Freedom 4 goes on sale today, so I can finally post some screen caps from the renewed opening sequence :
I must have seen the opening sequence a hundred times over（ both the old and updated one ) through the course of my work here but I still get that adrenaline rush everytime I watch it because its so beautifully done ( by the brilliant folks at Kamikaze Douga 神風動画 ), with the visuals and Utada’s “This is Love” complementing each other perfectly. In this renewed sequence the visuals get an update, with some new content from episode 3 spliced in, as well as Ao’s first appearance.
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Utada Hikaru “Kiss & Cry” MTV Freedom version
Lupin III : Italian Game Opening Sequence
SACLA – Kamikaze Douga’s Kickass Anime PV
Freedom’s 5th television commercial
Freedom Blu-Ray DVD boxset – First lookComments 11
July 28th, 2007 at 5:53 am
Sugoi!!! Yeah i agree that sometimes i just have the urge to just watch the opening sequence and sing to Utada’s melody.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:57 am
Oh btw, i was browsing through Kamikaze Douga’s website and though i cant read kanji, i noticed that the Nintendo DS game, Hotel Dusk was featured on their main page. Care to briefly tell me what they did to the game, because I played that game a while back and for me personally was the best story-driven mystery/crime game I have every played on that platform.
Thanks!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Is the OST for FREEDOM available yet?
July 29th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Cool…. i have a weak spot for openings with comic strip styles. Quite a bold move on the american illustration style.
July 30th, 2007 at 3:53 am
Jasrie – The stub says that Kamikaze Douga was in charge of creating the animation for the game, using live action movement as reference and then doing trace overs with a technique called Rotoscoping, which was both difficult but interesting at the same time.
Zero – Nope, I don’t believe so. Also, I think there’s a very big chance that they won’t include any of Utada’s songs in the OST, so that fans will need to get both the OST and Hikkie’s singles together.
Fartboystinks – This visual treatement is definitely a nod to Otomo’s mangas. Interestingly, Otomo himself have mentioned before that Easy Rider was an inspiration for Akira.
July 30th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
I have to watch it someday!!
July 31st, 2007 at 8:28 am
Hello Nicola, thanks for the support again ! :]
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:03 am
Ah i see now… Well that makes sense, since the game uses a series of sketches of characters to represent and animate them. Its really simplistic looking but really effective way tell the story make the characters believable.