The animation team at B-O-D studio in Beijing conjures a two-minute blast of non-stop action fantasy to launch the third edition of Pandada Games’ Ninja Must Die franchise into the Japanese market.

From B-O-D studio: “In this short film, the client wanted the images to be more in line with the game’s Chinese style and hot fighting action, so we integrated some Chinese-style concepts visually.

“The difficulty of visual development in this project was the three-dimensional treatment of that Chinese style. We tried the combination of two-dimensional hand-painted maps and three-dimensional models, hoping to be different from traditional CG.

“Character dynamics is based on the characteristics of the game, and it is hoped that there will be more exaggerated and distorted presentation in the lens perspective to enhance the emotional rendering during the fight.”

Compare and contrast: Watch B-O-D studio’s original Ninja Must Die 3 trailer here.
 
 

 
Client: Pandada Studio

Production: B-O-D studio
Director: Andy
Visual guidance: boo, Zhao Zhe
Producer/Supervisor: Liu Zhexi, Guo Qi
Script: Andy
Storyboard: Andy, Liu Jinwei
VFX: Haowen,Chen Meihua, Liu Sichao
Set design: Haowen
Map painting: Su Haoming, Ai Wenqi
Background drawing: ZM-PANDA
Original ink painting animation: Wu Wenbo
Modeling: Lu Lifeng, Deng Kaiwen, Ai Wenqi
Rigging: Wu Qianbao
3D VFX: Xu Kenan, Ge Yuhui
2D VFX: Zhu Qing, Xiao Mei
3D light synthesis: Wei Wei, Wang Yuezhu
3D Compositing: Wang Tong, Weng Bo, Wang Jie, Wu Bo, Yin Jiahao, Shi Jinkang, Liu Xiaolong, Lv Dongxin, Wu Rongxu