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| (...) Cool, rocket-pack equipped hardsuits... drool Awe-insipiring mobile platform plowing through a city... major drool New CG-intensive anime trend... vomit LOL! I love Appleseed and will probably watch this, but I am severely disappointed in the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) dude, how can you say that? anime is all about cutting-edge animation! the japanese have always pushed the envelope with intriguing story lines and awesome graphics. to use cg is just a natural step toward the evolution of the genre. in fact, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Not to mention that the Anime had CG in it way before it become popular in American cartoons (e.g. Ghost in the Shell) -Orion (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Okay, my $.02... Mladen: Agree, CG+anime=ugh, 99% of the time. See Blue Submarine No.6 or Vandread for good examples. On the other hand, there are anime like Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell that use CG very well. Jason: I think what Mladen's (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) LUGNET's biggest Otaku (1) has spoken, and he's on MY side! ;-p (...) Of course, there are always exceptions. I welcome CG when it used for segments in anime that benefit from it, and/or that would look silly if they were drawn by hand. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) Not as much as you might think. The Animatrix has an extremely informative look at what is involved in the anime tradition, and a lot of the uniquely distinctive characterstics are merely byproducts of the many budget-saving techniques that (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not really the biggest otaku on Lugnet, just the most vocal, I suspect. Domo arigatou! (...) Agreed. I'm still not sure what category this falls into. Maybe if they'd stop cutting away every time I try to focus :). (...) Yeah, that's what (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) o.k. gotta counterpoint, folks. i agree that mixing cel-shaded animation along with cg is kind of tacky. HOWEVER, if you pay close enough attention to the appleseed trailer, you should notice that the movie is not alternating between cg and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) o.k. gotta counterpoint, folks. i agree that mixing cel-shaded animation along with cg is kind of tacky. HOWEVER, if you pay close enough attention to the appleseed trailer, you should notice that the movie is not alternating between cg and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| I disagree. Every anime/CG mix is different. I'm going to wait until I see the film to make any value judgements, because the trailer doesn't give a close enough look for me to form any sort of opinion. If the plot and characters are more-or-less (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) o.k. gotta counterpoint, folks. i agree that mixing cel-shaded animation along with cg is kind of tacky. HOWEVER, if you pay close enough attention to the appleseed trailer, you should notice that the movie is not alternating between cg and (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) o.k. gotta counterpoint, folks. i agree that mixing cel-shaded animation along with cg is kind of tacky. HOWEVER, if you pay close enough attention to the appleseed trailer, you should notice that the movie is not alternating between cg and (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| I personally love this style. The only time I've ever seen anything along the same lines is an upcoming capcom game called crimson tears, and that looks great. I can't wait. (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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