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Fate/Zero was one of the best shows of the last decade. It managed to get right all the things that other Fate anime shows get wrong. I was really disappointed when I learned that director went to make trainwrecks like Aldnoah.Zero and Re:Creators. Being at Troyca was just waste of his talents.

It had atrocious animation, painfully slow pacing, no likeable characters, awful writing, a bland art style, and inconsistent run times with its episodes.
You're sure you're not confusing Fate/Zero with Fate/Apocrypha?

Gen is nowhere near "genius" like Go Nagai, Mitsuo Fukada, Shoji Kawamori, Tadao Nagahama, or Masami Obari.
Why are you throwing directors and writers together? Urobuchi doesn't direct shows.

I say this as someone that considers Future Diary to be one of the best anime ever made and considers Gargantia well made
You're calling out Urobuchi while giving Future Diary "writing" a pass? Gargantia also isn't exactly well-made. It was a very inconsistent show that could have benefited from having just 1-2 writers immensely, instead of 4-5 it did (which resulted in very rushed second half and a pathetic final battle among other things).
 
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Fate/Zero was one of the best shows of the last decade.
Nope, it was the worst and in every possible way.
went to make trainwrecks like Aldnoah.Zero
You mean the same Aldnoah.Zero that lived up to its Gundam killer reputation (aside from Gundam Build Divers nothing Gundam related since 00 surpasses it), it was the second best anime of its year only after Nobunaga The Fool, and the only character to be killed off was a heterosexist? That was no trainwreck.
and Re:Creators.
It was bad, but trainwrecks are reserved for something like KanColle, Valvrave, Planet With, or Iron Blooded Orphans.
You're sure you're not confusing Fate/Zero with Fate/Apocrypha?
They're the same story aside from adding more characters and changing names, it too got a 1/10 but it's not as bad because it could keep the runtime of its episodes consistent and yes I do take runtime as a factor when judging something.
Why are you throwing directors and writers together?
Because they're the greats of anime? Should have included Kunio Okawara.
You're calling out Urobuchi while giving Future Diary "writing" a pass?
Why not? Somehow it actually works there and exceptionally well.
Gargantia also isn't exactly well-made.
Ignoring the music I have to disagree.
 
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It had atrocious animation, painfully slow pacing, no likeable characters, awful writing, a bland art style, and inconsistent run times with its episodes.

I don't think we watched the same show. It has some of the most beautiful animation in the last decade. It looked like it was handrawn rather than digital half the time. I'm not sure how the episode run times effect anything. That's like teh most superficial reason to dislike something. "OH no, how dare this episode be 27 minutes long instead of 24 minutes!"

The pacing was very slow in the first two episodes, but once things got moving, it was fine. It's called development. Not everything needs to move at a fast pace right away. Hell, Noir is one of the best anime series out there and that show doesn't kick off its plot until around episode 11. Not to mention we're on a Toku board, a place where many Toku series don't actually start until the last 4 episodes.

THere were plenty of likable characters. Gilgamesh, Aleksander, Irisviel, Waver, Kiritsugu, Diarmund, Ryunosuke, and Gilles du Rais.

If Shin Godzilla did not exist his trilogy would undeniably be the absolute worst thing to come out of the Godzilla franchise

1. I have no idea what Godzilla has to do with Urobutchy at all.
2. Shin was a fantastic movie.
3. The anime trilogy IS the worst thing ever for Godzilla. Shin isn't even the worst live action Godzilla movie. That still goes to Godzilla vs Space Godzilla. Shin is more like the 14th worst Godzilla movie.
 
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It has some of the most beautiful animation in the last decade
You haven't seen Yamato 2199, Future Diary, Nobunaga The Fool, Unit Pandora, the Aquarion sequels, Your Name, Samurai Flamenco, Narrative Gundam, or Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean, I can tell by that one statement.
It looked like it was handrawn rather than digital half the time
This is a superficial reason to judge anything.
I'm not sure how the episode run times effect anything.
It indicates organization and planning, something that trashfire never even tried.
"OH no, how dare this episode be 27 minutes long instead of 24 minutes!"
And some episodes go on for over an hour for no reason other than "you know we could bother putting effort into trimming **** but that implies we put effort into our manure".
but once things got moving, it was fine.

THere were plenty of likable characters. Gilgamesh, Aleksander, Irisviel, Waver, Kiritsugu, Diarmund, Ryunosuke, and Gilles du Rais.
I wish I had your enthusiasm or normie glasses. And no, they really weren't.
1. I have no idea what Godzilla has to do with Urobutchy at all.
He made the Netflix Godzilla anime movies.
2. Shin was a fantastic movie.
It was worse than the Kiryu movies which is actually hard to pull off.
 
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It indicates organization and planning, something that trashfire never even tried.

And some episodes go on for over an hour for no reason other than "you know we could bother putting effort into trimming **** but that implies we put effort into our manure".

Not that I understand what any of you are talking about (my one brother keeps wanting me to get into Anime, but I keep worrying someone will walk by at the wrong time, think I'm watching porn & have me kicked out of the library) but, runtime has very little to do with planning/organization.

You can plan what'll be in an episode, but that doesn't mean you can predict how long it'll be once you write it. The writers get together, plan an arc, people are assigned episodes, head writer edits/ gives notes/ sometimes requests a rewrite, or does it themselves & what you get is what you get.

I guess studios used to be stingier about runtime that they used to, forcing writers to lose a lot more content that they were rather proud of, or forcing them to resolve things in convoluted ways, but they're more inclined to let writers do what they do now, if it works for the show.
 
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There plenty of reasons for extended runtimes ranging from what studio and producers mandate to good old artistic vision. I don't get why is this supposed to be an issue as long as show remains coherent.

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Who knew finding characters likeable makes you a normie. The things you learn...
 
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runtime has very little to do with planning/organization.
Except it does, you need to check what is necessary and what isn't to keep a decent flow episode to episode.
You can plan what'll be in an episode, but that doesn't mean you can predict how long it'll be once you write it.
That is the job of the producers and broadcaster. If things don't fit you throw it into the next episode or release a special.
There plenty of reasons for extended runtimes ranging from what studio and producers mandate to good old artistic vision.
Care to list those and provide citations?
I don't get why is this supposed to be an issue as long as show remains coherent.
That would imply Fate/Zero is coherent. We didn't need an unnecessary flashback episode of some side character or the adventures of loli Rin or Saber complaining she can't user her thumb or any scene with Rin's dad for that matter or two episodes long of Caster summoning Shub Niggurath (the Overlord season 3 version was better anyway) or Rider reading books. It had way too much fat that needed trimming.
Who knew finding characters likeable makes you a normie.
Falling into a hiveminded collective makes you a normie. I do not fall for normie mentalities like believing propaganda pieces from Anime News Network, I can see the forest in the trees and call the spade a spade.
 
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You haven't seen Yamato 2199, Future Diary, Nobunaga The Fool, Unit Pandora, the Aquarion sequels, Your Name, Samurai Flamenco, Narrative Gundam, or Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean, I can tell by that one statement.

I've seen Gundam NT, Future Diary, and Your Name. First off, two of those are movies, so that doesn't count. Every movie is going to look vastly superior to any TV series.

Yamato 2199 is the CGI one, right? Nope.

It indicates organization and planning, something that trashfire never even tried.

No, it indicates they didn't let a time limit compromise their story. Each episode was as long as it needed to be.

And some episodes go on for over an hour for no reason other than "you know we could bother putting effort into trimming **** but that implies we put effort into our manure".

No they don't. The longest episode is the first episode, which is 45 minutes.

I wish I had your enthusiasm or normie glasses. And no, they really weren't.

Then why did you watch the whole show if none of the characters grasped you?

He made the Netflix Godzilla anime movies.

Oh yeah, he did do that garbage, didn't he?

It was worse than the Kiryu movies which is actually hard to pull off.

Um, the Kiryu movies are the best Godzilla to come out after of the Showa era.

Next you're going to tell me that Godzilla vs Space Godzilla and Godzilla vs Mothra 92 are the best Godzilla movies ever made.

loli Rin or Saber complaining she can't user her thumb or any scene with Rin's dad

From my understanding, Rin is an important character in other series, so the episode that focused on Rin was there to develop her. I don't see what the issue is.

Also, Saber complaining about not being able to use her thumb was 10 seconds long. Are you high?

for that matter or two episodes long of Caster summoning Shub Niggurath (the Overlord season 3 version was better anyway) or Rider reading books. It had way too much fat that needed trimming.

Again, it's called character development. Watching Aleksander read books developed his character because it showed he wanted to learn the world he was no situated in. It's called respecting your environment.

Falling into a hiveminded collective makes you a normie. I do not fall for normie mentalities like believing propaganda pieces from Anime News Network, I can see the forest in the trees and call the spade a spade.

What does Anime News Network have to do with any of this?
 
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Every movie is going to look vastly superior to any TV series.
Not every apperently, as NT manages to look worse than F/Z and a lot of other modern anime shows.

Care to list those and provide citations?
Sentai changed runtime amount during Dynaman and Megaranger mid-series, for example. Sometimes timeslots change, sometime you have a set amount of episodes for Blu-Ray sells (something that Tomino complained about with G-Reco), sometimes studios follow your advice and trim too much (JC Stuff is guilty of this especially, producing hacked adaptations like Season 3 of both DaL and Index, that had fans complaining to no end), sometimes it's the opposite and studio has to fill the amount of episodes like it seemingly was the deal between Saban and Nick, reulting in splitting every Power Rangers series into two seasons without really changing the amount of episodes (so we get 20 eps per year instead of 30 or 40 like it used to be). Add to that all issues of adapting something and splitting it into two cours with a break in the middle.
As for artistic vision, credits overlap with episodes all the time (during first and last episodes it's especially common). Things like using opening as the first ending for the first episode or using special endings for different occasions also fall into this category. It shows people trying to be more creative with the format. One thing if the show used runtime to recap up to five min every episode like One Piece anime does (or used to do), that's just an excuse to stretch episode's length. But it's not really the case with F/Z.

Falling into a hiveminded collective makes you a normie. I do not fall for normie mentalities like believing propaganda pieces from Anime News Network, I can see the forest in the trees and call the spade a spade.
Don't worry about being a normie, at that rate you'll probably end up with a dedicated KiwiFarms thread.
 
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Yamato 2199 is the CGI one, right? Nope.
I'm detecting a CGI hate boner from you.
it indicates they didn't let a time limit compromise their story.
That is a bad thing.
Each episode was as long as it needed to be.
No most of them were bloated as hell, no episode needed to be longer than 23 minutes.
Then why did you watch the whole show if none of the characters grasped you?
Another sign you're a normie, you actually drop anything. The instant you drop anything your opinion is null and void.
Um, the Kiryu movies are the best Godzilla to come out after of the Showa era.
Because ruining Mechagodzilla and having a smug cast thinking they can do anything is always a good thing- No wait.
Next you're going to tell me that Godzilla vs Space Godzilla and Godzilla vs Mothra 92 are the best Godzilla movies ever made.
Invasion of The Astro Monster, Tristar Zilla, and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1993 are closer to that spot.
From my understanding, Rin is an important character in other series, so the episode that focused on Rin was there to develop her. I don't see what the issue is.
I was going to point out she isn't important in this one but if you haven't even seen other Fate manure series I'm questioning the validity of your claims.
Also, Saber complaining about not being able to use her thumb was 10 seconds long. Are you high?
It went on for multiple episodes.
Again, it's called character development.
Character development can qualify as padding, next you'll tell me every scene in the original Dragon Ball Z was the necessary.
It's called respecting your environment.
No it isn't.
What does Anime News Network have to do with any of this?
They're the propagandists along with people like Gigguk and Anime Man that determine tastes which you seem to easily fall for their memes.
Not every apperently, as NT manages to look worse than F/Z and a lot of other modern anime shows.
That is very weak trolling, NT Gundam does not look like such.
Sentai changed runtime amount during Dynaman and Megaranger mid-series, for example.
Because of broadcast mandate.
JC Stuff is guilty of this especially, producing hacked adaptations like Season 3 of both DaL and Index, that had fans complaining to no end
I don't know what this is even referencing.
Things like using opening as the first ending
AKA the worst trend to come out of this industry and thankfully more studios are realizing is a bad thing. You're really going to defend poor decisions like that?
It shows people trying to be more creative with the format.
That isn't inherently a good thing and when done wrong it must be called out.
 
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