Best eyecatches/commercial break bumpers in anime (and why)

-gecko- · Post by **-gecko-** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:22 pm

SOmeone mentioned Karin which is my current favorite.

The one that sticks in my mind was the beach one from Maboraho which involves ice cream! I just went

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madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:50 pm

-gecko- wrote:SOmeone mentioned Karin which is my current favorite.

The one that sticks in my mind was the beach one from Maboraho which involves ice cream! I just went !!

haha, I remember that one.
Here is about 1/2 of them for those who haven't seen it. (3 eyecatches, 1st followed 2nd)

Richard J. · Post by **Richard J.** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:13 pm

For a simpler eyecatch, I think the ones for Diamond Daydreams are very nice. They use a small image of the girl whose story is being told and real-world images of places in Hokkaido. It really showcases the beauty of Japan, I think.

Although, now that I've seen those Maboraho eyecatches, I'm seriously planning to get it.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:57 pm

x2 on the FMP

One of my favorites is Trigun (mainly the guitar...but the image is nice looking too)
Scrapped Princess always amused me, because it was this happy/peppy acordion that usually was right in the middle of a serious/dramatic part of each episode.

Azumanga Daioh was also amusing.

on a side note, the eyecatcher for Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 was just annoying...mediocre(sp) design, and the music (also annoying imo) was about 5 dB louder than the rest of the episode's audio

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:00 am

Kariudo wrote:on a side note, the eyecatcher for Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 was just annoying...mediocre(sp) design, and the music (also annoying imo) was about 5 dB louder than the rest of the episode's audio

I liked it. The music of BGC2040 was a big part of its tone, and an eyecatch is supposed to catch your attention. This one helped on both counts.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:04 am

hmm...well if you look at it like that, then it does its job (still think it's more of an earcatch than an eyecatch)
maybe my standards are a bit high...seing as the first bump I saw was Trigun's

trinigal · Post by **trinigal** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:02 am

I really liked the Samurai Champloo eyecatches. I'm a sucker for the graffiti art.

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:27 pm

Watch Boys Be...

that is all...