Current mood:	sleepy
Current music:	Some sort of music from Phantasy Star 2

The next step for animation?

This is gonna be good: http://www.a-seed.jp.  It's the new Appleseed movie being totally done in 3D and aside from a tiny bit of floatiness I wouldn't have known it wasn't traditional 2D animation (with nice lighting and special effects).  Though I never read the original manga the old OVA was great (it was the first anime I bought on tape). 

After watching the trailer a few times I began to think that one day the look of traditional 2D animation may indeed be replaced by computers.  Before entering into the animation program this prospect would have terrified me.  Now that I've been able to experience what a pain the the ass classical animation can be I can see the appeal of animating in 3D; not having to worry about keeping your character on model and just focusing on the movement and acting.  I can only guess that 3D animation possesses it's own challenges though, something I will no doubt face when I go into digital.  Of course I'm not saying I would want to see 2D be replaced, sequential drawings will always have a warmth and fluidity that a machine can't achieve.