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Then I see all the top comments are people pissing all over it. Does no one have a sense of excitement or wonder anymore?
Via the trailer: Incredible graphics and an intriguing storyline. Can't wait to try it out
By the way if anyone is interested in the possibilities one may want to look at the CD-ROM era at two titles: Spaceship Warlock and Just Grandma and Me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceship_Warlock
video of Just Grandma and Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9uyxPeY3qY
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Graphic novel is actually the "scholarly" term to refer to any kind of comics. You might be thinking of Visual Novels, though, which is a genre mostly prevalent in Japan and thus very similar to Anime and Manga in style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel
Thanks for clearing that up. I ment to start with animated graphic novel (fixed now). I didn't even know about Visual novels and the exact meaning of the term graphic novel was also new to me. When I was a kid we used to read Lucky Luke, Asterix and Obelix and Donald Duck. These days it seems that Magas have taken their spot. There's a pretty large bookstore here: Hugendubel, which provided reading corners; similar t…
I actually disagree somewhat with slowpoke; many (including myself) would argue that the term "graphic novel" refers not just to the broad class of all comic books, but to a narrower format. Graphic Novels typically are self-contained works, and are not collected in a series (contrast this with "trade paperbacks" or "collections" that combine several issues of a comic book series into a larger volume or volumes, released serially). Libraries and bookstores however seem to ignore these distinctions and lump any long-format comic under the "graphic novel" designation. /pedantry
From what I've seen of the product in question here (the landing page + the youtube trailer), I wouldn't really consider it a hybrid; I would consider it a graphic novel that has key animated panels to help display motion and setting. The animations aren't completely necessary in the storytelling, but are an added artistic "flavor" if you will.
While beautifully executed, I fear that once the novelty wears off, such a mixed medium will be absorbed back into traditional animation. Why split the story into different frames if one frame can show it all?
One designer can pull it off to make a graphic novel all by himself. But you need a team to make an animated movie.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I ment to start with animated graphic novel (fixed now). I didn't even know about Visual novels and the exact meaning of the term graphic novel was also new to me. When I was a kid we used to read Lucky Luke, Asterix and Obelix and Donald Duck. These days it seems that Magas have taken their spot. There's a pretty large bookstore here: Hugendubel, which provided reading corners; similar t…
Manga/anime are essentially just cultural designations; they are referring to comics and animated cartoons (respectively) endemic to Japan. Note that "cartoon" here can refer to a long-form animated movie, as well. There are some things that make manga (especially) unique in contrast with comics published elsewhere, however they are predominately stylistic in nature with a dash of difference in publishing and consump…