(L+CR) Arpeggio of blue steel

[Mitsu Aoi]

Originally Posted by Jetzero Infinity

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"Sanzigen is a CG animation studio located in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. It was established by former Gonzo CG director Matsuura Hiroaki in March, 2006. The number of employees is 21, additionally there are two affiliated freelance modelists.

Matsuura Hiroaki is also acting as the current representative director of the studio, furthermore Suzuki Daisuke and Katou Yasuhiro are directors.

The field of work includes aside of producing CG animation and models for anime, a lot of CM work."

And the most notable contributions are Black Rock Shooter (2012) CG fight scenes and Re:Cyborg 009.

[Reckoner]

Originally Posted by duckroll

And making you happy is not a requirement for them to be in the industry. If more people like that sort of work, and the stuff you like eventually ceases to exist... sucks for you.

See how it goes both ways?

Nor did I ever insinuate as such. But that's not going to stop me from expressing myself mmkay.

[LoweGear]

It looks good at least, even if the character CGI is slightly choppy. And at times, especially when they're not moving much, they actually look 2D, which is good enough for me. And of course, the ships themselves look sweet

[Tenzen12]

That trailer soathed my worries a bit. I mean anime with good plot and this awesome trailer can't be bad...

Going watch it for 5th time.

[HosannaExcelsis]

Originally Posted by Reckoner

I hope that this and Exiled in Paradise (And stuff like Love Live), aren't the signs of a new emerging trend in the industry. The last thing I want for anime is for it to be pixar'd.

If you consider the course of Sanzigen, moving from CG work on other studios' mostly 2D shows, to substantial CG portions of a show co-produced with a 2D studio (Black Rock Shooter), to their own full productions (009 Re:Cyborg, this); of Orange, moving into substantial CG portions of a show produced by a 2D studio (Akito) to status as a co-producer of a show (Majestic Prince); of Toei's CG department, moving from the Precure EDs to Expelled From Paradise, not to mention other CG productions such as Asura - one can safely say that this is a trend which has already emerged.

[duckroll]

Originally Posted by Reckoner

Nor did I ever insinuate as such. But that's not going to stop me from expressing myself mmkay.

I think that it's natural that in any medium people will have different preferences for certain art styles or means of producing stuff in the medium. Diversity is good.

[Endless Soul]

Trying to watch it, but I'm at work so it's rather difficult to see and hear it without someone walking up behind me (in fact, I had to stop typing this three times already due to coworkers ). At first blush, they seem to have the ships spot on and weapons firing. The character designs seem to be ok as well but I think there could be some improvement. I understand this is still early in the development though.

Endless "Get back to work" Soul

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Watched the trailer. From what little I see, my prediction is pretty much spot on so far. Nice animation and action but the characters look and move like dolls/marionettes. *sigh*

Goddammit, animation studios! Stop using cel-shading for the organic characters! If you wanna go full 3DCG, then make your characters full 3DCG like Pixar. If you can’t afford it, make the characters 2D! Cel-shading character is half-ass and not really good to look at (especially when he/she/it’s moving).

[Tenzen12]

It doesn't have to be necessary bad thing as long as It's just concerning Mental models.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by Tenzen12

It doesn't have to be necessary bad thing as long as It's just concerning Mental models.

Apparently not just Mental Models. You saw Gunzou in that trailer didn't you?

[Helius]

Pretty darn impressive so far. It'll be one to watch for sure.

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

make the characters 2D! Cel-shading character is half-ass and not really good to look at (especially when he/she/it’s moving).

At least it ain't the wretched rotoscoping *cough*Aku no Hana*cough*

Originally Posted by Tenzen12

It doesn't have to be necessary bad thing as long as It's just concerning Mental models.

Now that's wishful thinking.

[Endless Soul]

I think we're lucky to even have an anime at all. I have no idea how the manga sales are or how manga get picked for anime, but it seems to me that, judging by the post count in the manga thread (the last chapter only received 4-5 posts), this story is rather niche and not that popular.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Endless "Not that popular" Soul

[Tenzen12]

I think it's very popular among unknown niche series. Naval battles aren't most popular theme afterall...

But I thin, It has good potencial pick some popularity by getting animated.

Originally Posted by Helius

Now that's wishful thinking.

I am allowed do that, am I not?

[Suzuku]

Looking good so far. The celshaded designs didn't look obtrusive at all in that PV.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by Endless Soul

I think we're lucky to even have an anime at all. I have no idea how the manga sales are or how manga get picked for anime, but it seems to me that, judging by the post count in the manga thread (the last chapter only received 4-5 posts), this story is rather niche and not that popular.

Let me quote my past post from the manga thread :

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Well, we never know what’s in the heads of those studio-execs. For all we know, they can follow the simple logic that “as long as the story has some action and hot chicks, it’s adaptable”. To be fair though, that might also why Break Blade was adapted .

[MisaoFan]

The PV looks pretty good but since I don't have much experience with Japanese full-CGI animation compared to the Western ones, I think it may be hard for me to get into, though I didn't mind the 2D/3D hybrid animation at all, and I tolerate most cases in fact (especially the Japanese productions). This will be the first full 3DCG anime I'll definitively plan to watch, and I have enough experience with Sanzigen thanks to Black Rock Shooter and I'll probably give 009 Re:Cyborg a try since I've heard great things about the movie.

[Suzuku]

Originally Posted by MisaoFan

The PV looks pretty good but since I don't have much experience with Japanese full-CGI animation compared to the Western ones, I think it may be hard for me to get into, though I didn't mind the 2D/3D hybrid animation at all, and I tolerate most cases in fact (especially the Japanese productions). This will be the first full 3DCG anime I'll definitively plan to watch, and I have enough experience with Sanzigen thanks to Black Rock Shooter and I'll probably give 009 Re:Cyborg a try since I've heard great things about the movie.

Holy shit I remember when I could barely understand your posts half the time.

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by Suzuku

Holy shit I remember when I could barely understand your posts half the time.

I'm not good at expressing more complicated things since English isn't my primary language and I still have more things to learn about, but what I'm trying to say is that when I was watching the PV, the CGI (or cel-shaded images) animation is superbly handled, my main concern however is that I don't have any experience with full CGI Japanese productions before (except in hand-drawn/CGI hybrid anime) so that's the first time I'll watch this kind of animation technique with Arpeggio.

[Helius]

Originally Posted by MisaoFan

I'm not good at expressing more complicated things since English isn't my primary language and I still have more things to learn about, but what I'm trying to say is that when I was watching the PV, the CGI (or cel-shaded images) animation is superbly handled, my main concern however is that I don't have any experience with full CGI Japanese productions before (except in hand-drawn/CGI hybrid anime) so that's the first time I'll watch this kind of animation technique with Arpeggio.

Just so you know I think your English is just fine.

[Endless Soul]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Let me quote my past post from the manga thread :

Heh, I suppose you have a point.

Endless "Sex sells" Soul