Take A Sneak Peak At The Movies Coming Out This Week (8/12) Movie Theater Seats: Which Are The Best? Gulfport Movie Theaters: A Complete Guide; Our List of the 20 Best Tom Cruise Movies. Download FaceRig. Turn webcam videos of people into expressive animated characters. Live2D is the technique of generating 2D animations, usually anime-style characters, using layered, continuous parts based on an illustration, without the need of frame-by-frame animation or a 3D model. Live2D is also the name of the eponymous animation software series employing the technique, created by Japanese programmer Tetsuya Nakajo.
Live2D is the technique of generating 2D animations, usually anime-style characters, using layered, continuous parts based on an illustration, without the need of frame-by-frame animation or a 3D model.[1]Live2D is also the name of the eponymous animation software series employing the technique, created by Japaneseprogrammer Tetsuya Nakajo.[2]
Live2D characters consist of layered parts, such as eyes, mouths, and arms, that are rigged to a skeleton to form a whole animated character. Live2D can be used with motion capture to track movements and perform lip syncing for real-time applications such as vtubing.
Live2D has been used in a wide variety of video games, visual novels, virtual YouTuber channels, and other media. Well-known examples of Live2D media and software include FaceRig,[3][4]Nekopara,[5]Azur Lane,[6] and the virtual YouTuberTsukino Mito [ja],[7].
Software[edit]
Live2D Ltd.[edit]
| Developer(s) | Tetsuya Nakajo |
|---|---|
| Platform | Microsoft Windows, macOS |
| Website | www.live2d.com |
Software developer Tetsuya Nakashiro had been independently developing Live2D software, and founded the company Cyber Noise (てサイバーノイズ) in 2006 with support from the Exploratory IT Human Resources Project of the Japanese Information Technology Promotion Agency (IPA). Because of its novelty and lack of uptake, Cyber Noise was unsuccessful.
In 2011, Live2D software received attention after its use in the PSP game Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Portable. It subsequently received interest as a library for Android and iOS. Following this success, in 2014 Cyber Noise subsequently renamed itself to Live2D Ltd.[8]
Live2D Ltd. provides its software and SDKs under both commercial licenses and as freeware.
Live2D Ltd. Software[edit]
- Live2D Cubism
- Live2D Euclid
Others[edit]
Some software programs are able to create animated avatars by combining the Live2D system with real-time motion capture and computer-generated imagery, including:
- FaceRig (Windows)
- Adobe Character Animator (Windows, MacOS)
- Reallusion (Windows)
- Nijisanji [ja] (Android, iOS)
- Hololive [ja] (iOS)
- MocapX (iOS)
- Live2DViewerEX (Windows, MacOS, Android)
Works using Live2D[edit]
Visual novels[edit]
- Mashiroiro Symphony (2009; Windows, PSP)
- Ensemble Girls! (2012; Android, iOS)
- Tokimeki Restaurant (2013; Android, iOS)
- Nekopara (2014; Windows, macOS)
- City of Love: Paris (2017; Android, iOS)
- Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation (2017; Windows, PS4)
Mobile games[edit]
- Battle Girl High School (2015; Android, iOS)
- BraveSword×BlazeSoul (2015; Android, iOS)
- Ensemble Stars! (2015; Android, iOS)
- Destiny Child (2016; Android, iOS)
- Girls' Frontline (2016; Android, iOS)
- Azur Lane (2017; Android, iOS)
- BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! (2017; Android, iOS)[9]
- Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (2017; Android, iOS)[10]
- Project Tokyo Dolls (2017; Android, iOS)
- Uta no Prince-sama: Shining Live (2017; Android, iOS)
- Epic Seven (2018; Android, iOS)
- Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE (2018; Android, iOS)
- Mashiro Witch: Marchen of Midnight (2018; Android, iOS)
- The Wizard's Promise [ja] (2019; Android, iOS)
- Girl Cafe Gun (2019; Android, iOS)
- Mirage Memorial (2019; Android, iOS)
- My Stella Knights (2020; Android, iOS)
- Disney: Twisted-Wonderland (2020; Android, iOS)
- Project Sekai: Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku (2020; Android, iOS)
- D4DJ Groovy Mix (2020; Android, iOS)
- Illusion Connect (2020; Android, iOS)
- Assault Lily: Last Bullet (2021; Android, iOS)
- Blue Archive (2021; Android, iOS)
- Uma Musume Pretty Derby (2021; Android, iOS)
- Angel Squad (2021; Android, iOS)
Console games[edit]
- Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) (2012; PSP)
- Fire Emblem Fates (2015; 3DS)[11]
- Kancolle Kai (2016; PS Vita)[12]
PC games[edit]
- Herald: An Interactive Period Drama (2017)
- Namu Amida Butsu! -UTENA- (2019)[13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Facerig Live2d Module Free Download Windows 7
- ^'What is Live2D?'. Live2D. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ^'Profile | Live2D'. www.live2d.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'FaceRig Live2D Module on Steam'. store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'FaceRig + Live2D Module | Live2D'. Live2D. Archived from the original on 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ^'Meet The Catgirls Of Sekai Project's Visual Novel NEKOPARA Vol. 1 - Siliconera'. Siliconera. 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^Siegal, Jacob (2018-08-25). 'The 8 best free iPhone games of the week'. BGR. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'バーチャルYouTuber「月ノ美兎」サブカル女子高生委員長が人気急上昇中 | Mogura VR'. MoguraVR (in Japanese). 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^http://engineer.typemag.jp/article/live2d
- ^'(日本語) バンドリ！ ガールズバンドパーティ！ | Live2D'. Live2D. Archived from the original on 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ^'MAGIA RECORD | Live2D'. Live2D. Archived from the original on 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ^'Despite the Censored Petting Mini-Game, Fire Emblem Fates Still Uses Live2D Assets'. NicheGamer.com. 2016-02-05.
- ^zozi. 'Studio Sleipnir PSvitaのソフト 「艦これ改」が発売になりました。'. studiosleipnir.blog15.fc2.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'system｜なむあみだ仏っ！-蓮台 UTENA- 公式サイト'. なむあみだ仏っ！-蓮台 UTENA- 公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-22.