GNG Reanimated

GNG Reanimated is a fan multi-animator project recreating the opening to the 1986 anime Ginga Nagareboshi Gin. The project is hosted by yellowfr3ak beginning in December 2020 and as of November 2022 is not complete.

My part was created using Blender to model and animate the background scene. Trees were generated (10k of them) using Sapling Tree Gen and placed with geometry nodes. Paths for the kanji were created in Illustrator then created in Blender. Footage was composited in After Effects.

Rendering 10k trees in the scene took 17 minutes a frame when enough light was in the scene

Rendering 10k trees in the scene took 17 minutes a frame when enough light was in the scene

Figuring out how to accomplish the 80s retro zoom effect (hint: it was shaders and shape keys)

Figuring out how to accomplish the 80s retro zoom effect (hint: it was shaders and shape keys)

Testing the light sweep effect on the logo

Testing the light sweep effect on the logo