Some shots of the water plants, for one. There were tons of them swaying around in the river by the street used as reference, so we thought they would be very important when depicting it. We tried over and over to make them look as beautiful as possible. At first we gave them a textured feel, but when checking them the director commented that it might be better without it, so we got rid of that. People sum up what we do as just CG work, but the truth is that we use a variety of techniques to present things. Eventually our portrayal of those aquatic plants won over the directional staff and we rejoiced (laughs). We also didn’t want to over-emphasize the carps swimming around in the same river…and yet they give it such a nice touch that I think it’s fine that they steal the viewer’s attention to some degree.