r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Uma-apreciator • Sep 08 '26

Personality The character unexpectedly transitions to a goofy art style.

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Oguri Cap (Uma Musume Cinderella Gray)

Nijika Ijichi (Bocchi the Rock)

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u/SaddestSprout Sep 08 '26

Compared to s3, s2 was great, compared to s1, both are trash

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u/Shivalah Sep 09 '26

I wouldn’t say ‘trash’ just massively disappointing. Season 1 had so many great shots, art composition and Sakuga. But despite that, even the low budget scenes were ‘animated’ enough.

Then S3 came around and tried to match the Manga fps wise.

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u/Sabard Sep 09 '26

Is it serviceable if I put it on a second monitor and don't notice the fps lol

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u/CaveMacEoin Sep 09 '26

fps

More like seconds per frame.

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u/Shivalah Sep 09 '26

Fair, but I am ‘early 00s’ pilled and it’s ‘sub or nothing’.

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u/urgentapathy Sep 09 '26

Feels like I'm in high school with teachers who require 'more effort' in your PowerPoints with animations and transitions. That downhill slide is so painful to think about.

Tis a difficult life of subs or nothing these days. Netflix uses trash subs but I just don't download much anymore these days. Perhaps I should change that.....

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u/Matt50 Sep 09 '26

Man, season one was a dream! Everything was just so exciting. The colors were crisp, the animation as smooth as it was tight, the music was hype! I literally started reading the manga from the start the day after the season ended.

That being said, I'm always gonna love people calling S3 One Frame Man.

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u/Arxid87 Sep 09 '26

There are scenes where manga has more frames lmao

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u/Electrical_Horror346 Sep 11 '26

S1 was basically Madhouse calling in favours from industry vets left and right.

S2 was when Madhouse randomly decided to go "get some milk" halfway through the animation production schedule and J.C. staff got picked as the emergency backup despite a clear lack of experience

S3 was the result of the people in charge of J.C. Staff seeing the miracle that was the semi-decent animation of S2 and arrogantly going "wow, this must have been easy for them, let's give them a real schedule challenge!"