At 01:17 PM 6/20/2007, Reynolds, Jason M. wrote:
But that is direction, and dialogue.
...which in anime is scripts and VAs.
They might not work out the specific minutia in each episode but I would
think they would handle hashing out the overall plot of each episode with
the writers. For instance Tomino might not have written a shred of dialogue
for the episode where Lalah died, but he "wrote" her death into the series.
If he only directed VA and animation, why would he be "Kill 'Em All" Tomino?
<shrug> Bad rep? it doesn't really apply anyway, at least not to
Gundam (Ideon, yes, but that seems like the exception rather than the rule).
For example the show LOST has multiple writers but they have 2
"show-runners" who develop the overarching story as a whole, write
occasional episodes (Dialogue and all), and specify the main story beats
that need to be accomplished each season. While they don't write all the
dialogue, or even every scene, they have a huge role in making the overall
show.
But is that what an anime director actually does? Or is that more the
department of the planning committee (BONES, frex)?
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