>Lately? ISTR that was an outstandingly common technique 30 years ago.
> Take a look at old eps of Grendizer or Golion sometime
>and see how much of the time is taken up by still pans. And back then
>they were often two-color stills, some ridiculous bright color
>and black, for some sort of bizarre dramatic purpose, no doubt...
>
>Even cheap-ass animation today usually looks better than the general
>run of things 20-30 years ago...

You have a point there, and I will admit that this can look better than the image you describe, but I'm still opposed to that technique which seems to be resurfacing. It can be used to some effect I suppose, particularly if the image is of decent quality. In the case of Sol Bianca TV, the image looked crappy. Other TV shows like Fushigi Yuugi, Cowboy Beebop, and even Marmalade Boy cut corners to save on production cost but still look better than what became of my poor beloved Sol Bianca.

Maybe I'm just bitter cause I loved the OAVs so much.

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