Bio-Sensor

Bio-Sensor
Bio-Sensor
Directed by	Takashi Fukumoto
Produced by	Takashi Fukumoto (Toyolinks Corporation); Hitoshi Nishimura (Osaka University)
Production; companies	Osaka University Computer Graphics Research Group; Toyo Links Corporation; Bio-Meta Team
Release date	1984;
Running time	4 minutes
Country	Japan

Bio-Sensor (バイオセンサー, Baiosensa) is a 1984 Japanese animated surreal short film produced by Takashi Fukumoto at Toyo Links and Hitoshi Nishimura at Osaka University.^[1] It's notable for its early use of primitive motion capture, using profile and head-on films of a tiger walking (a la Muybridge).^[2]

Crew

Producer: Takashi Fukumoto (Toyo Links), Hitoshi Nishimura (Osaka University)
Digitizers: Hiroyuki Hayashi, Masuharu Endo, Taku Kimura, Noriaki Murashima, Chiharu Kajitsuka, Shinji Tanaka, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Koji Ichihashi

Special thanks

Osaka University

Koichi Omura
Isao Shirakawa
Makoto Hirai
Masato Nishida
Takashi Yamana
Nariyoshi Yamai
Hirohisa Wakai

Nippon Electronics College

Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Suma Noji
Yuzuru Nakamura

French parody

Sio-Benbor is a 1988 French parody of Bio-Sensor, created by a French company, Fantôme. It's notable for having a “really cute kitty” cat.^[3]

References

^ "日本にフルCGアニメは根付くのか？:第 2 回：木村卓（アートディレクター、CG アーティスト） | 連載 | CGWORLD.jp". CG・映像の専門情報サイト | CGWORLD.jp (in 日本語). Retrieved 2018-05-05.
^ "Bio Sensor - 武蔵野美術大学美術館・図書館イメージライブラリー所蔵映像資料データベース". img-lib.musabi.ac.jp (in 日本語). Retrieved 2018-05-05.
^ "Sio Benbor — Histoire 3D Wiki". histoire3d.siggraph.org (in français). Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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[1] "日本にフルCGアニメは根付くのか？:第 2 回：木村卓（アートディレクター、CG アーティスト） | 連載 | CGWORLD.jp". CG・映像の専門情報サイト | CGWORLD.jp (in 日本語). Retrieved 2018-05-05.

[2] "Bio Sensor - 武蔵野美術大学美術館・図書館イメージライブラリー所蔵映像資料データベース". img-lib.musabi.ac.jp (in 日本語). Retrieved 2018-05-05.

[3] "Sio Benbor — Histoire 3D Wiki". histoire3d.siggraph.org (in français). Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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