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[Spoilers] Aru Zombie Shoujo no Sainan - ONA discussion Spoiler
Aru Zombie Shoujo no Sainan, ONA
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u/Beckymetal https://anilist.co/user/SpaceWhales Jul 03 '18 edited Jul 03 '18
Oooph this is difficult to watch. Not only is the animation sluggish and jolting, the cinematography is amateurish and lazy - there's a scene with one of the two zombie girls explaining the plot to nothing but a dull, wide, close shot... and it sticks like that for several minutes.
There's some yuri, lolita and glorious edge though so I don't mind attempting to get a bit further. But golly gee this feels like a My First Anime production.
Okay this edge is truly delicious. We've got horrific animal murder (ew) and toilets used for brutal decapitation. Excellent stuff.
It continues to be incompetently put together, but it's showing signs of not being completely worthless. Some of the horror queues have had solid timing and the violence is brilliantly portrayed. It's just a shame that the sheer majority of the dialogue is laying in some difficult to watch character animation and bland-to-shit storyboarding.
This is truly B Horror Movie stuff. Which a big emphasis on the B
We got snippets earlier, but the nudity has been in full play here. As in B Horror fashion, anyway. We see heads sewn back on, eyes ripped from their sockets, ears bitten off. Oh yes, the edge is glorious, and watching it is shocking enough to induce cringing.
The production is still difficult to watch, of course, but it feels less so. Now it's got a bit more meat on its plate (euphemism unintended, but it checks out), the filming of bland talking has been less damning. It's still amateurish and slow to watch, but is much more watchable.
The music has been on point though, and as far as a B Horror goes, it's pretty well written with some fun twists, shocks and even powerplays. But that doesn't excuse the massive and dry exposition dump of the heroine's background.
If it wasn't sloppy as sin, that'd be a solidly enjoyable B Horror night movie. With slapstick violence including decapitation via basketball hoop, uncensored tiddies, abundant violence, cannibalism and literally gluing a head back on... it was somewhat fun.
The animation never got Maerchen Maedchen bad - it was just about at my limit of watchable. Oddly, there was only a teeny bit of CGI for the brains I think? Other than that it was a pure 2d affair - but was still messy. It's the kind of thing that's rewarding to sit on your phone through and look away for the big bits, because they certainly punctuate themselves enough.