Has anyone seen the screens for this upcoming animation movie by Square Enix:
Pics from neogaf
Short clips showing animation from the film with Japanese voice over work. The lipsynching animation was originally done in English.
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The visuals are really almost life-like. I applaud Square Enix for taking this bold step. I am guessing a frame must have taken a lot of time to render. Imagine characters like this in an archviz animation. It would be super. :).
I am wondering if the characters were originally modelled and textured by artists or they were scanned using real life people. Would be cool to see the making of and publications of how the technical challenges were solved and limitations were dealt with during the project. Square Enix has always raised the bar when it comes to CGI films. I remember Final Fantasy-The Spirits within and what they were trying to do with it. Sadly, back then there were a lot of limitations involving workflow, software and hardware. It is amazing how far 3d cg has come.
Still trying to find out what renderer is being used for the movie.
