B/a/ckgrounds

[Matthew Reed]

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

[Joshua Foster]

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

[Josiah Edwards]

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.

[Andrew Clark]

Another vote for KyoAni.

[Caleb King]

Fukin excellent movie, too.

[Joseph Lewis]

I'll stick with KyoAni too.

[Caleb Bennett]

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

[James Ward]

O fuc, KOn?

[Noah Torres]

Keit-ai.

[Kevin Walker]

you should remake this thread on