GoKawiilLeaked 3D model files from The Iron Giant resurface online, fans reanimate them
Files purporting to be original 3D models of the Giant character from Brad Bird's 1999 film The Iron Giant appeared on the Internet Archive this summer and were spotted by a social media user. Animators have since used the models to create new animations of the character. The film originally combined traditional 2D animation with a CG-rendered Giant, an approach Bird pursued to make the character feel like 'a 3D character living seamlessly in a 2D world.'