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NEWS: Lucas Looking to Anime?

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I don't think Square is much of a threat to anyone right now, considering their developers are jumping ship.

I liked the Final Fantasy movie. Of course it isn’t anywhere near as good as the games, but its still a decent flick. Damn fickle movie audience!

Just kicking a dead thread. Don’t mind me.

We already have that... kinda. Star Wars animation doesn't need the whole anime "look" to be good. I love this show just as it is.

LotR has a lot of really good CGI, but I could still tell a lot of the CGI was CG. RotS was the first movie where many times I couldn't, and considering the amount of CGI used in that film, characters and environments, you have to give ILM credit. They are still leading the way.

He was talking about FFXII, where some of the creative staff pretty much jumped ship due to "creative differences."

(On a similar note, bring back some hand-drawn sprites for video games!)

... I could easily pick out a lot of the “digital doubles” (CGI people) in Revenge of the Sith, especially some of the shots of Obi Wan on his lizard thing, while I STILL can’t believe that Aragorn and the hobbits running over the Balrog’s bridge were CGI.

Not that big of deal, of course, but all his talk about reverence to Asian culture etc just sounds a little hollow.

The truth is that the effects in LotR and Star Wars are most of them too different in nature to compare, and flaws can be found in both.

By the way, last time I checked there were a whole bunch a people eagerly waiting for Advent Children. The long wait may have frustrated folks, but I don't think it's dampened their enthusiasm.

Having read the full article it looks to me like Lucas is lambasting anime as it currently is.

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Lucas revealed Monday that he wants to bring the wonders of 3-D animation to Asia, produce television shows much more cheaply than the rest of the industry, and make sure that his Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) effects house doesn't lose its famed camaraderie and creative spunk. "I put all of my resources into pushing the evolution in an industry that is notoriously backwards and I enjoy pushing that envelope,"

While its not clear what this is a reference too, the full text makes it look like he is talking about traditional style animation as backward.

I may be in the minority, but I have seen very little 3-D or CGI animation that I considered to be at or above traditional animation. The style of 2-D, or traditional animation might cost more, as Lucas alludes too, but it has a quality that I've yet to see 3D animation touch.

Don't get me wrong, computer based animation can be very good, Gonzo productions come to mind, its the 3D productions I don't think are that great. What worries me is that people like Lucas who think that new is automatically better and have the clout to throw behind it have the potential to do whatever they want without repercussions. Lucas has the power and scope to actually warp the anime industry and I for one, don't want that to happen.

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Bai Ling to start. But he also originally wanted Toshiro Mifune to play the character of Obi-Wan.

Did you see Bai Ling in Episode III? Do u know why you can't see her? Cus she was cut. Mifune was considered, but not given the part. (every friggin English bio of Mifune has this blurb, as if Mifune needs Lucas's approval to be considered great). Thus far, no Asian face has ever appeared in a Lucas film, lest you count the two trade federation morons with fake Asian accent. Not that big of deal, of course, but all his talk about reverence to Asian culture etc just sounds a little hollow.......

And there never will be a star war anime. I don't think he likes the style; but he just want his own 2D animation studio. I would bet money that whatever he produces won't be in the anime art style. Just another 2D American animation fair.

.....aside from Bai Ling posing nude for Playboy

This isn't any thing new is it ? he is just like other directors/producers that have seen diffrent animes and think they would like to "get into it" ^^'' come on.. it's a joke.. and the punch line is all you so called anime fans that like the idea of LuluLukas creating anime ... wtf ...

I agree. These moronic directors need to come up with their own scheme and stop trying to capitalize on REAL anime.

They're just making it look like cartoony crap about superheroes with big eyes. Take Teen Titans for example.

That show should be on Nickelodeon, not Toonami, for its kiddiness.

These directors think anime is all about big eyes and quirky mannerisms.

Anyway, I seem to recall that one of the backup "vocalists" in Jabba's place, RotJ, was Asian. As well, I think there are some minor charcters in the prequels who are Asian. Asian Twilek chicks.

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.....aside from Bai Ling posing nude for Playboy

Yeah, which someone just told was the reason she was cut from Revenge of the Sith.