Animes with good CGI? [Archive]

rockhard

02-11-2006, 04:21 AM

Hi

Recently I watched Appleseed and Wonderful Days and I was blown away by the quality of animation. Are there any more animes(series or movies) like this? I'm currently watching Ghost in the shell:Stand Alone Complex which has comparable animation quality. Can anyone please recommend some animes like the ones mentioned preferably with SciFI storyline?

something

02-11-2006, 04:22 AM

Might want to head over to the Recommendations Forum to ask -- a mod should move it, but if they lock it, Rec is where you want to be.

rockhard

02-11-2006, 05:55 AM

Sorry didn't see the rec forum. Mods please move it if you want to

citicslmatts

02-11-2006, 09:19 AM

Although it's unlicenced as of yet - Macross Zero wins the CGI competition in my book.

cpuuk

02-11-2006, 08:28 PM

Heavy CGI titles= Place Promised..., Voices of a Distant Star, FF: Spirits Within, Blue Submarine No6 (uncut), Karas (when it comes out).

Lego

02-11-2006, 08:36 PM

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ICM said:
Although it's unlicenced as of yet - Macross Zero wins the CGI competition in my book.

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I'd have to agree. Some of the shots that Macross Zero pulls off are visually stunning.

ibby

02-11-2006, 09:13 PM

Yukakize IMO has better CG then Macross Zero. Though not licensed yet,Aquarion has some good CG in it.

Chiyosuke

02-11-2006, 11:46 PM

As ibby stated, Yukikaze is pure eye candy and is a treat to look at. Though IMO, of the big CG anime studios (Gonzo, Satelight, Hal Film Maker among others), Satelight is the consistant best. Gonzo can be a hit or miss if Yukikaze is any indication. With them, something like FF:U would be a miss and uh, Gantz (as much as I like the show the 2D and 3DGC were horribly meshed). A recent visual treat I can recall was Sunrise's joke Mai-HiME trailer. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif Never the less, the CG was good...

vanfanel

02-12-2006, 12:12 AM

Not licensed, but I think that many episodes of "Ashita no Nadja" contain some of the best uses of CG techniques that I've seen in a TV anime.

Speedy Boris

02-12-2006, 12:13 AM

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Chiyosuke said:
As ibby stated, Yukikaze is pure eye candy and is a treat to look at. Though IMO, of the big CG anime studios (Gonzo, Satelight, Hal Film Maker among others), Satelight is the consistant best. Gonzo can be a hit or miss if Yukikaze is any indication. With them, something like FF:U would be a miss and uh, Gantz (as much as I like the show the 2D and 3DGC were horribly meshed). A recent visual treat I can recall was Sunrise's joke Mai-HiME trailer. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif Never the less, the CG was good...

[/ QUOTE ] Well... I thought Burst Angel's CG was pretty good. It blended in well with the 2D stuff. Though the framerate tended to get choppy at times.

treatment

02-12-2006, 12:22 AM

No contest.

Macross Zero (http://www.macross.co.jp/zero/).

The F-14 and the MiG-29 Fighters dogfighting.

Fighter/Gerwalk/Battroid modes for the VF-0 and SV-51 dogfighting each other in all three modes.

The Cheyenne Destroid vs the SV-51

The QF-Ghost

Heck, even the AFOS was kewl.

You gotta watch the scene with Roy Focker doing a mid-air battroid-transformation of the VF-0S. In the heat of battle, too.

Chiyosuke

02-12-2006, 12:34 AM

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Speedy Boris said:
Well... I thought Burst Angel's CG was pretty good. It blended in well with the 2D stuff. Though the framerate tended to get choppy at times.

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Yeah, Burst Angel looks really nice, but I can't say the same for the story /images/graemlins/tongue.gif. (and I'd chalk the framerate complaint to FUNi).

Another example of good Gonzo would be Kaleido Star, which looks awesome for what it is. Coincidently, it's also a Hal Film Maker anime, but the actual animation production was handled by Gonzo and G&G Entertainment.

Redcoffin

02-13-2006, 08:54 PM

Nobody seems to have recommended the two GITS movies, GITS and GITS:Innocence, maybe because they just assume you've watched or plan to watch them. But they have good CGI. Last year's big budget flop Steamboy has excellent CGI -- even the characters, which were all rendered as 3D skeletons though they look like cel-animation. All the Victorian mechanics are CGI. A little known but very beautiful (if somewhat head-trip weird) anime movie called A Tree of Palme is very heavy on CGI and worth watching -- especially if you can handle the slow pacing of something like Innocence. Also, you might want to check out Gonzo Digimation's FLCL, which was their first full CGI production and uses a lot of oddball tricks and sundry weirdness which many people, including me, find brilliant and wonderful.

Chiyosuke

02-14-2006, 04:09 PM

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Also, you might want to check out Gonzo Digimation's FLCL, which was their first full CGI production and uses a lot of oddball tricks and sundry weirdness which many people, including me, find brilliant and wonderful.

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FLCL is from Gainax and Production I.G.

Splitter

02-14-2006, 10:06 PM

Last Exile has one of the best blends of CGI and cel animation out of any anime I've ever seen and also the best CGI usage of any GONZO anime to date.

Redcoffin

02-14-2006, 10:40 PM

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Chiyosuke said:
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Hiyo_2366 said:
Also, you might want to check out Gonzo Digimation's FLCL, which was their first full CGI production and uses a lot of oddball tricks and sundry weirdness which many people, including me, find brilliant and wonderful.

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FLCL is from Gainax and Production I.G.

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It was like, SO late at night when I wrote that. I know the time stamp says 8:54 PM but no, it must have been really something like 3 in the morning because I had to have been hallucinating from sleep deprivation to s***w up that bad. Sorry, Gainax! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Alucard

02-15-2006, 06:07 AM

Yukikaze does indeed have great CGI, and the plane designs are great as well IMO. About Final Fantasy:Unlimited, I have only seen the first few episodes, and although the story seemed interesting (I heard it gets pretty bad later on though), the CGI was pretty crappy from what I recall.

jaylee

02-15-2006, 10:37 PM

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Splitter said:
Last Exile has one of the best blends of CGI and cel animation out of any anime I've ever seen and also the best CGI usage of any GONZO anime to date.

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i must agree here. the battle scenes are just wonderfully awe inspiring. this was the first show that came to mind.
there were also a few good scenes in Kiddy Grade if i remember correctly.

alivinglegend

02-20-2006, 07:37 AM

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Splitter said:
Last Exile has one of the best blends of CGI and cel animation out of any anime I've ever seen and also the best CGI usage of any GONZO anime to date.

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I agree, but I'm also going to throw in a bone for Gankutsuou as well. Great stuff...

ooga

02-21-2006, 02:56 PM

Although it doesn't have tons of CGI, Samurai 7 has some of the best.

citicslmatts

02-21-2006, 06:28 PM

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ooga said:
Although it doesn't have tons of CGI, Samurai 7 has some of the best.

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Yeah it does! I remember there being some VERY cool bits... Especially when they involved Kyuzo.

dulrik

02-21-2006, 07:40 PM

I haven't seen anyone mention Stellvia yet. All of the space stuff is CGI but it blended well with the rest of the show. I thought it was really well done.

XenoCrisis0153

03-01-2006, 05:03 AM

someone already said "Last Exile" so let's see... "Air" is both visually beautiful and a great story, but it's not licensed (nor do I think it ever will be ::frown::)

Oh! go watch "Voices of a Distant Star" and/or "The Place Promised in Our Early Days"... now!!!!

EDIT - grr, someone already said those, but they're right, they're THE best, go see for yourself

vanfanel

03-04-2006, 07:18 PM

Anyone here seen the "Ashita no Nadja" TV series. I think they do some wonderful CG shots in that. Mainly subtle things, like water and texture effects, but it does what most CG doesn't: adds to the overall effect instead of distracting.