Makoto Shinkai’s practically one-man Voices of a Distant Star (2002), this is not.Īs though to drive the ineptitude and low-budget production values home, the killing shot isn’t even depicted, with the alien literally sliding down instead. Coupled with the janky cuts and nigh-nonexistent pacing, it makes the end-result amateurish and would have looked dated even at the time it was released. This isn’t helped at all by how the animators tried to mix in poorly rendered CGI, as seen with the largely static alien and mechs – the latter coming off as very fragile and conveniently leaving the pilots incredibly vulnerable. More often than not, this degrades in motion into a mess of pixelated lines and cut corners when there’s any actual movement. Despite Idea Factory having already gained some experience with making video games and OVAs by the early 2000s, it’s clear these didn’t translate well into the creation of this anime. If there’s one word that could describe Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven’s visuals, it would be “cheap”, with “inept” coming a close second. As bad as the show is, these are just part of the reason why it has gained such notoriety. These alone would be enough for more than a few anime fans to rate Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven low on sites like MyAnimeList. On top of the failed fanservice and jarring cuts, the flashbacks also tend to use different aspect ratios, as with the rest of the anime. Though you don’t need to have played the Japan-only title to understand what’s going on, even a hardcore fan might be hard-pressed to really make sense of it. (Source: YouTube) Saving Whose Day?Īn adaptation of a PlayStation 2 adventure game of the same name, Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven ostensibly follows Otsuya Funagai (Kouji Miyoshi) and his all-female unit of pilots as they set forth to stop an unknown, squid-like alien attacking Tokyo. The theme song by Minori Chihara, however, is its only saving grace. The OVA’s opening sequence not only uses assets from the PlayStation 2 game it’s based on, but comes across as rather cheap-looking. As it becomes rather evident, however, that reputation didn’t come out of nowhere. While MyAnimeList ratings are undoubtedly subjective, and at times non-indicative of how good or bad an anime is, it still begs the question: why is this the only one on the entire database to have a score of 1.86 out of 10?
If the name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s not only known for being the representative director of studio Compile Heart, but also the person responsible for creating the almost as infamous Mars of Destruction (2005). This 19-minute feature is the product of video game developer-publisher Idea Factory (of Cross Edge and Neptunia fame), with Yoshiteru Satou serving as director and screenwriter. Even so, the cover is of better quality than the actual OVA. The DVD cover for Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven betrays how derivative the anime is.
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