#multiplane camera
Me geeking out over Season 3 of Inuyasha:
“Oo, pretty. They’ve really upgraded the still background shots.
No wait, that isn’t… No, it can’t be. That’s too expensive. They couldn’t possibly have – omg that’s DEFINITELY a tri-layer multiplane camera! Which of the many studios working on this project brought that beautiful monster to the table?”
Seriously, that’s a MAJOR investment, but they made some awesome shots with it.
Looking back, I can see a few places where they used it judiciously before Season 3, but then they really took the brakes off.
Dave Fleischer’s magnificent tabletop animation process, 1941.