This adaptation isn't bad, but was an utter mess. The storytelling seems all over the place, trying hard to drop all the novel in your face. It leaves an uneven story which can be hard to follow. The script is childish and cheesy in many parts. And the ending is the worst part. OK, the downer ending of the book is not an option, but it is no wiser to make a contrived romance and end up happily even if a few deaths of people we root for were implied. Also, there was a plot hole. Quasi couldn't have seen anything about the crime.
The backgrounds are well done and the character designs were decent, but the animation is mediocre. There is too much repetition of frames, especially noted when Esmeralda danced or when Frollo talked to Gringoire (spinning around the chair). Often, the scenes are not well organized.
In its defense, though, its intent was respectable. The characters worked as well as the script allowed them, the incidental music was effective and the two earlier songs are catchy. However, the third song was too uninspired with the repetitions of love is this and that, and reminding more of the poorly executed ending. In conclusion, this was an okay version, but should be a remainder that being faithful to the source material is not inherently good. I am not panning the book, by the way.
The backgrounds are well done and the character designs were decent, but the animation is mediocre. There is too much repetition of frames, especially noted when Esmeralda danced or when Frollo talked to Gringoire (spinning around the chair). Often, the scenes are not well organized.
In its defense, though, its intent was respectable. The characters worked as well as the script allowed them, the incidental music was effective and the two earlier songs are catchy. However, the third song was too uninspired with the repetitions of love is this and that, and reminding more of the poorly executed ending. In conclusion, this was an okay version, but should be a remainder that being faithful to the source material is not inherently good. I am not panning the book, by the way.