Official Bishojo character who personified IE "Aizawa prayer" The birth of secret story

Wikipedia's "Wikipedia"In the browser" Opera "or"PleasantThere are various personified characters such as "Internet Explorer's"Aizawa prayerThat is one of them. InitiallyCollateral Damage StudiosIt was created by Singaporean animation lovers as play, but it caught sight of Microsoft in Singapore at the height of too much quality and was chosen as the official mascot of Internet Explorer. In the interview, Collateral Damage Studios, the birth parent, talks about the circumstances of such a success story.

Interview: We chat with Collateral Damage Studios on their Internet Explorer mascot - Neowin
http://www.neowin.net/news/interview-we-chat-with-collateral-damage-studios-on-their-internet-explorer-mascot

The official animation of "Aizawa prayer" can be confirmed from the following.

Anime Festival Asia Special Video - feat. Inori Aizawa - YouTube


Collateral Damage Studios is a company founded in 2007 by people who love drawing animation. "Although Microsoft and Internet Explorer are not very popular in Singapore, I think that it is suitable for animation fans," according to one of the members of Collateral Damage Studios, "Aizawa prayer" which personified Internet Explorer personified As soon as it was released, there were echoes from many people.

After "Aizawa prayer" was released Collateral Damage Studios "International Cosplay Day Singapore"While participating in the animation event, Microsoft's stakeholders came directly to the members and asked" I would like to adopt Aizawa prayer as an official mascot of Internet Explorer ", the beginning of the project. Since Microsoft was very receptive to the idea proposed by Collateral Damage Studios, the work seems to have progressed very smoothly.

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However, the creation of animation with "Aizawa prayer" as the hero was a big challenge for Collateral Damage Studios, so we completed another technical company to help with technical aspects. Collateral Damage Studios creates many ideas when creating animation, and two of them may be realized in the future.

You can see how the official animation of "Aizawa prayer" was made from the following.

Internet Explorer - tan Compositing Process - YouTube


Scene where Aizawa prayer defends enemy's attack with shield and barrier.


The base animation.


With the ground ...


The background has been synthesized.


Brighten the ground.


Add a shield.


Combine light to the added shield.


Add lasers the enemy released.



Process barrier with fractal noise effect.


Add light particles and impact ripples to the synthesized barrier.



Add a robot to the background ... ...


After correcting the color, it is completion.


Also, with a browser that is not Internet ExplorerOfficial site of "Aizawa prayer"When going to see, the following screen is displayed together with a message "Internet Explorer, which is the most popular in the world!" !, and a link to download the special specification IE called "Internet Explorer (Inori version)" Appearance.


In addition, when accessing the official site of "Aizawa prayer" in a browser which was not Internet Explorer before, praying Aizawa praying cryingly was displayed.


Also, you can get 4 types of wallpapers for PC of Aizawa prayer and 2 soundtracks from the following URL for free.

Downloads and Goodies - SkyDrive
http://sdrv.ms/internetexplorertan

Chibi Aizawa Prayer version wallpaper


Desktop PC version


Street version


Touch version