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PandaPanther has done the animation for The Beginning trailer for SSA, the Giants debut trailer and the Tall Tales trailer, and now they've done the animation for the cutscenes of Giants.

Who thinks they should be the main animation company for the future cutscenes and trailers of the Skylanders series?

I vote YES!!!!!

Some of the sets they made for the Beginning Trailer on their officiail website: http://pandapanther.com/

More images of the development of The Beginning trailer by PandaPanther:

I don't really care either way... just do what you're doing, TFB.

I wish some everyone would see this and all the work it takes to make a game.

And it took almost a year for PandaPanther to do the cutscenes of Giants.

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And it took almost a year for PandaPanther to do the cutscenes of Giants.

Now, THAT'S real dedication!

Combined with doing the animation for the Giants Toy Fair debut trailer, and the E3 2012 Tall Tales trailer.

I know how much work a game takes. Not personally or exactly, as I don't work in that field, or work at all. But they should just do what they're doing.

I'm just amazed how PandaPanther can put all that detail into their animation in a short time like in three months or five.

I'd like to take a tour of their studio and see what goes on in there.

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I'd like to take a tour of their studio and see what goes on in there.

/sarcasm on

Animation? Drawing?

/sarcasm off

Anyways, it would be cool to see.

More pictures of when they did the Beginning Trailer:

Maybe they could animate a movie and TV series to.

Who knows? They've only done animations on commericals and trailers, but not tv series and movies.

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Who knows? They've only done animations on commericals and trailers, but not tv series and movies.

Bobby knows.

Wow Thats Cool.

Thank you for sharing, how neat!

I actually found the website explaining this a while ago, I thought it was already covered here, but oh well, I love the real life structures they have done, they look so cool.

To be quite honest, when compared with other video game franchises, the animation for Skylanders isn't thaaat good.
I'm not saying it's bad at all, but when you compare it to other animation houses' work for video games you can see a pretty substantial difference.

I think the style from PandaPanther in the Skylanders series fits the franchise.

This should bee moved to S&N or something.

...No, Star, this topic is related to Skylanders in general, which is perfect in this section 'Skylanders Toys & Merchandise'. Did you even read the topic title, or read the comments that could be related to nonsense?

No. You hurt her feelings. Now leave for good.

Now you're just talking off-topic and nonsense.

Bfffahaha

go to stuff and nonsense, where everyone talks like that.

PandaPanther also did the E3 big wide screen trailer of Giants:

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PandaPanther also did the E3 big wide screen trailer of Giants:

...And?

Star, if you are here to just post nonsense, then your off-topic comments will be deleted by dark52. Please take your nonsense elsewhere.

No. I'm wondering what you posted that video for. Also, you don't get to dictate what dark does.

The video was posted to show another example of PandaPanther's animation for Skylanders (that I have said above the video as a matter of fact). And your comments that aren't related to this topic, gibberish and other nonsense, aren't necessary. And I know I can't dictate what dark does, but your comments are delete-worthy since they're off-topic and waste of topic space...

Anyways...

I hope PandaPanther gets chosen for possible next game's cinematics. In my opinion, their animation is an improvement of SSA's cutscene visuals and they actually showed how much hard work was put into the scenes.

As a fan of animation, I always enjoy seeing companies post their "making of" works online.

I think I'm understanding it correctly, but they're using actual physical models and stuff, and overlaying the animation on top of it. (ie, the actual Skylands, and then for instance Gill and Spyro sitting there chatting are overlaid on top of it)

If I'm right about that, it's certainly no easy feat. Most animated shows take about 6 months or so to complete just one half hour episode (reverse that to 6 days for South Park haha) so it's mind boggling how much work is put into it. (just take a look at ParaNorman that was out in theaters a little bit ago. That took almost 2 years to make!)

One of my gripes though is that there's fully animated cutscenes (which look great), and then there's also like in game movements after the levels (which depending on the game version, can look hilarious or plain wonky with things moving through other objects, etc). I'd hope that maybe for Skylanders 3 PandaPanther will get to make ALL of the cutscenes in the game so it looks more uniform instead of a huge change in quality.

They explained how they did the animation process of the Beginning trailer in an interview: http://www.trustcollective.com..._activision.php

72andSunny turned to PandaPanther and gave the directors a chance to showcase their creativity and skills. They quickly scaled up, assembling an all-star team of 40+ artists to work over a three-month period. Everything, from the overall flow to the choreography of the battle scenes to how the two characters were sitting in the opening scene, was the product of the close collaboration between Garin and Nishimura, 72andSunny, and Activision.

"We had to make sure this made sense to people - that they understood what was happening, who the bad guy was, and what the conflict was," said Garin. "72andSunny has always been consistent in making sure that their animation pieces makes sense and flow right. Activision, for their part, does a lot of this sort of character animation, so they are looking at what we give them with far more scrutiny than most big companies would."

In addition to the story, PandaPanther had to adapt the on screen (or another word for Broadcast) look and feel of the characters - which initially were more suitable for the game consoles on which they had lived - to the more personal world of cinema. "When we started the project, the characters were in a very videogame-like state," noted Garin. "Our largest initial task was polishing the characters so that they fit into the more epic, cinematic world that we were creating, which was more realistic, with more details."

The Skylander project follows work that PandaPanther had previously done with 72andSunny for Zune.

"We have a great relationship with 72andSunny and are excited to partner again with them on Skylanders Spyro's Adventure," noted Nishimura. "We had an awesome relationship with the agency throughout. Whenever they suggested a change or anything else, it really did make things better.

The project again validates the special dynamic shared by Garin and Nishimura. "Naomi and I can be looking at the same thing on the same screen, but we'll be seeing totally different things," stated Garin. "I notice more of the animation details - the motion, the pacing, the editing; while Naomi makes sure that the textures, balance, colors - all the little details of the overall look and finish, are in line. While we cross check each other a lot, at this point we know what the other is good at and trust the other to work unhindered."

Oh this is neat. I want to see what else they come up with.

I wonder what they're going to come up with for the TV series in the works.

They also did the cinematics for the 3DS version of Giants.

^did they do the cinematics for the 3DS version of SSA as well?

I kinda don't want to find the cartrige and watch the credits again.

No they didn't do SSA.