Spriggan (スプリガン ) Istanbul Chase Scene HD

Due to a dearth of high-quality cuts of my favorite scene in Spriggan, I have uploaded a HD version to do it justice
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[@lowbudgetcontent8858]

The quality of the animation deserves more recognition, such an amazing movie

[@user-qx5ee6vf6e]

this is Jackie Chan`s movie

[@amuroray9115]

The animators were inspired by Jackie Chan. This film has low scores back when it came out

[@malachaixavior4156]

@@amuroray9115 Insane right? Especially considering the half-baked, microwaved low budget CGI they astro-turf in every anime you see today!

[@amuroray9115]

@@malachaixavior4156 most anime barely use CGI except for background art. I don’t know where people learn these misconceptions about “cel vs Digital animation.” But they’re always wrong. The same way people think animation isn’t hand drawn anymore. Also, this film’s low scores aren’t a surprise. People always hate something and then turn around and say it was “underrated” 18 years later.

[@jacksonpeds5298]

@@amuroray9115 Criminally at that, it has the best plot point of any movie; turks getting their asses kicked!

[@VulpesHilarianus]

The attention to detail on the cars for this is insane. Seeing a J80 Toyota Land Cruiser and a Hindustan Deluxe in anything is rare enough. Seeing them take so much damage so fluidly and in such detail makes both the car guy in me and the animator in me just keep going back in the timeline of the video to rewatch certain segments.

[@cinekodakexp]

The Hindustan is actually a Mercury. If you look close you can make out the emblem and 'Mercury' across the front of the hood.

[@vinesauceobscurities]

@@cinekodakexp People can't even identify mid-century American cars anymore smh.

[@vizkiz.4431]

Toyota, let's go places.

[@juliovenegas4298]

@@cinekodakexp i feel cobra vibes wi that specific car

[@Lazer-bp9lf]

Fun Fact: "Hindustan" is referred to India in many languages like in Persian, Urdu and even Hindi (although it's mostly called "Bharat" in Hindi by majority of the people).

[@Creatureofclay]

Obviously the animation is incredible but also the background paintings are some of the best I’ve ever seen. Theres a long scene of him just traveling through the mountain after this and literally every new shot is incredible. The amount of detail they put into those paintings is mind blowing for something that’s on screen for a couple seconds. Seriously one of the best looking animes out there

[@CannibalLecter]

It's a crime and a shame it didn't get as much attention as it did when it was released, i hope more people fall in love with this and it blows up big time.

[@NatTurnergrandsonChrisdorner]

Netflix will give spriggan a new crop if fans. I started watching anime when I was younger like fist of the north star, dragon ball and yu you Hakusho but I always avoided this but don't know why.lol

[@mikejames2756]

I have literally been looking for this anime since a friend showed be a bit of the Fat Man scene in 2004! Tried every combo but there are a surprising number of military experiment escape animes out there.

[@animationcycles7109]

I forgot who published it in the U.S., but the American name for the manga was "Stryker".

[@Shane-un8pe]

around 2009 and 2010 I had seen this movie on a few lists of good anime movies and wanted to watch it. I could never find it anywhere which is strange because I never had an issue finding Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust which was only released two years later. About a week ago I found a super shady website where it was hosted for free. I even tried to just buy a DVD and theyre no where to be found.

[@animationcycles7109]

@@Shane-un8pe it's being played somewhere on a subscription service. Can't remember if it was Hulu, Netflix or what have ya. But thats the reason it's been hitting up youtube lately.

[@book5ter]

The craftsmanship of Spriggan, even today, is one of the best i have ever seen.

[@lost_valley]

yup. all time favourite for me

[@Spriggangirl]

It's my favorite movie, as well. I saw this in my uncle's house, in December, 19th 1999.😊😊😊😊

[@user-qx5ee6vf6e]

this is Jackie Chan`s movie

[@book5ter]

@@user-qx5ee6vf6e no

[@MrAaassdd]

What year is this movie? Its like 80s to 90s cyberpunk genre, and i like it

[@kaikai9201]

Dope. Can confirm thats EXACTLY how Isntanbul looks. Houses stacked on houses, maze like alleyways, the whole sidewalk is like a flea market, tons of people selling rugs. They really nailed it.

[@61hasan.]

But not all women are wearing scarfs and not all our men are black or brown 😂

[@hollundergiersch8691]

But you get the feeling that this is a very old and big town

[@cyborgpunk6668]

Turkish people are not brown btw

[@rollinghippo2940]

Ikr turkish are brighter than japanese

[@BledaTurk]

If this place looks like Istanbul, all of Japan should fuck me.

[@N0411REGIS]

God damn how the hell I miss this, the animation and the action are fluid and dynamic

[@marcusbullock630]

You missed it because the media memoryholed it to stop you from becoming a gun lover :P

[@cardinalwilson8034]

maybe because you were young and the content of this show wasn't to your taste back then.

[@fatcat1250]

Older anime movies don't really get as much attention since their exposure is much less than TV anime, specially outside of japan. Nowadays people have social media for their FOMO needs.

[@dexterramey8787]

I missed it to. Been watching since early 90's.

[@DevKerrigan]

Spriggan [film] was originally released in japan april 1999. it was due for theatrical release in the states october 12 2001. It uh.. did not get much attention, given the notable events of the period, was pulled from a limited theatrical run, and got a DVD release six months later. very easy to overlook, despite this being one of studio 4C's early big projects.

[@oniplus4545]

this one came out in the 90's, not a single 3D technology was used and it still look 10 times better than the 2022 version, that says a lot about animators from the 90's

[@googleisadisgrace9252]

Because there was more soul back then, and by that I mean no corporate influence. Today it's all bland colors with no real "crispy" detail. And they're all like that because it's cheap and faster to produce. Impatient rich fucks ... Anyway, if I was a billionaire I would hire 90s artists and writer's to put them to work on my own private series of anime.. One can only dream

[@philiphockenbury6563]

The 2022 version looks super good anyways. But I agree this movie is gorgeous.

[@daddysmoney731]

You are trapped in nostalgia

[@karaqakkzl]

The bubble economy makes 90s better, also many animators aren't well paid and having bad working conditions so you get it

[@MonteKowalsky]

@@amuroray9115 or the original Fantasia. Not too many productions are going to be able to hire a literal battalion of animators. Back to Spriggan, the backgrounds also add a lot to the overall quality, which is another thing your typical series (vs movie) also aren’t going to be able to match. Just the short rooftop scene alone - I can’t imagine the time that went into sketching and painting several hundred roof tiles for a few seconds of footage.

[@vzenith5658]

最後にカメラ壊すとこくっっそカッコいい

[@Tamotoji]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is how animation's golden age is better than now and ever.

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

Spriggan was the gold standard! My friend used to love this scene and point out how Spriggan gets out the vehicle so smooth

[@lag00n54]

This is a movie Go watch an anime movie if your gonna be comparing the animation

[@mokhaice2358]

やっぱアニメの自動車は手書きのほうが好きだな、CGも悪くないんだけど風景から浮いてるあの感じ未だに慣れない

[@sajeloyd986]

You are right!

[@user-bk4sd8ef6t]

分かる車が軽く感じるよな

[@user-ex3jh8ef1y]

何気ないドライブのカットの時点でとんでもない労力が注ぎ込まれてるのがもう笑ってしまうレベルでヤバい

[@Ash3n0ne]

Background artists for these animations back in the day were insane we need more people like them today. These artists were willing to make quality paintings for only 10 frames of animation for a whole movie. Sometimes i like to sit back and count how many paintings are in these movies.

[@thetrollslayer3716]

I love the fact that they used Turkish music and not arabic or Indian music as Hollywood often does while depicting Turkiye.

[@barszade154]

Yine arap muzigine benzio

[@user-cx1qz4bs6w]

スピード感ある作画なのに見やすいのは凄い

[@user-wi6oi3er5m]

ごちゃごちゃしたエフェクトがほぼ無いのですごく見やすくキャラの細かな動きが分かりやすく観れる

[@Ariapeithes_]

Spriggan is a freak'n classic!! Never forget the first time I saw the trailer for this.

[@user-uw9zh5td6u]

新作アニメと言われて見せられても疑わない作画🤩

[@DevKerrigan]

God _damn_ that's some animation. You can certainly see the roto buried somewhere in the work, but it's clear the animators went whole hog on not just translating and emphasizing the character motion, cleaning it for visual accessibility, but managing an immaculate level of awareness in the environment throughout. Peerless.

[@aolson1111]

The rotoscoping is hilariously obvious. The guy with the sword moves just like rotoscope guy from Smiling Friends.

[@user-dk9eh5ky2h]

そるさ

[@user-kara339]

lol no, no rotoscoping. You guys are underestimating too much the peak to which Japanese animators in the 90s could reach. It is possible that some kind of 3D guide was used in the car chase scene at the beginning of the video, but other than that everything else is obviously hand-drawn without 3D guide. (Although I even doubt it because it's too much "loose"). Rotoscoped animation is too "tight" and easily recognizable to a keen eye (as in most of Disney movies), but these hand-drawn animations inevitably have a strange misalignment and distortion that do not exist in physical movement operated strictly by Newtonian mechanics, and which is what makes them so much pleasing to viewers' eye. In particular, anyone who says that the sword fight scene at the end is rotoscoped is just blind.

[@alterac1541]

@@aolson1111 that's not roto. If you know the guy who animate it (Shinya Ohira) or atleast the way he animate, you'll realize that basically just his normal style due to his high level of draftmanship and unique animating style

[@user-li1vd4nq9z]

こんな最高な作画の作品が他にもあったなんて！！！なんで気づかなかったんだ

[@samm.8052]

Man, simple animation with high framerate and smooth movements. 90s anime were the best.

[@p4ulth0m4s6]

This animation is Superb againts this 2023... 3 decades ago Japanese Animation was masterpiece.

[@joaquinvaleri7022]

Now is 2024 and you should talk about Argentina Animation and my Animation style will be masterpiece.

[@f3rns]

This is 2022 and I have lived under a rock. I haven’t seen this masterpiece.

[@user-sf6qk9xt5k]

この時代にしか出せなさそうなアウトローな雰囲気、サイコーだぜ…

[@vanillatwilight5291]

Chase scenes are really rare in anime, and this is still number 1 best chase scene in anime history.....

[@jamaruperi5715]

Your standards are pretty low. Or you probably haven't watched much anime.

[@vanillatwilight5291]

@@jamaruperi5715 jeez calm down there you elitist dipshit..... you say that without actually giving example is absolute clownery lmaoo

[@AlphaTSH]

@@jamaruperi5715 Recommend some better ones

[@K50ATTACK]

Castle Cagliostro for sure

[@rodrozil6544]

@@AlphaTSH ex d

[@manplusguitar]

God I miss Anime being animated like this. This actually looks rotoscoped, which I've never really seen in japanese animation. Beautiful stuff. 😁

[@symfonio]

i love this animation

[@Whocares0009]

CHORYUUKEN MUSIC This scrne is done by Shinji hashimoto look for him.

[@OCMOOO]

Seriously this is S-class animation, bewilders me to think what else could be out there

[@maxxcreese9911]

Go searching there are some gems out there

[@OCMOOO]

@@maxxcreese9911 Hmm, know any unsung movies/shows on this level of animation?

[@Zathriscm]

@@OCMOOO Bump

[@lowserver2]

@@OCMOOO idk if really unsung, but ninja scroll, vampire d bloodlust, are just perfect

[@commodore-lk1lv]

@@OCMOOO Try Jin-Roh, Magnectic Rose (from Memories), Running Man (from Neo Tokyo), Perfect Blue, Patlabor 2: The Movie, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

[@Moniyabandit]

This is soo damn detailed I wishh we still got stuff like this

[@youdontsay2529]

It no longer means anything to say that this animation is good by even today's standards. Today's standards are terrible. The golden age of anime is over.

[@MonteKowalsky]

I don’t hate digital as a medium, per se, but with most contemporary anime it’s clear the choice was made in order to cut production time and cost and not because it raises the ceiling on quality or something.

[@DrownInLysergic]

It really is a shame too. I love the aesthetic of these older anime and I wish at least one studio would still produce anime in this older style. I get it's more expensive, but they made money on it back then and they can do it again. Even if they did digital cgi for most shows but had even 1 single show in the older hand drawn cel shaded style.

[@Just_shush_now]

Like how it’s actually animated aswell… now it’s just CGI.

[@klickonthat5244]

I think you're incredibly biased. It's not like there aren't standards for animation. It's just that stuff like this takes a while to make even if it's mitigated by out level of technology. Plus, if you look, there are plenty of well-animated anime out there. It's just super easy to say that there aren't any standards for today's anime and that they're terrible. Plus, this is a movie, not single-season anime. Of course it's gonna look better than most shows, it's been given time to have the team put a lot of their effort into it.

[@mythosinfinite6736]

Man says this like 85% of 90s animation wasn't just lip flaps over still images. In 20 years when people look back and only ever remember the best animation this era has to offer, they'll say the same thing. Nothing is new under the sun.

[@outatime8420]

最近新しくスプリガンが公開されたけど後年にスプリガンとして語り継がれるのはこっちだろうな。

[@SunnySoCal]

i have never heard of this nor do i know why it was recommended but thank you youtube finally a good recommendation 😂 i have to watch this its just something about older animation 🔥

[@zen-chan9732]

漫画しか読んだ事なかったけどアニメ凄えな やっぱスプリガンは面白い

[@venturelord3]

Hands down one of the best scenes ever put to animation.

[@TheOzhora]

totally agree

[@davidjd123]

nah the fight with the big fat man was even better

[@npc2071]

Boy the new Jackie Chan Adventures is lit.

[@bukquang]

Yeah they fucking nailed the Jackie Chan's run

[@user-zj1pt1lk4c]

This scene reminds me 'Inception'. I should watch this one soon.

[@4ge2]

高校生の時に映画館で観ました、アニメのアクションでドキドキしたのはこれが初めてだったかも

[@makotoishikawa6869]

車内で銃向けられた時点で絶望感しかないわ… 車のホイールの回転が実際の映像と同じで逆回転に描いてあるのがすごい！

[@AndrewChen0113]

I saw this animation in 1998, and it's one of Katsuhiro Otomo's masterpieces.

[@amuroray9115]

Did you have it on VHS tape or did you see it on TV?

[@male20yearsold]

whaaaaa? 1998?

[@kossemoore3342]

Otomo had nothing to do with this film. This film is an adapatation of the manga spriggan and the visionary masterpiece of Hirotsugu kawasaki. He was actually and animator on akira.

[@malcontender6319]

@@kossemoore3342 It goddamn shows too.

[@mtgang2016]

@@madjidchouarbi3921 not the manga

[@Love-Sensibility]

I honestly thought the remake was trying something new, you know...bringing back old anime style. But then the original springgan already came out in the 90s...Man is the details of Istanbul amazing. So beautiful. I could stare at this all day~

[@user-qz1rn1rr8r]

このキャラの動きのモデルは絶対ジャッキーチェンやわw

[@user-lr3gu2lk5g]

その辺のモノでぶん殴ったり、プロAみたいにドア開けたところに敵がぶつかったり、障害物をアクロバティックに飛び越えたりとテイストが濃いですねｗ

[@tmel904]

Bringing back that classic late 80’s -90’s style anime that is unmatched 🫡🫡👏👏👏

[@saynotop2w]

The high def really sells this. When I watched this back in the 00s I wasn’t so impressed. As a matter of fact I pretty much forgot about the movie.

[@bemoremad]

The animation and sound design in this is absolutely phenomenal.

[@jfatsnorlax]

This has the energy of that Casino Royale opening chase sequence, except it came out 8 years before

[@innertype]

懐かしいー！小学生のとき初めて見てめちゃくちゃハマってたけど大人になって見るとクオリティが神過ぎてまた感動したなー

[@user-qx5ee6vf6e]

this is Jackie Chan`s movie

[@Nonviableaccount]

This is the single greatest quality piece of Japanese animated film I’ve seen outside of select Miyazaki and Akira scenes. I will be buying this film today.

[@cobjam31]

Oh my god this animation is awesome I miss actual animation like this

[@williamchamberlain2263]

1:07 line of bullets goes right across the back window at head height: good control of climb by the gunman there

[@SmokesKwazukii]

this is so beautiful. like wtf genuinely some of the best animation ive ever seen.

[@user-ym8dk6jg3l]

子供の頃にキッズステーションで初めて見た！ 子供ながらに画面から目を離せないくらいドキドキして見てた

[@vitonamous]

man the cars are so detailed

[@minidude1278]

I just realized this anime made the base concept of Vmodels/ viewmodels before they were a thing

[@0313055]

手書きアニメの迫力はすごい。

[@disherofpain]

Love his confidence at the end, the cocky little swagger and the launch of the blade blew my mind, so crazy

[@lean_rblx]

This animation ohmmmy god 🥵

[@Bartnuschler]

I love how they actually put effort into making Istanbul feel like the real deal instead of going with the generic middle eastern anime town style.

[@dwights4913]

1:43 the front passenger is even disoriented after the crash. Nice details

[@Terrakinetic]

Compare this with any cartoon from the 1990s and earlier, even Disney stuff, and you know why we all automatically equated Anime with higher quality.

[@redmoon4723]

イスタンブールの街並みが美しい。ちゃんとロケハンしたんだろうな。

[@rockkzillatv444]

That was cold 🥶 now I gotta watch

[@josephcline3652]

Animators: What's your budget? Director: Yes. Animators: Ah, I see... and your laws of physics? Director: ...No. Animators: Bold choice!

[@ricilumentut209]

Idk why, but this classic Spriggan has more aesthetic than Netflix series.

[@user-ik2us3oe5y]

大友克洋総指揮ってここまで”らしさ”が出るものなんだな

[@user-qx5ee6vf6e]

this is Jackie Chan`s movie

[@joshuamelton9148]

This was a great movie. The animation still hold up.

[@ninjavigilante5311]

1 my favorite anime of all time.

[@AlphaTSH]

3:20 instantly became my favorite anime scene

[@josephcline3652]

People out here comparing the best budgets and talent that hand-drawn animation had to offer to the worst modern animation has to offer and calling it a fair comparison. Nah. "Well, it just doesn't look the same", yeah, that's because it isn't. You can make music with a trumpet or a trombone, and they're very similar, but that doesn't make them the same. Like comparing film to digital and practical effects to CGI. It isn't the same, and talented people can make anything look good if they try hard enough.

[@lowserver2]

digitally made animation will never get to the level of hand drawn animation, just not possible. Also nowadays they prefer to make anime too fast, deadlines are too short and animators starve

[@bordeauxcolor]

It's a level of animation seen nowadays only in Hayao Miyazaki movies

[@fatalradius]

Why is this art and motion so much better than modern anime?

[@lowserver2]

hand drawn, i cant even tell how much time and effort this scene alone took. No one is gonna spend that much time anymore, quite sad

[@akumastyle4959]

80s and 90s anime is hands down the best imo

[@duhmitryov]

This is fucking nuts. The animation is batshit, and to think this was all hand drawn. Someone drew every frame of this. Wow.

[@lag00n54]

Yes but not all hand drawn though especially in those dynamic camera scene

[@lag00n54]

Around 1:15 It's obv they used cg camera along with some backgrounds Then layered it with handrawin animation

[@futurehero2704]

Shots fired and the crowd wasn't even running away

[@DefconLives]

As a resident of İstanbul, I have never seen a better depiction of the Bosphorus vista in any piece of media. Shit's glorious

[@Mollusk_Mollusk]

いちいち描写が細かい……凄い……

[@fal9453]

昔のアニメなのにここまで神作画なのはやべぇ やっぱりスプリガンは神

[@SuperBraveFighter]

あの『AKIRA』や『スチームボーイ』で世界的に有名な大友克洋さんが、総監修として携わっておられるからね！

[@MomurdaTheMessiah]

Thank you for sharing this. The name " spriggan' sounds familiar but i have never seen this. I can tell im in for a treat. Im sure many people wish they could see this again for the first time so i will not waste the opportunity!

[@grimsk]

2:30 what a... how sophisticated..

[@mur3135]

この時代の作画ほんま好き

[@Akuma3000GT]

The rotoscoping on this scene is superb!

[@xscreamxperiencex]

unbelievably this is not rotoscoping!! it is simply a hand technique!! it was created by Shinji Hashimoto it took him 2 years to complete it. in this day and age to have that kind of work time for animation specifically in one scene is almost unthinkable time is money and nowadays you want to save as much as possible.

[@Canadian_duck31]

Never seen this before but I love that high musical note when he grabs the gun.

[@user-qx5ee6vf6e]

this is Jackie Chan`s movie

[@paleoph6168]

0:55

[@crescendo_999]

역시 오리지날이 최고다. 지금 봐도 이 정도의 미친 작화와 연출을 따라오는 애니가 거의 없음.

[@WicheWiche]

今のスプリガンより圧倒的にこっちのがいい

[@paleoph6168]

In terms of animation, yes.

[@jinhunterslay1638]

Did he just SNIPE a hidden camera with the broken blade of a Falchion !?

[@BboyTurok1990]

Pretty much

[@AngieCarr]

That’s what Spriggans do…🤷🏽‍♂️👍🏽

[@VooXoo]

in the manga he used a fruit or vegetable from a street stand, minus the whole chasing scene still pretty awesome, imagine a piece of art surveillance device broken from a apple throwed at mach speed from a japanese kid

[@gregbagel791]

Lots of cool use of rotoscoping it looks like

[@pandupangestu5275]

The animator were go all the way out

[@mayjailer682]

You could tell the amount of love they put into this scene alone 🩵

[@shingoskywalker]

Look how smooth characters move. Some effect and camerawork were really improved throughout studying from movies over years until today, but this smoothness with hand drawn is definitely what they have lost today.

[@aolson1111]

It's literally just rotoscoped.

[@commodore-lk1lv]

@@aolson1111 Nope. A large chunk of these cuts were animated by Shinji Hashimoto (a legend who worked on Akira, GitS, Perfect Blue and tons of Ghibli movies), who is known for his realistic and spontaneous style. He - and some animators like Mitsuo Iso, Hiroyuki Okiura, Shinya Ohira, etc - belong to what some would call 'the realist school', a movement that was prominent in late 80s and 90s, which prioritized naturalistic and realistic expressions and movements in japanese animation. An example of this trend (almost gone nowadays) was the movie Jin-Roh - quite possibly the pinnacle of the 'realist school'. Hashimoto's style may be heavily referenced sometimes, but his cuts (and this movie as a whole and also other 90s productions) are far from being that rotoscoped as some may suggest.

[@midnightsnack1306]

Technically this is peak anime. Lovingly hand drawn and aesthetically beautiful . Its my hope that the knowledge and techniques of this craft is not lost in today's world of CGI and 3D anime.

[@amuroray9115]

They won’t be. Most anime is still hand drawn 2D and the makers of this film are still alive and active.

[@nickelakon5369]

1:49 Holy crap, that's a Sterling submachine gun! It was the standard issue machine gun for British armed forces until 1994, it's still used in some countries as well, such as Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Cypres, Jamaica and many others. It's probably most famous for being the used to make the weapons of the original star wars films.

[@paleoph6168]

Then there's the rare Hilton Multi-Purpose Gun @2:17, another British small arm.

[@Mr_MM87]

Love how he quick opens the door and jumps out of the car instantly as it crashes like a side scroller video game

[@user-jv6qg6li1d]

作画がオーパーツレベル

[@user-ts4cq3ek8j]

山本さん!この時代にこの作画!おかしいんじゃないか!

[@user-sg5vi2rl3w]

表情や動きが生並み。

[@gajumalb]

これを絵で描いてアニメーションで動かすってどんだけの労力が必要なのかと怖くなるレベル

[@user-apre27ic2sah89]

やはりアニメの作画は90年代に一度ピークを迎えているな 今はUFOみたいなわずかな化け物会社と、大半の微妙な会社に分かれる

[@user-kb5vy5ct4g]

何その表現好き

[@jordanpeters1068]

Some of the animation is so good here, it almost looks rotoscoped. I know it’s not, but damn!

[@carlosluismendez7392]

@John Smith Shinji Hashimoto was the animator. Otomo is a mangaka

[@ryux7063]

@John Smith Ritterhaus Oromo was the chief supervisor for the movie, not the director nor the animator of this scene. This scene was mostly animated by Shinji Hashimoto. It’s not rotoscoped but iirc it took him 2 years to finish that scene.

[@possibly8180]

@John Smith Ritterhaus a genius he sure is

[@dbzispimpin]

How do you know it's not? It very well could have been. Animators use live action references all the time, even Disney animators do it for their cartoony stuff, so it's not out of the realm of possibilities that Japanese Animators would do it too. It's not impossible to create such naturally flowing and realistic movements in hand drawn animation, but having the scene played out by stunt coordinators or even the animators themselves filming a rough version of the chase sequence while they ran around the office is totally a possibility.

[@JemZard]

@@dbzispimpin but japanese animators like Shinya Ohira, Takeshi Honda, Yutaka Nakamura, Shinji Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Okiura and Toshiyuki Inoue, etc. can do possible realistic animation without the use of reference and rotoscoping, Japanese animation is different in terms of handling douga, key frames and how they draw their genga

[@Henbot]

It such a well animated film that the new series couldn’t beat. I also love how the chase scene has similar scenes to Bourne Films. Especially that leaping shot through a window. Think people involved with Bourne films saw this

[@Shishizurui]

this is amazing

[@53darkknight53]

Not just animation but amount of detail they put in the city is amazing. If you were to actually shoot a movie in the same place you'd get %100 same scenes with details. Streets, buildings, people, cars everything looks as close as animation can resemble real thing

[@Tatidomari_Idiot_haibokusya]

すげぇ作画だ…

[@superspeedworld6260]

Actually inspired all action pans in the MATRIX. This was the first time a roof jump was followed not as a zoom but a following camera . . . insane that this is an animation and 1998.

[@SoftBoiledArt]

Were I can confirm this info? The camera part, not doubting just interested.

[@pawaaofnegativaty9803]

Phikin cool

[@thxthxthxthxthxthx]

この作画が「ロストテクノロジー」

[@lowserver2]

not only the animation, but sound design and screenplay ARE SO GOOD. How much of a genius you have to be, for these transitions?, the last part specially, a medium shot of him suddenly becomes hidden camera footage following him around, the zoom out was chefs kiss.

[@hankmoody5514]

This animation is incredible.