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Someday’s Photoshoppers (also Plagiarists)

Someday's Photoshoppers (also Plagiarists) - How many of these did they take themselves?

Having already gained an unhealthy reputation as something of a photoshop anime (some thoughts on this, and plenty of screens), it now seems that 魔法遣いに大切なこと ～夏のソラ～ / Someday’s Dreamers – Summer Skies is intent on shameless plagiarism to boot – it below you can see what is not only a most naked piece of simple photoshop filter application, but also a straight rip of a picture found on a random website, without even attribution, let alone having taken the trouble to go along to Haneda Airport to take some photos themselves.

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  • Artefact commented on July 12, 2008 00:29
  • I think the issue is less the mere fact of their using a photographic base, which as you point out is hardly abnormal, than simply the extent to which they have taken things; still, the... More
  • Seeb commented on July 11, 2008 19:29
  • This sort of practice is not uncommon in anime....Lucky Star for instance, their backgrounds are virtually traced from well known sites in Japan. Yeah, i know they draw their backgrounds and alter them slightly... More

Someday’s Dreamers – Summer Skies

魔法遣いに大切なこと ～夏のソラ～ / Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto – Natsu no Sora, or Someday’s Dreamers – Summer Skies

It is not often an anime really rocks the boat in terms of visual quality or animation style, but a recent title to attract attention as just such an anime is the recently commenced anime 魔法遣いに大切なこと ～夏のソラ～ / Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto – Natsu no Sora, or Someday’s Dreamers – Summer Skies (for once I think the English title is much better advised), the second series of the franchise. In particular, the magnificent scenery in this anime has turned heads, but after the initial impact, there are also voices critical of the work’s visual quality.

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  • Artefact commented on July 15, 2008 08:45
  • They are beautiful, but they are photos rather than drawn or CG art.... More
  • Fumika commented on July 15, 2008 00:48
  • There's been so much criticism of the art and what not in this title. It makes me wonder, am I the only person that thinks the backgrounds are beautiful and that I think the... More

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