{"id":36399,"date":"2017-09-08T00:33:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T04:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animenation.net\/?p=36399"},"modified":"2017-09-08T00:33:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T04:33:14","slug":"neo-yokio-is-new-yuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/neo-yokio-is-new-yuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Neo Yokio is New Yuck!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has released the trailer for its original hipster\/anime parody animated series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/neoyokio\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo Yokio<\/a>. The six-episode mini-series is created &#038; written by rock band Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig. Storyboard artists for the series include Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Hunter x Hunter, Rurouni Kenshin) and Junji Nishimura (Ranma 1\/2, Urusei Yatsura, Pro Golfer Saru). The animation, judging by its limited detail and frame rate, is provided by South Korean studio MOI. The series will premiere on September 22.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwc6fTnsdBI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I&#8217;m not opposed to the idea of &#8220;American anime,&#8221; but just sitting through this two-minute trailer was tough for me. I understand that this is satire, but I don&#8217;t quite comprehend exactly what it&#8217;s satirizing. Judging by the trailer, this show has no understanding of the tropes of Japanese supernatural adventure\/comedy anime. It may be trying to parody typical American young adult fiction, but I don&#8217;t see a lot of clear parallel there, either. It feels as if it&#8217;s trying to be an animated Wes Anderson production, yet it has none of the wit or offbeat charm that makes Wes Anderson&#8217;s films so acclaimed. The trailer just comes across to me like a strained, artless pet project featuring poor animation quality struggling for legitimacy by casting recognized celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>For examples of poor animation and limited frame rate, look at the stiff dancer&#8217;s movements at :16, the one-frame lean-in at :20, the poor detail and stilted movement in the magic action scene at 1:07-1:09, and especially the two-frame arm extension at 1:55.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has released the trailer for its original hipster\/anime parody animated series Neo Yokio. The six-episode mini-series is created &#038; written by rock band Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig. Storyboard artists for the series include Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Hunter x Hunter, Rurouni Kenshin) and Junji Nishimura (Ranma 1\/2, Urusei Yatsura, Pro Golfer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime-news","category-video-trailer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ioukdmljynrawncizzvp.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36402,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399\/revisions\/36402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}