An article - Making 3DCG look like a traditional anime

[ibr_remote]

Making 3DCG look like a traditional anime.
Perhaps some of us may be interested in this -
Making 3DCG look like a traditional anime. Sanzigen is changing the bases of anime industry! #Attack!!CompanyVisit

 

[Ken1171]

Very interesting article! I was aware of the general public rejection of 3D in Anime, but there is always hope that time and experience can improve things until people stop thinking about the media. Mind you, 3D has been used in Anime for decades, starting with the movie Akira, so this is not something as new as people think. ^^

 

[Riccardo]

This video is also very interesting. Unluckily, it is in Japanese with Italian subtitles but I cannot find an English version.
It is by the same studio. They make the anime Black Rock Shooter in 3D but they make it look as if it was made in 2D...

 

[Bonnie2001]

The article is very good. I believe the technology and skill is already out there to make traditional 2D work with 3D methods. The 3D Charlie Brown movie is possibly the best example of this to date, and is a real credit to the production team.

 

[Ken1171]

The 3D Charlie Brown movie is possibly the best example of this to date, and is a real credit to the production team.

Oh yes, that was a pretty impressive work with the extreme cartoonish expressions. I don't know how they pulled that out of 3D models, but they certainly have way more budget to try than those animation studios from Japan.

 

[ibr_remote]

The anime series I've been watching on Animax-Asia and Aniplus-Asia now have a lot of 3D CG: Knights of Sidonia, Berserk, parts of Attack on Titan, etc etc.
Polygon Studios uses 3D CG a lot, and have just made a Joint Venture with Unreal engine game devs Historia to create game AND anime content for production.
New company name is ElementFactory Inc.

 

[CWRW]

Very interesting article! I'm not a big anime person (I do love the Studio Ghibli movies but I can really see the potential of this. And I hadn't seen the Charlie Brown 3D movie- went and watched some youtube trailers- def intriguing! Thanks for sharing this info!

 

[Ken1171]

I hadn't seen the Charlie Brown 3D movie- went and watched some youtube trailers- def intriguing!

I think anyone who works with 3D should watch that Charlie Brown movie, because it's a good example of 3D being applied in such a way that people are no longer looking at 3D models, but instead at characters in a story. That used to be a privilege reserved to Pixar movies.

 

[Bonnie2001]

I think anyone who works with 3D should watch that Charlie Brown movie, because it's a good example of 3D being applied in such a way that people are no longer looking at 3D models, but instead at characters in a story. That used to be a privilege reserved to Pixar movies.

I agree with you there Ken. I think the Charlie Brown movie is a masterpiece in that nothing was lost in the translation from 2D to 3D. The whole thing was done to perfection.

 

[Ken1171]

I agree with you there Ken. I think the Charlie Brown movie is a masterpiece in that nothing was lost in the translation from 2D to 3D. The whole thing was done to perfection.

Very true, though an interview with the studio reveals that it was painstakingly hard to do it, where they say they don't want to do something like that anytime soon! LOL