*chuckles* Yeah, that actually caught my eye, to,
with the eyepatch. To tell the truth, I have no
idea how Jubei-chan does it...here are two
possibilities:
1) Extensive and well-timed airbrushing. Gundam
Wing cels use this for all of their effects, and
they always looks like they're strangely
glowing...it's kinda creepy.
2) Computers. With the increase of digital
technology in Japan, I wouldn't be surprised, but
then again, this series aired in '99, which means
it was probably MADE in '98...or at least, the
henshin sequence was. Always the first thing to
be constructed ^.~ So, depending on how up to
date the studio was, this is a possibility. Most
studios really started using digital stuff for
the '99 seasons, and then started to pile it on
for the latest '00 line-up, with Saiyuki and
Megmai Kouhosei, and several other completely
digital series popping up. And yet more have
joined the line-up this year. Before then a
series being completely digital or having lots of
digital animation did happen, but wasn't nearly
as common. However, one should note that series
like Megami Kouhosei, Initial D, and Nazca were
some of the first, yes, but as you can see, they
still had to work with it. The digital animation
in Nazca is terrible, and the Goddesses in Megami
Kouhosei as well as the cars in Initial D were
not well-animated. Lain was the first TV series
to master digital animation so it blended
flawlessly (the first movie onemight think of
employing this method would be Macross Plus,
which had a large budget, but Lain doing this
showed the a TV show could pull it off in the
small budget that is alloted). Megami Kouhosei
came after Lain, but is proof that animators were
still grappling with the concept. So basically,
if you compare timeline of the studios equipment
as to what kind of animaiton they were doing at
the time, as well as gauging it against other
series in general, you can tell if, and how much,
was digitally animated.
And isn't it great to know I was absolutely NO
help...-.-;;
-Misha-chan |
