Is the G5 Series gonna stay with the 3D like in the movie or switch to 2D?

[phantompone1148 126]

I would like to see it in 2D. 

[Misty Shadow 7,842]

They'll probably do 2D for the show, considering costs, but like I've said enough times, the 3D is fine so long as it captures the effect of the 3D animation in the film well. 

[DemeowHiya 253]

Honestly, I wouldn't even mind seeing them in 3D still.  I liked the animation in the movie a lot, so I'm hoping that the jump from 3D-2D won't be an awkward one.

With that said, they're probably gonna do 2D animation.

[Tom Gallagher 33,581]

I think 2D is the easiest way to go. I liked the CG but 2D has always been my preference.

[Hellfire428 34]

I would love to see it in CG, but it cost a high budget and time so i think they just gonna roll with 2D.

[HedonismBot 239]

I'm pretty sure I've seen an article claiming that at least one of the specials would be in 2D.

[phantompone1148 126]

57 minutes ago, HedonismBot said:

I'm pretty sure I've seen an article claiming that at least one of the specials would be in 2D.

link?

[HedonismBot 239]

10 hours ago, phantompone1148 said:

link?

Okay, so it turns out it's not the actual 44 inute special we were promised next year, just a Youtube-exclusive short:

2D Youtube Exclusive Generation 5 Animation Releasing in Spring

[Denis 7]

They've takes full work on it since around 2019, I only expect the movie to be in CG and the show to be in 2D. Making the movie was already enough, but the entire series? If they wanted to make even a season it would take years. So, definitely a 2D show.

[Steve Piranha 29,419]

I think it’ll only be in 2D for the YouTube shorts

[Bumble Sweet 135]

2d is good than3d.

if it is 3d it will be soo weird 

[Splashee 28,563]

If they make it 3D, it will clearly be a distinction between older generations and G5. It doesn't seem like the 3D made G5 any less popular, so I would go with 3D. I mean, they already have the world and models from the movie, so why recreate the entire G5?

[Landi 600]

I feel like it could go either way with Hasbro, but I hope that the series will end up having 2D animation. While the 3D animation of the movie looked pretty good, I highly doubt that a series would be able to have that same level of animation due to having to spread the budget out amongst many episodes. Plus, I just tend to prefer 2D animation over 3D animation and I feel like the pony character models themselves look better in 2D. Add to that that 2D animation works very well for merchandising, and I think it would overall be a good decision for the series to have 2D animation.

[Orchid_Fiore 200]

On 21/1/2022 at 21:03, Landi said:

Además, tiendo a preferir la animación 2D a la animación 3D y siento que los modelos de personajes de ponis se ven mejor en 2D. Agregue a eso que la animación 2D funciona muy bien para la comercialización, y creo que, en general, sería una buena decisión que la serie tuviera animación 2D.

And... That's right. I am not a big fan of 3D Ponies (and that kind of animation in general), because I feel like some details are lost.

[Jirai Kei 10]

On 2022-01-10 at 7:40 PM, Splashee said:

If they make it 3D, it will clearly be a distinction between older generations and G5. It doesn't seem like the 3D made G5 any less popular, so I would go with 3D. I mean, they already have the world and models from the movie, so why recreate the entire G5?

G3 was also originally in 3D and animated in Maya, but nobody seems to remember that. It also seems like the G5 movie didn't have that much of a high budget for the 3D animation and yet managed to look good, they stated in multiple interviews that they couldn't afford making clothing for the ponies as it would have cost them too much, yet low-budget productions like Paw Patrol can afford those, so I don't see why Hasbro shouldn't invest more into it considering 3D is the way to go for long series nowadays when you want a low allover production cost as you only need to make the models once.

[Skylight Scintillate 2,004]

From what I heard, 2D is only for the youtube shorts. It would be interesting to see a whole generation done in 3D though...

[Bumble Sweet 135]

yes 

I agree.

but I prefer 2d more

[Splashee 28,563]

On 2022-01-23 at 6:47 AM, ichigomomomya said:

but nobody seems to remember that

Did it look any good? 3D at that era must have been horrible.

 

TyT ended up in 2D, and I take it all back. I prefer the 3D. I didn't know they could screw up the 2D designs so much.

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

On 2022-01-23 at 12:47 AM, ichigomomomya said:

G3 was also originally in 3D and animated in Maya, but nobody seems to remember that. It also seems like the G5 movie didn't have that much of a high budget for the 3D animation and yet managed to look good, they stated in multiple interviews that they couldn't afford making clothing for the ponies as it would have cost them too much, yet low-budget productions like Paw Patrol can afford those, so I don't see why Hasbro shouldn't invest more into it considering 3D is the way to go for long series nowadays when you want a low allover production cost as you only need to make the models once.

I have a feeling the studio didn't have plans to make the actual show or movies in Maya since the 3D was only ever used in promotional material and video games. Even though the 2D animation wasn't all that great either, I'm glad they didn't stick with 3D since it's easy for bad 3D to look creepy.

 

I am mixed on whether G5 is better in 3D or 2D now. It all comes down to budget, really. I will enjoy whatever had the most effort put into it (man, I miss the 3D from the movie!).