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Could parts of this at least be Ebata or Yama (corrected)? HinaNartSaku running on last cut feels particularly utsunomiya-school, and some of the uncorrected fires and smoke looks webgen-esque (fire on the pole on left at 0:20 in particular) I'm not entirely convinced it's either, but looking at the list not sure who else it could be...

(Shading in crossbow cuts are also kinda digital looking?)
LoogiBaloogi said:
Could parts of this at least be Ebata or Yama (corrected)? HinaNartSaku running on last cut feels particularly utsunomiya-school, and some of the uncorrected fires and smoke looks webgen-esque (fire on the pole on left at 0:20 in particular) I'm not entirely convinced it's either, but looking at the list not sure who else it could be...

(Shading in crossbow cuts are also kinda digital looking?)
I don't see that at all tbh. My guess for this scene has always been one of the older giants, specifically Arai or Tomaru maybe(?)
This has been another reminder for me to re-recheck the list before commenting lol. Arai is probably a better guess, dunno enough about Tomaru to say anything. What threw me off is the fire mainly (also in post #221492), since I don't really recall Arai doing effects like that, although you're right that the movement and art is closer to his.

Edit: whoops
the nature of Naruto movies is that the effects are almost always redrawn by the supervisor, in this case, Hirofumi Masuda