With Tully, after translating the parts and objects into English, the poses no longer work, because the pose files are looking for Japanese named objects in the scene.

Motions, on the other hand, make use of an internal reference system. You can create a Shade scene, rename your objects, parts and the like whatever you like, and yet when you import a motion file, it still works. Of course, working with motions also means you can more easily work with keyframes and can more easily animate the transitions between motion settings as well.

Im experimenting now with converting Tully Japanese poses into Tully English motions. Once that is done, Tully is ready to go.

Hanako for Shade is a reasonably realistic character. She seems mostly in proportion for a Japanese woman, with just a bit of extra shine you would expect from a Japanese character. Hanako is an extremely popular character among users of Shade, but she is outshined in Japan by a newer character called Tully. I am currently working on the English localization of Tully, and will post some pics here and elsewhere so you can see what I’m talking about.

Ponder on Hanako for a moment, then check out the Repliee female android developed at Osaka University.