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British Animator Teases R-Type Animated Short Project
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Paul Johnson, who previously created a Doctor Who fan-animated film in the style of 1980s SF and action anime is working on a new project. Johnson teased his latest work adapting the R-Type side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game from the late 80s.
The YouTube channel Mashed commissioned the project due for completion some time in April. Johnson shared stills and video clips from the project on Twitter over the last month.
Progress is coming along on the R-Type animation for @mashed ...
— Paul Johnson (@OtaKing77077) February 4, 2016
I swear I'll have it done by 20XX! pic.twitter.com/aDWSzSu12v
パワーアップを掴む曲技飛行 / Grabbing power ups in style.
— Paul Johnson (@OtaKing77077) February 8, 2016
I went for the Super Nintendo-style "R-Type III" dashboard.#rtype pic.twitter.com/ZTatf65PrX
俺のファーストレベルボスがこんなに可愛いわけがない/My level 1 boss can't be this cute!
— Paul Johnson (@OtaKing77077) February 9, 2016
I'm having a lot of fun animating Dobkeratops. pic.twitter.com/kVc2RD7Unh
視界を遮るパワーアップの緊急課題を解決する方法.?
— Paul Johnson (@OtaKing77077) February 16, 2016
Because sometimes side-scrolling 2D shooters don't quite work in first person view.#rtype pic.twitter.com/6WjlXxmrVL
As they say in anime, "FORCE BEAM 発射!"@RenaissanceMach helped with some inbetween colouring! pic.twitter.com/p3MQ13jWqy
— Paul Johnson (@OtaKing77077) February 24, 2016
R-Type is coming along nicely. I might add more detail to the explosions if I have time before the deadline... pic.twitter.com/W8XwhKdwHM
— Paul Johnson (@OtaKing77077) March 3, 2016
The project is intended as a short.
[Via Hachima Kikō, Ollie Barder at Forbes]
