B/a/ckgrounds

Which anime series contain the best backgrounds? Makoto Shinkai moves go without saying, but what else tops your list?

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Notable mention, KyoAni is always pretty top notch. Although when they made the transition from hand drawn to digital backgrounds I'd argue they lost something pretty essential to the aesthetic

Well, and to be fair most anime- at least in series themselves- don't have the necessary budgets to really throw at making the backgrounds good. It's mostly just all they can do to make the character, object and particle animations good.

Another vote for KyoAni.

Fukin excellent movie, too.

I'll stick with KyoAni too.

K had some seriously kickass backgrounds, don't have any screens saved though.

O fuc, KOn?

Keit-ai.

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Damn, good point newfriend

Well, but, it was more a question directed toward Sup Forums pertaining to backgrounds, not specfically concerning backgrounds.

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kubo's

I can't unhear it.

Their backgrounds are still hand drawn and painted, it's just that they often use DoF filters which blur them out.

Most series directed by Furuhashi. HxH 1999, Unicorn, Tsuiokuhen etc.

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Say what you will about the animation, Monogatari's backgrounds are usually neat to look at.

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I just happen to name my images like that

non non biyori is pretty good

Kondo: Well, since there was a stylistic flow from the Garden of sinners to Fate/Zero, it's basically a development from those.

Miura: I think it was a big win for us to get (Koji) Eto, who was an art director on the Garden of sinners and Fate/Zero to work with us again on this one. I think he's capable of using art as a weapon. In fact, he's been doing tightly-packed background artwork that's equal of - or even surpass - that of the Garden of sinners, and that was a theatrical release.

Kondo: We were told by Mr. Eto, "I'm going to make this my new challenge." In the Garden of sinners and Fate/Zero, his thing was to paint the backgrounds with higher level detail, but this time, he said he wanted them to look solid even with the details erased. And in addition to Mr. Eto, we also got Kazuo Ebisawa, who was an art director on the Garden of sinners, as well as art director on Tales of Zestiria to ply his trade as a first-class background artist. They're reliable, and it ended up being an extravagent setup. In addition to them, Mr. Eto and photography director (Yuichi) Terao meshed really well together. I guess he trusts Terao because he came up as a background man himself. That's the sort of interaction they have for us.

Miura: If the artwork is weak, you can't do layouts where the camera is being pulled back. But when the art is excellent, you can tackle it with master shots (shots that form the basis for a scene). Artwork's becoming indispensable in anime lately, don't you think?

Kondo: The backgrounds have to be good, or nothing works.

Miura: Right, you used background retakes yourself, didn't you?

Kondo: In the old days, yeah. Depending on the show, I would sometimes review all the shots. But I haven't been doing that lately. "With our (ufotable) staff, we have to go the extra mile" has been instilled in the staff.

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You call those shitty blurry background as beautiful, user?

the only two backgrounds I can see there are bland as fuck

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GoHands.

Owari no Seraph is a recent example of really good backgrounds.

Grimgar had some stellar paintings.

K?

The X movie had some absolutely dank backgrounds, I don't have any of them saved though.

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Anything KyoAni does.

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You have zero sense in a proper drawn background.
I bet you watch wan piss.

I thought this director was better known for his fluid character animation.
I know
It is, but at the same point it gets very repetitious and eventually ends up being too monotonous for me to appreciate.
Mostly agreed. Their attention to detail is renowned.
Same as before.
Entirely unfamiliar with this.
Looks fair to me.

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>implying Keit-ai doesn't have beautiful backgrounds

You do know that meme is an indication of being new, I hope.

Railgun S's first half and Index II's second half had backgrounds made by ufotable.

Also pic related for watercolours.

NagiAsu was comfy. Feels bad that I didn't screencap all the eyeporn when I had the chance.