Anime and the Future of Digital Animation

Glog writes: "According to Wired Magazine Manga Entertainment has announced the release of their first digital anime feature Blood: The Last Vampire to theaters. The movie showcases a unique blend of japanese anime and computer animation. It will be streamed live for 24 hours all day Tuesday (August 28, 2001)." Jump straight to blood.sputnik7.com to see the movie; Real and Windows Media only.

Comments

The name

[Red Moose]

Yeah, they'lll have to have a heck of a plot to get the charm that traditional anime has.

I also think it's so stupid to have names like "The Last whatever", especially as it's the first bloody release. Make a stupidly cliched name that only tries to make it look like they are not newbies. At least in Final Fantasy I he thought it was going to be his last game, but come on "Blood: the last vampire" is a bit over the top cliche. It's not a great way to create a respected house IMHO, and is a bit goddamn pretentious.

A name, a year, something different. Why not just go all out like Microsoft when they released "Fury 3": hello? Where the fuck were the first two? NOWHERE. Trying to create the impression of a solid history is lame-o-central I think.

But hey I'm nitpicking. It might be good. I just hate names like that one.

Mononoke Hime

[MikeyNg]

Didn't Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) use digital animation in it as well? There are a couple of scenes with that super-clean look that you get from mixing traditional animation with computer animation. Heck, Futurama uses that blend all the time!