Animation Appreciation Thread #8

The Sakuga Wiki [JP] - http://www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/
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Previous threads:
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#7 http://dis.4chan.org/read/anime/1350859696 | #8 ...

>>799
Video game openings tend to be well animated most of the time because they don't have the restriction of a TV schedule and they can generally afford a better budget.

Blazblue Calamity Trigger by Hironori Tanaka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG-5GcpnLAE

Many of the "Tales of ___" games have very nice intros by Production IG. Tales of Abyss for example, features that well known cut from Norio Matsumoto.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gaMKbv-xHU

Musashi Samurai Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiM_95fl2TA
Ft Imaishi and Kanada

Further reading:
http://aninomiyako.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/must-watch-animated-game-openings-part-1/
http://aninomiyako.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/must-watch-animated-game-openings-part-2/
http://aninomiyako.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/must-watch-animated-game-openings-part-3/