| I know a lot of people think that CGI is a bit controversial in anime communities, I personally think it can be a hit or miss. But i'm curious what everyone thinks that is a good example of CGI in anime that is used really well, it can be new or older. |
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| Some theatrical anime films have excellent CGI like Captain Harlock, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Lupin III: The First, Dragon Quest: Your Story, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, Tekken: Blood Vengeance and some TV anime like Beastars and Houseki no Kuni. Personally, Waza no Tabibito and W-Tails Cat: A Strange Presence are my 3DCG guilty pleasure and i very much like them a lot. |
| I really like the CGI visuals that Kamikaze Douga made for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's openings. I was so excited when I heard that they were coming back for part 6 (they didn't do visuals for parts 4 and 5's openings), and they did not let me down. Also, No Game No Life Zero makes great use of CGI in the Schwi vs. Jibril fight. I didn't even notice that they used CGI for Schwi until my third re-watch. |
ShatteredSansMar 12, 2023 9:02 PM
| Houseki no Kuni used CGI very well. |
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| i see lupin III: the first has already been mentioned. 86, initial D fourth stage onwards. it was pretty good in 3rd stage as well tho. |
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ryzxgum said: I've been wanting to watch the Initial D series, do they all use CGI?initial D fourth stage onwards  |
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| Appleseed (2004) is the only full CGI film I've watched that I thought looked good |
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NanOki said: yeah, the series does use CG for all the car scenes but it's completely 2D in the 3 reanimated movies. the CG doesn't look that good in the 1st stage but it came out in the 90s so it's excusable, plus the music and everything else makes up for it lmao but the CG improves every season. and even tho the 1st stage has the worst animation from the entire series, it's still my favorite season xDryzxgum said: I've been wanting to watch the Initial D series, do they all use CGI?initial D fourth stage onwards |
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ryzxgum said: yeah, the series does use CG for all the car scenes but it's completely 2D in the 3 reanimated movies. the CG doesn't look that good in the 1st stage but it came out in the 90s so it's excusable, plus the music and everything else makes up for it lmao but the CG improves every season. and even tho the 1st stage has the worst animation from the entire series, it's still my favorite season xD Ah, okay okay. I'll watch it after i finish my other 25 episode animes. Thank you ^^ |
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| BanG Dream, D4DJ, the music portions in Selection Project, Healer Girl all have great cgi. |
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| BanG Dream!, D4DJ: First Mix and Tales of Zestiria the Cross. Also, PreCure Dream Stars! Movie. |
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| The early seasons of attack on titan worked great, better than the later ones in my opinion. They suffered from the usual issue of CG elememts updating more often than the 2d elements but they managed to hide it well and it's only really noticeable if you go frame by frame. The Cannon Fodder short (from Memories) also did a great job especially for 1995. The whole thing is shot as one conticuous take but that's hard especially for the scale the short was going for so CG was used to mask some of the transitions. It's seamless and I only started noticing on my second watch. |
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| Beastars, land of the lustrous and 86. Also think the cgi used in the fight scenes of Levius was very good but general scenes were a lil bit jarring |
| any studio orange anime. most environment 3d shots in high budget shows: stuff like death parade, demon slayer, jojo and then there is that one lupin the third movie that beats all of these by a long shot |
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| I'm really enjoying Trigun Stampede. Every episode is a feast for the eyes. I really love all the character designs, and the opening is my favorite of this season. I've known about the original Trigun since I started watching anime because it's a classic but I've never seen it, so have that in mind. I started watching it because of the Luck of the Draw challenge, but I ended up really enjoying myself. |
| Movies like Captain Herlock (2013), Appleseed Saga Ex Machina, Appleseed Alpha and Lupin III: The First come to mind. And there's great 2D/3D integration in movies like Ame wo Tsugeru Hyouryuu Danchi. In TV not a fan of studio Orange, I prefer the clunkier, but more immersive 3D worlds of Polygon Pictures. Something rubs me the wrong way in the visuals of shows like Beastars and Houseki no Kuni, despite being animated more fluidly. Both studios pale in comparison to what you can see in donghua (random examples: Apotheosis which is originally made on 60 fps and Tomb of Fallen Gods) or Disney shows like Star Wars: The Bad Batch (and the latest Clone Wars seasons of course). The high water marks are Arcane and Warhammer 40K Angels of Death, but we rarely get expensive shows like that. |
alshuMar 13, 2023 2:24 AM
| Guilty crown Vinland saga - clean and excellent use of CGI but there's is not that much CGI n it |
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    Houseki no Kuni, Beastars, Sidonia no Kishi and Initial D (from the later seasons) definitely utilized CGI very well. |
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| Houseki no Kuni Beastars Trigun Stampede |
| Ghost in the Shell Innocence lowkey has one of the best CGI scene |
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| the new dragon ball super movie was mid but had great CGI, other examples I can think of are Beastars, Houseki no Kuni and I have been hearing that Lupin III has great CGI for quite some time now |
Ah, okay okay. I'll begin it later today thank you ^^ |
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| Check out Tekkon Kinkreet and Children of the Sea. Studio 4C makes some of the best looking anime using CGI and 2D animation. |
DieTown said: K thank you i'll check them out some other time!Check out Tekkon Kinkreet and Children of the Sea. Studio 4C makes some of the best looking anime using CGI and 2D animation. |
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| Later Aikatsu and Pretty series installments during performances. |
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| Everything that Studio Orange puts out is remarkable CGI. Studio MAPPA are also getting great at refining the usage of CGI with Dorohedoro and CSM. Good CGI is unnoticable. |
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| All I can think of is Houseki no Kuni. Other than that, I usually think CGI is just a turn-off. At the same time, I feel like I'd have liked even more if it wasn't CGI. |
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| There's https://myanimelist.net/anime/40082/Lupin_III__The_First There are a lot of donghua with good CGI. They usually don't go for the cel shaded look which you might associate with animation. https://myanimelist.net/anime/52597/Si_Wuxie and the related character series have very excellent cgi. https://myanimelist.net/anime/40111/Nezha_Zhi_Mo_Tong_Jiang_Shi . It's a movie, so it has high end CGI https://myanimelist.net/anime/42284/Yuan_Long There's a trailer for Nikki and the God of Dreams which has beautiful CGI. I think this quality of CGI is quite expensive to produce, so I don't think Japanese studios have the budget for it, except for big movies. |
Demon Slayer's massive success can be credited to its CGI. |
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| The opening scene particularly stands out as a high benchmark in 3D animation, it's just such a kickass moment that really gets to showcase some cool tech. |
| Well it's definitely not Chainfail Man, I can give ya that |
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| Anything orange studio animated, the cgi of dorohedoro and the eva movies. The soul gems of madoka, the key of nisekoi, the beyblades of metal fusion and bursts, ufotable, there's a ton of good CGI, I just don't want the industry to become full CGI. |
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| Tokyo Ravens That's it, no other anime in existence, has good CGI, period. |
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