@ET1: Unfortunately, Satelite always used one form of 3DCG animation or another for most of their productions, so it has become part of their repertoire of tools (and so do many studios with the notable exception of Studio Ghibli, in which Hayao Miyazaki eschews CG completely). If they were to hand-draw everything (including rotoscoping) the production cost per episode could balloon too fast.
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Originally Posted by JohnNiles
That is creepy as hell, though it's not inconsistent with what little I've heard about the industry. Losing interest in watching this show.  |
To correct your assumptions, compared to his contemporaries -- including nebulous Johnny Kitagawa -- within the Japanese entertainment industry, Akimoto is a marketing "mad genius" in the sense that he's almost like Steve Jobs, with the ability to discover opportunities often overlooked by most showbiz moguls.
BTW, some people watching (or planning to watch) this show really have to cut their teeth first by reading up AKB49, which is a useful primer in understanding how the system works.