That film is some top class animation.
Perfect Blue is one of the greatest films out there
Honestly they should do a whole episode on Satoshi Kon's work
That shot at 8:24 immediately reminded me of pwnisher's render challenge. I like to think that they were referencing how hugely popular that challenge got.
"Robot Carnival" (1987), a collection of short movies in different styles, similar to "LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS", is a forgotten jewel in my point of view.
"FLCL" (2000) was a great rebel-style anime from the time Gainax could throw Evangelion-money at controversial stuff.
"Akira" of course. It changed Anime forever.
Just realized, possibly, that I saw Alex back in December 2013 in NYC, when he and several animators and artists led an industry panel with WDFA. I was so enthralled I decided to, no matter what, get into animation within some extent. It took 9 years, and Disney Animation is still pie in the sky, but I'm now an in house motion graphics animator.
Congrats man! Still curious about animation, I might being staring down the beginning of the same journey
"Robot Carnival." It is basically "Love Death + Robots", as an anime from the 80s. There are physical copies however I've recently watched it on prime.
You mean LD&R is basically Robot Carnival since it csme out first
Yes, this!
In particular the short "Presence." There's a scene where the robot girl falls to her knees and the folds of her clothes are just GORGEOUS.
Jean (Moebius) Giraud is one of those artists who's widely respected and well known, but he still somehow feels under-appreciated. I'm glad to hear him mentioned as an inspiration, which is true, but I hate to point out that he did not create Valerian and Lauraline (that was Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres. Although both Mazieres and Moebius were inspired heavily by Herge of Tintin fame).
Moebius did create classics such as Blueberry, The Incal (with Alejandro Jodorowsky, soon to be adapted by Taika Waititi), and Arzach, which was first printed in Heavy Metal (Metal Hurlant) as he was one of the major contributors during the magazine's rise.
He's a long time favorite for myself and many other artists and film makers. If you look at the long list of people he inspired you would see that Science Fiction wouldn't even remotely be what it is today without him. He's pretty much number 1 when it comes to sci-fi artists, much like Frank Frazetta was for Fantasy.
I could recommend so much 80s anime in film, but I feel like the comment section is doing a good job with that. Instead, I would like to keep the theme of French artists by recommending the films of Rene Laloux. He is most famous for 1973's Fantastic Planet, but he also made quite a few short films, and two other full length features; The Masters of Time (1982) (aka Time Masters, or Les Maitres du Temps. Which uses designs from Moebius himself) and Gandahar (1987).
I was trying to explain to someone the other day the importance of this show and what y’all do and all that I’ve learned from it despite not being an animator or in film at all, and the person just did not get it. I’ve learned so much from this show that has informed what I do creatively and just in general has improved my quality of life so much it cannot be over stated and I love it! Thanks again for all that y’all’s work has done for me. Plus I’m getting my friends into y’all’s work and that’s exciting!
Y’all
Dude, how old are you? You know your friend isn’t obligated to like the same stuff you do, right? It’s not his fault that he doesn’t give a crap about this.
The most insane part isn’t Love Death and Robots, or the cgi and art styles.
But the fact Honkai decided to sponsor and show themselves here of all places.
😏
I’ve watched a couple of episodes and I am impressed in the different styles in each episode
they want an episode on this show with dawei himsel (¬‿¬)
Yeah. As was like; this looks like a 3D anime, in which episode of love, death and robots is this? And then Wren came out.
I would 100% pay for a more thorough hour(s) long analyses of shows by animators and vfx artists like this. The insight you get is just incredible
Amateur 2d animator here! Love all the Reacts shows! It's great that you guys talk animation as well! As for 80s anime: Akira (Obviously), Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind, Patlabor, Neo Tokyo... And Ninja Scroll if I can squeeze one in from 1993.
Seconding patlabor, super underrated. I think they did akira already tho in a different episode, though I would not be sad if they did more about it.
@@evjohn13 Yeah. They did talk about Akira already. But I still had to add it to the list. It felt wrong not to. 😂
1: A Mega Collab Episode for Everything, Everywhere All At Once would be EPIC! It needs to happen eventually!
2:For an Old School Anime give Gunsmith Cats a try! Its not exactly 80's but its slick son! Also give Vampire Hunter D a look!
as somebody working in 2D animation compositing I'm so grateful you guys shed light on this part of the process!
Ghibli's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind has some amazing animation. The flying, the fights, the demon beam at the end... A masterclass.
Visions of Escaflowne is an amazing anime that’s pretty old (i don’t know if it is from the 80’s but it could be) some of the designs choices of the anime are insane and it would be so cool to see you react to it :x
Mid 90's, it was created by Shōji Kawamori, the mecha designer for Macross (Robotech).
I believe the dragon in the first episode has cell shading which was not not common that that point
+1 not a 80's anime but definitely a underrated/unknown anime that would be cool to see come up on the show.
@@domtime7 I dont think its really underrated or unknown or at least to well seasoned anime watchers.
Thanks!
Angel's Egg and Akira were both in the 80's, but I would love to see a mention of Neo Tokyo (meikyuu monogatari) from 1987. It's a 50 minute anthology of three separate shorts, very technically and aesthetically innovative.
I was blown away by Patlabor 2, the movie Oiishi made before GitS 94. I believe that movie is a little bit better than GitS.
Neo Tokyo often gets overshadowed and forgotten due to Robot Carnival - perhaps mention of both these anthologies wouldn't be out of place.
A WHOLE EPISIDE on Love, Death and Robots?! We've been waiting for this!!
This was honestly one of my favorite episodes. There was so much to learn. And i would love to see an episode of "Everyone, everywhere, here all at once" ...Stunt people, Animation, and effects!!! Yes, please give us that, it was such an amazing movie.
Welcome back Corridor Crew! The channel got hacked, & they still managed to get an "Animators React" video up on Saturday, that is legit professionalism! ❤U!
Ghost In The Shell, intro and warehouse battle are the greatest animation in an anime.
you offer the look behind the curtain - vet the reveals even enhance the excitement on the rewatch of the source material. that is movie magic
Awesome, was waiting for this for sooooo long. This really is the pinnaecle of animation (CGI and otherwise) at this point. And besides that, most of the episodes are really amazing stories too!
Would love to see an animators react to Arc System Works and their games. Their approach to toon shading and framerate manipulation for recreating 2d is pretty revolutionary.
Yeah, that would be great.
Yo that’s a great idea. Their animation really is top.
One of my favorites was always Bubblegum Crisis. The creator wanted the suits to make sense mechanically when put on, and got to love how it did things like having the name of Priss' band be The Replicants, as a nod to Blade Runner.
BGC is one of the classics from the 80s for sure. Seconded!
"The Five Star Stories"
Good luck finding it without going into the grey zone, but my God it is gorgeously animated.
Other notables: "Arcadia Of My Youth", "SDF Macross" (TV series)/DYRL (movie version), Aura Battler Dunbine (TV series), Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam (both series), Bubblegum Crisis 2032 (OVA series), Megazone 23 (OVA series), Appleseed (80s OVA), Akira (classic film), and--last, but not least-- _LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES!_ (Yes, its original OVA run began in the late 80s.)
I have a copy Five Star. Fell in love when I first saw it and had to have it. Some of the most amazing mech designs I've ever seen.
Definitely second Macross and Bubblegum!
I would love to see some “before its time” type stuff, hedgehog and the fog, mindgame, any off the beaten path stuff to be analyzed would be awesome
The chaos an episode would have if you had a full couch + arm chairs + bean bags with all the professionals just talking about a movie would be fantastic!
I would personally watch the Everything Everywhere video on repeat overnight just to make it worth y’all’s while, that’s such a good idea
This episode was great. Felt as though as I was in a masterclass for animation/movie direction or something. Great job guys.
This was great! I LOVE LDR! As for 80's anime? Whoo boy, you've opened up the Pandora's box there.
For 80s anime, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Dirty Pair: Project Eden, Project A-Ko, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Megazone 23, Windaria (also known as Once Upon a Time), Vampire Hunter D, and of course Akira. If you look at any 80s anime series, check out Bubblegum Crisis and Bubblegum Crash. Also, the Dirty Pair OVA collection.
Bro, castle in the sky genuinely was my entry to anime. It’s aesthetically pleasing, great story, overall amazing
Keep it coming, I love the Series and Your Reactions, Guess what there's an upcoming Vol.4, for LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS
Alex's idea to get everyone on the couch for a unique episode would be amazing! Logisitically, I can see this being difficult to align calendars, but I have faith in my Corridor Crew ;)
For me, 80s animation has to be Macross Do You Remember Love? The cell shading is beautiful. Unlike the TV series, they actually had a bigger budget. And Japanese animators are great with motion before there was motion capture.
I was just about to come to mention the Macross movie Do you Remember Love. Especially if you can find a copy of the old version before it was censored.
80s cell shaded animation will always look the best
Missed opportunity for not talking about "The Witness" and "Jibaro"
You need to watch the DAIKON 4 opening animation made in 1983 by Gainax (the studio that made evangelion). this is their 1st real animation project and it's one of the biggest miles stone of the pop-culture in japan !!
Oh man, the 80s had some great anime to go through! I would definitely recommend Akira and Twilight of the Cockroaches, The Guyver, Demon City Shinjuku, the original Dragon Ball (maybe a comparison between that and the new 3D Dragon Ball movie that just came out?) There were also some great giant robot shows then too: Macross, GoLion, Gundam!
I don’t THINK you’ve covered it before - correct me if I’m wrong - but I just finished watching Life of Pi for the first time in years, and the visual effects are still stunningly good. Not just on Richard Parker, which is incredible animation by the way, but so many other effects shots. The sinking of the ship is just amazing. It’d definitely be worth a look on a future episode!
I hope you'll react to "bad traveling" and "beyond the Aquila rift", too. Those are my absolute favorite episodes and I wish to also get a little more inside from the creators. Especially what they had in mind, when they made the ending of "Beyond the Aquila Rift"
It's not 80s but, Patlabor has some plain BEAUTIFUL animation, especially part 2s Gunship scene. It is pure visual bliss
Gah, that sewer scene at the end is so well done. But yeah, not 80s.
First Patlabor movie was late 80s, at least
I would love to see you react to Patlabor or Ghost In The Shell. Heck, the dogfight in Macross Plus was bloody amazing and still holds up today. Always loved that style in anime. Even GitS from 95 has some amazing callbacks to the handanimated 80's. Anything mecha from the 80's to the 90's I'm totally down for.
Patlabor was the first anime I ever saw that purposefully "whited out" someone's sunglasses when the sun shone on them. Those movies blew me and friends away.
@@davidkymdell452 Heck yeah. My first anime was Robotech. Those old animes really pioneered animation in many ways.
This was such a fantastic episode! So much knowledge shared and insight. Really one of the best! A whole episode dedicated to everything everywhere all at once!
I love the robots in the apocalypse, I would like a whole season of just those robots exploring the post apocalyptic world that's now fun by cats
Not that ours isn't run by cats now
For a great 80's animation example, maybe try The Guyver? It is a series so the animation is the down and dirty cheap animation, but some of the effects and stylistic choices they made really gave it a look that managed to punch above its weight class in quality, while still keeping the number of drawn frames to a minimum in order to keep the fast series schedule they needed.
Man, the edit of this video was 👌 all the detailed shot of everything they sey, EVERYTHING. Congrats to the editor 👏👏👏👏
After a devastating event finally, our lovely episode comes back,
What happened?
@@airplanes_aren.t_real the channel was hacked and all the videos deleted last week.
@@mike90317 thank you for explaining
I had to go back in time for some of these memories. Anime that wasn't necessarily amazing, but visually extremely impressive - listed by how stupidly long their title is:
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987)
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (1984)
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (1987)
Angel's Egg (1985)
Akira (1988)
I think it would be fair to call out both Royal Space Force and the _Gunbuster_ OVAs, as the beginning of the "rise of Gainax".
Macross is a classic, too bad _Macross: Do You Remember Love?_ isn't available in the US (yet...) for review.
I'd also put in Urusei Yatsura - much for the popularity, and for that soft spot the movie _Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer_ has for me...
I was wondering if anyone else would think of 'Royal Space Force'! I definitely agree that (and Gunbuster) would make a great choice to review.
....Or hey, how about DAICON IV if they could get away with it?
GUNDAM, the time they take to draw tech/mech is so detailed and i love it
Great animes from the 80’s with beautiful animation
Neo Tokyo (1987)
Grave of the fireflies (1988)
Akira (1988)
Nausicaa of the valley of the wind (1984)
Memories (3eps) (1995) ….not from the 80’s but it needs to be talked about
100% these
Some of the most impressive animation from the 80s I've seen is in Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise. It was the debut title for Gainax which would go on to make Evangelion and others. The Rocket launch/invasion scene is some of the most impressive hand animation I've ever seen.
in the early 80s the founders of gainax also made daikon 4 that is just mind blowing
I second this one. It's crazy how much animation they did for the "fake trailer" to get the project signed off on.
80's and 90's anime oh boy is that a list, here we go. Jin-Roh Wolf Brigade (it's on the same level as Akira), Nausicaa of the valley of the wind, Everything by Satoshi Kon specifically Millennium Actress and Paprika, Vampire Hunter D, End of Evangelion (specifically Asuka vs. MP Eva's), Char's Counterattack, Macross Plus, Revolutionary Girl Utena Film, Gunbuster. While it doesn't fit the description a film trilogy called Kizumonogatari came out in late 2010's but is way too staggeringly well animated to pass up.
Sponsored by Honkai Impact? Straight up this game has the best story in all of mobile games and beats 99% of all other games, don't even spend money on the gacha, just play the story, heck you don't even need to play and enjoy the combat, just the story itself.
They should look at the FMVs. Crazy good.
@@SkimLives It would be cool but I'm kind of against it because of how spoilery it would be
@@GuyWithAnAmazingHat you’re not wrong, but it would be good reference for good story telling through locations, character’s expressions, and camera placement
I recommend genshin impact more.
@@srdjank515 Genshin is also as great, but everyone already knows about it. Hoyoverse just keeps making great games.
The consistency and quality of VFX artist react is ❤️
80s anime Angel's Egg - no one ever mentions this anime but it is absolutely amazing and so metaphor laden you could talk about it for ages
If we're talking anime from the '80s, it would be cool to see the evolution of animation specifically within the Gundam franchise. Mobile Suit Gundam to Z Gundam alone shows a significant improvement, but they're really only a few years apart.
Which one was shown on Toonami back in the day?
@@theplourde That was Gundam Wing, which debuted in Japan in the '90s. Thanks to Toonami, it was the first Gundam show most American audiences saw. On a definitely unrelated note, it's also one of the least sophisticated. 😅
@@ADSheehan I was curious because I still buy blu rays and wanted it in my collection but couldn’t figure out what series that showed. I loved Gundam as a kid and the RX-78 2 has a special place in my heart.
@@theplourde Earlier this year I watched all the UC Gundam shows (that I could find) in chronological order. It was a really cool experience and deepened my appreciation of the writing.
you should definitely check out Akira, grave of the fireflies, Kiki's delivery service, first of the north star, Gundam char's counter attack. those are great animated anime in the 80s
Have some therapists around for Grave of the FF.
does akira count if it was released 1990? lol it was my first thought though its gorgeous
@@demonface96 in the US it was released in 90….. I do remember seeing a bootlegged copy at a Star Trek convention in ‘89. In Japan it was released on July 16, 1988. So I do believe it counts. ;)
@@demonface96 I know lol but it's too iconic and it's in an "80s style" right? Haha. All of the anime that I listed too came out in like 1988- 89 anyways lol
@@dtceballos that's exactly what I wanted to hear lol I think they woulda made an exception for it anyways
Amazing episode. And also wow, we were so close to knowing whether Alex is uncut or not. You guys should probably tell your guests when they should adjust their shorts unless it's a flex on purpose 😐 11:57
The 3rd season was better then the 2nd, but the first season is still the best in my opinion, some of those episodes really stuck with me
Zima blue is too good
word to big bird, I don't think there is an episode of volume one that I didn't absolutely love. Although the one the sentient yogurt has a special place in my heart.
Beyond the Aquile rift for example still haunts me.
@@l.i.t.f.4353 Goateddd
@@Wayoutthere True the idea of being under control by something is so terrifying
I'd love to see the Corridor Crew react to Mike Habjan's Superman VS Hulk series of videos, that'd be awesome!
That everything everywhere all at once episode sounds really cool. Even though it would be a scheduling nightmare
Redline is an amazingly animated anime movie with over 7 years of production from one of the best studio's at that time. Released in 2009 instead of the 80s although i still recommend you check it out
They already touched on it before but they did say they were going to do more. Unfortunately, I don't think I've seen the "more" yet.
No
I worked as a senior lighter for "The Tall Grass" season 2 of Love, Death and Robots. So much fun and great to be apart of the larger franchise. Glad the Corridor guys are finally shining a light on LDR.
Laputa (Castle in the sky) - the part where the robot wakes up in the castle - theres some amazing areas where the metal doors are being shot by the laser eye and circles out in a really cool unique way which totally sells the concept. Very cool stuff there to react to!
At some point, could you cover how even the most amazing animation in ❤️❌🤖 still struggles with uncanny valley in its “photo real” humans? As single shots they’re fantastic, but so often they have stiff faces, even if “the pores stretch”, and there’s always something off about their movements…
Wow, I'm glad you guys are finally going to do an anime episode! I secretly hope my comment on a video inspired you guys to do so!
I find it a peculiar choice to only limit to 80s anime though (I'd argue the golden era for anime was around 90s or even around 2006; I just think animation back then was a little bit more "limited animation" (using keyframe holds to save on budget). But for sure there are gems in the eighties too.
If we talk about the 80s, of course you cannot forget about Akira, the whole movie is a visual gem. But I guess it is a given you guys would talk about that one.
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki is a good one. If we talk about Miyazaki, of course you cannot forget about Ghibli movies. My Neighbour Totoro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Good stuff.
Don't forget to talk about the short movie "Daicon III"; it is a short movie made for the Daicon anime convention; and quite literally the birth of the studio that made Neon Genesis Evangelion. That short is a celebration of anime on its own.
It's hard for me to think of more stuff, since the eighties anime are not my expertise, but I hope this helped. Just hoping for a nineties - 2000s anime episode!
lets get each decade rolling, the 90 and early 2000's have some solid pics
Not an animation one but just seen a Ladbrokes ad in the UK that's based around Rocky I with a lot of other stuff imposed - love to see it explained haha
Late suggestion - Macross: Do you remember love? is a great 80s anime to react to. Since it had a theatrical release it is super detailed. Also - you can find most if not all of it on UA-cam. There is also potential to compare it to the TV Series of Macross (which was re-arranged as Robotech in the US) to see the difference between episodic TV animation and theatrical animation.
I'd love to see a comparison between the dragonball super Broly animation and dragonball super superhero animation. Or just even talk about how they did the cg animation in superhero. Keep up the great work guys!
Appreciate the look at 2D animation on this channel
Some really good examples of 2D compositing you can find from “Helluva Boss”. Would love to see that on the show.
I would like y’all to do the predator movies all of them and watch the progression 😍
It's the little star flash before a large break or explosion for me. Tickles my britches every time
Amazeballz, I have been waiting for this episode for sooo long. Thank you!