In the fall of 2023, a video allegedly shot in the Tokyo metro was dispersed over the network. The video shows a train with wagons depicting an auto-bus cat-a character of the Japanese cartoon Hayao Miyazaki. We checked whether this record is real.
In 1988, anime was released on the screens "My neighbor Totoro»From the studio Ghibli, where Kotobus performed one of the characters-a huge magical cat-all. In the fall of 2023, an eight -second video was encouraged in social networks, which shows a train, the external decoration of which is made in the form of this animated hero. In numerous publications reportedthat such a catobus was launched in the Tokyo subway, replacing it with one of the regular trains. On "Picabu»They supplemented that such an action was dedicated to Halloween. While the authors of some posts They ask The leadership of the Moscow metro is inspired by this idea.
For example, in VKontakte about an unusual Japanese train was told by a verified public radio "Europe plus"(148,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). Similar posts appeared in other VK groups, among which "Cototism"(216,000 views),"Ovsyanka, sir!"(144 000),"Tesla | Science and technology"(54 000), Liberty | PEOPLE (31,000, post deleted) and "Amazing world"(19,000). The story of transport in the form of a magic cat became popular in Telegram, where channels were written about it "Kotka"(150,000 views),"Balamut"(91 000),"Adult cartoons"(82 000),"Russian digital"(66 000), Reddit (55,000), "Ovsyanka, sir!"(41 000), TG Team Russia (37,000) and others. In addition, such posts can be found in social networks X, "Zen" (for example, in the channel "Public news service"), As well as on others entertainment And news sites.
The primary source of the viral video - Instagram*-court of the video artist Ian Padgam, creating content under the nickname Origiful. Author Published The record of the catobos, which scored more than 3.1 million likes, on October 26, 2023 and wrote that it was a Tokyo Dream. According to the description of the profile, PEDGEM - California, living In France and creating poetry and surreal videos.
In fact, there have never been such transport in the Tokyo metro - this is computer graphics. “All this is 3D animation-I create a mix of a real video with 3D models that I add to the stage,- Commented Padgam his work on the anime "My neighbor Totoro". “For my videos, I do not use artificial intelligence, but I expect that AI will be able to produce such an effect in the not so distant future.”
According to the author, the process of creating such a video is quite much like the classic animation of Disney studio. To the question of one of PEDGEM users answeredWhat breaks every second of the video into 30 frames, and then animates them with 3D objects created by him. According to his estimates, this eight seconds took about 60 hours. At the same time, Ian noted that there were still defective defects. For example, it was “verified” that in the foreground the last man leaving the car went through the air. Padgam HopesThat someday such a train will actually appear in the Tokyo subway.
By the way, Pedgam’s work is not the first to take for real videos. So, in the summer of 2023, reports diverged in social networks that the triumphal arch in Paris in honor of the month of Pride was allegedly decorated with a six -color rainbow. "Checked" then found outthat the 12-second video, given as evidence, was also created by Ian.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
Photo on the cover: Origiful
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