The character designs are alright, if not a pretty big overgeneralization of the art of Oshi No Ko, and the art is solid enough, but it has nothing to give itself a leg to stand on. As a visual adaptation, it’s plain rough. Of course, it’s not that it’s all terrible or lazy, but that the overwhelming direction is of this lazy and flat nature.Īnd this is where the core issue arises. Conversation bounces back and forth between incredibly static characters, closeups that can hide detail, and any number of other tricks. I could pull hundreds of these layouts from the first half of the episode alone. It’s a lot of single character and focus frames that suck any originality or uniqueness from the content, and causes it to feel like it’s just droning on as we suffer an onslaught of dialogue that’s ill-equipped to match the visuals. The direction and delivery is incredibly flat, and it relies totally on the energy that the quality VAs bring in. At a glance you might think “oh this isn’t too bad”, but when you get into it, in a single sitting, it’s hard to get through. I’d have to find proper time frames and everything to give real answers, but I’d say there’s probably two episode directors in this first episode that offer solid direction. So, odds are you’re picking up on the direction changes that are of issue with the episode. Well, to the astute and curious people out there that had the same thoughts as me, it’s because there’s Five people credited with episode direction for it. You know, big works like An Angel Flew Down To Me, or Selection Project (which is another Idol Anime), or Koisuru Asteroid… Also, you might be wondering, “Why is the direction so bad at times, and so much better at others?”. A career Doga Kobo in-house man, Hiramaki Daisuke has had forays into other studios for an episode or two and even some storyboarding, but has stayed close to home for his biggest projects. It doesn’t even break 7, it sits at 6.99).Īlright alright I swear on my life this is the last piece of Doga Kobo/OnK slander before I start getting to the episode itself. It’s been over a year since Doga Kobo had an anime that was over a 7 in score, and I’d be surprised if their average score for the last 5 years could punch above a 7.3 (side note: excluding Oshi No Ko, it can’t. Not that they can’t deliver adaptations that make full use of and more of their source material like Nozaki-Kun, but that was almost a decade ago now. They’re not a studio that you entrust with big projects or names. Would you consider New Game? Or Gabriel Dropout? I guess really, they only have Plastic Memories for the average anime fan. Stuff like Yuru Yuri, stuff like Nozaki-Kun, stuff like… stuff like. The majority of their higher rated series are 5 or even 10+ years old now. Arguably, their most memorable titles such as Plastic Memories, which are the poster children of the studio, are well out of their prime now. Not a particularly outstanding one, and one that hasn’t had any “big” titles in its repertoire for a long time now. So, allow me to paint a more accurate picture of this first episode, starting at the bottom. It’s story can’t get rid of the limitations that Doga Kobo has, it can’t get rid of flaky and flat direction, it can’t get rid of shallow work that relies on the individual. Oshi No Ko does have an interesting, if not abrasive, story for its first episode. It’s nowhere near A-1’s adaptation of Love Is War. Let me dispel any preconceptions you might have about it. That’s the Akasaka Difference™, and it’s insane. This is Doga Kobo’s highest rated series, by Over One Point Three points. You know, the website where FMA:B reigns supreme and anything that challenges it is review bombed into oblivion? The site where the next highest rated anime is at a 9.11? Yeah, that MAL. But why? Well, even though I’m a fan of Akasaka’s work, and even if I suggested the license to various publishers through their suggestion channels, I feel like an explanation is owed to the overhyped mess that appeared today.Ī Nine Point Three Six on MAL. This first episode, and its subsequent reaction, is like throwing a dud of a bomb and everybody pretending that it went off. Oshi No Ko Episode 1: Overhyped To The Moon, Or, Crucifying An AdaptationĪ release schedule that’s had the first episode in the works for a month in the making.
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