Wow, I've been slacking. These past days I've been doing too much running around and kept putting off this new post. But, now it's here!
Last week or so I decided that I'd go back and re-watch all of Gundam Wing(along with the movie Endless Waltz) while I worked more on the model kit that I picked up from Katsucon. Regardless of what my friends have to say, I still think that Duo is the most awesome of all the Gundam pilots.
But what really stood out to me was the animation. Back then so much more of the anime we watched was drawn completely by hand. Back before the days of so much computer animation, you'd see so many similar scenes since they had to recycle parts to help cut down on production times and costs. It was the worst in about 3 episodes that just recapped the first half of the series. Back then, that was filler; reused animation with a narrator on top of it.
That moment made be feel a little badly about how much flack I give these production studios today. I know I'm not alone when I talk about how annoying it is to ave to deal with a new filler arc in Bleach or some other series because I want to get back to the main point of the story line. But when you really look at it, they're doing so much more than what we had to deal with in the past. At least now we have some stupidly entertaining side story to help keep things going while we wait for things to catch up over seas.
So, here's my question to you!
What comes to mid for you when you think back to older series and their periods of "filler" episodes?
Hope to hear back from my readers out there!
Until next time
Kasome~
