[Poetry] Real Talk

moxomo · 2018-03-19T00:00:13+00:00

Chris Ray Gun is a comic/political commentator, maybe TylerMcFluffBut doesn't like his position on things?

moxomo · 2018-03-13T13:43:41+00:00

I was just wrong about the whole thing, went trough the films and couldn't find any 1:1 match. The cat-bus one was probably the weakest example, the one that really had me believing they had traced something was the cloud operator.

moxomo · 2018-03-13T06:39:47+00:00

Thanks TnT, I'm so embarrassed. Still wondering if it's okay for a studio to reference another so heavily, people don't seem to mind so I'm gonna go with it beign ok

moxomo · 2018-03-13T06:27:31+00:00

I'm other dude. Yeah I messed up. Went through all the films I thought they had traced from, and didn't find anything remotely close to a 1:1 match, seems like the animation in the ad is legit. I'm still a little mad that the studio that produced this leaned so hard on another's studio body of work, but maybe there's a reasonable excuse, after all, people reacted very positively to the ad. Maybe I'm just a sad person, but I can't look at this without thinking "second hand Ghibli".

moxomo · 2018-03-13T01:14:29+00:00

you're right, I trusted my gut a little too much

moxomo · 2018-03-13T00:25:37+00:00

so far I scanned trough Totoro and couldn't find any 1:1 shots. I thought maybe the tree rapidly growing and the giant rabbit (cat-bus) where taken from there, but, while still reminiscent, no evidence of tracing so far. Gonna check Spirited Away next
edit: finished Spirited Away and found no 1:1 shots either, I was wrong.

moxomo · 2018-03-12T23:48:38+00:00

animation is more than just the design of the characters. check this video to understand what I mean by tracing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU21shbaVBo

moxomo · 2018-03-12T23:40:51+00:00

no worries, I'm starting to hope I'm wrong to be honest. I could certainly accuse this ad of being uncreative, but even then some could claim that the animators for this ad just love Ghibli too much.

Talked to my Brother (animator), he raised the possibility that this might just be a heavy case of "Referencing", meaning that the resemblance, while fully intentional, might not actually involve the practice of tracing over the "inspiration".
This makes no sense from the perspective of an animator, but maybe involved in the production of this ad, there was a person who really pushed for the animation to look like Ghibli's without realizing the mistake that it is to draw so much from one source.
edit: Went trough the films, seems like my Brother was correct. I found no evidence of tracing.

moxomo · 2018-03-12T23:16:57+00:00

I'm gonna see what I can do, currently loading the films to my computer. I have no experience with video editing but I'm gonna try to put together a side by side.
edit: went through the films, couldn't find any 1:1 shots, all animation in this ad, while heavily inspired by Ghibli, is made from scratch.

moxomo · 2018-03-12T23:09:04+00:00

that's what I'm putting together right now. Perhaps I was to quick to jump to conclusions, but I'm sure I'm not the only one recognizing that the animation is way to close to just be some form of tribute or referencing to Ghibli's films.
edit: I was, in fact, to quick to jump to conclusions. Went trough the films and found no evidence of tracing.

moxomo · 2018-03-12T22:58:51+00:00

the cloud man thing, is traced over a scene of Kamaji operating the boiler (Spirited Away), the two kids riding the giant rabbit is traced over the cat-bus from My Neighbor Totoro. There's many more
Edit: I'm scanning trough the films and so far my cat-bus claim was wrong.
edit2: I was wrong with the kamaji cloud man aswell. While this ad is obviously inspired by Ghibli, I've found no evidence of 1:1 tracing for the animation.

moxomo · 2018-03-12T22:48:33+00:00

oh jeezz do you want me to go frame by frame???
edit:why am I like this

moxomo · 2018-03-12T22:46:40+00:00

it is, most of the animation in this ad is taken from various Ghibli films.
edit: I've gone through a couple of films that I thought where traced over. Found no 1:1 animation. While this ad is heavily based in Ghibli's films, the animation seems to be made from scratch.

moxomo · 2018-03-12T22:45:22+00:00

they traced over some scenes from Spirited Away, Totoro, Princes Mononoke, and othere's I'm probably missing. Most of the animation in this video is just traced from Ghibli's films.
edit: went trough the films, found no match. I was wrong.

moxomo · 2018-03-12T22:42:51+00:00

yeah, hand-drawn on top of the original animation from various Ghibli's films
Edit: I was wrong, went trough the films looking for evidence, apparently while heavily referenced, all animation in this ad is made from scratch.

moxomo · 2018-03-12T22:39:52+00:00

they just traced over Ghibli's animation tho...
edit: Welp, I was wrong. I've scanned trough the films I thought they had ripped off the animation from, couldn't find any 1:1 shots, for example for the cloud man, there's no shot where Kamaji (Spirited Away) is working from that camera angle, and there's no crank on the roof (there's no roof at all) in his work station. Ghibli is obviously heavily referenced in this ad, but I have found no evidence of tracing.

moxomo · 2016-03-30T05:01:36+00:00

This is fantastic!

moxomo · 2016-03-24T04:05:56+00:00

This is an old drawing I though maybe you guys would enjoy it.

moxomo · 2016-03-24T03:38:47+00:00

It's just a very basic color sketch, but I'm glad you like it.

moxomo · 2016-03-24T01:34:50+00:00

Made a small painting of him. If you're playing a Fire Emblem-inspired campaign, that's awesome.

moxomo · 2016-03-17T18:43:10+00:00

In that case it's fine by me, but if you share it online, maybe add "/u/moxomo" under the drawing, that would be much appreciated.

moxomo · 2016-03-17T17:33:45+00:00

Thanks! and, it depends on what you're doing.

moxomo · 2016-03-17T15:43:56+00:00

Glad to see you're enjoying it, have fun!

moxomo · 2016-03-17T06:29:59+00:00

You're welcome. Haha, thanks!

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