{"id":37020,"date":"2024-09-13T11:59:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T02:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37020"},"modified":"2024-09-13T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T03:00:00","slug":"visions-of-mana-director-took-embarrassing-videos-of-himself-wielding-a-water-bottle-to-make-sure-the-rpgs-animations-looked-just-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/visions-of-mana-director-took-embarrassing-videos-of-himself-wielding-a-water-bottle-to-make-sure-the-rpgs-animations-looked-just-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Visions of Mana director took \u201cembarrassing\u201d videos of himself wielding a water bottle to make sure the RPG\u2019s animations looked just right\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Visions of Mana<\/strong> co-director Ryusuke Yoshida recently revealed some behind-the-scenes snapshots of the process behind coming up with the RPGs whimsical animations. Posting on X, Yoshida explained that he personally acted out what he wanted an Elemental Vessel animation to look like in-game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">When I was thinking about the animation for Elemental Vessels. I found it in my iPhone album.<br>\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u306b\u7cbe\u970a\u5668\u306e\u52d5\u304d\u306e\u30a4\u30e1\u30fc\u30b8\u3092\u4f1d\u3048\u308b\u70ba\u306biPhone\u3067\u81ea\u64ae\u308a\u3057\u3066\u305f\u6642\u306e\u30d3\u30c7\u30aa\u3092\u898b\u3064\u3051\u305f\u3002\u6065\u305a\u304b\u3057\u3044\u304b\u3089\u8ab0\u3082\u3044\u306a\u3044\u6642\u306b\u3053\u3063\u305d\u308a\u3068\u64ae\u5f71\u3057\u3066\u307e\u3057\u305f\u306d\ud83e\udee3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VisionsofMana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VisionsofMana<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E8%81%96%E5%89%A3%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%ACVoM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u8056\u5263\u4f1d\u8aacVoM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qK6Kmi7HZy\">pic.twitter.com\/qK6Kmi7HZy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ryosuke Yoshida (@YoshidaBeer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoshidaBeer\/status\/1834258790814024161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation (Japanese part):<\/strong><em> I found a video on my iPhone that I made to convey the concept for an Elemental Vessel animation to the animators. I filmed this in secret when no-one else was around because I was embarrassed.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elemental Vessels are mysterious artifacts that contain the power of a particular element and are a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/visions-of-mana-details-on-new-characters-class-switching-and-elemental-gameplay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cornerstone of Visions of Mana\u2019s gameplay<\/a>. They can be equipped to characters in your party to change their class, which allows you to unlock different skills and stats, as well as unleash element-specific attacks. Your characters can also harness the power of their equipped element in the field to explore the world and find hidden areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37020-001.jpg\" alt=\"Visions of Mana\" class=\"wp-image-37027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37020-001.jpg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37020-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240913-37020-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Visions of Mana has lots of animations associated with this important in-game item, including transformation cutscenes for when you equip an Elemental Vessel to a character. There are also many unique animations when you use Elemental Vessels against enemies in battle.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes time and effort to animate a specific movement. By using a large water bottle as a prop, it seems Yoshida was able to try out different actions in real life and then give the video to the animators as a reference for how such movements should look in-game. The stills that Yoshida shared on X show his passion for creating the vibrant world of Visions of Mana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visions of Mana is out now on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10008215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS4\/PS5,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/visions-of-mana\/9nj5wv40pd08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a> and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2490990\/Visions_of_Mana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visions of Mana co-director Ryosuke Yoshida&#8217;s recent revelation shows his commitment and enthusiasm for creating the RPGs vibrant world.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":37026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-37020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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