Ghost In the Shell Standalone Complex/ NGE Uncut

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Originally posted by kakomu

Now, if I were to watch a drama, I'd much rather watch live action than anime, since a lot of times, drama animes seem to have lower budgets since there's a lot less action and a lot less special effects. The animation looks boring and/or lower grade. On top of that, they use a lot of "poignant" still frames to express emotion, which translates to lazy animators and a boring show.

The one thing that I do like about anime dramas is the facial expressions or the superdeformed or chibi versions of them. In something like Marmalade Boy, I love it when you see her with all those SD faces or the sweatdrop or anything like that.

the other thing is that it leaves alot up to the imagination. Like if a real actress was to play Miki in Marmalade boy or Kyoko in Maison Ikkoku, you'd be focused on the image of that actress. Like if sarah Michelle Gellar played her, I might be sitting here going 'she's not that hot, why are all the guys sweating her'. So it's kinda like how Roger Ebert described the kids in Grave of the Fireflies: It makes more of a lasting impression because you're stuck with the idea of a little kid going through all that rather than focusing on a specific actor.