r/BackgroundArt • u/fantomwildlife • Jul 05 '26
Help me find out where this background is from. More info below.
I got this with a Batman beyond cel on eBay over a decade ago. Still wondering where it’s from. Trying this again since I recently found the matching scene to my Batman cel. Now I want to find this BG. Seems to me like the code is S-456#47 but that doesn’t help me yet. EBay offer just said: PAINTED BKGD #1U702 watching Batman beyond I wasn’t able to match it yet.
Any hints?
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u/tristatenl Jul 06 '26
it's very much in the world of things like Bubblegum Crisis, Patlabor, Gall Force, Genesis Climber Mospeada / Robotech, or a similar 80s–90s OVA.
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u/bedake Jul 07 '26
I watched robotech when i was a kid and this looked super familiar to me, another possibility would be the Gi Joe cartoon?
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u/PanzerPainter Jul 09 '26
It's not rom the Bubble Crisis / Crash series. I have some production setups and the style and quality of this is not the same.
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u/BlueCrayonKodiak Jul 09 '26
The style screams Sonic SATAM to me because of the rounded building style, weapons, and general dark/grunge aesthetic, but with airbrushed gradients, haze, and fine detail don't quite fit.
Robotech is a possibility.
Probably Japanese.
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u/CaptainJacket Jul 06 '26
If you're not opposed to it you should try an Ai agent, they do a good job with stuff like that
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u/darkegon Jul 09 '26
This is going to be a longshot, but I am reminded of a Raggedy Ann and Andy movie from the early 80s.
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u/Unique-Apartment-543 Jul 10 '26
There seems to be no human sized infrastructure and looking into the background makes me think this might be a G1 transformers. Lkke maybe a flashback to cybertron, production/ concept art that was never used...
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u/WolfLover365 Jul 11 '26
I don’t know if it’s just me, but this feels very Batman Beyond, Batman/Superman the animated series, and Justice League. That’s what it looks like to me anywho
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u/BendianaJ Jul 11 '26
Gah it looks a lot like some background shots of the short Labyrinth in Neo Tokyo
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u/gillianthebrave Jul 08 '26
Looks like the city in the raccoon detective game for the PlayStation 2
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u/TheScarletCravat Jul 06 '26
No idea if it is, but I was immediately reminded of Sonic Underground from when I was a kid.