I guess it’s time for some words on Hiroyuki Kitakubo considering how much buzz he created recently. Ever since he opened his twitter account he and his tweets have become a regular topic on 2channel’s sakuga thread as he sure talks about interesting stuff. However, as person he strikes me as a bit arrogant [...]
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Satria, Hiroyuki Kitakubo & stuff
Posted in Animation, Animator, Game on October 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Must-watch animated game openings: Part 3
Posted in Animation, Animator, Game on December 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Kinpachi-sensei Intro (2004) This nice sequence serves as the intro for the 2004 PS2 game with the extra-long title “San nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei densetsu no kyoudan ni tate!”, which was produced by Chunsoft who got recently some attention for their visual novel “428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de” and its anime spin-off “Canaan”. I especially [...]
Must-watch animated game openings: Part 2
Posted in Animation, Animator, Game on September 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
To return to this topic, let’s proceed with an opening which also features some amazing work by Kou Yoshinari, the animator/illustrator I highlighted in my first entry: Sakura Wars 3 Opening (2001) ‘Amazing’ is the best word to describe this intro, the direction and animation are top-notch and considering the year of production [...]
Must-watch animated game openings: Part 1
Posted in Animation, Animator, Game on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Animated game openings are one of the fields in commercial Japanese animation that offer regularly remarkable works thanks to the usually higher budget and lower time restrictions compared to TV animation. In many cases, game openings have also been a chance to give great animation artists more freedom in creating their work, therefore I [...]
