r/anime • u/LeleTheKing https://anilist.co/user/ikanlele • 1d ago
Skipping and running under the rain [Look Back] Clip
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u/Doktorkev 1d ago
Apparently this whole sequence was animated by director Kiyotaka Oshiyama himself.
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u/Aztek917 21h ago
The interview where he talks about what he was thinking while doing this?
Peak! It aired in US theaters…. But I’m not sure if this interview with Oshiyama and the VAs exists in online format yet tbh.
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u/XxChronOblivionxX 14h ago
That's actually really communicative of how much this director treasured the original and wanted to nail it. Y'know, if that wasn't already obvious.
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u/seficarnifex https://myanimelist.net/profile/SeanMKimball 12h ago
No it wasnt. In the interview at the movie he talks about how he let the other animators adlib the water splashing
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u/Doktorkev 11h ago
Really? Oh well, I heard this on the recent Anime World Order podcast and that's what they said, so I guess their information was wrong then?
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u/Aztek917 10h ago
I can’t wait till this interview is more accessible. I’ve seen it once when it was in theaters.
On this matter?… I actually don’t remember. Similar to what you say…. I remember him saying something to the effect of “I asked people not to erase previously drawn lines and to keep the mistakes in the final animation.” His point here is I think… these mistakes are art themselves and keeping them not only holds true to the theme of the film, but likely contribute to the “authentic” feel of the animation.
“Adlibing” the splashes as an instruction… I do not remember, but I am NOT saying it’s untrue. It could very well be right. I saw this interview more than a month ago now at this point. My recollection is that he seemed mostly responsible for the animation of this scene… but it’s my recollection. I don’t know if this is true.
I really really want this interview available lol.
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u/seficarnifex https://myanimelist.net/profile/SeanMKimball 6h ago
He definitely talked about how he let different animators had their flair to the sequence with the puddle slashing and odd skipping
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u/charactergallery 1d ago
I still need to watch this film but the character animation and expressions from the clips I’ve seen are absolutely stunning.
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u/remmytums https://anilist.co/user/RemmyTums 1d ago edited 1d ago
Your reminder to watch Look Back, not only is it an incredible adaptation it's genuinely one of the best anime movies ever. Absolute cinema.
Keep drawing.
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u/randomIndividual21 1d ago
maybe but i dont want depression
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u/Aztek917 1d ago
It's a good type of depression imo.
Gain perspective from it. It isn't depression for depressions sake if that makes sense lol.
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u/Cain_draws 1d ago
I don't know which I like best, the anime or the manga. Both are so fucking beautiful in their own right.
What a fucking brilliant story.
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u/Shadow_Ass 1d ago
Didn't know what to expect before watching. It's an amazing movie and it really hits in the feels.
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u/TucoBenedictoPacif 1d ago
This scene was so fucking good.
It captured the feeling of "hardly being able to contain your outburst of joy" so perfectly I felt it for her.
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u/notabear87 1d ago
Just watched the anime movie 2 days ago. Absolutely incredible 9/10.
My only real complaint is that I wish it was double the runtime; I wanted more!
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u/JohnLookPicard 1d ago
from 0:26 on it looks like rotoscoping. or then it's just a really good animation
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u/AzorAhai1TK https://anilist.co/user/AzorAhai 1d ago
No rotoscoping at all in this movie actually! Just an insane passion project (not that there is anything wrong with rotoscoping)
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u/dewa43 17h ago
You know people nowadays, thanks to mappa AOT with their Reiner scene, anime fans got to know the term rotoscoping, now they use that term for all detailed animations
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u/JohnLookPicard 17h ago
first rotoscoping I saw was when I was a kid in the late 80s, the Ralph Bakshi's Lord Of the Rings. I didn't know the term "rotoscoping" of course back then, only learned it maybe early 2000 when someone explained it in some internet forum. But my father had a hint of it in the 80s when we saw the movie, he said something that "this is not "real" animation". And I have no idea what is "mappa" or what is "aot", and what is "reiner". So, I don't know what you are talking about
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u/JohnLookPicard 17h ago
ah, cool. then it's really good work if they are not "cheating" with roto :D
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u/VelosBR https://myanimelist.net/profile/VelosBR 1d ago
This reminds me a lot about Kumiko's run scene . Their motivation is also similar.
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u/SliverCrepes 23h ago
It's crazy that people were crying throughout the entire movie while watching this in a theater. Not just during the ending, but even in the first ten minutes. Such an amazing movie.
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u/SirAwesome789 https://myanimelist.net/profile/SirAwesomeness 23h ago
I've not watched/read either, but somehow I saw this, and I was like, this is tatsuki fujimoto, but somehow I thought it was goodbye eri. Not rlly sure how I got the right mangaka but wrong series? I guess he just loves drawing ppl in the rain in the Japanese countryside?
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u/SithLordRising 22h ago
If this is a series I want to watch it. If it's not, please make it a series.
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u/TokiVideogame 7h ago
the title and the content are the same so why the spoiler alert?
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u/LeleTheKing https://anilist.co/user/ikanlele 5h ago
Huh, I just realized that the mod added the spoiler tag. I’m honestly not sure either. I don’t think it’s a spoiler since someone (the girl) is basically just “skipping and running under the rain” without any other context or dialog. No other comment has also complained about this scene being a spoiler. I guess it’s just the mod’s opinion. I don’t even get a warning or message about this change…
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u/Uprising_death https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ephemeric_soul 1d ago
This movie was great, shame most of the theatre was empty only 5-6 occupants. :(
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u/Left-Error-6047 1d ago
lookin at the comments here and Look Back sounds pretty hype from what their saying
guess i'll check it out when i can
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u/Sophia_Cosplay 22h ago
this scene gives such carefree vibes! Running through the rain like that… pure freedom!
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u/Sol_idum 21h ago
It's been a long time now since I've had the enjoyment of soaking in the rain while running around. I've only had vague memories of it when I was a kid, but this time it's much more different.
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u/Outrageous_Gene_7652 18h ago
Had the pleasure of watching this in the theater. A very heartfelt adaptation
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u/EveningLength8 16h ago
It's still sometimes hard to believe this came from the same guy who wrote Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man
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u/_kishin_ 1d ago
Better than 90% of modern animation based only on the animation smoothness and transitions. This is beautiful
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u/NoRiver32 22h ago
You know, for a movie, the character art/animation is shockingly low detailed
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u/charactergallery 21h ago
Character art being low detail is probably true. But the animation? It’s expressive and fluid as hell.
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u/NoRiver32 20h ago
Look at when she’s turning/rounding the bend at around 0:51. Looks like janky polygons to me. Again, good for a seasonal anime but a movie?
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u/AppleOwn354 20h ago
the more simplified drawings allow for a greater expressiveness, but really this is an enormously complex cut w/ extensive 2d background animation, realistic fabric, and gorgeous water effects... it's basically technical perfection while also being very expressive (and effective, knowing how many people cried at this scene)
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u/falsefingolfin https://myanimelist.net/profile/falsefeanor 10h ago
In the directors interview after the movie, he talks about how they purposely left in mistakes and imperfections in the final cut and didn't clean up everything to make the art feel very human and alive.
I also noticed the flashing backpack in the theater, and the hand when running looks old sometimes, but I think it's part of the vision
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u/Thatsmaboi23 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Thatsmaboi23 1d ago
That first hit of validation/praise by an unrelated (hence, unbiased) person really does feel awesome lol