Buz-E-Chini is actually pretty good! Sure, the rendering technology and character design are a bit dated, but look at how much detail the animators went to in building the world and conveying the characters' expressions and subtle motions. It looks at least as good as any of the top-tier short films coming out of CalArts that get ridiculous levels of praise for being student films, and those weren't produced under threat of assassination by a cartel of theocratic bullies.
Also, consider the vast difference in the REASON for producing the films; one of them is a celebration of nearly-lost, suppressed culture in an attempt to bring peace and understanding to the world (using a fable about overcoming an abusive, deceptive oppressor and then ultimately forgiving him), while another is a cynical direct-to-DVD cash in. It is horribly unfair to even remotely imply that these two things are in the same class of production.
Buz-E-Chini is actually pretty good! Sure, the rendering technology and character design are a bit dated, but look at how much detail the animators went to in building the world and conveying the characters' expressions and subtle motions. It looks at least as good as any of the top-tier short films coming out of CalArts that get ridiculous levels of praise for being student films, and those weren't produced under threat of assassination by a cartel of theocratic bullies.
Also, consider the vast difference in the REASON for producing the films; one of them is a celebration of nearly-lost, suppressed culture in an attempt to bring peace and understanding to the world (using a fable about overcoming an abusive, deceptive oppressor and then ultimately forgiving him), while another is a cynical direct-to-DVD cash in. It is horribly unfair to even remotely imply that these two things are in the same class of production.