Great Animation and Fantastic Art Design
Wakfu isn’t just a a unique video game adaptation due to its quality as a show, but also due to its distinct, lush visuals with a unique art style and quality animation. As previously mentioned, the show has mostly been animated using Flash, but it hardly does anything to affect the actual quality of the animation onscreen, and it certainly doesn’t do anything to hurt the truly gorgeous art design. Wakfu has an aesthetic that lies somewhere between Western and Japanese animation, and its visuals can change from bright and colorful, to cold and brooding at the drop of a hat.
Many shots are laid out like landscape paintings or portraits, and there is an immense amount of detail visible in nearly every shot. From the choice of angles and curve of most shapes, to the amount of movement and expressive nuance present throughout, every detail helps to make the world feel truly alive in front of you. It is true that you can see the Flash roots of the show if you look close, but it’s hardly a detriment to the quality of work done with it. The animation improves over time, as do most things, but the show never looks slapped together or sloppy in its presentation, and the shots and movement can feel so planned out you forget your watching a children’s TV anime.
It’s difficult to convey the quality of this show’s art without using more imagery, so give it watch and judge it for yourself.
