The new Winter 2009 series from KyoAni, “Sora o Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai”, perhaps better known as the Munto TV series, has recently aired its first episode.
The TV adaptation is repeating events from the original OVA series before continuing the story properly, so this comparison image showing the new version alongside the old seems appropriate…
The major different is obviously the aspect ratio, the change to a 16:9 ratio from the original 4:3 is definitely welcome, and does provide more of a cinematic feel to the show.
Colors and lighting effects have also been touched up, with fans mostly agreeing that the new effects are an improvement, although there are some questionable moments – the image of Kazuya at the very bottom seems to have lost something in the transition.
As the original OVA designs are by now several years old, one has to wonder if there will be any sort of (possibly jarring) change in the animation design once the show finishes recapping the OVA plot and continues on to new material?
you guys serious? did you look at the full-size comparison pics? the OVA shows way more detail, and the TV images are just widescreen-CROPS of the OVA – notice the missing sections at the tops and bottoms?
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no it’s not, the TV not just crop of the ova, mostly
it’s got more than the ova, more detail, more animation, more sound effect, etc.
some cropping make the scene more cinematic
omg… I totally….. agree? I think you’re right! The details are so much more refined in the OAV. Maybe the colors aren’t as sharp, but I see what you’re saying!
Well the OVA is 7 years(Not sure) old or so? When I first watched this I thought kyoani reanimated the whole thing but then I found out that there was a really old OVA.
The difference of animation design between the actual show and the OP/ED is jarring enough. One has to wonder if they would actually have it gradually change into those newer designs.
impressive and this is indeed an improvement
The new one look so much better than the OVA version.