Comments for http://freakengine.com Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:03:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Review: Naoki Urasawa’s Monster (2004-2005) by freakengine http://freakengine.com/2012/04/review-naoki-urasawas-monster-2004-2005/#comment-940 freakengine Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:03:55 +0000 http://freakengine.com/?p=820#comment-940 I wish I had your confidence in the death of the film. Things have a nasty way of popping back into existence in Hollywood and it always seems to be the awful projects that show up again (like the Akira live action film - I still expect to see that happen one day). While I understand what you mean about Urasawa's character designs, designing characters' movements for animation is something else entirely. I think the series could have suffered in translation, but thankfully it didn't. I don't read comics often, but I've been tempted to read some of Urasawa's. I plan on seeing the 20th Century Boys films in the near future too. Best wishes - Thom I wish I had your confidence in the death of the film. Things have a nasty way of popping back into existence in Hollywood and it always seems to be the awful projects that show up again (like the Akira live action film – I still expect to see that happen one day).

While I understand what you mean about Urasawa’s character designs, designing characters’ movements for animation is something else entirely. I think the series could have suffered in translation, but thankfully it didn’t.

I don’t read comics often, but I’ve been tempted to read some of Urasawa’s. I plan on seeing the 20th Century Boys films in the near future too.

Best wishes – Thom

]]> Comment on Review: Naoki Urasawa’s Monster (2004-2005) by Nomadology http://freakengine.com/2012/04/review-naoki-urasawas-monster-2004-2005/#comment-939 Nomadology Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:23:39 +0000 http://freakengine.com/?p=820#comment-939 The Newline project has been dead for years. It's almost certain it will never get made. So no worries there. The character designs come from the original manga. Naoki Urasawa's characters have a somewhat distinctive style. I hadn't really thought of them as resembling Ghibli's designs. For one, Urasawa gives a lot more facial detail/structure. Ghibli's faces tend to be simpler and more abstract (this isn't a criticism of Ghibli). If you enjoyed this series, you should try Urasawa's other manga works: Pluto and 20th Century Boys. He's simply an amazing storyteller. So amazing, that the animated version of Monster is literally a scene-for-scene adaptation of the manga. All 18 volumes get directly translated onto the screen. The Newline project has been dead for years. It’s almost certain it will never get made. So no worries there.

The character designs come from the original manga. Naoki Urasawa’s characters have a somewhat distinctive style. I hadn’t really thought of them as resembling Ghibli’s designs. For one, Urasawa gives a lot more facial detail/structure. Ghibli’s faces tend to be simpler and more abstract (this isn’t a criticism of Ghibli).

If you enjoyed this series, you should try Urasawa’s other manga works: Pluto and 20th Century Boys. He’s simply an amazing storyteller. So amazing, that the animated version of Monster is literally a scene-for-scene adaptation of the manga. All 18 volumes get directly translated onto the screen.

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