The iDOLM@STER Anime Ep: 20 discussion

[MissDeidara]

I know it's been a long time I haven't posted in any of the episode thread, but...This episode was so terribly beautiful...Chihaya is seriously one of my favorite Idol now. The last part, when she finally finds her voice again, and starts singing...I could almost feel Producer-san's and everyone else's relief. Beautiful scene, without any doubt the best of the whole anime by now. I am really hoping for a full version of this song now, if there isn't any already.

I was also annoyed by the fact we didn't get to know who were the phone calls from, but I really think these were Chihaya's mom.

[karto]

Every episode up to this has been enjoyable but nothing really amazing.
Episode 20 was one of the best things I've seen ALL YEAR.

I couldn't help but cry & I'm the type of guy who very rarely cries at anything on TV.

[Nope]

The phone calls were from Chihaya's mom. You can read her name, Chigusa Kisaragi, in Chihaya's phone.

Maybe Chihaya's mom? or dad?

Also did anyone notice the weird quality shifts? Sometimes it's animated good and sometimes really bad. It seriously bothers me.

Hmm. When you think about it I did notice a quality shift when Chihaya was singing in the end. I don't usually pay attention to that kind of stuff so it doesn't really bother me as much.

You mean this looking as if it had more frames like pretty much everything else in the show?

http://i43.tinypic.com/2m7xi1g.gif

They save the budget/animation for the important parts and Chihaya singing was very important.

[animagic4u]

Really? I thought the singing part had less frames and was ugly.

Oh you meant the Chihaya part.
That was nice.

The other idols singing made me cringe.

[Nope]

Really? I thought the singing part had less frames and was ugly.

Oh you meant the Chihaya part.
That was nice.

The other idols singing made me cringe.

I don't think it was ugly, it just wasn't very "animated" (they basically only moved their mouths and their heads a little). But the actual art was pretty:






But, to be honest, I don't find any problems with it; I felt as if it was all to put emphasis on Chihaya's performance and how happy she was to be singing.

[animagic4u]

Well, yes, at least no one's faces are melting.

[Nope]

The episode I will really complain about the animation of is 16. Hibiki... ;_;

[SalemJeanette]

Well, yes, at least no one's faces are melting.

No melting faces this ep but instead we got "UGUU" eyes.
Also am i the only one kind of disappointed by this episode? I mean it was hinted since what 4 or 5 episodes ago and it was just very rushed.
This would have been a perfect two episodes story one with full despair and looking back into Chihaya's past and one about Haruka helping her. Instead we got like 3 minutes of:
"Chihaya your brother died and you didn't do anything" ";A;"
Then she locks herself in her room and all the suffering happens offscreen and the rest of the episode is a positive-ish Haruka episode with Chihaya singing at the end.
But I guess Azusa helping strangers or the twins playing food detectives is more important.
It was just too fast for how much it was hinted.

[animagic4u]

Well personaly I thought it was a Haruka episode disguised as a Chihaya episode. That's just me.
So I guess I agree with you.

[Crisu]

I enjoyed this episode a lot, but I couldn’t help but feel 22 minutes was too short for it.  It was a good move to forego the OP for 90 extra seconds, but I would have wanted maybe 5 more minutes of cushion to milk all the emotions further.  Let's re-release this episode again as a 45-minute OVA, okay?   ::false hope::

Budget seems to be an issue with almost every series lately.  Animation studios are short-staffed often, I think, and they're overworked for little pay as it is.  I do believe the plan all along was for Chihaya's singing part to be completely fluid, but it still suffered a bit from perhaps a lack of time to clean up the animation.  Earlier in the episode at 13:23 was an entire 17 seconds of nothing before Chihaya's doorbell finally rang, so that had to be filler (as there wasn't too much dramatic impact, IMO, for that length of time).

[ It's nice to see someone's chin move when he or she speaks; usually it's just a case of Cheeky Mouth. ]

[satty]

I thought this episode was beautiful. I especially loved the climax. I'm probably being biased, though. Also, I'm amazed on how you guys can notice the quality of animation. I can't tell unless it's really obvious.

[Nope]

Earlier in the episode at 13:23 was an entire 17 seconds of nothing before Chihaya's doorbell finally rang, so that had to be filler (as there wasn't too much dramatic impact, IMO, for that length of time).

animagic4u talked about that a few posts ago:

"A Haruka and Chihaya episode with a bit of Studio Gainax like flair (reminded me a lot of Eva). "

 

[animagic4u]

animagic4u talked about that a few posts ago:

"A Haruka and Chihaya episode with a bit of Studio Gainax like flair (reminded me a lot of Eva). "

 

Yes! I knew I couldn't be the only one who thought this.

[Crisu]

A similar trick was done (by Kyoto Animation) in Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu.  Nagato in a room reading a book in silence ... except that one lasted 3 minutes I believe.

[Saturos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TphuzEsL3Tg

dat cover
:v