E3, Day One (18)

"Look at the detail on that mechanical arm's hydraulic rods." A colleague pushed up his glasses. "They didn't get lazy and use 3D modeling. It's all hand-drawn cel animation. These Japanese people are absolute madmen when it comes to drawing mechanical structures."

"But that green three-dimensional scanning schematic used a fully 3D presentation. Is Japanese animation this aggressive about using new technology now?" another colleague added.

Over in the Japanese press section, an editor from Famitsu recognized the visual style, and also recognized Mamoru Oshii's name in the trailer's staff credits.

"Mamoru Oshii. There's no mistaking this cold color palette and camera language." He wrote the three characters for Mamoru Oshii in his notebook and circled them. "The music style is also very distinctive."

The image pushed forward.

Motoko stood at the edge of a skyscraper in Niihama City, looking down over the sea of neon lights flickering in the rainy night below.

She tore off the trench coat on her body, then tipped backward and fell into the abyss.

In midair, the optical camouflage activated. Her figure warped in the night, vanished, and left only a string of splashing raindrops behind.

The music cut off abruptly at its climax.

The screen went black.

Two lines of minimalist white English text appeared.

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The audience below stayed quiet for a full five seconds.

Then applause spread out from the media section in the front rows.

There were no screams, no whistles.

This was pure recognition of top-tier audiovisual industrial standards.

EGM's editor-in-chief stuffed his notebook into his bag and stood up. "A smart approach. With such a long production cycle, the game side probably has very limited materials it can release. Using the trailer for a