Breaking Down Konosuba's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight
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- Опубликовано: 3 мар 2017
- Canipa breaks down the impressive moments of animation within Konosuba and the people and philosophies that made it work.
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Intro:
Animated by Christian Maize (@CookieficationJ)
Music by Steven Kelly (@Sarifus)
Produced for The Canipa Effect
Patreon Animated Intro:
Animated by Dream High Animation
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Anime series featured in this video (chronologically):
Konosuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World
Dimension W
Sakura Trick
Hakuoki Movie 2: Shikon Soukyuu
Is This a Zombie? of the Dead
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Madoka Magica: Rebellion
Haikyuu!!
Busou Renkin
Music:
Protecting our Uneventful Life
Crusading for a Living - Konosuba
Bloody Claws - Gravity Rush
Holy Quintet - Madoka Magica: Rebellion
Trump Card - Gravity Rush
All footage is used for the purpose of review and is fair use. 
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Finally someone gives it its due credits, seriously when I saw people saying that Konosuba s2 looked "bad" and "low-budget" I was baffled, it's easily one of my favourite looking shows this season in terms of animation, I think only Dragon Maid tops it.
Pleb King its more because many people do not understand the major difference of art and animation..
Pleb King Yeah, but they also made Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, and that looks pretty decent I'd say. Its kind of generic looking, but even then.
Gintama better? I think you confuse liking anime with better animation
@deen discussion, its more than some char design early on was just terrible, having pancake tits=not working
Same thing could be said with KnH and LWA, KnH is barely animated, the show is gorgeous but it's presented more like a moving manga with the screen splitting into panel and a lot more focus on giving meaning to individual shots or expression than having people actually move, LWA is more debatable but I don't think it comes even close the the level of creativity and energy that Konosuba has behind its movements.
Dragon Maid looks amazing tho, the amount of sakuga in the show makes it very reminiscent of Nichijou except DM isn't boring as fuck.
Joey Carthew youre a bit confused here..
I am 99% certain you are talking about art here... which is vastly deifferent to animation... animation lies on the movement of the character and not the way it looks, the better it conveys the movement, the emotion, the tone/atmousphere and the overall personality of the character is what determines whether animation is good or not... Art on the other hand is basically truing to make things look a certain way...
In terms of art "muh opinion" works as not everyone has the same preference on the looks of things, however this is animation where that just wont cut it..
"Animation isn't about taking screenshots..."
You're right
We take gifs from Konosuba
This guy gets it!
I demand a cookie for this gentleman up there!
*posts Megumin with her stick ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)*
Azuir MS people that are saying that konosubas animation is shit are an idiot cause its comedy they have to be drawn like that
It’s pronounced gjif!!!!!
It's almost like Konosuba is a comedy anime or something.
but.. it is
Gio Barcarolo Sarcasm.
That A1 level of sarcasm apparently failed to cross on some1 dense here.
MeteorFalcon Almost? that's literally what it is...
no, I noticed your sarcasm right from the start
MeteorFalcon I thought konosuba was just a supernatural anime :/
Looks like Megumin's animator is on the path of explosions.
Michael bay, lol
You mean Michael-Bay-Loli
hmm lemme screenshot this video with a guy dancing. oh its blurry, damn the animation in real life sure has taken a hit.
seriously people, animation is about motion not still frames.
Well said.
As an animator myself, I LOVE the animation of this show. As you said, so many people focus on the aesthetics of a show that they forget it's an "Animation" and not an "Illustration". Frankly, I'm actually getting sick of people complaining on how bad something looks just because a certain frame or so looks off or they don't look "cool" or "hot" enough to be wallpaper material and I just gotta say: u wot m8?
The squash and stretch that Konosuba demonstrates is PHENOMENAL! It is necessary for a couple of frames to look off because it shows the illusion that the model is being exaggerated of its movements. It pains me to see that "Great animation" = "Great aesthetics". There are merits for animation to look good but when people start to undermine the effort and value of animations based solely on how good it looks, I die a little inside.
Again, great job on this analysis and whilst I would have liked it if you talked on the frames themselves, that would be asking too much. Kudos!
Thanks! I try to keep things fairly basic, as I know that talking a lot about the frames themselves can bore some people who aren't totally interested in the real mechanics of animation, but I'll try and sneak more animation technical analysis into future videos.
Hypo Zero I know right? when i record A top model while he\she's speaking, i doubt that his facial expression will look appealing when i pause at a random moment.
I totally agree
It's funny how everyone and their brother became Animation experts in recent years.
Daijon Banks i watch anime so im an expert on the topic, watch out because i will debate you for 75 comments as to why im correct, despite having no real record or research beyond youtube!!
But they seem to forget 2 of the most important rules of animation
And what are these rules according to you ?
I ve been animating for 2 yrs and from wat ive learned, animation has 12 principles:D
imagine if that succubus service was real. the government would want to put tax on sexual dreams XD
I would just find it annoying I had to summon them to my house. It would make more sense to me if they had tiny rooms with beds instead. You know, like a normal brothel.
Think about it.
If a married man is spending time at a brothel ALL NIGHT its gonna be suspicious. But if all he has to do is go home, go to sleep and get some action, then there is no problems. After all he is just having a "nice dream"
i think thats a tax we wouldnt mind paying as much lol
A succubus hotel would be the greatest thing ever for adventures
+RazgrizOne My problem is that the succubus literally needs to be physically next to the man in question. Do you remember what happened in the episode? The girl getting caught trying to sneak in is exactly what could happen in a married household.
It's not just a dream girl appearing in a dream, the married man is actually bringing a physical girl home.
You would be bringing the brothel to your house, rather than letting the brothel be at the brothel.
Either way, you're fucked.
Thinking about it, do adventurers even get married? If you're married, you're getting settled down, and going on adventures is the exact opposite of that. If that were to be case, there would be no trouble just staying at the brothel if you need the girl next to you to have the dream.
I wasn't aware people thought Konosuba had bad animation (at least in its second season) until very recently. Maybe not enough people are old enough to remember Loony Tunes and that era of cartoons. I most certainly wasn't alive when they first came out, but reruns played constantly as a kid. Squash and stretch concepts were there in abundance. Being on model can be extremely impressive, but it can also lose a lot of character. I dunno... I guess I can't blame people for not liking it, but holy shit does it sound like those people want exclusively boring animation. Especially considering Konosuba is a comedy, where this style of animation fits really well.
reNINTENDO this type of animation is used a lot in comedy shows and it works really well. Also I like how each frame there is a different expression it is really detailed and it makes the show so much funnier
Episode 1 of season 2 took the derpy face too far for many people. It's great as a visual punchline, but doing it all the time got people annoyed.
After that, some people felt the need to point out how "bad" Konosuba's animation was to capitalize on the disappointment, when really all most fan felt was there was too much derpy face in one episode.
Yeah I wasn't ether...
I mean I knew the show doesn't always look great in screenshots. But I knew that was because its often filled with motion, and the inbetween motion frames in most animation looks positively derpy and stretched. - If it doesn't it can look really choppy. specially with fast moving objects like say... A sword.
Konosuba always looks better in GIFs then Jpgs =P
Great video. As someone who always loved KonoSuba's animation while many people made fun of its looseness, it's nice to see a video about the people behind it and their philosophies. I love how excited you always sound, as it's endearing to hear someone be so passionate about animation and the anime industry. I really hope Kikuta continues to work in animation, as I really appreciate his philosophy about letting animators express themselves freely and I wish more people thought like that. Expressive animation is seriously underrated.
What a coincidence that you put up a konosuba video on the same day mothers basement did.
And what a coincidence he told us to watch your videos.
Takaya Sakaki Expect nothing less from the Shill Lord.
Great video! Finally, now I can send this to people claiming season 2 has "bad animation"!
I think a lot of what you talked about would be applicable to this season's Little Witch Academia as well! They have fantastic character animation!
Keep up the great work Canipa!
Yeah!! :D I looove Little Witch Academia!
It makes sense for LWA also because it's obviously an homage to a lot of the old Disney animation, so it makes sense they borrow from that very lively, often loose style.
Hell, we even get a sequence basically lifted straight out of Steamboat Willie in the Sucy dream episode.
The only bad thing about Konosuba is the fact that there's not more of it for me to consume.
...so
Yooo I'm so glad you did this!! I'm sick and tired of people saying Konosuba has bad animation just because some drawings are off model. I've tried explaining how wonderfully intentional and well done the direction and animation are in this show, but now I won't have to anymore.
You have ONE thing wrong here: Konosuba IS perfect XD
BlackHole Kekkai sensen is perfect
I find it hilarious that Mother's Basement directed towards your channel in a video about Konosuba and the next video that is released is also about Konosuba ON THE SAME DAY.
Honestly the level of content that you put out is fantastic. You go all freaking out and I love it.
awesome video as always
"Boobs move" --Kikuta 2017
loooooooool
I can't believe I lived to see another Canipa Effect video!
I love how you show each animator's work during the video. Doing such research is tough!
Konoauba and ur commentary inspires me to continue animating and trying new things
thank you for the very in-depth review
I overlooked this when I saw it in my recommended list because I could have sworn you'd already spoken about Konosuba. Thankfully RUclips but you on top of my Homepage
I've never watched any of your videos before, but now that I have I have a much deeper appreciation for the animators. ohjeez. I never imagined there was so much work put into it. Of course animation is difficult but oh man I never looked at composition of shots or cinematography or anything like that. I may not be able to appreciate animation that deeply, as shown by my confusion by a few of the terms in the video and their usages, but I certainly do appreciate it a little bit more. Thanks man.
Finally found people and a channel that apreciates Konosuba for the amazing anime and artwork it is. The art style is definitely my favorite to watch cuz you don't have to take it seriously especially with season 2 op lol Konosuba is definitely one of my favorite anime this year along with Maid Dragon.
easily one of the best shows last year and this year also.
Love this show and this made me very informed. I always want to know more about animation, and this video was a great help. I personally want to be an animator and I have a whole "show" that I am writing down right now with those sketch "scaffolds" you talked about. I especially found this not only entertaining but enlightening, thank you.
This was a damn amazing video.
That Kikuta interview is probably the most worthwhile interview I've ever read.
and it's a great excuse to rewatch that glorious episode 9 ;)))))))))))))))))
finally! someone who can put words into counter arguments I couldn't make when idiot derided my beloved Konosuba and posted screencaps saying the off model moments are a bad thing..... Good job Canipa and thank again for contributing to my insomnia....Bless your soul man and I hope all the best for you and your channel!~~
Este vídeo es hermoso, gracias , muchas gracias de verdad
También al creador de los subtítulos por permitirnos apreciar el vídeo
Just discovered your channel from Mother's Basement. I'm subbed now after checking out some of your videos. I can hear your voice just ooze with passion for animation, especially in your Mob Psycho 100 videos. Great content, can't wait to see your channel grow.
Quality video!! Gonna subscribe.
WOOOO NEW VIDEO
This show is by far a masterpiece, and it's amazing to hear about the brilliant minds behind the animation.
The fact that two were behind Kouha Zombie is not at all surprising, and in fact makes sense
Mother's Basement just uploaded his video about Konosuba today. So, I guess I'm getting another treat today about this show.
I don't mind character's going off model sometimes, but it's a fine line to tread. If not handled well, they can look awfully derpy.
In a goofy comedy show like KonoSuba, the sometimes derpy looking faces just make it funnier.
Taking away the intentionally derpy faces would make the show so much worse. It makes the character animation phenomenal and taking that away and replacing it with the generic pretty faces would make it lose so much of its charm.
BonVantius 2132 in serious shows? Absolutely. In a comedy like konosuba it's pretty much just a net positive.
I mean derpy faces were one of the fundamentals of early animations. Think back to bugs bunny, early mickey and donald duck cartoons, etc. It's been a staple of the comedy genre for decades. Not only can they be funny, the exaggerated expressions can be a very effective narrative tool to drive home the extreme emotion comedic characters are feeling.
Anime just doesn't use it all that often so it feels new. Heck, Anime doesn't follow a lot of western animation philosophies and techniques in general. Usually Anime characters tend to not move as much or as often as their western counterpart, which includes face animation. That's why konosuba is a fresh change in this regard.
but isnt that the whole point of konosuba? having the characters be derpy as fuck at some points but having them somewhat serious at others?
Yeah but they are looking derpy when things go dumb not when they are serious. Kasuma vs the other hero was a derpy animation but kasuma vs the dullahan was taken more serious. Just like the hunting of lizards was well animated for kasuma that took it seriously but for aqua who was acting childish was derpy animation.
This is very important information, indeed... I'm taking notes!
I love your channel :D.
god damn it!! all this time I thought Anal Vampire episode 2 were directed by Nishikawa Takashi, because it was similar to all Nishikawa's work. damn, I'm blown.
how 2 animate gud
*draws megumin at all*
holy moly, nice job
I love konosuba as an animator and as an anime fan and I hope we get more animes just like konosuba in the future.
FINALLY! :O
Time to shut down some ignorance!
In all honesty, I've been thoroughly impressed by how much some of these guys stick to their guns, even when I link them the Kikuta interview and genuinely try to explain animation to them. :(
I have always absolutely loved the expressions in this show and I probably always will. And now I have a better idea as to just why they're so amazing and it doesn't look like we're just getting the same handful over and over like you get in a lot of anime.
I absolutely love the Konosuba animation and artstyle. They really get the charactersistics of the characters and make them feel real. And I just really like hos the characters look.
damn just watched a few of your videos today and thought hmmm when will he upload a new video since its been one month already and BOOM konosuba animation
Koichi Kikuta, a true man amongst boys
I KNEW IT. When I watched EP 2 of Kyuuketsuki it reminded me a lot of Konosuba style animation.
Konosuba is one of my favorite shows in terms of animation, unique and fun while giving a Ren and Stimpy vibe during each episode.
Konosuba sure is a gem we all should watch at least one time
Thank you for making this, now I can show this to anyone who says Konosuba has bad animation. You explain it much better than I probably could.
Hopefully people will eventually realize art style≠animation.
I personally love Konosuba's art style, but art is subjective so I understand someone not liking it. But if you're gonna criticize something, at least know *what* you're criticizing.
I have to admit, I was too busy laughing to appreciate all of the outstanding animation in konosuba most of the time.
I did appreciate all the details at the crab feast in episode 9!
there is no such thing as bra in konosuba.
i think.
AzureBullet well to be fair most women in konosuba don't wear much to cover themselves so I wouldn't be surprised
Thera are in vol 14 of the ln itsbconfirmed that they in fact do exist
Eris pads her breasts
@@solidcreature5950 Aqua doesn't wear panties but does actually
It's a bummer this video got made before Callum had a chance to talk about the finale of season 2. God, that masterpiece came out of nowhere.
Thousandth like! Great vid!
Cant believe this is the same studio that animated 7ds season 3 xD
I adore the show, it's animation shifts, the fanservice (which is usually too funny to really BE fanservice for me), the expressions, all of it just helps buoy my mood and enjoy this quartet of terrible people and their wonderful world.
I approve his animation approach. it may not look consistent but damn I it is fun to watch 😎
This show is beautiful.
I would like to think the more patrons the channel gets, the more the opening will get materialized.
"...and despite now being scarred for life...." ok, that series now got my attention.
When I watched the two movies, Higurashi when they cry 2006 and Konosuba, I understood roughly how Deen studio's animation team makes their products special, which is the emphasis on the characters' expressions are outstanding and smooth, typically the characters in Konosuba have extremely funny and silly expressions but they are all smoothly animated as a part of the anime and is a unique depiction of anime characters. A special case is Higurashi when they cry, yes it does have bad scenes, but many people don't see it is a minus point, on the contrary, it is a plus point to make the movie more scary and crazy, also in this anime, the strong emphasis on the expressive character of the characters in important scenes or normal are much more evident in this classic horror anime, even though it had to be produced on a low budget, but Deen studio did a great job at adapting it successfully content of visual novels to the screen, their creative art direction is amazing.
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Konosuba is fucking great. my personal fav
OK, I looked it up. I'm never going to look at the expressions in Konosuba the same way ever again. Thank you, and is there more....?
Nice timing
Nice explosion
Ikr, loved the animation since ep 1, it s so smooth, and when i see how megumin s explosion was animated, i felled in love. Though some still dont get how the artstyle is genius at depicting the plot and think the animators r just being lazy and loose
That's one sweet intro.
Konosuba is expressive animation. I like it very much.
I love the way how Aqua cries.
You're fucking telling me the guy working on Konosuba also worked on Is That A Zombie? NO FUCKING WONDER! Love both shows.
just looking at the scenes in the back ground make me laugh looking at the scenes with not the actual audio make me notice more things and it makes me laugh 10x more.
我就是喜歡konosuba的作畫不協調感，一點都不覺得那是作畫崩壞。
就是有這些扭曲變形，它才更具有娛樂和搞笑的趣味。
很棒的分析影片，超讚！
"explosion animator" What a beautiful title to give to someone :')
I heccing love this show
I decided to check out that “anime” you mentioned. Now I share your pain...
Now I really want to watch the Holy Quintet transformation sequence.
Good shit
That hand animation though.
Ah so now the variety in animation I've noticed makes sense. It was kinda off putting in the first few episodes of season 2 but I have grown to love it
Sometimes, I think I'm just blind. I actually can't see where the difference in animation is between the two seasons.
You're not alone here my friend
People are just picky, there's nothing wrong with you
same I literally can not tell the difference
Good animation documentaries like this always make me want to become an animator, but I still have other more primary goals in life to start focusing on that :(
Konosuba's animation can easily be described as lovable.
Ever noticed how kazuma knows how to correctly wear a bow quiver, but fails to correclty carry a katana?
Love the gravity rush song at 3:00
Its called "bloody claws" for anyone who wants to check it out ;)
Saying that Konosuba has incredible animation is an overstatement. I mean, this level of animation should be the standard of every anime. Saying that this was above others really says something about the quality of anime industry.
The thing is that with the overly complicated schedules, lack of animators & in-betweeners & also the really talented people always being scattered around, you can't always have this level of aniamtion.
I don’t know what people are on, i love the animation!
Amazing video, this should be sent to all the people that says Pokémon Sun & Moon has a bad animation quality when XY had done better. One of the biggest problems in Pokémon XY was that characters had to always stay on-model, in every scene. While it may look cool sometimes, this made characters less expressive, and in XY, an arc where Ash and other characters aren't allowed to show more sides of they personality aside from the typical arquetypes of the "hero/protagonist" and "girl/love interest", this made XY extremely boring to watch.
Man, i wish more people understand about animation in depth like you.
*INSERT THANKS YOU GIF*
Konosuba's animation is what makes it Konosuba
I didn't watch this show but seeing this video makes me want to ; O ;
Give it a shot, you won't regret it
i admit, i did overlooked the animation
Glad you gave dues to the character animation. Konosuba really worked due to that, even if some would consider it sparse and loose. But this needed more anal vampire 0/10
The best sign of good camera work and framing is that nobody notices it.
Rewatching this in 2018 only makes waiting for season 3 all the more painful. Guess I m a masochist ahhhhh hurts soooo goooood!
I think the fact that people were able to focus on the boobs in ep.9 and not the backgrounds speaks to how GOOD the backgrounds were. I actually do look around quite a bit when i watch anime and I really loved all of the detail that konosuba puts into everything. I think if the layouts were bad then people would be picking on them but that fact that they didn't just means it succeeded in looking natural so not so many people noticed.
1:49 That dance is on point
Hey Canipa, do you think you'll do any videos about shaft's March comes in like a lion?
I think season 2 episode 6 had the perfect balance for me when it comes to the goofy vs the more serious animation.