scott pilgrim anime also makes a strong case for why a voice director is one of the most vital and important jobs an animated product has because. how many animated movies with celebrity voice casts recently have been brought down by shit voice direction. and yet here's scott pilgrim takes off, with a gigantic cast of celebrities, many of which have never done something like this before, being guided by a voice director that's been in the business for a really long time, giving some of the best performances of their careers. celebrity voice casts aren't inherently the problem sometimes it's just most of those times they don't bother getting a director who gives a shit about good performances
Honestly, this has gotta be one of the most painful scenes in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.
This shot specifically hurts my soul. I think the reason I like Scott Pilgrim so much is that every character is a bad person, even Scott and Ramona. Ramona is finally realizing that here as she flashes back to all of her exes, how she just left all of them in a very unhealthy way. But the shot with Roxie honestly hurts me the most. The rest of the exes have done something wrong that makes it easy to dislike them. But, at least in the anime, Roxie doesn't really seem to have done anything wrong until after the breakup. Her only mistake was becoming too attached. It's clear Roxie thought they had something special, a deep connection that would last a long time, but Ramona didn't feel that way and felt it was more a short-term fling.
Roxie's story just hits a bit too close to home. It actually, genuinely hurts.