http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2008/06/22/akiba-chan-figumation-anime/ Because Sometimes, Busses Explode... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2008/06/22/akiba-chan-figumation-anime/comment-page-1/#comment-62654 Jordan S. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:35:26 +0000 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-62654 It has, somewhat surprisingly, been fansubbed, at least for the first 5-minute episode. And the figures are not animated in stop-motion nor CGI, they're rod-operated puppets filmed in live action with CGI backgrounds and effects, in a technique which is properly called "Shadowmation." You're exempt from this for having to guess from the description before the trailer was unveiled, but there are an astonishing number of people who have this idea than anything on TV or film which uses puppets is stop-motion when there is plenty which is simply live performances filmed (the same issue has come up with the 2004 film Strings and the Taiwanese Pili franchise) even though it's very easy to tell which one of these something is by the nature of the movements. It has, somewhat surprisingly, been fansubbed, at least for the first 5-minute episode. And the figures are not animated in stop-motion nor CGI, they’re rod-operated puppets filmed in live action with CGI backgrounds and effects, in a technique which is properly called “Shadowmation.” You’re exempt from this for having to guess from the description before the trailer was unveiled, but there are an astonishing number of people who have this idea than anything on TV or film which uses puppets is stop-motion when there is plenty which is simply live performances filmed (the same issue has come up with the 2004 film Strings and the Taiwanese Pili franchise) even though it’s very easy to tell which one of these something is by the nature of the movements.

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