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The term for this is Itano Circus, made famous in Macross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgwORRFIiuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgwORRFIiuE

nvader 4y ago
I've also heard it called Roboteching, from the samish reference: Warning info hazard tvtropes :p https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Roboteching https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Roboteching
- creamyhorror 4y ago
  It seems like "roboteching" refers more to the sudden synchronised turning of the missiles towards the target, and "Itano Circus" / "Macross Missile Massacre" is the general term for near-simultaneous missile spam. Definitely very aesthetically pleasing. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MacrossMissileMassacre https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MacrossMissileMa...
  - uranusjr 4y ago
    Itano Circus is about the entire choreography of the entire fighting sequence, more than the missiles but combined with unrealistically agile robot actions and dynamic camera placing/movement.
grimgrin 4y ago
And here's 20 minutes of Itano Circus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzXfVgYCxWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzXfVgYCxWI
- jvanderbot 4y ago
  To be fair, some of the "circus" aspect could be explained by noise in the tracker, rather than noise in the launch direction or trajectory tracking (as TFA proposes). Mostly I say this because the directions tend to diverge more as they get closer to a highly dynamic target.
- YeGoblynQueenne 4y ago
  Cheers. Now I have to think of a way to model that kind of thing shooting out of a Stormsurge: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/KV128_Stormsurge?file=KV128_Stormsurge.png https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/KV128_Stormsurge?file=K...
082349872349872 4y ago
These are sometimes worth frame advancing for easter eggs. DYRL in particular had a sequence where mid-circus (IIRC) a Kirin beer can goes one way, and a Budweiser can goes in the opposite direction. [Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckZcVFLU24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckZcVFLU24 4:54 anime girl as missile nose art 5:40 not kirin, but "ハタイコ" (hataiko?) 5:41 defo budweiser (also from the Valkyrie?) I was wrong, but not badly mistaken. There may be more; I'm stopping here.]
jvanderbot 4y ago
I think I should be watching more Macross
SigmundA 4y ago
I have to believe Itano Circus was inspired by Saturn rocket fireworks, at least that what I though as a kid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS_7nY19kXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS_7nY19kXw
kitsunesoba 4y ago
A well-animated Circus is always a treat.
Kukumber 4y ago
that's not the "term", that's "as seen in X anime" bastardizing technical "terms" irritates me
- howenterprisey 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itano_Circus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itano_Circus
- numpad0 4y ago
  Itano circus is not an in-universe term, it’s named after an artist Ichiro Itano who is associated with it.
  - Kukumber 4y ago
    You don't say: a painting using cubism style is a "Picasso" The author that popularized it doesn't get attribution de-facto for every paintings that uses cubism Slightly rotating your missile propulsion system with an auto-targeting system doesn't make it "Itano" You don't say "Mr Smith's way of braking" because you saw him drift There is something about the weeb culture that's very corrosive about culture in general That's very concerning for this generation of technicians https://llvm.moe/ https://llvm.moe/
    - somethingreen 4y ago
      These terms come from Sakuga scene where artist attribution and appreciation are a big part of it. See also "Yutapon Cubes", for example. Also we absolutely do identify art styles after their creators if the style is distinct enough, but doesn't necessarily establish a new branch, e.g. Escher, Warhol, Wes Anderson.
    - JohnBooty 4y ago
      There is something about the weeb culture that's very corrosive about culture in general That's very concerning for this generation of technicians I'd love to hear more of these thoughts.
    - 4y ago

nvader 4y ago

I've also heard it called Roboteching, from the samish reference: Warning info hazard tvtropes :p https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Roboteching https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Roboteching

creamyhorror 4y ago
It seems like "roboteching" refers more to the sudden synchronised turning of the missiles towards the target, and "Itano Circus" / "Macross Missile Massacre" is the general term for near-simultaneous missile spam. Definitely very aesthetically pleasing. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MacrossMissileMassacre https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MacrossMissileMa...
- uranusjr 4y ago
  Itano Circus is about the entire choreography of the entire fighting sequence, more than the missiles but combined with unrealistically agile robot actions and dynamic camera placing/movement.

grimgrin 4y ago

And here's 20 minutes of Itano Circus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzXfVgYCxWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzXfVgYCxWI

jvanderbot 4y ago
To be fair, some of the "circus" aspect could be explained by noise in the tracker, rather than noise in the launch direction or trajectory tracking (as TFA proposes). Mostly I say this because the directions tend to diverge more as they get closer to a highly dynamic target.
YeGoblynQueenne 4y ago
Cheers. Now I have to think of a way to model that kind of thing shooting out of a Stormsurge: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/KV128_Stormsurge?file=KV128_Stormsurge.png https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/KV128_Stormsurge?file=K...

082349872349872 4y ago

These are sometimes worth frame advancing for easter eggs. DYRL in particular had a sequence where mid-circus (IIRC) a Kirin beer can goes one way, and a Budweiser can goes in the opposite direction. [Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckZcVFLU24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckZcVFLU24 4:54 anime girl as missile nose art 5:40 not kirin, but "ハタイコ" (hataiko?) 5:41 defo budweiser (also from the Valkyrie?) I was wrong, but not badly mistaken. There may be more; I'm stopping here.]

jvanderbot 4y ago

I think I should be watching more Macross

SigmundA 4y ago

I have to believe Itano Circus was inspired by Saturn rocket fireworks, at least that what I though as a kid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS_7nY19kXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS_7nY19kXw

kitsunesoba 4y ago

A well-animated Circus is always a treat.

Kukumber 4y ago

that's not the "term", that's "as seen in X anime" bastardizing technical "terms" irritates me

howenterprisey 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itano_Circus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itano_Circus
numpad0 4y ago
Itano circus is not an in-universe term, it’s named after an artist Ichiro Itano who is associated with it.
- Kukumber 4y ago
  You don't say: a painting using cubism style is a "Picasso" The author that popularized it doesn't get attribution de-facto for every paintings that uses cubism Slightly rotating your missile propulsion system with an auto-targeting system doesn't make it "Itano" You don't say "Mr Smith's way of braking" because you saw him drift There is something about the weeb culture that's very corrosive about culture in general That's very concerning for this generation of technicians https://llvm.moe/ https://llvm.moe/
  - somethingreen 4y ago
    These terms come from Sakuga scene where artist attribution and appreciation are a big part of it. See also "Yutapon Cubes", for example. Also we absolutely do identify art styles after their creators if the style is distinct enough, but doesn't necessarily establish a new branch, e.g. Escher, Warhol, Wes Anderson.
  - JohnBooty 4y ago
    There is something about the weeb culture that's very corrosive about culture in general That's very concerning for this generation of technicians I'd love to hear more of these thoughts.
  - 4y ago