The effects animation for these old animations is so different. It's a bit cruder, but more expressive and stylized than today's fare. But I like it, especially the white paint spray effect. Would be cool to see someone revive these effects for a contemporary/retro hybrid, kind of like how the Metropolis anime did with character designs.

I've read that sometimes animators would spend some time with a paintbrush to help create some of these effects, as opposed to leaving it up to the paint department.

Kraker2k said:
I've read that sometimes animators would spend some time with a paintbrush to help create some of these effects, as opposed to leaving it up to the paint department.

Intrigued.
How would they do that exactly? (If you have visuals feel free to link to that)

pkoduah said:
Intrigued.
How would they do that exactly? (If you have visuals feel free to link to that)

I might be misremembering, but I read an interview once where Obari said that for Dancouga, he used a highlight brush to enhance the effects on one of his scenes and for another he regrets not painting a scene himself as the end result was not something he wanted.

Kraker2k said:
Obari said that for Dancouga, he used a highlight brush to enhance the effects on one of his scenes

A highlight brush as in the one women use for makeup? Using that to flick paint onto the cels?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=highlight+brush&biw=1242&bih=545&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=zL5PVaTSJrOv7AaTw4HYBg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ