Jobert and the Crop Circle Warriors is primarily a 2D animation or hand drawn, but we also used 3D graphics for faster production. The total production got stalled mainly because of training new artists for the 2D animation. Toppeg Animation does not yet use tablet computers for the 2D in the series, as the budget was lacking. The 3D animation is mainly used for technological or machine drawings, like automobiles, robots and space ships, after which they are rendered and colored in 2D style to fit the whole picture environment. According to the director and the co-producer, drawing the machines by hand takes more time, an example like similar multiple robots could easily be duplicated by the computer. However, people’s faces and bodies in the series need to be drawn as they will look too stiff if the 3D graphics are used.
The design of the machine is first drawn by hand and given (job-out or outsourced) to the freelance 3D artists to make a 3D model of the machine, spaceship etc. and rendered into 2D. Shown below are the numerous 3D animation used in the series.
Jellyfish Canon
Jobert’s Car
Stolen Car
Mother Ship
Jeepney and Background
Background
Ordinary Droid
Ordinary Droids in the Laboratory
Original Battle Droid which was replaced as it looked like Bumble Bee in Transformers
Study of New Battle Droid
Final Battle Droid
Army of Battle Droids
Assassin Droid
Assassin Droid
Balhalya’s Manta Ship, it was replaced as it looked like a ship from the Avenger’s cartoon
Study of Balhalya’s New Angler Ship
Angler Ship and Akalan Background
Frogee’s Tadpole Shuttle
Another view of tadpole shuttle
Cloaked Tadpole Shuttle
Battle Tadpole Ship
Miracle Animation Studios Inc. 
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