

Often times in anime, I see a serious section accentuated by a gritty, more
serious, more old school, animation type. There will be many frames of
animation, and the animation will be very fluid. Usually this is done within a
light-hearted anime, presumably for contrast with the main part of the show.
The example I have is not the best one, but gives you an idea of what I'm
talking about.

The opening scene of [Golden
Boy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Boy_%28manga%29#OVA) has a super
serious vibe to it, and then goes into the regular style for the anime. This
is a screenshot of the scent in the opening I am referring to:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HePvZ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HePvZ.png)

This [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Hg0QIo1x8) has the
opening, and the first 3 seconds are the most "serious style" of the opening.
Note that not in all cases are these clips of animation visually dark like
this (for example having a black background.) I think this art style is more
often present when depicting fantasy anime, but I'm not sure.

Is there a name for this style of animation? Ultimately, I would like to look
for anime that use this style of animation throughout, so I am looking for
something I can use to search The Internets for (aka a search term).

If I can think of another example, I will edit this question to add it.


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What is this animation style? I would call it "serious", but maybe gritty?