Animation Quality

[tanteibigbird]

Don't know if this has been discussed before, but has the animation quality dropped through the years? I think the DC was at its best around the late 300 to early 400's, especially with the shadowing. Nowadays, it seems they don't even bother with it anymore.

[Conia]

It has been discussed before, but not in a specific thread. Yes, a lot of people would agree that the episodes near 400 were the best, even me. I think there was some kind of change in the drawing department at that moment...

[CoolKid3]

I particularly liked the animation during the time when Start was the opening song of DC... If I remember correctly, it started mid 300's....

[Xytan]

Manga's gotten better though, I don't really watch much so I don't know about that...

Its at-least better than it was when it started right?

[xGinx]

Manga's gotten better though, I don't really watch much so I don't know about that...

Its at-least better than it was when it started right?

It's much better than when DC started.

[PokerFace312]

Oh definitely! I can't watch the first hundred episodes now without laughing. And to think I used to think that animation was good... *shivers*

[Xytan]

For the time, I guess it was.

[xGinx]

For the time, I guess it was.

It wasn't the best one for that time but wasn't the worst neither, i think it was just ok.

P.S: I remember that i used to dislike Heiji in the start just because how he looked like in the first Ep. he appeared (Ep. 47 i think) .... and i don't even talk about the first 2 or 3 movies.

[Conia]

For the time, I guess it was.

It wasn't the best one for that time but wasn't the worst neither, i think it was just ok.

P.S: I remember that i used to dislike Heiji in the start just because how he looked like in the first Ep. he appeared (Ep. 47 i think) .... and i don't even talk about the first 2 or 3 movies.

Episode 48 is the first appearance of Heiji.

[kkslider5552000]

I dunno, I like the old art style. It's fun in a kinda retro sort of way.


The best animation ever in this series was Kaze no Lalala though.

[xGinx]

For the time, I guess it was.

It wasn't the best one for that time but wasn't the worst neither, i think it was just ok.

P.S: I remember that i used to dislike Heiji in the start just because how he looked like in the first Ep. he appeared (Ep. 47 i think) .... and i don't even talk about the first 2 or 3 movies.

Episode 48 is the first appearance of Heiji.

NOOOOOOOO!!!! How could i miss?? *Shoots himself* LOOL ..... Ep. 47, Ep. 48 ... it's the same xD .... I meant at the end of Ep. 47 when they show what's going to happen in the next Ep. 

[dilbertschalter]

Don't know if this has been discussed before, but has the animation quality dropped through the years? I think the DC was at its best around the late 300 to early 400's, especially with the shadowing. Nowadays, it seems they don't even bother with it anymore.

I hated the animation style in those episodes. I preferred what you got from around 150-200 by a lot, something about the newer episodes just seemed off (also, I started watching those groups of episodes at the same time, via KazenoeKoe, so no, it isn't pure nostalgia).

[kirite]

The style for the newer episodes is to accommodate the need for bigger HD format I think.  I can't stand the animation lately, totally agree about the shadowing.  The maximum amount of colours they use is 2 for each particular object while before they would experiment with 2-3.  They were also more gutsy as to how much shadow to cast on a character's face (especially Conan's).   

[Yuki]

I almost can't watch some of the new episodes, especially non-manga based, because so little effort is put into some. My favorite part of the show was the 300s. Very good animation overall.

[kkslider5552000]

I still fail to see how animation quality even matters for Conan however. And I see far worse animation in anime pretty often (hell, look at certain episodes of One Piece in the early 300s 0__o)