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By: Anime facal exprecions | Cartographix

Anime facal exprecions | Cartographix — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:30:59 +0000

[...] Facial Expressions in Anime – The Extreme, The Effective… » Behind …Feb 6, 2010 … Now that I think about it, manga probably goes about this whole “facial expression” business better than anime does. … [...]

By: Skippy John Jones

Skippy John Jones — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:52:08 +0000

Heloo! Very Helpful, Could Have Been Better Though..

By: Wilsososo

Wilsososo — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:50:47 +0000

OMGSH when i read the part about girls bravo that made me lawl ( yes ive watched it.. )… seriously that part in the second season is all i remember, It made me lawl hard every time though i’ve seen it its just soo GOOOD
The way that the blonde guy (..forgot his name..) reacts is so good, even though theres no sound during this part the way the guy expresses just delievers the blow hard

By: AC

AC — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:25:47 +0000

Yasuko crying in Aoi Hana, episode 6 (specifically, at the 18:55 mark). For a long time, I’ve always perceived Yasuko as aloof but that scene justifies how she can be emotionally moved. It also showed how she’s not necessarily the sole instigator of everything that happen in Aoi Hana. There are a number of crying scene but hers is the best.

Braiking Boss’ grin in Casshern SINS. His grin isn’t very commonly associated with conventional villains; it embodies his unsettling, sinister nature.

Atsushi and Risa’s WTF faces in episode 5 (2:10), after learning the truth about Kotobuki. Their expressions speak for themselves.

Hasegawa’s crazed drunken look in Moyashimon, episode 8. It just shows how crazy she gets when she isn’t sober.

Now when I think about it, these facial expressions are mostly focused on hilarious or poigant moments.

By: kadian1364

kadian1364 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:47:20 +0000

@TIF
I don’t quite agree with labeling the entire Abh race as Mary Sues. For example, Baron Febdash is a full-blooded Abh that spent most of Crest on the wrong side of the sanity line. Even if you consider him the exception (rightfully so), I’ll just point to the fact that all of our exposure to the Abh are through its military structure and figures. These people are going to be the most disciplined, skilled, and intelligent of individuals, surely a skewed lens to examine an entire race with. Abh military also has a pretty callous political attitude towards land dwellers, defaulting to destructive options like atmospheric obliteration or planetary bombardment before even considering contact on ground level, alluded to often throughout the series.

I don’t take the Abh as a race of eternally good guys, but as an ‘other’ humanoid species, like Vulcans are in Star Trek; fundamentally different methods of thinking, but with the same “human” qualities as the rest of us.

By: Sorrow-kun

Sorrow-kun — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:52:42 +0000

@TIF
I’m not validating reaction images on imageboards, I’m validating their use in anime. But, to be honest, I… err… don’t mind excessive reaction images on imageboards. Sometimes the right reaction image at the right time is really… funny. On regular forums on the other hand, yeah, they’re as stupid as hell. (Also, lol’d at your backhand at Avatar).

@kadian1364
Why am I not surprised that gaguri has taken on something in a similar vein before?

@sadakups
‘Cos he’s just so awesome, I guess.

By: The Typical Idiot Fan

The Typical Idiot Fan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:34:20 +0000

kadian – Regarding the Abh, is there a term out there for when an author creates an entire race of Mary Sues? Maybe we should coin the phrase “An Abh Race” for it. As much as I adored the Abh, they did everything right all the time. They were always depicted as being in the moral and logical right, even though it would be very difficult for a person like myself to accept their rule (which could be described as a “perfect tyranny”). I guess it would go without saying that they would also have great facial expressions. At least they’re not the fucking Na’vi tho.

By: sadakups

sadakups — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:40:59 +0000

How I love it that you took inspiration from the Nerd to come up with this article about facial expressions.

By: kadian1364

kadian1364 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:52:56 +0000

A couple examples off the top of my head:
“The smile of an Abh” – If you’ve seen Crest of the Stars, you know what I’m talking about here. The shading, the tone of that scene, make it absolutely chilling. Oh wait, I’ll let our good ol’ friend gaguri speak for me:
http://guriguriblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/unspoken-aesthetics-of-crest-of-the-stars/

Another:
In the final volume of Genshiken (I’m talking manga here), with most of the cast graduated or soon to be, and the fate of the club remaining in question, there’s a bittersweet sense that pervades these final chapters, that everyone is growing up and moving on and that the end is nigh.
There’s a chapter with Madarame, Kasukabe, and Ohno and what they do to celebrate graduation. What’s peculiar is that this chapter is completely without dialogue. That it succeeds is testament to Shimoku Kio’s mastery of characterization throughout the course of his manga, how we really, deeply understand these people beyond their words, and how expressions alone can speak volumes. A sublime moment to cap off a fantastic manga.

By: The Typical Idiot Fan

The Typical Idiot Fan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:08:13 +0000

>My face when SK just validated the retarded overuse of reaction images.

SK and I have commented repeatedly lately about shows that use good expressions to tell a story. Personally, I’m enjoying Kimi no Todoke’s facial expressions, especially during the more dramatic and “HNNNNG” moments. The thing we have to be careful of, though, is allowing this to lazily replace good story telling, acting, or humor. Obviously, without an actor present, it is very hard to just let body language or facial expression tell the story. This has less to do with an actor NOT being present and more to do with animation studios just not having the time or money to denote to these kinds of things. Thus, you’re only going to get really good facial and body work in higher budget shows, or shows where the director takes the time to painfully craft it in. The rest of the time, an expression will be so randomly over-the-top that it becomes absurd.