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3DCG in Anime: An Introduction

i have to wonder about the limited CG use though. Can someone point to an instance where it didn't look awkward as heck?

And im not sure what standards you judge the 3DCG work, but overall i think Mecha anime, or anime that features vehicles (Macross, last exile, the sky crawlers, etc) have decent 3DCG stuff.

Uh, my main problem with CG anime is framerate, Polygon, for example, doesn't even try to hide how unnatural movements in their productions are. To be fair, Polygon's work in Prime was competent, so, I have no clue why their Japanese output has a lower quality of animation.

MajorZero wrote:

Uh, my main problem with CG anime is framerate, Polygon, for example, doesn't even try to hide how unnatural movements in their productions are. To be fair, Polygon's work in Prime was competent, so, I have no clue why their Japanese output has a lower quality of animation.

The article said it was because they're ashamed of being CG and try to make it look more like 2D?

I re-read the article and couldn't find where it said that. Only that they struggle to do it. Which I feel is odd since I have no really issue with their work on the 2015 RiD series (though that's likely due to them teaming up with 2D company drop and having them assist with the effects and animation smears).

Their desire to look like regular anime no matter what sometimes does them no favors too, since it's at the root of very polarizing techniques like limited CG animation: the idea of dropping frames to mimic the timing of traditional 2D anime…which only tends to make 3D character motion more awkward, unless directly supervised by experienced traditional animators.

Merxamers wrote:

i have to wonder about the limited CG use though. Can someone point to an instance where it didn't look awkward as heck?

Would Girls Und Panzer count? I think all the tanks in the anime are 3DCG.

Philmister978 wrote:

I re-read the article and couldn't find where it said that. Only that they struggle to do it. Which I feel is odd since I have no really issue with their work on the 2015 RiD series (though that's likely due to them teaming up with 2D company drop and having them assist with the effects and animation smears).

From the article;

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Their desire to look like regular anime no matter what sometimes does them no favors too, since it's at the root of very polarizing techniques like limited CG animation: the idea of dropping frames to mimic the timing of traditional 2D anime…which only tends to make 3D character motion more awkward, unless directly supervised by experienced traditional animators.

Polygon's Blame looked better than Knights of Sidonia in terms of character movement, but I still think that "plastic face syndrome" is the bigger problem as movement is easier to solve.

. Can someone point to an instance where it didn't look awkward as heck?

These creators aren't blissfully unaware of the general feelings of anime fans towards its CGi, so there's a deeply ingrained sense of shame in the industry. Their desire to look like regular anime no matter what sometimes does them no favors too, since it's at the root of very polarizing techniques like limited CG animation: the idea of dropping frames to mimic the timing of traditional 2D anime…which only tends to make 3D character motion more awkward, unless directly supervised by experienced traditional animators.

Can someone point to an instance where it didn't look awkward as heck? Even well produced shows like Overlord use limited CG for their large creatures and it just looks so corny. I have to wonder why it's used at all for stuff like that, if it isn't even cheaper, when the rest of the show is 2D.