Ivorybacon said:
I appreciate that Shida has changed the way he approaches certain shots since his time on Dragon Quest so that characters aren't constantly spazzing all the time. Makes the moments where there's lots of action more meaningful, at least to me personally.

JDMManga said:
Demonio with Shida's art and shading makes it look way more terrifying. Some of the corrections are a bit weird looking though. Still one of my favourite Shida scenes of recently.

SkippyTheRobot_ said:
He wasn't corrected

PurpleGeth said:
This is literally the same way he's always animated for decades

AManNamedRJ said:
He's actually correct. There's a LOT more restraint on faces as of late. Notice how faces are allowed to just sit, or when there is a wobbling on them in certain expressions it's reduced to let the impact of the keyframe rest with the viewer while motion is still happening. It really comes off like Shida is actually considering character acting, and personal choices/behaviors with his style when he used to have every character move the same way regardless of how they were looking or feeling.

Before everything would spaz and warble with no real direction to it - it just looked cool. Now, there's a softening of the effect but an addition of character acting. It's great. I love it when industry vets adapt new tricks. for example, you can see Modern Ishizuka in his old work, but you can also see the journey. Check Shida's work from before 2020 and watch how much more acting is being done with his characters. Obviously you can tell it's him, but the subtlety is there to enjoy.