With a quarter of a million views and a fifth of those viewers favouriting the video, this shadowplay rendition of Bad Apple by Alstroemeria Records is set to become a top Touhou classic, and for good reason…
You can turn off the funny squiggles flying across the pretty pictures with the speech bubble icon in the lower right corner of the big black box above.
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Pure win!
this may be too much to ask but id love to know who appeared in order. the only one i could i recognize was sakuya. and thats coz i like her. not really a touhou fan,but i like the music invovled
Awesome! Touhou 4 life!
*Jaw drops*
This is too awesome.
Now with sub:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICeU3GfLGAo
That's based on the Touhou wiki lyrics, which are both wrong and do not make much sense at all. Here are some proper subs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzEUeWnV73U
That's talent.
THIS VIDEO IS BRUTALLY AWESOME!!!!! GREAT ONE!!
that was mostly excellent. sad at the lack of cirno oh well.
Wow, a lot of comments. Seems like Touhou is as popular as every.
Artefact has the same naming sense for images as me
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/safe-misc/marisa-in-flight-bad-apple.jpg
Aki sisters? Who are they?
Love it, watched it many times already.
Is there an official version available for download somewhere?
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WHYL9J8P
This is the mp3 version
I'm so glad everybody likes this video as much as I do.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WHYL9J8P
Here is the mp3 download link
Ok, any one wanna get into a discussion as to how they think it was made? The technique is too good as to ignore it... And as anonymous said above, yes, it is 3D depth animation. Prolly only rendering the Alpha channel of the animated characters. Would be safe to assume that the author didnt use any textures on the model as they would be completely ignored. Also gotta say, i love the camera movements on it!
Also, any one know where to get the song?
Although there may have been depth in the source 3D models, there is no depth to the output; a 2D animated image is produced. Also, depth is not expressed in the output image itself via shading. All colors are either black or white, with the exception of shadows and high-speed blur effects.
Take note of the occasional evil smiles of the characters. These could be vector graphics superimposed over the silhouettes, or they could be black/white enforced textures.
Right, I wasn't paying attention. Now that I saw the whole thing from start to finish, it's obvious they were animated 3D models. The broomstick flying looked so natural in the begining it clouded my viewing comprehension :\
But the transitions in particular along with some of the miscellaneous bits (like those smiles) were probably done using vectors. Like you say.
My guess is he used Twixtor Pro for either Premiere or Vegas.
You can draw motion at only a few frames per second, and then have the program generate in-between frames using vector processing to smooth it out.
After X number of passes you'll have zero duplicate frames within whatever FPS your project is in (so 60 unique frames of motion in a 60 FPS project).
Similarly, you can convert NTSC (29.97 FPS) into Double-NTSC (59.94 FPS) to give footage that super smooth look.
Only a guess though.
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Here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUf5580qmuI&ap=%26fmt=22]'s a short clip I made that way myself using about 10 or 12 frames from 0.4 seconds of animation in Princess Resurrection.
Notice what was once only a few frames could get extended to about 15 seconds and still feel somewhat natural.
I'm not a pro like whoever did this gorgeous Bad Apple, but if you want to see another pro applying this concept, check out the God of video editing Nostromo_vx [http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=160388].
That said, whoever did Bad Apple must have drawn all the lines themselves, so holy crap were they devoted (and clearly talented as well) O_O
I think they used Maya, there is a render module in it called Maya Vector that gives about the same results as in the video, also the cloth simulation looks like they used the nCloth module.
Then they post processed it to do the transitions and stuff.
Wow, that was amazing.
Yes it was.
The 3d illusion with the monochrome was quite stunning.
I'll admit it. I was expecting just another generic fan animation, but that was amazing quality. I'm happy I decided to watch that.
This is just epic beyond words.
For the people asking how this was made i have a slight suspision(sp?). Seems like it was made using 3D software, and onloy rendering the alpha channel of the images. The camera movement in the three dimentional space is too well animated (characters and all) as to be hand drawn completely.
When I saw it yesterday I immediately thought pure epic win.
Id go with vector animations put after on any post production software, it it was done through the 3D models, there would have been evidence of alot more details on the models like where the neck and the clothes come together.
This takes the words out of my mouth.....this deserves a nobel prize.
Well Obama got one for nothing, I can't see why the makers of this couldn't...
Cheap shot aside, who is it that came after Yuka? I can't recall any character other than Komachi who has a scythe.
Its Elly from stage 3 of Lotus Land Story from which the song Bad Apple originated.(Stage theme not Boss)
Yeah I realised that shortly after posting my original comment, but apparently the reply I made to myself after doing so didn't get through.
Cause it got overuled by my splendid comment. Jk don't worry I've got your back~ (and not in that way either)
Scratch that, I got it.
It's Elly from Lotus Land Story. You can tell from the curly hair at the back of her head and the weird curvy-shafted scythe.
Seems odd to have her, and of all people a stage 3 boss, in amongst all the Windows crowd, but she has a relationship with Yuka (who preceded her in the PV) so I guess it's okay...
I don't know much about Tohou but I dig the song and video animation.
omg.... this was so cool. X3
Wow, fuck yes.
anyone heard how to get hold of the models used?
I don't know, I thought it all felt kind of plastic. The song was repetetive and reminded me of all other songs that sounds like that (girl singing + lots of generic sound), and the animations wasn't bad, but they didn't really feel alive either.
SWEET!
Touhou IS excellent. toho is just some random Japanese film studio. 東方ＦＴＷ
Suprisingly some people think of the studio when I mention it probably because TOHO is the studio that makes the Godzilla films.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F8W84FV0
Rip of the HD upscale from Youtube. Good quality, I can confirm it!
E X C E L E N T (no more coments XD)
Simply Amazing. I was wondering what 3D software was used for this piece..
thats great; gotta look up more by this group!
Probably the greatest music animation I have ever seen in my life. And yes. I came. Several times. All over the place. Now I have to clean it all up T_T
*watches again*
awesome vid, and song....ty for the mp3 link
http://es.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149
Here's the video's page in a language that can be more easily understood :3
Though Touhou is a "trend" I'm not familiar with, the praise heaped upon this remarkable work of art is well deserved.
SON, I AM DELIGHT.
No points for guessing what the scouter says about this MAD's power level. ^_^
This was epic.
I should watch Touhou now.
You should PLAY touhou, it's not an anime (officially)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86wcQrEpBF8
An upscaled version with subs.
special move, infinity fap...
this calls for an anime
(or more doujin ones :))
Epic.
Fantastic!!!! A little more improvement on some animations but the transitions are amazing. XD
http://www.mediafire.com/?vmn2nlyhwye
Mp4 ;)
I rewatched this vid over 6532636363452 times
I don't even know how many times I've already watched it xD Definitely putting the song on my MP4 and phone (as a ringtone)
It loops! It loops!!!
"You can turn off the funny squiggles flying across the pretty pictures with the speech bubble icon in the lower left corner of the big black box above."
-Holy Shit Thank YOU
Nobody can resist a well animated dance.
This makes me smile
It's a sad thing, that I can't watch the nico nico videos in the nico nico player anymore. It will load, and it will play the squiggles, but no sound and no video for poor old me :(
`Bad Apple` was a Touhou classic already, even before this. So, yeah.
So beautiful and sexy...
That was a very impressive video (understatement). Imaginatively put together as well (drastic understatement). Even though I'm not that into the Touhou girls (obvious lie).
Is there Inubashiri Momiji anywhere in this clip?
Very impressive BTW
Yes, but only briefly. Right after Reisen's appearance.
Anyone know where can I can this song at?
So, where's the video?
yeah, where is it?
\o/ Wow, just wow.
Normally I don't like Touhou, but goddamn that was well done!
I don't even get what the big deal with Touhou is.. has all this stemmed off those shoot 'em up games?? Do those games even have a plot?? How does anyone even know what the characters are like?
someone.. enlighten me to the phenomenon of Touhou..
Yes.
Yes.
From the official descriptions and ingame dialogs.
Have you ever played a game that you can only beat if you have had eight mugs of coffee in one sitting? That game is Touhou.
Those who work hard at it (that number is up there, apparently) virtually have to obsess with it in order to get good at it.
This obsession led to numerous memes, largely revolving around:
1) The catchy soundtrack from the series
2) The many distinct characters, most of which are lolis.
I leave you with two thoughts:
1) There are no buses in Gensokyo.
2) Sakuya claims that they are real. But they could be pads...
Did you read any of the official manga or novels or anything else?
Did you open the box and install the game without ever once reading the intros and reading the character bios included in the box? Shame on you.
By the way, I most certainly recognized 70% of the characters shown. The rest were from games I haven't played.
Thanks Anon and TeeHee!
I don't see how they're distinct when I played through three of the games, read through all of the dialogue and still don't know who's who. When it gets into pure moeblob territory, characters begin to "all look same."
Play Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil on normal. Laugh at how "this is not hard", Continue to WTF this is insane from stage 3 on. Then try Hard mode and really experience some crazy crap. Finally... if you succeed... do the extra stage... MWAHAHAHAHA!
Bah! Reimu (B) is the strongest! Use her.
I liked having Marisa (B) because of Master Spark.
The only problem is that you can't use it against Flandre in the Extra Stage. At all. She turns into an invincible bat.
I still have yet to beat it. :(
their site is down for maintenance until 9:30 japan time.
Boner for 3:28 seconds, yes.
Not just simply a vid - This is a true work of art! Inventive as well as imaginative.
Originality is such a rare commodity these days.
Looks like a 'remake' of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B77lzxV-sJE to me, or perhaps it's vice versa... Vid still rocks =)
Shame the moonspeak is saying nico is down.
I wonder why~
such a nice vid I wonder who sings that song
Where's the link or what are you supposed to do to view it. Do you stare at the picture or click on it or what?
upscaled "HD" one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkgK8eUdpAo
Nicely done 3D rendering. I kinda wish it wasn't monochrome, but either way it's quite enjoyable.
I think the monochrome adds to the charm, especially since the lyrics of the song strongly revolve around the abstract usage of black and white.
Also, to all the people who were having difficulties watching the video, Nico was down for about an hour for maintenance, it should be fine now.
Can't stop watching it...
Yeah, I'm not seeing any video at all -- just the black / white picture at the top of the article.
(waits for this comment to be voted down due to SanCom's technical error)
Firefox 3.5 and Windows 7, btw.
It's actually Nico Nico Douga's technical error, not Sancom's. Their site was under maintenance. As of now, it's up.
Nico Nico Douga ⑨ is under maintenance.
There's also other Touhou Bad Apple vids.
Just watch the video(s) elsewhere.
Was this all rotoscoped? It's just too perfect for animation.