No Man's Sky's sandbox open-world allows players to do many incredible things, but few would have predicted this. A fan has recreated the anime opening sequence for Dragon Ball Z using No Man's Sky.
The video itself is remarkably similar to the original Dragon Ball Z anime opening. It's obviously not 1:1, more due to the limitations of No Man's Sky than the Youtuber's efforts. The work that must have gone into creating it must have been staggering. The footage used in the video virtually all comes from direct recording, with some clever green screen chroma-key editing so that the No Man's Sky characters could "fly."
YouTuber Wonce has been making No Man's Sky and meme videos for over a year now, with his recent videos proving impressively high effort. The "Dragon Ball's Sky" anime opening is his most impressive video yet. Wonce even described the video as his "most ambitious project" on the channel. Production began in February 2019 and it was even shelved for a time. Wonce also provides a list of technical, creative, and IRL difficulties showing just how much went into finishing this video.
According to Wonce, No Man's Sky itself was quite the challenge to work with. "Complex gestures really hard to accomplish in No Man's Sky's emote system," he explained. The extent to which he was able to capture any expressions and movements of the original Dragon Ball Z video are all the more impressive as a result. They even traveled to the Galactic Hub for location filming. Finding the giants to replace Goku's Great Ape form and the dinosaur to replace the T-Rex was especially great.
Wonce's "The Making of Dragon Ball's Sky" follow-up video ends on a somber note. It reads "Really don't know if I can keep this channel going" which builds off of his list of difficulties, showing how challenging it can be to create original content for Youtube. It's a shame, really, because the quality of the video is impressive. It's a great showcase of the breadth of content in No Man's Sky, too. Hopefully, Wonce can continue creating such fun gaming content, but at the very least they can be proud of the quality of their work. "Dragon Ball's Sky" will go down as a classic.
No Man's Sky is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Kotaku