The animation corner cutting is widespread. I forget what it was I saw a couple of weeks ago, it wasn't fantasy or isekai, but it was a static drawing with insane camera panning all over. They didn't even bother with some stock effects overlaid. I think it was a battle so they could have done some smoke or sparks or something that moved to hide the still image.
Fantasy need a bit more life and creativity pumped into it and to stay away from the video game tropes. I know it's an isekai but I'll use Konosuba as an obvious example. It has jobs, parties, levels, mission quests, and is basically a video game being played by Kazuma. That is fine in a comedy isekai story like that but I see it seeping into stories that aren't. Goblin Slayer is close because it nearly has all 4: ranks instead of levels, no character has a name just their job, and obvious mission quests, and just straight up parties. Frieren, despite how good it is, still has jobs and parties and almost has levels in the form of mage guild ranks (very coarse).
Record of Lodoss war is hard to beat even if that is just a D&D game turned into a story but we need more like it and LOTR and even just some sword and sorcery like Conan, the barbarian not the detective. Don't use the word "party". Surely there is a Japanese word you could use with a meaning like gang, group, band, fellowship?
The animation corner cutting is widespread. I forget what it was I saw a couple of weeks ago, it wasn't fantasy or isekai, but it was a static drawing with insane camera panning all over. They didn't even bother with some stock effects overlaid. I think it was a battle so they could have done some smoke or sparks or something that moved to hide the still image.
Fantasy need a bit more life and creativity pumped into it and to stay away from the video game tropes. I know it's an isekai but I'll use Konosuba as an obvious example. It has jobs, parties, levels, mission quests, and is basically a video game being played by Kazuma. That is fine in a comedy isekai story like that but I see it seeping into stories that aren't. Goblin Slayer is close because it nearly has all 4: ranks instead of levels, no character has a name just their job, and obvious mission quests, and just straight up parties. Frieren, despite how good it is, still has jobs and parties and almost has levels in the form of mage guild ranks (very coarse).
Record of Lodoss war is hard to beat even if that is just a D&D game turned into a story but we need more like it and LOTR and even just some sword and sorcery like Conan, the barbarian not the detective. Don't use the word "party". Surely there is a Japanese word you could use with a meaning like gang, group, band, fellowship?