Witch Comparisons

  1. I can't think of anything witty to put here, so have a shot of everyone's legs, instead.

    Plothax and battleships. Shares a name with that popular song everyone likes.
    Because the episode was running a little long for showing on TV, they omitted the opening titles, opting instead for laying the credits over the video. Personally I think this was a good move, as much as I like the song, as it doesn't interrupt the drama for a upbeat chirpy intro.
  2. The lighting in the scene of Miyafuji sneaking out is colder, looking more like a night scene.
  3. Sakamoto doing cool anime things with her cool anime sword is redrawn and repositioned.
  4. The redraw includes a different pose towards the end of the animation. It looks a little better!
  5. The bubbles are now sparkles.
  6. To make up for the lack of opening titles, they stuck the logo on the titlecard.
  7. Sakamoto has been redrawn with a much less saggy looking boob shadow.
  8. Luchini's finger is no longer painfully dislocated.
  9. Miyafuji looks sharper.
  10. Perrine is lower in the shot and has some minor tweaks, particuarly her eyes and that lone sweat drop. Also her paintball gun has better shading.
  11. The bobbing motion has been is much stronger, and there are a few minor changes and fixes here and there, particularly the intake of Miyafuji's right striker unit.
  12. The characters have been moved around, and Miyafuji is completely redrawn.
  13. Here's the NSFW moment for the episode;
  14. Alongside the decensoring, Miyafuji has extra eye shinies, a mark on her cheek is now a highlight rather than a shadow, and her mouth is smaller.
  15. Miyafuji's eyes are darker and sadder. Aww :(
  16. It's not quite as obvious, but this continues after she looks up.
  17. The crates and barrel they're sitting on are textured.
  18. Bucket Shadow!
  19. The crates and barrel look better from this angle, too.
  20. And again.
  21. Minna's left arm is in a different position, and she has a few minor linework changes to her uniform.
  22. Miyafuji's magic glow fades away during this shot on tv, which creates a continuity problem with the next angle, where it's still active.
  23. The shading is darker, particularly on the bright white patches. The dude on the floor in the middle of the shot has sharper facial details.
  24. Most of the shadows on the characters here have been altered and refined, and the checklist the captain is holding has some lines on it.
  25. Just like before, the highlights have been darkened. The awkward looking door that looks pasted over the background layer has been removed.
  26. A stray highlight on Hartmann's chest is removed.
  27. The shredded planes leave more debris behind.
  28. The guy in the background was accidentally placed ontop of the speaking tubes in the foreground.
  29. The gray filter used to reduce contrast has been removed for bright punchy explosiony goodness.
  30. Miyafuji and Lynette are repositioned, which looks a little more natural, and they seem sharper overall.
  31. Brighter boom!
  32. The striker stand indicator lights on the far left have swapped positions.
  33. The metal parts of the stands have brand new shiny shading.
  34. Lynette is redrawn softer, and has a section of her chest recoloured.
  35. The background is now out of focus, and Miyafuji has a big blobby tear in her eye.
  36. For a few frames while moving her head, a patch of her hair was missing;
  37. I should probably mention the big blush mark too, but I was honestly more interested in the Plane in the background with the folded wings.
  38. The dude on left here has darker shading to match the rest of the lighting, and Captain whatshisname drops his head slightly earlier.
  39. For a couple of angles, this sequence of Lynette dodging Neuroi laser beams has her redrawn, presumably because her weapon was infront of the foreground beam.
  40. The rest of the time the shot is merely brighter. There is some extra motion blur here that wasn't there before.
  41. The motion blur is removed towards the end of the sequence.
  42. Lynette's face and chest have been redrawn;
  43. As she falls backwards, her pose is changed to spread her limbs out further.
  44. And finally, her strikers are foreshortened and the falling weapon is redrawn larger.
  45. Miyafuji copping a feel holding Lynette up have their bodies completely redrawn. The heads look the same to me, aside from Miyafuji's right ear being cut down and the eyes having more detail.
  46. Completely redrawn closeup shot here!
  47. Same with the long shot with better proportions on the striker and a tighter pose overall.
  48. Lighter sonic boom effect!
  49. Brighter tunnel shot of the interior of the Neuroi. Check out the face of this tweenframed Miyafuji.
  50. The TV version of this shot zooms in slowly over a few seconds, while it's motionless elsewhere. Is the perspective of the runway a bit off, or is that just me? Makes the base look much smaller than it should be.
  51. There are lots of small changes in this tilt shot, such as Lynette's hair, a patch of Miyafuji's hair, Miyafuji's right hand, and a few shadows. I've stitched this shot together for easier viewing.
  52. The final fadeout before the credits is faster on TV.