CG animator Austin Hardwicke was impressed by BELLE’s 3D model for the avatar of the main character and shared it on Twitter. the different camera angle faceshapes for Belle look totally seamless. Holy crap! pic.twitter.com/dzw58CRHCS — Austin Hardwicke (@chompotron) January 13, 2022 Seeing the response …Read more »
Yasushi Akimoto, the creator of Japan’s best-selling idol phenomenon AKB48 and its various sub-groups, is at it again. This time, he’s producing a “2D + 3D” anime project and recruiting some serious industry talent to help out. The idol unit, which is described as a …Read more »
We’ve got Gantz in the pants and we’re doing a dance. And by “in the pants,” we mean “on YouTube,” and by “doing a dance,” we mean “watching a new clip from the upcoming CG-animated film Gantz:O .” Apologies for the confusion. Anyway, alongside the …Read more »
This ain’t no game: it’s a live-action thrill ride! So read the tagline for Super Mario Bros. The Movie , the less-than-spectacularly-received 1993 film adaptation of the Nintendo franchise. It’s been a while since then, but now Nintendo is looking to get back into the …Read more »
Chi’s Sweet Home , the unbearably cute manga series about an adopted kitten, is getting a CG-animated series, reports Kodansha’s Morning magazine. Likelihood CG Chi will be cuter than CG Bill Murray Garfield? Extreme-chi. There aren’t many details on the series yet, but we know …Read more »
The Scarlett Johansson-starring live-action Ghost in the Shell film is still a few years off, but in the meantime, Japanese actors will be suiting up and hitting the stage in a play based on the Arise series. The play, which opens in Tokyo in November, …Read more »
The new Dragon Ball Z film Resurrection “F” will premiere in the U.S. one week ahead of its general Japanese release, announced Funimation this week. Funimation will screen the film in Japanese with English subtitles April 11 at the Egyptian Theatre in LA, and is …Read more »
You knew it had to happen: MOVIC, the anime goods company, has created a 1:1 scale replica of the 3D maneuver gear from Attack on Titan . The replica, which is officially licensed, can be had for a mere 99,800 yen, or about $1,000. C’mon, …Read more »
The explosive popularity of Attack on Titan has led to a lot of clever, occasionally brilliant promotions and merchandise. Check this one out, for example. Attack on Titan Jenga . (I mean Balance Wall, sorry.) Alright, I get it! You got a wall, you got …Read more »
If you’re a fan of Attack on Titan , this may be one of those articles that has you packing your bags for a trip to Japan. Firstly, this April, the series’ infamous Colossal Titan will rampage through the streets of Kawasaki, just south of …Read more »
Lovable robot cat Doraemon is dipping his toes in something new for the 80th anniversary of his creator. Stand by Me Doraemon will be the first 3D CG-animated film in the franchise, and it's currently scheduled to be released in Japan next summer. Takashi Yamazaki …Read more »
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D could mean very different things depending on who and how old you are. To me, it's the latest reincarnation of an N64 game I hated myself over when I was 13 because I always got sidetracked and …Read more »
Yoshitaka Amano's art—most recognizable across a great majority of Final Fantasy games, as well as Vampire Hunter D —has been tough to translate to any medium outside of his own. It's not exactly easy to bottle that ethereal quality in the confines of movies or …Read more »
Whoa there, don't get too jazzed. Unfortunately, nothing's going to pop out at you even if you put on that pair of Real-D 3D glasses you kept after seeing Avatar last year, but hopefully this two-dimensional trailer will suffice in the meantime. One Piece and …Read more »
It wasn't too long ago that we passed along the news of Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale getting the 3D treatment for its tenth anniversary. As odd as it is to take a decade-old movie and pop it in the third dimension, it's not much different …Read more »
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