The anime is actually good. Although I only watched one episode, Scott Pilgrim happens to be a very good anime adaptation when compared to all the quote-unquote modern animations I'm seeing left and right.
I happen to be doing this Maverick Quickie post because while I was installing my GIGABYTE EAGLE RTX 4080 Video Card, I decided to tune into Netflix as an excuse to keep me occupied in case the upgrade went awry.
And that excuse was for me to watch the Scott Pilgrim anime.
To be honest, I never read the comics but I have seen the 2010 movie. It was of dubious quality but still faithful to the source material.
I will preface by saying that the anime has made some changes compared to the movie... or most importantly the original Graphic novels.
For one, the Pac-Man reference was completely replaced with a reference to the two competing early 90's Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons, you know, the two cartoons that featured Jaleel White in both of them.
The other change was that Ramona no longer works with Amazon but rather, with Netflix during their final stretch into DVD rentals... actually a pretty clever joke considering Netflix's monopoly in the streaming scene.....
Until Disney+, MAX, and many others came along with differing plans.
But you may be asking how am I watching Scott Pilgrim when my computer was off during the GPU upgrade?
Actually I don't have Netflix on my PC but I do have it on my PlayStation 5 which is my go-to for watching movies on my TV.
To be honest, there's no way I'd be able to use my PC for Netflix since I'm paying for a 2-device plan.
But anyway, Scott Pilgrim, the perfect blend of art and anime is a lovely marriage altogether and one that has prevented the series from the puppet-rigged fate as most of the other Graphic Novel to animated adaptations have went through.
(HILDA, eat your heart out.)
Anime is definitely the future of animation.
AVATAR, KORRA, and most recently MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN have all their shares of glory and balls to avoid puppet rigs but Scott Pilgrim is a true masterpiece of the artform of hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation.
Speaking of which, I take back what I said in the previous Maverick Quickie about the DOUG revival's animation studios. I don't feel safe about having DOUG be animated by the studios in my area due to puppet rigged mandates by showrunners
Instead, If Jim Jenkins decides to revive the series, I want in on the production as art director and my first choice of animation studio would have to be JC STAFF... or maybe KYOTO ANIMATION, or even better STUDIO TRIGGER as my ideal choices for animation. The animation will be anime but the art style will remain the same such as the Rick and Morty anime where they did retain the art style of the characters.
Regardless of changing animation companies, I still firmly demand that Billy West return as the voice of Doug Funnie.
Speaking of voices, It's great to hear the voices of the live-action films cast once again. Always nice to hear Micheal Cera's voice once again take the realms of Scott Pilgrim.
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