Fw: Sign of the times :(

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Tue Oct 15 22:57:01 2002

> 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
Received on Tue Oct 15 2002 - 22:57:01 BST