5/18/2023 0 Comments Dorohedoro noiWould I have preferred if the main character models were 2D? Yes certainly, of course. There will be people who will go on and on about their disdain for CGI use in anime and that if a show uses it, it’s automatically terrible, makes their eyes bleed and is sending the industry backwards. So why am I going into this long winded break down of two completely different anime in a Dorohedoro review? Well, I think it’s obvious what everyone’s “hot takes” and opinions on this series are inevitably going to bring up the CGI models for the main characters, so I might as well get it out of the way at the top and bring up some cases for you to think about and compare. Disregarding the Berserk 1997 anime series, both Berserk and Blame’s more recent anime outings were made possible through the use of CGI character models.to varying degrees of success. Interestingly, both of these properties have received anime adaptations, In Berserks case multiple. Her sketchy, densely detailed art style has been compared to manga like Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame! and while less refined than works like Kentaro Miura’s Berserk, falls into a similar category of manga so detailed, some feel it would be impossible to accurately portray frame for frame in animation. If you’re willing to indulge me in a rather lengthy and extensive review of this fantastic new series by studio Mappa, please read ahead!ĭorohedoro, based on the manga penned by Q Hayashida, for years has constantly been hailed as an example of “a manga that could never be adapted into an anime” in numerous lists/articles and threads online. It’s got grit, it’s got heart and it’s got some dang beautiful art. This is a series that oozes with style and original ideas, that feels as if Shin himself is taking a hammer to the temple If you can wrap your head around the at-times dizzying pace and make peace with the (quite well done in my opinion) CGI main character models, you’re in for chaotic, bloody and quirky trip through the gloriously dingy Hole and a devilishly fantastical world of Sorcerers. SHOCKING! Despite early concerns of a crappy CGI adaptation of Q Hayashida’s legendary comic, we’ve been blessed with a fantastic adaptation full of heart and passion from the staff involved. Taking plenty of twists and turns while following the lives of Hole's residents, it weaves a unique world of unearthly origin and dreary appearance not for the squeamish or easily disturbed. Set in a gritty world of hellish design, Dorohedoro manages a healthy blend of comedy and lightheartedness with death and carnage. With his biggest obstacle being his stomach, his female companion Nikaidou, who runs the restaurant Hungry Bug, is his greatest ally. Cursed by his appearance and tormented by nightmares, magic users are his only clue to restoring his life to normal. He hunts them on a heedless quest for answers with only a trusted pair of bayonets and his immunity to magic. Kaiman, more reptile than man, is one such individual. Possessing free access to and from the cesspool, and with little challenge to their authority, the magic users appear indomitable to most-aside for a few. Murdered, mutilated, and made experiments without a second thought, the powerless Hole dwellers litter the halls of Hole's hospital on a daily basis. As a race occupying the highest rungs of their society, the magic users think of the denizens of Hole as no more than insects. A realm separated from law and ethics, it is a testing ground to the magic users who dominate it. Hole-a dark, decrepit, and disorderly district where the strong prey on the weak and death is an ordinary occurrence-is all but befitting of the name given to it.
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