Is he the greatest animator in Japan? He was handpicked by:
>Akiyuki Shinbo (Metal Fighter Miku)
>Hideaki Anno (Evangelion)
>Mahiro Maeda (Blue Sumbarine No.6)
>Satoshi Kon (Millenium Actress)
>Koji Morimoto (Beyond)
>Mitsuo Iso (Dennou Coil)
>Hayao Miyazaki (The Boy and The Heron)

And his animation skills are unparalleled.

Looks like shit

>>280894858 (OP)
Too realistic. Missing the Kanada pop.

>it's good because it doesn't look like anime!

>>280894902
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>>280894916
Contrarians

>>280894858 (OP)
ass choreography

>>280894858 (OP)
>Is
stopped reading there

I like this one
https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/177698

>>280894938
Realism is not the end goal of art. Technically impressive? Yeah. But if you want to talk about greatest ever you’re gonna get push back.

>>280895004

>>280895045
This one too where he was the character designer (Mahiro Maeda directing).

>>280895015
Lazarus is supposed to be a realistic and grounded show, why the fuck would he make someone escaping their captor look ridiculous and otherworldly? He's just matching the tone of the show, what an awful critique.

And of course the classics

>>280895015
both have their purposes, not every anime needs to be snappy like Imaishi and Kanada. I love both, but I hate clowns like you hating stuff with weight because that is tough to do

>>280895130
the shot at 22 seconds is completely ridiculous

>>280895148
>Both have their purposes
Then don’t come swinging out the gate with “the greatest ever”.

>>280894858 (OP)
Goddamn, that is insultingly stupid.

>>280894858 (OP)
I prefer more stylized/perfected movement. The worst part about that sequence is the lighting, though.

Are they on the moon or something? It's good but it's like they've got long startup animations

>>280895256
So if you've ever animated with the goal of making a scene look even the slightest bit realistic, even once in your entire life, you are incapable of being the world's best animator?

>>280895130
You know, after watching some extremely dangerous parkour videos… Lazarus doesn't seem so ridiculous anymore, maybe with the exception of surviving collapse of a skyscraper. But the show never really seems to go for hyper- realism. It was obviously more interested in cool presentation of action.

>>280895320
More like, people will discuss the examples you provide. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

>>280895309
That’s my issue with it too.

>>280895376
An OP post is only allowed a single webm or mp4 attached. Even in >>280895015 you admit that it's "technically impressive", so it was clearly a solid example of his skill. You are the retard who decided to hyperfocus on this single example of the guy's work and criticize it for going for realism while ignoring the other examples posted or looking into his other works.
Don't be so retarded next time.

>>280895470
Post more or your claims will be disputed by the standard at which you make them. And we aren’t talking about “is he skilled” we’re talking about “is he the best ever”. Don’t be so retarded next time.

>>280895256
it fits the context of the scene and it has an excellent sense of weight, i will never not praise it

>>280895309
anticipation makes the action legible

Honda should not be treated as a controversial pick for "greatest animator in Japan".

>>280895525
I think he’s got a lot of specific character acting which I like, but I’m not a fan of the slower anticipation moments. The first cut has some weird jitter as he leans left and the chair swing has a strange hiccup on the direction change. Out of his control but the post processing did him dirty with the lighting.

>>280895558
Every suggestion should be considered a controversial pick for “greatest animator in Japan”.

>>280895137
Always thought this looked wonky

>>280894858 (OP)
I hate it