life sentence comes at you fast . Just last week , the anime community was poised to celebrateAdult Swimand invigoration studioProduction I.G‘s Zanzibar copal adaptation of horror auteur Junji Ito’sUzumaki , which hadlong been delayed , asa triumphover the curse of subpar gum anime projects . However , it now appear that it too suffers from lackluster animation quality . What ’s more , its fall from gracility occurred in the span of a single episode .
Over the weekend , Adult Swim resign the second of four episode in itsUzumakilimited series . In a similar fashion to its smash hit premiere , episode two undertook the herculean undertaking of adapting roughly six chapters of the source cloth into a 27 - minute episode . Reader , I fear we ’ve fall into a real life story spiral because instalment two ofUzumakiis a far yell from the impression its first episode provide .
If one were to summarize the animation calibre inUzumakiepisode two , it would be “ wildly discrepant . ” The rotoscoped good luck charm and bounce of its bouncy mordant and snowy characters and the granular detail of the shadows that danced across their faces in abject horror have give way to plane CG version of fiber models that feel more consanguine to depleted polygon NPCs in a video plot .
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What ’s worse , the show ’s brisker pacing highlighting this sudden animation drop off by cutting from poorly elaborated shots of supporting characters to mellow - calibre vanity shot of protagonist Kirie . If anything , instalment two feels synonymous with taking an SAT trial you barely prepare for , skipping questions for later , and fill up in house of cards in a panic at the last possible mo in hope that your 1/4th chance of pick out the right-hand one is in your favor . Unfortunately , Uzumakiepisode two fails with fly monochromatic color .
In keeping with the telecasting game analogy , the CG molding of character movements in sequence two is so strict that it turns any tale dead body horror occurring on screen into an awkward visual revulsion in its own right . No scene exemplifies the drastic declension in brio lineament inUzumakiepisode two more than this clip of a adolescent match running away from their parent on the beach .
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do it to say , Uzumaki‘s sophomore episode had lover collectively scratching their head , leading to the big doubtfulness : how did we get here ? While most fan posit armchair animation theories that Production I.G either run out of spiritedness faculty and budget to consistently animateUzumakito the point of its premiere , others but feel misled into believing that there would ever be an anime that would properly accommodate the purposeful horror of Ito ’s works . And who could charge them , seeing as how one of the show ’s ego - administered delays was to give the studio more meter to recreate “ the quality of the intricate figure and detailed line work ” of Ito ’s best - selling manga . Hell , even the piece himself , Ito , claimed to io9thatUzumakiwas “ most everlasting demonstration of my artistic ability and imagination . ”
Uncharitably speaking , Uzumaki‘s second episode retroactively makes its premiere look like the studio apartment put its best metrical foot forward , calm down viewers into feature faith that it would be the one to relegate the anime adaptation curse . play devil ’s advocate , one might say that with only two episodes ofUzumakiremaining , the end is close , and perhaps mercifully so . On the bright side , the only direction for the show ’s invigoration quality is up , hopefully mirror the finesse of the first sequence rather than the 2nd ’s less stellar vitrine . In the effect the serial publication continues to falter , TV audience can find ease in the fact that only an hr of television rest to brave its panic before they can put this ordeal behind them and generate to recommending Ito ’s original manga .
io9 has reached out to Adult Swim for remark or clearing on what pass off withUzumakiepisode two ; we ’ll update this Charles William Post if we see back .
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