By Robert Takata, May 6, 2004
At the 3D Festival awards ceremony, ROBOT Communications received the top prize for its captivating animated opening cinematic sequence for the popular Sony PlayStation 2 game, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege. Collecting the prize was Ikuo Nishii, Technical Supervisor at ROBOT and accomplished 3ds max software animation artist, responsible for the 3D work in the final instalment of the critically-acclaimed game series from Capcom.
ROBOT Communications relied on Discreet’s 3ds max professional animation, modelling and rendering software to create the popular introductory cinematic opening sequence for Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
. The game, running on the Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation 2 platform, has been available in Japan since February 2004, and is expected to be available in North America late spring and in Europe, summer 2004.
Onimusha 3 spans four centuries - from ancient feudal Japan to modern day France - as the main characters, Samanosuke Akechi (played by Asian film star Takeshi Kaneshiro) and Jacques Blanc (played by French film star Jean Reno) try to save the world from the evil warlord Oda Nobunaga and his army of Genma warriors. In the opening cinematic, Samanosuke engages all-out battles with the Genma army, climaxing in a battle with the old enemy, Gargant.
A year in the making, the opening sequence in Onimusha 3 required ten days of motion capture sessions. Using 3ds max and character studio software, the ROBOT team created a visually rich CG universe that rivals effects-laden Hollywood blockbusters.
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