That's a buttload of bmp files! Holy hell!
I'm leaning towards them creating the animation first, then printing out each frame individually, with adjustments for how they wanted to the camera to make each frame appear, then stop-motioning it back together.[/QUOTE]
This. Really even looking at the animation this is really obvious due to a bunch of 3D effects.
Also, apparently CNN did a report on this...by doing a report on the original video and claiming it was made using stop motion animation while showing footage from both the original video and the clip in the OP.
Finding a news report on Touhou fanworks (and a bad report rife with misinformation and poor research) instead of the actual games is both hilarious and completely expected.
I hate the part where I was able to identify all the characters.
Out of curiosity, what anime was it?[/QUOTE]
http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Touhou_Wiki
I'd recommend Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, and Imperishable Night as these three are pretty much the best games in the series. PCB and IN in particular are two of the best shoot-em-up games I've ever played. The PC-98 games are difficult and the outdated graphics make it difficult to play, and 10-12 all have problems with massive difficulty increases over previous games (the bosses are harder and if you continue you have to restart the stage from the beginning with only two lives, instead of right where you left off with a full stock).