making of Houseki no Kuni Material test

[@bidanemartinez-huerta9472]

honestly CG works really well for this show. since most of the characters are like solid objects.

[@andrewkful]

They made wise choices. Their outfits are tight and scarce so there's no secondary action or cloth simulation. Most of their clothes and bodytypes are the same, so a lot of the characters just have recycled bodies with different heads. I'm surprised the mangaka didn't write this story tailor-made for CGI in the first place!

[@50bottlesofpinklemonade]

And also because ichikawa(the mangaka) draws things scarily symmetrical

[@lala-kc3br]

Where can I watch houseki no kuni👉👈

[@bxnniewh0373]

Bidane Martinez-Huerta they are solid objects until they break, even then they’re still solid since they don’t become soft.

[@BlueSbu]

I am proud to be the 1000 like :>

[@The_Wise_Viper]

Love how 2/3 of this is just of the snail shell that was literally only used in 2 episodes of the show. Really makes you appreciate the amount of effort that went into the design of props.

[@aurosoky]

I just spent six minutes of my life just watching a gemstone snail spinning

[@achoquenao3719]

Soky Dreemurr and it was worth it every minute

[@kazumihiga7792]

it made me happy

[@rayyaninspookymonth1630]

Wait, they're snails?

[@user-mm6vy7wx3v]

@@rayyaninspookymonth1630 only the last one bro🤣🤣🤣

[@Iilith]

LMAO

[@DepressedOptimist]

_literally houseki no kuni had the best animation in 2017 tbh you cannot top this amount of effort_

[@erikakarisawa7173]

Depressed Optimist I mean, it wasn't animated like most other anime. It was CG.

[@Norasimmer]

But the CG was AMAZING

[@nekofrau]

Depressed Optimist Agreed, although there's always better normal animated anime, like Violet Evergarden, this shows CG was better than the other CG animes in my opinion, I couldn't stop watching tbh

[@stonecat676]

KyoAni takes the cake in terms of animation for Hibike Euphonium 2.

[@Jemmy00]

I don't personally think the effort can't be topped. Literally the reason for Houseki no kuni to be CG was that it would've required too much money and effort to make the show in 2D. The ending is a good example of what this could've looked like if they did go the traditional route, maybe mix in some CG elements when needed. And in my opinion, it would've looked even better! I'm not saying Houseki no Kuni looks bad, it is an amazing show and the CG is handled as it should've been. Most other CG anime forget that CG cannot be used like traditional animation, and the results are awkward. I love that here they knew the strengths and weaknesses, avoided the weaker points of CG to the max and emphasized the strength of the medium. :)

[@hw455]

Diamond’s model is probably one of the hardest one to do😂

[@VinceTheCreatorr]

Cordelia Minolia Hers and padparqdsha I bet

[@gwynethcloa6694]

how many artists suffered? how much blood and tears needed to be spilled?

[@Anonymous-vf5gj]

I like that pun.

[@PresidentFunnyValentine]

I... get out. Get out. No puns allowed.

[@TDH12]

Cordelia Minolia Cause they "shines bright like a diamond~"

[@SANtyJAV]

I love how half the video is just a snail spinning in place with funky music

[@ranuastika9847]

Good shit. Lol

[@ephixel]

to people confused; this video is showing the various specular maps used: each object has multiple layers. this way, they have more realistic and consistent responses to different lighting scenarios than you would get from hand drawing it

[@Nekotico]

:O specular maps?, i never used that ones....im user max, if i look for specular maps tutorial can i find a way to make my anime renders looks something at least 5% like this?....for anime character i just use outlines, u know the same model but x2, one for the color, and the second one for the outline, inversed poligons and black, or is another way to do this?

[@omarshabazz]

Do you have anymore info on this process?

[@lebro4401]

Wait, what do you mean layers? Does it use multiple meshes as layeres with different materials?

[@hmmm9258]

I like how much effort they put into ventricosus's shell even tho it was used in only like 2 episodes The amount of effort dude another plus on why i love this anime

[@cherrykamino]

I think they really made a lot of trial and error to Dia's model XD

[@TheZombie2415]

Cherry Kamino yeah no doubt lol there's like 5-6 trial and error there

[@ixradioactivexi]

it's more like they're adding layers to her hair

[@cherrykamino]

ixRADIOACTIVExi I think it's like getting the precise color scheme and radiant to her hair and eyes to get the right "diamond" color not too bright or thick, but just right...maybe..?

[@aocchan]

In the end she's just perfect though O:

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

Both from the perspective of modelling and shader programming, I would probably rather want to do her hair than the others. Fancy looking things like rainbow gradients can still be really simple technically, and they often leave you a lot more artistic license. Simple looking things often have much stricter requirements to adhere to a certain style, and it can get much more tricky to get a 100% match for those so they don't look "off". Making a ton of iterations by trial and error is perfectly normal for the process as well.

[@pujee2846]

5:21 I just started laughing so hard ajskd look at them dancing in t pose like nothing's happening i-

[@ivyy11]

Lmao right?

[@freeeeeeeez]

Makonii Filia actually that's A-Pose, a common variation of T-Pose.

[@KearoNasanam]

For the eyes and mouthline, those are both separate pieces of geometry that they adjust with the rotation of the face to match how it would look if it were drawn. Furthermore, the shape of the face also gets deformed with the camera angle, otherwise the actual 3D look of it would appear off. That's not to say that it is entirely done in 3D. Certain scenes will be redrawn in 2D if the details call for it, like gems shattering or close ups, or even the mouth and eye shapes.

[@andrewkful]

I Knew it! There's no real way you can just use mouths and eyes like that just regularly placed onto a CG model! They even somehow made that awkward-looking side mouth thing work in CGI!

[@papapap2]

Do you know how? Vtubers are all the rage now but i dont think their models change depending on camera angle. Same with the botw and genshin models. How do you design a model that changes with camera angle?

[@waveringeyes8277]

They also drew sensei's tattered cloak in 2D

[@cornballdangernoodle]

@@papapap2 Camera angle based shapekeys! Iggy3D made a great video on how they work

[@ApertureMiku]

I miss the cute phos.

[@VinceTheCreatorr]

mlmlmlml me too. She was so adorable back then

[@siekensou77]

Brian lath so innocent so sheltered

[@izzulhaziq4898]

Yeah me too T_T , i hope phos would go back but i doubt it huhu

[@Tubeman244]

mlmlmlml Now it's like she's dead inside or something, I want the cute Phos back too :(

[@lordmonkeymonkey6609]

Lol, these people think phos stop being cute just cause she got icy... and broken by the world... Still cute dangit!

[@Callie_Cosmo]

Dude having a houseki no kuni vrchat avatar would be so fucking cool! And like having a sword pop out of the left or right hand when you grab? That would be fucking *sicc*

[@pewpewpew1834]

I really love how the gems don’t have a specific gender. It’s a nice small touch that I enjoy a lot.

[@zlomenina]

theyre literally female

[@aliafreya524]

@@zlomenina they do look like female but in the manga they had he/him pronouns i believe

[@pewpewpew1834]

@@zlomenina they don’t have genders. This is pretty clear in anime and manga. I mean they’re gems.

[@ashlynnlylim]

@@zlomenina they don't have genders. They are literally minerals and rocks.

[@stanil2043]

Yeah they don't have genders. They are basically mineral rocks. But i think it's okay to call them whatever you want. For example, Bort call Dia as "aniki" or "brother", which is a male pronoun.

[@kehny]

how the hell did they rig the eyes and mouths is my question. Also, the reflexion on their clothes.

[@hazeace_art]

kehny as what i know they still use 2d animation for the expression espesially the close ups

[@squashedshibber2684]

my guess is they played around with the normals in the geo so it appears as if its hovering, maybe they reversed it? idk I kinda failed at rigging so that's all I can get from it lol

[@Ccs1989]

I'm guessing on separate polys slightly in front of the face, and hooked blenshapes to trigger based on camera angle.

[@sakurikunikai]

In anime, faces are mostly 2d overdraw where it looks better. In this video, face has reversed normals.

[@bonnieaprillollipoptrigger6516]

kehny

[@FaunOfTheDevil]

CG really was the perfect choice for adapting this! Kudos to the surfacing team.

[@Mioumi]

It must have been a real pain to render omg

[@shigenma]

it is toon shading which can easily be rendered real time even considering complexity of their hair

[@TDH12]

Mioumi The Bun Imagine the pain if their PCs broke but at least they have the data, but can only work on a laptop or worse, an old computer...

[@squashedshibber2684]

It's toon shaded so its super easy to render.

[@TheZombie2415]

The Dark Hour that's why working station computer today requires tire least equal to i7/Ryzen 7 or higher combined with Volts like graphics with combination of SSD over 512mb-1tb to compress. You cant expect to work slowly on cheap CPU to render CGI or else it'll look like most of CGI failure in 80% of the anime where frame rendered lower than 20 FPS and lacks of shading in different settings.

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

Is not that people can't make good CG animation and models for anime, is just most of them are not trying hard enough. *cough* Berserk *cough*

[@stakefr0mjatefarmvods534]

It's really hard to get it right. There's a lot of stuff in 2D that you can't get away with in CG, namely frames A lower framerate looks a fuckton worse in CG than in 2D. Houseki falls prey to this, and is really only complaint.

[@nabkill0134]

It probally because most cg anime did not make anime on pure cg. They emplement cg on a 2d anime which the reason some cg look bad and really out of place. HNK on other hand make purelly on cg which make 2d cg problem never happen and the fact the gem is so easy to cg and on top of that they look awesome in cg which make it even better

[@JuicedLeaf]

CG is very expensive to do on this scale. The vast majority of anime studios have a low budget to work with and have to cut tons of corners even with 2d animation. Unfortunately CG just isn't very viable at the moment unless the company you work for has tons of money or was created for the purpose of popularising the use of cg animation (Studio Orange for example).

[@alexgainsborough4921]

@@JuicedLeaf No, it is not: CG is cheaper. All studios have approximately the same budgets: 15-18k dollars per episode in a standard inexpensive series, and about 30k in expensive ones.

[@janetestherina7169]

Now this is how to do CG animation, Berserk.

[@Mars_over_seer]

Janet Estherina Poor Berserk. There’s no pain there’s, ah who am I kidding there will always be shame.

[@Th3Sh1n1gam1]

Perserk had really top quality animation/art style in the last 2 minutes of the second season. They should have used that style for the rest of the anime. (The tavern scene.)

[@omnipenne9101]

pure suffering

[@jamesjason8471]

Studio Orange everyone. Let's all appreciate the artists who created this gem, as their first project. Meanwhile, Polygon Pictures are still shit at animation.

[@jamesjason8471]

Animation...ANIMATION. The animation is a completely different department from lighting and shading. The principals of animation are universal there are no different methods. Orange and Polygon use the same software Autodesk Maya, so no. Even after being so long in the industry they shit suck at animation.

[@cobiandiego5896]

*this gem* pun intended?

[@0ctopusComp1etely]

Exec: "All right, we need you to design an alien snail. Think you can handle that?" A very enthusiastic employee: "I've been WAITING for this!" Seriously, I love this show so much.

[@taritangeo4948]

May I at least hope that CG (or mixed) animation will at least try to be at this level from now on. I now want to learn 3d animation myself but my PC is basically a dinosaur.😥

[@shigenma]

Don't worry, working with anime-like materials and rendering them requiers much less resources than realistic ones.

[@taritangeo4948]

shigenma wow that actually really relieving to know, thank you😄

[@joshualin5476]

It was an experienced cg studio that animated houseki

[@squashedshibber2684]

3D actually runs pretty well because its vector based. Just don't do crazy dynamics/high def rendering/highpoly geo or your computer will explode.

[@elaias8528]

Mine is a potato :c

[@alyxquinncases]

As I look at the 2d drawing of diamond,the look at the 3d rendering,I thought if how the beauty and appeal of dia is almost impossible to replicate in a 2d space without having to draw lots of frames and very,VERY detailed drawings to frame.

[@ちまめ-d9n]

ダイヤやばいな！！ww めっちゃ綺麗……😳😳😳 殻は笑ったわwww

[@イノウエ-j3t]

ちまめ ダイヤですよ(小声)

[@ちまめ-d9n]

イノウエ (； ･`д･´)ﾊｯ ありがとうございます……(小声)

[@lemonade-i8s]

ダイアの髪の輝きが眩しい…でも美しい…

[@KuY_B.3-G]

私はグーグルがあなたの言語をどのように翻訳するかについて混乱しています。

[@sophialat7301]

THIS ANIME NEEDS A FREAKIN SEASON 2 ○|￣|_

[@血塗れパンダ]

1:12のダイヤの輝き方めちゃくちゃ好きだわ

[@aki-ds6zl]

動画の半分以上ウェントリコススじゃねーか！

[@tanakakenji9940]

今更だけどモルガの髪のボリュームやばいｗ

[@松原育美]

いててよかった日本人！！！

[@如月くろと]

今更だけどそれな

[@メメ-z5p]

何してるか全くわからんけど すごい

[@anchallyramos8779]

I just fell in love with the colors of their hair, eyes and nails even their gemstone bodies!!! It's so shiny and colorful!

[@maru-df2bq]

やっぱダイヤの調整超大変だな…そこから基盤が固まって行った感じ？ 1番大変なのは水の表現って言われてるけどカット宝石の美しさと透過性を残しつつ形は人体でしょ？水よりトリッキーだわ。

[@VE1NARCHIVE]

The fact that it took the studio 2 yrs for Phos' hair is crazy

[@kae.spirit]

Wow they certainly took a long time to do they snail. Well it is all 3D like. I really love Diamond's character. Looks hard to animate, and make it look perfect.

[@ADO404]

How many layers does the slug have?

[@Azrielfiend]

Maybe ask about dia

[@catsinwonderland7473]

Diaz has 8 layers I think

[@gnrngkcntnf]

Hnk universe: a dumpster fire on a train straight to hell Hnk fandom: 5:21

[@catsinwonderland7473]

You described it so perfectly. But it’s more like *”burning train out of coal while all the gems are internally screaming and suffering as their limbs are being broken off by a mentally deranged 300 year old edgy child while the train tracks break apart and the train falls off a cliff and descends into satans asshole while he’s throwing it back for TikTok views.”*

[@Inam-798]

It rotates

[@スズノアキ]

こうして見てみると、輝き方だけでだいぶ印象違うんだな。

[@もちごめ-v1g]

鈴木章生 CGだからこその良さがあるよねこのアニメは

[@鈴木かずま-g4x]

@@もちごめ-v1g それな

[@Ooyamatsumi]

Hey! My Diamond!

[@EllaAngeli]

The hair looks so soft, yet it’s very clear that it’s completely solid

[@jomjom230]

Almost 2021 and nothing has topped this anime in CG

[@annica8045]

Old Phos is me when I didn’t find out about the internet yet

[@TheIrrelevantYT]

You gotta say, you can't deny that this is pretty af.

[@oocish283]

カタツムリめっちゃ作り込んでて笑うw

[@N30-LUCIF3R]

this video is literally what got me into the anime n manga

[@Dappis]

That Dia model. That must've been hell to make omg

[@TheLugiaSong]

WOW cool :o I love the shading, it's rad

[@be-ze9138]

早く２期来てくれ～！

[@Reuizi]

I wanna see berserk version, must be cringeworth

[@TheZombie2415]

Reuizi obviously lol

[@kanna-san.]

A school mac from 1999

[@DaSpineLessFish]

The bad 3D fits Berserk thematically and complements the narrative of Berserk. It actually makes it even better.

[@alexizbrown4180]

"how tall are the characters?" "Yes"

[@chitandaeru7239]

the Snail took over 3/5 of the Video lol

[@TiffanyWu]

all time best shaders

[@yojieazenila7239]

I love Diamond they put a lot of effort to her the first time I see her wow! She's so cute

[@malakai_adam]

I would love it if a game had graphics like this

[@agressivegrandpa7474]

T-Posing Phos got me dead.

[@39remon]

ダイヤの髪の毛難しそうですね！

[@jannapitts3188]

I’m only here cause I love how they did Diamond’s hair! 🥰😍🥰😍❤️❤️ “Perfection”.~

[@DarkCrazy75]

I'm in love of the soundtrack... what are the name of the songs? xD

[@deadxbread173]

Try looking up “Houseki No Kuni OST” in the KZbin search bar! There should be a playlist that comes up. Sorry for the late reply!

[@humanman2358]

Damn 3 years ✊😔

[@yuphonic5045]

@DoritoDiamond Damn 9 months ago😔

[@くまのくまみ]

凄い､､､､めちゃくちゃ綺麗。 ところで日本人いませんか？

[@uhuhuhfyck]

The snail monster is so cute.

[@IamSetsunaa]

What did they use to make the animation?

[@siekensou77]

fksm9999 i hope this gets pinned

[@shutupack5389]

thanks

[@shutupack5389]

nice rutile avatar by the way

[@klg9549]

@@fksm9999 Hey wait, that last link is a fanmade MMD video!

[@flapflapflapflap]

Blender3d?

[@Avyr]

Анимация была настолько хорошая, что только сейчас, много лет спустя, я замечаю что их лица искажаются в зависимости от угла обзора для соответствия 2д стилю первоисточника. Над этой экранизацией действительно работали лучшие мастера CGI

[@jordanfermentedsoap5889]

I really like that Dia model where you can see the facets in her hair. Super pretty

[@flapflapflapflap]

Its amazing to think that this all started with a cube, Anyways how many computers were sacrificed for this such dazzling animation?

[@ギルギル-y7d]

✨✨すごすぎる✨✨

[@Ccs1989]

I like that they eventually reduced the amount of detail on the snail, it would have been jarring against the cell-shading.

[@baka_ja_nai]

Not enough Dia! 10 hours or revolt!!!

[@andreirara7522]

hey im the real andrei

[@burntbeanies7886]

There they are! My gems!

[@ranuastika9847]

A person: sir, phos... B person who make phos model: let me guess.. she/he do something that make me need to change her/his model? A person: yes... And seem like there's no end to it B person: phos?? Why can't you stop suffering??!

[@Arkhaismos]

Diamond is one of the most stunning characters in anime history. I love them, yes them! Each gem is canonically non-binary 😌💜

[@maudi_uwu]

*he

[@maudi_uwu]

they all use he/him pronouns thanks

[@salmon2078]

@@maudi_uwu it doesn’t matter, they’re non binary

[@maudi_uwu]

@@salmon2078 That doesn't change the pronouns of someone. Plenty of nb people use he/she. But this isn't a matter of identification, they're sexless rocks with colonies inside of them.

[@suiseivirus1613]

@@maudi_uwu they don't, the english translation of the manga refers to them with he/him, but in the original japanese it's all neutral pronouns. Some of the gems do refer to another with gendered nicknames, like Bort calling Dia "Aniki"(big brother)

[@JeruuiG]

That shine is blinding me. Seriously, I had my brightness way up. Lol

[@Akidasta]

This is crazy! It looks so cool!!

[@angelakelly789]

There's something that keeps bothering me about Diamond, don't actual diamonds reflect only grays and whites? And fake diamonds reflect rainbow colors?

[@jeshuarestituyo284]

Angela Kelly well she does feels useless compare to the other diamonds, almost as she wasn’t a real one , as she said borts is the true diamond.it’s an interesting character trait that would make a great character arc for dia , but I doubt the creator will do that now in the manga

[@marshateslosing1654]

Jeshua Restituyo It’s actually addressed in the manga when they leave for the moon (also yes I know you commented that before the moon chapter came out but I wanted to clear it off)

[@midnighttruth9860]

That is a good question about the difference. I think the real can reflect rainbow like the fake. I don't know, to be honest.

[@catsinwonderland7473]

Idk they really did their research on this anime, so it’s probably okay

[@daephx]

Just finished the season, brilliant; Now for OP's question. Really it's played up for artistic flair but here's some basic science. I myself don't know much on the refractive index but If I understand correctly there's a bit of a spectrum (pun intended), 'cubic zirconia' is really colorful when looked at directly. Whilst diamond shouldn't be too colorful but still disperses light (fire). The "whites and grays" you're referring to is the (brilliance) which is the light that isn't dispersed by the crystals geometry.

[@muggyate]

Sooooooo thank you for making my cosplay plans much easier >u

[@sasamosamo]

I liked watching the snail! It was a very good snail! I wish I had a shiny snail friend!

[@iama2943]

t-pose to assert dominance-

[@whitelotus8960]

They look like sweets

[@andrewkful]

Only if you like hard rock candy.

[@hilariousindividuals3746]

to be honest i wish they kept the gems to look more androgynous like in the manga but this is my thoughts

[@faye1807]

DAMN GIMME DAT HAIR GURL

[@elmored627]

sparkles ✨

[@KOTEBANAROT]

For some reason Phos doing the spin alongside the sluggo killed me

[@62rori24skista]

唐突なオススメ(ありがとう)

[@McPrince-cl4to]

The fucking gemstone snail shell killed me

[@bruhservices5942]

I’m curious if any chance they’re gonna make another anime from Ichikawa’s works they better make it CGI. Her art style is perfect for making CGI anime out of.

[@crispycreations6508]

Nah they should just make a second season for this instead

[@bbqsauce1666]

2:09 OH YEAHH MR KRABBS

[@kynn3449]

ごめん！シンシャ、アニメよりこちらのほうが好みです…！！！！

[@wn7113]

thanks a lot!! needed this for reference on some of my hnk drawing

[@lotus_story]

kinda now wish they made dias colors more brighter and not dull-

[@leelorenz.3889]

I want to make animations like houseki in the future but what should i use to get started?

[@unknownherrscher]

gem cge is until 2:12 2:13 and a bove is about the slug's/ventricosus's snail form cgi

[@lilya5852]

This is why dia is so beautiful

[@azeriia7289]

They can literally make a game with this

[@Evilbunnynyoron]

they all look good to me lol.... reason why i cant be an animator

[@HaHaHaHolowence]

Etsu Very Lucky I doubt you couldn't be an animator, it's just a matter of practice.

[@PKH_____555]

Pretty good

[@Centorea]

Respect Lvl100+

[@caramelo4942]

when you think it just can't be better... ♥️

[@KuraSourTakanHour]

What's the name of the 2 songs playing here, or where do they come from? 二つの曲どこから来てる？

[@beexml9410]

I find it odd how it took me to search the anime in japanese (I'm learning it, so i have the location of youtube set to it.) to see that it wasn't always cg. I never knew there was a 2d version of it. I only discovered that a couple days ago lmao.

[@marltino804]

いや、ダイヤの異常な輝きよwww

[@大和卑弥呼-c4n]

宝石の国はさ、クビレがレベチよな

[@いぶき-s9r]

まさにワン〇ース

[@airahfuji]

Too beautiful!! 😍😍😍

[@shazia_id]

So they ARE 3d models! I thought it was all just really good animating when I got a phew eps in but when I started this was what I thought

[@andrewkful]

Indeed. I'm glad they went the CGI route. There's no way you can get this amount of persision, detail, effects, and texture with hand-drawings.