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Amazing 2D animated sequences which bookend the CG feature "Kung Fu Panda" .
The opening dream sequence was animated by James Baxter Animation. It's been posted as a special preview clip at MSN Movies :
Kung Fu Panda Opening Dream Sequence
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Dream Sequence Production -
Storyboard and Direction by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Animation Director - James Baxter
Asst. Animation Director- Chris Sonnenburg
Producer - Hameed Shaukat
General Manager - Kendra Baxter
Key Clean-Up Artist - Helen Michael
Rough In-Betweener/Asst. Clean-Up - Raymond Flores Fabular
Compositors - Jason Brubaker , Erik Tillmans
Color Models - Claire Williams
Ink & Paint - Tina Staples
Line Art Scanner - Marisa Ledina
Accounting- Lauren Matthews-Hill
Enjoy the clip, but if you haven't seen this in the theater you should really go see it : the artwork is very rich and detailed and can best be appreciated on a big screen.
Then in a reprise of the 2D opening sequence the end-credits were designed by Shine Studios , in collaboration with James Baxter Animation and Dreamworks Animation. The character animation in the end-credits was done in-house by Dreamworks animators -
Panda: Gabriele Pennacchioli
Shifu: William Salazar
Tigress: Rodolphe Guenoden
Tai Lung: Philippe Le Brun
Mantis: Ken Morrissey
Viper: Rodolphe Guenoden
Crane: Simon Otto
Oogway: Ken Morrissey
Dad (Duck): Alessandro Carloni
Messenger Goose and Rhino: Pierre Perifel
Monkey: Gabe Hordos
Shifu: William Salazar
Tigress: Rodolphe Guenoden
Tai Lung: Philippe Le Brun
Mantis: Ken Morrissey
Viper: Rodolphe Guenoden
Crane: Simon Otto
Oogway: Ken Morrissey
Dad (Duck): Alessandro Carloni
Messenger Goose and Rhino: Pierre Perifel
Monkey: Gabe Hordos
Animation drawing by Gabriele Pennacchioli -
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View the end-credit sequence here:
Kung Fu Panda End Credits