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07-25-2009, 11:40 PM	#21
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07-26-2009, 01:01 AM

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technically it anime as the creator drew influence for such anime as ninja school and had it animated in South Korea.

In some circle Gijoe and Transformers counts as anime as it was sent to japan for animations

Just because some people call Avatar, GIJoe and Transformers anime doesn't make it true.

Anime requires a Japanese production in its entirety. Writing staff, supervising staff, character designers, being made for marketing in Japan, etc.

GIJoe and Transformers were only ANIMATED by Toei (and ONLY animated! Things like character designs were still done in America) and Avatar was in its entirety an American production.
They are not anime in any sense of the word, they are just cartoons.

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07-26-2009, 03:01 AM

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From what I've seen at wikipedia, the toyline is coming out in November, and each figure will include a 3D tag that can be scanned with a webcam... hope that doesn't add to much to the price :/

I wouldn't worry too much. I know it does say 3D web tag online (http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ste...oys-come-life-1):

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The figures will come with a 3-D Web tag, or i-TAG, that when scanned at home with a Webcam reveals special content and information on your computer screen, such as biographical information or animated models.

But if you're scanning with a webcam, a 2D barcode is what you'd use to encode some URL information, or the data about which figure/vehicle it is. So other than having to print some sort of paint pattern on the figure, the additional cost then is mainly in the website (though really it's not too hard to create a site that accepts the names of 2 figures/vehicles and then plays back some pre-generated content).

In any case the vehicles look cool, and nicely detailed, and the idea of being able to scan your figures/vehicles and access online content is also cool.

07-26-2009, 11:20 AM

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I wouldn't worry too much. I know it does say 3D web tag online (http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ste...oys-come-life-1):

But if you're scanning with a webcam, a 2D barcode is what you'd use to encode some URL information, or the data about which figure/vehicle it is. So other than having to print some sort of paint pattern on the figure, the additional cost then is mainly in the website (though really it's not too hard to create a site that accepts the names of 2 figures/vehicles and then plays back some pre-generated content).

In any case the vehicles look cool, and nicely detailed, and the idea of being able to scan your figures/vehicles and access online content is also cool.

yea i hear that That Star Trek dvd will have the same web cam scan technology in it too

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