Comments on: Cencoroll

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:10 +0000

Y’know, it’s probably good to rewatch this one. I spotted loads of little details when getting screencaps that I missed first time around!

By: Xerox

Xerox — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:13:44 +0000

I saw this at NYAF this year. I sat in the back and was too short to actually get a good look at it. Will have to watch again. XD

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:54:12 +0000

I suspect this is just a springboard to propel the director onto bigger and even better things, but I’d like to see this particular piece continue in some form too. Maybe he’ll get more animation work off the publicity from this, then continue it in graphic novel format or something.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52:33 +0000

Nice post, 2DT. I’ll reply to your thoughts on your blog when I get a spare few minutes!

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:51:48 +0000

Don’t worry about keeping the discussion going, guys. I just altered the nesting settings so they go ten deep now. It sounds like just a misunderstanding in this case though!

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:47:17 +0000

“Do similar thoughts run through people’s heads for nearly everything else, as though it all comes pre-loaded with a strike against it (some assembly required, quality not included)?”
Yes, these people exist and yes, they’re weird. Sadly there’s a lot of them from what I’ve seen in the past. I hope stuff like Cencoroll can set them straight!

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:45:59 +0000

I gave it a 7 too, funnily enough. I wonder if the hype was what’s at fault here…?

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:45:09 +0000

I thought it did what it set out to do fine, but didn’t feel as ‘whole’ as Shinkai’s and yoshiura’s one-offs. Guess we’ve been a bit spoiled really!

By: gaguri

gaguri — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:53:39 +0000

I don’t want to continue this discussion any longer in Martin’s post, so I’ll just note that many of us here expressed how we ‘greatly enjoyed’ Cencoroll, but also its lack of impact, and that feeling of wanting more. Criticisms or complaints, call them what you want, but please don’t get confused about the fact that we still enjoyed it (even if you are not used to such a concept). Apologies to Martin, I’ll just stop here.

By: OGT

OGT — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:45:04 +0000

You’ll have to forgive my confusion; I’m not used to “enjoyed it greatly” being three words in a 500-word complaint about what is ostensibly being enjoyed.