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Re: Appleseed 4/17/2004
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Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:39:52 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, David Laswell wrote:
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Jason Coronado wrote:
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dude, how can you say that? anime is all about cutting-edge animation!
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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 they had to develop to get their industry off the ground.
American animation is where you see most of the cutting edge animation
technology used (notice that the only Animatrix clip filmed in CGI is also
the only one filmed in the US, while one of the Japanese clips is actually a
series of watercolor paintings). While American animators concentrated on
creating new technologies, Japanese put their energy into developing new
techniques. Peter Chung pretty much defines the difference between
mainstream American and Japanese animation styles when he said, “Traditional
Western art is interested in creating an illusion of nature, whereas
traditional Eastern painting is more about the gesture of the painter.”
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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 cel-shading (like blue sub no. 6), but actually uses a hybrid that takes
cg and makes it look like cel-shading. therefore, the transition between cg
action scenes and character scenes is virtually non-existent (unlike blue sub).
i think that it is cutting edge and also looks spectacular!! the only series i
can think of that exemplifies what i’m talking about is a spider-man series on
mtv (i think) that reduces textures and shading in cg to make the characters and
environment look more like a comic book cartoon. the “hotwheels” series also
uses this type of animation. someone correct me if i’m wrong.
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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. (20 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, 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 (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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