While the stereotype might be that Japan is hi-tech, some of its biggest news broadcasters use low-tech dioramas and models to explain current events.

Making CG Japanese Schoolgirls Is Difficult

Brian Ashcraft

9/01/17 7:00am

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This is Saya. According to her co-creator, Yuka Ishikiawa, bringing her to life was not easy.

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Resident Evil Is Getting A New Full-CG Animated Movie

Brian Ashcraft

9/15/16 6:27am

It’s called Resident Evil: Vendetta and will be out spring 2017 in Japan.

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The Wrong Camera Angle Can Ruin CG Anime

Brian Ashcraft

4/06/16 7:30am

Camera placement is everything in CG animation. Everything.

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North Korean Special Effects Are Really Bad

Brian Ashcraft

4/06/16 7:00am

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Figures. So are North Korean Photoshops.

What's More Exciting Than Overwatch? More Overwatch Animation.

Mike Fahey

11/08/15 12:00pm

Yannick might be quite fond of Overwatch, but I wasn’t charmed by an online shooter. I was charmed by a beautifully animated trailer. As this storyboard animation reel from BlizzCon demonstrates, there’s a lot more animation on the way.

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Pacific Rim, You've Met Your Match

Brian Ashcraft

2/06/15 8:00am

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The Evangelion movies always look terrific. They've always been, at the very least, visually interesting. But man, the CG in this latest Evangelion short is something else.

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CG Train Car is Better than Reality

Toshi Nakamura

11/06/14 7:00am

Look at this beautiful train car. Look at it.

Fan Animation Turns Link Pikmin-Sized

Gergo Vas

5/28/14 8:30am

Some just can't wait till a new, HD Zelda arrives and start working on their own fan-projects. This superb gif is from animator PencilTest 's upcoming fan-movie, which—if it'll have the same overall quality as this teaser—will be quite ambitious.

Gergo Vas

3/11/14 8:30am

Inspired by various stop-motion movies, Gabriel Salas used the exact same 3D tools and a hand-made diorama to create this really special Legend of Zelda fan-art. I'd love to see something like this coming to life as an animated-short.

Gergo Vas

2/13/14 7:00pm

Here are two pieces from CG artist Gabriele Maiocoo, showing us what a badass, more grown up Link would look like. He didn't skip leg day that's for sure. Would fit nicely with these realistic enemies, which are also from The Legend of Zelda series.

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Meet The Man Who Suited Up Iron Man In The Avengers

Toshi Nakamura

11/08/12 7:30am

Iron Man is perhaps the most popular character from The Avengers in Japan. It's not just Robert Downey Jr.'s performance as the witty, egomaniac Tony Stark, but the iconic sleek red and gold mechanical suit he dons that make the man of gold-titanium alloy that people love so much.

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This Topless Paper Lady Makes Sushi Unappetizing

Brian Ashcraft

9/03/12 6:15am

Nyotaimori—the practice of eating sushi off a woman's body—is not really a thing in Japan.

Look How Far We've Come! These Are Computer Graphics from the 1980s.

Brian Ashcraft

1/19/12 7:30am

It's only been three decades, but it might as well have been three hundred. These Japan Computer Graphics Lab demo reels show just how far computer graphics have come in such a short span of time.

If Kinect Were an Action Figure, It Would Be This.

Brian Ashcraft

9/09/11 2:00am

Being a child of the 1980s, action figures were a part of growing up. Posing them was intuitive and second nature. Kids today still play with action figures, but with increasingly better video games, action figures today are also digital.