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Scenery

The background of anime is always highly graphical and deserves just as much attention as the main character. Their are two types of background scenery. One is the 2D background which is found in anime such as (a la Dragon Ball Z, and Pokemon). This must be done with extreme effort and wind, water, and fire must all be a very big part in the background. Shadowing and highlights are all very importent. Wind would normally be shown in long lines and water with transperant water drops

The second type is with the 3D background. Background is computer generated and has a very different kind of shading and is used in animes like a la Gundam, and Macross. Observe the technique used in the Titan A.E. and other animations!