2023-12-16 16:30:00
This week the fifteenth episode of “Sousou following freezing (Freezing: Beyond Journey’s End)”, which continued Frieren, Fern, Stark and Sein’s journey to the northern end of the world. One scene in particular from this episode immediately caught my attention, showing a dance between Stark and Fern, who had to learn etiquette as part of a nobleman’s assignment.
It is common for scenes involving a large amount of precise and detailed movements to be realized with the help of CGI, creating a sequence of movements to which only the character models are attached. The interesting thing, however, is that This complicated dance scene did not take up that resource, but was done entirely by hand. This was confirmed Keiichirou Saitouproject manager:
- «I thank MYOUN for taking care of the entire dance scene with the storyboards, and the other trusted people who took care of this scene that only consists of two panels in the original manga. Also, all the dance moves were hand drawn by the animators, there is no use of CGI».
In response, MYOUN himself shared a fragment of the scene from the storyboardsconfirming that all movements were done by hand:
The director continued explaining regarding the scene, revealing that all the dance steps were planned with the help of a dance academy in Japanconsidering that the original scene in the manga only has two panels:
- «Many thanks also to the Tatsuro Otake Dance Academy for their help in choreographing the dance scenes. It was exciting to see the flow of the scene on the ground and build the dance choreography with demonstrations. Thanks also to Evan Call for the beautiful music in this scene».
And if you’re wondering how this scene occurs within the original manga, you’ll be impressed to know that it barely takes up two panels of Chapter 32, so Madhouse’s work in creating a long scene with so little source material is definitely spectacular.
It is evident that “Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)” continues to be one of the greatest productions of the year 2023, something that is demonstrated by the fact that, unlike other series that have reached the first historical position from MyAnimeList and they lost it in a matter of hours, this series has maintained the first position for weeks. And of course, this whole dance revelation did not pass without comments:
- «Easily one of the best sequences of the year. Sousou no Frieren has been bringing some of the most beautiful moments to watch and experience since its first minute. Congratulations to Madhouse for such a spectacular project».
- «This was incredibly beautiful to see. Such elegance cannot go unnoticed so easily. The music was amazing too. My fanatic heart did nothing but scream at this scene. I’ve always wanted to see it animated ever since I read the original manga, and I have to say I’m not disappointed in the slightest.».
- «Keep in mind that in the original manga this scene was only two panels, it’s amazing what Madhouse can do when inspired».
- «Rotoscoping? CGI? Madhouse doesn’t know those things, and always has the best animators to bring the simplest manga scenes to life».
- «MYOUN’s work is incredible, high quality drawings with perfect execution, steps with an adequate rhythm and a perfect tandem between the couple. It is an impressive job executed to perfection.».
- «The entire dance scene in the most recent episode of Sousou no Frieren was done by hand, I can’t believe it».
- «When I was watching this scene I thought: “Wow, what a beautiful couple dance.” I also thought regarding how many hours and knowledge it must have taken to draw and animate it, especially since they didn’t want to resort to CGI.».
- «It’s incredible, I think everything that the director of Bocchi the Rock! From now on he will receive nothing but applause. The guy is a directing genius, pulling scenes like that out of simple panels of a manga. And, of course, the animators he is in charge of are not far behind in terms of merit.».
- «That? Are you telling me none of that was CGI? Is awesome!».
- «The movements were so smooth that I also thought it was CGI. It’s amazing how detailed each episode of this anime is.».
- «The dance scene was spectacular, I don’t dispute it, but I also think that the musicians’ movements were synchronized with the reality of the symphony. I think they even started drawing them watching a real musician perform the same piece».
Fuente: Otakomu
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