History Main / TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects

* An episode of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has some rather conspicuous CG mountains in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning. This probably has something to do with the fact that [[spoiler:a large part of the area is destroyed during the events of the the battle]].

* The anime sequences of the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and UsefulNotes/PlayStation remakes of ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' and ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' have this. The standouts are the boat from the famous "Wind's Nocturne" song sequence (which is jarring because it's hand drawn in the shots before the song starts) in ''Silver Star Story'', and the hall leading to [[spoiler:Lucia's sleeping chamber on the Blue Star]] in ''Eternal Blue.''

* The characters' {{transformation|Sequence}} and attack sequences in ''Animation/FlowerFairy'' are mostly animated in 3D with the exception of occasional 2D scenes starting in Season 3, while the rest of the show is still animated in 2D.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has very briefly used Adobe Flash in only two episodes, which were merely for tweening to make things move faster and better, first in "Belly of the Beast", when the lava comes into the monster's belly and everything is shaking. The lava and the bears trembling and screaming were animated in Flash too. The other episode to use Flash for one scene was Power Animal, which was used for Jake's dancing.

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* In some sequences od ''Manga/{{BECK}}: Mongolian Chop Squad'' where Ryusuke, Koyuki and Taira play their instruments, there is a CG close up of their hands on the fretboards and strumming. These were animated by filming people playing and then rotoscoping the footage to blend it with the show.

** While ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' mostly averts this, it's noticeable with the ship and baby Moses' basket towards the beginning of the movie.

* Two of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's traditionally animated films noticeably used this[[note]]''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'' avert this, however[[/note]], largely because they don't just stick to backgrounds:

* ''Anime/LostUniverse'' uses CG for ''some'' of the scenes involving the spaceships, with fairly good results (though sometimes the frame rate of the CG sequences is very low, giving quite a jarring effect. Other times they're smooth as silk). What's unusual is that the ships are just as often rendered with normal cel-animation, which is... not as cool-looking.

* in ''WebAnimation/{{Lackadaisy}},'' the Lackadaisy [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Speakeasy]]'s doors in the {{Bookends}}, its stage in the opening, and the cars and guns used by the Lackadaisy and Marigold gang members are CGI features in an otherwise consciously {{Retraux}} hand-drawn universe.

** There are times in which certain Pokémon are shown in CGI. In the 11th movie, there is a Mamoswine stampede that makes the Mamoswine look like they are made out of clay. In an early ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'' episode, Combee appear in this style, looking really out of place (nevermind that Combee are cartoony insect-like Pokémon). In Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'', Klink and its evolutions are always in CG, like the Unown swarm in the [[Anime/Pokemon3 3rd movie]]. Plenty of attacks in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series of the anime also have a tendency to clash with the animation, although Pikachu's entire tail turning into a CG object when using Iron Tail in the Best Wishes seasons is probably more noticeable.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** All the movies have made use of CG, with varying amounts of success. Poké Balls began to be animated using CG during the Johto era, and other CG effects began to be used more often in the main series from the start of the ''Battle Frontier'' saga.
** There are times in which certain Pokémon are shown in CGI. In the 11th movie, there is a Mamoswine stampede that makes the Mamoswine look like they are made out of clay. In an early Diamond and Pearl episode, Combee appear in this style, looking really out of place (nevermind that Combee are cartoony insect-like Pokémon). In Black and White, Klink and its evolutions are always in CG, like the Unown swarm in the 3rd movie. Plenty of attacks in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series of the anime also have a tendency to clash with the animation, although Pikachu's entire tail turning into a CG object when using Iron Tail in the Best Wishes seasons is probably more noticeable.
** In a late Best Wishes episode, Jessie and James partecipate to a Pokémon Sumo competition with Meowth wearing a Golem costume, which is blatantly cel-shaded CG as shown by the way the head wobbles.
** The titular Pokémon in ''Spell of the Unown'' are animated this way, which helps to accentuate their [[EldritchAbomination eerie, otherworldly nature.]]

* Trumping any of the below examples of unconvincing 2D/3D meshing are the helicopters from ''Anime/Golgo13: The Professional''. Of course, those helicopters have a good excuse -- they were the ''first'' use of CG in the history of animation (even beating out ''Creator/{{Pixar}}'' by a year).

* Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}''; the series is primarily animated in 3D, with 2D animation used for specific effects such as smoke, explosions, and Jinx's hallucinations.

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' spoofs this: After Eduardo refuses to be in Bloo's movie, Bloo says that they'll use CG to put him in later. Sure enough, we later see the movie, and it contains a Conspicuous CG Eduardo.

* Very prominent in ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi''; the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star-ripoff]] spaceship comes to mind, but given that they [[MediumBlending mix live-action along with this and traditional animation]], and the OVA itself is a WidgetSeries, this is probably intentional.

* The image at the top is from ''Manga/LuckyStar'', and comes from part of a parody of ''Initial D'', both in animation style and dramatic racing action (making this an example of StylisticSuck).

* The ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' anime adaptation uses CG for many segments. The ''Japon Mignon'' ones and the one where Popuko feeds the birds are the most obvious ones, but are not the only ones. However, this often justs adds to the MindScrew nature of the series.

** Before that, ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' also utilized CG animation for several shots of the robots during the Japanese opening. While less jarring over there thanks to being very little in the way of interaction between the two mediums, the toy-like accuracy put on the 3D models makes the battle between Optimus and Megatron look very stiff compared to the rest of the sequence. The dub also adds some overlays that clearly don't fit with the animation it's attatched to.

* ''Webanimation/StupidKids'': The series does this alot whenever the characters drive vehicles.

** Most of the vehicles in the series (ie. Stan's car, the golf cart) are 3D models.

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'':

%% ** InstantRunes in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]].

CGI allows you to consistently animate complicated images (like InstantRunes) and moving objects with regularity and ease. It was embraced by many animators because it allows for good animation sequences without [[OffModel totally sacrificing the budget or scheduling for the rest of the scenes]] in a show. Unfortunately, this means that, when done without a lot of care, it can stand out considerably compared to that of 2D animation. Techniques in digital inking (such as CelShading) can alleviate this by blending the CGI with the rest of the animation. As a result, the gradual disappearance of the conspicuousness of this trope can be largely chalked up to the fact that TechnologyMarchesOn.

* The ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' films mix CG into the traditional animation. For example, the panda family in ''Animation/TheMythicalArkAdventuresInLoveAndHappiness'' and the dragons in ''MissionIncredibleAdventures OnTheDragonsTrail'' are animated in CGI.

* Galactus, in ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurferTheAnimatedSeries''. Hungorto, his CaptainErsatz in ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', is also in CG, possibly as a reference to this.
* Many elements in the ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurfer'' series, but ''especially'' Galactus.