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Frieren is a production marvel (self.anime)

submitted 1 month ago by szczuroarturo to c/[email protected]

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Frieren is probably the best use of music in the anime i have seen. The goddam genius way it hypes the situation is amazing, especialy when you contrast this with a very calm tone this anime usualy has. Also the fact that actual amount of important fights is fairly limited makes it that much better. The fact that pretty much every character that shows up for more than a few minutes is designed like a main character in its own story is something i wish more anime/manga/lightnovels would do. Its frankly speaking kinda amazing that you could reasonably make a completley new anime out of nearly every character that was in more than episode and it probably wouldnt even feel like side story ( like most others do ). Frankly speaking its just an artistic marvel.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Frieren is so good at so many levels it's insane.
Even before anime it was already regarded as an absolutely amazing story. For me it just hits perfectly with the melancholy and the concept of passage of time but it also has well made fight scenes.
The anime adaptation is insane because a certain talented director saw that and thought: I must assemble all the geniuses in the industry and create a masterpiece of adaptation. And that madlad did it.
Frieren is a perfect example of how adaptations should be made. It takes a concept and expands on it in a way that makes sense only in anime form.
For example the Fern and Stark dance scene was so detailed and beautifully animated yet in manga it was a few panels. Same with some fight scenes. From one panel to an absolutely stunning sequence.
I'm not even going to talk about attention to details and music.
I watched the show and was impressed, then I watched YouTube videos analyzing the show and was stunned how many details I missed.
Yeah it really deserves no. 1 spot on anime rankings.

Btw if you enjoyed Frieren we have a community at [email protected], feel free to stop by!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Frieren is a perfect example of how adaptations should be made. It takes a concept and expands on it in a way that makes sense only in anime form.

I've read the manga after watching the show and it was quite amazing that how every scene was there. Nothing was left out .... instead the fight scenes, rare as they are were dragged from a couple of pages to 10 minutes of action with an amazing soundtrack (as OP said). It's better in the anime, I'd say. But what do I know :D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, Frieren has been sitting on my to-watch list for awhile, but despite the name of that list, whenever I pick something off of it I actually tend to look for a manga first.

How would you say the anime and manga compare?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I have been reading the Frieren manga since way before the anime was announced, and I think that both the anime and manga are excellent. The anime adaptation really helps elevate the manga source in several ways (OST, voice talent, gorgeous background art, extended and improved action sequences).

For a different perspective, I watched Frieren together with my wife (who had not read the manga). She enjoyed it so much that afterwards, she read the manga from the beginning and got caught up. When I asked her, she said that she felt that watching the anime and then continuing the manga from where the anime ended would have been fine.