15 Oct
2002
15 Oct
'02
3:57 p.m.
You don't watch much Japanese Animation do you.
It is only the USA that can't draw and needs to
go computer generated 3D. I suspect that software
rather than hardware is the factor here as it seems
all TOP 3D animation uses custom in house software.
A lot of traditional ink and cel style animation
is done on computer but it does not have the
"special effects look" that 3D has,so most people
don't notice it.
I watch a lot of Japanese Anime, and trust me, there is a lot of computer
generated work in there. While I've not seen much computer generated 3D
animation, there is definitly a lot of 2D that is computer generated.
On the 3D note, I was rather disappointed when I got the "Lensman" movie on
Laserdisc a few months ago. I'd seen it back in '93, and had forgotten that
it had a bunch of 3D animation mixed in with the traditional 2D. Simply
put, 3D animation, doesn't always age that well!
Zane