3D animation is used intentionally, either to smooth out action sequences, to underscore science fiction or supernatural characters and themes, and more. Some of the best 3D anime include Land of the Lustrous, The Count of Monte Crisco and Ajin.
3D animation, also referred to as CGI, or just CG, is made by generating images using computers. That series of images are the frames of an animated shot.
“Attack on Titan” is the biggest 3D animated show that anime has ever seen, and its success will hopefully make CG a more viable option for studios in the future.
Apparently, Ufotable, the studio producing the Demon Slayer anime, is known for blending traditional 2D animation with 3D animation. Sometimes, the use of CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) looks odd or even bad in anime, but Ufotable utilizes it for amazing visual effects.
The traditional 2D animation style that fans are used to seeing when watching Rick and Morty is now replaced with a 3D image of both characters as real humans.
2D Anime Is Currently More Popular in Japan Although much of the rest of the world has developed towards creating primarily 3D animation, the core market for animation in Japan still largely has a preference for 2D works.
In the interview, Hayashi says that the anime that inspired the use of CGI in "Attack on Titan" was another anime he was working on right before joining "Titan," "Dorohedoro." "Because I used a lot of CGI for 'Dorohedoro,' I wanted to have continuous management control over MAPPA's CGI team.
–And you don't draw your manga digitally, either. Isayama: Right, I do it by hand. It's hard to make that leap to digital in the middle of a series. I get the feeling that I wouldn't be able to get my art right if I were to do it digitally — I'm probably more suited for doing it by analog.
Given how much MAPPA relies on CGI for their Titans, it's easy to see why Wit Studio excels in this department. However, this difference in quality is minor, and MAPPA has still done a brilliant job regardless.
MAPPA Co., Ltd. Founded in 2011 by Madhouse co-founder and producer Masao Maruyama, it has produced anime works including Kids on the Slope, Terror in Resonance, Yuri!!! on Ice, In This Corner of the World, Zombieland Saga, Dororo, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Attack on Titan: The Final Season.
With the unprecedented success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Ufotable has risen to the top as one of the most popular anime studios in Japan.
2D Animation in terms of “Traditional Animation” is more complicated than 3d animation as there are about 24 drawings per second, or also referred to as frame by frame. This requires the animator to have had years of studying anatomy, physics, animation principles, and drawing skills to translate through the pencil.