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A stunning Japanese “3D” billboard for Sq. Enix hit Last Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade has been declared the winner of a contest held by the Tokyo Out of doors Promoting Affiliation (TOAA).

The Last Fantasy VII 3D billboard, which might be seen in Tokyo again within the winter of 2021, stars beloved social gathering member RED XIII, who’s chased down by a Shinra helicopter excessive up over the rooftops of Midgar. Thankfully, all of it ends fortunately, as our boy falls right into a toy warehouse, for some goofy pretend moustache chicanery. It’s a genuinely fascinating and lovely piece of animation, and one can solely think about how a lot pleasure it delivered to onlookers through the vacation interval.

You’ll be able to try the total animation within the video under.

The Tokyo Out of doors Promoting Contest, which is held each two years, acknowledges promoting that it believes not solely shows creativity and wonderful visible design, however that additionally suitably matches in with the surroundings, providing a type of “artwork and spectacle” over the overall crassness and tackiness of most promoting. Additionally introduced into consideration are the advert’s influence on the encompassing space, and whether or not or not it disrupts the aesthetic of the native space.

Whereas 3D billboards are nothing new, they’re nonetheless extremely sparse of their use in mainstream society, usually situated to main metropolis’ corresponding to Tokyo, New York, and international locations corresponding to China and South Korea. They use depth notion and optical phantasm to make characters look like leaping out from the buildings themselves and, when partenered with imaginative manufacturers and exquisite animation, make for visually beautiful speaking factors for passerbys.

Last Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is accessible now on PS5 and PC.