Wantan is from the generation of late 90s early 00s 3D artists with unique styles like other 3D artists of the time who used Cinema4D, Maya and Flash.
St Borough Annerose (
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alternative translation of
スタンブローAg精錬所),
Jyubei (who was the first to use Retroscoping 3D -> 2D),
Mi Po Z,
Umemaro and a many other unsung heroes who are lost to history and you can only find on DLSite now. LESLyzerosix didn't animate, but knew the old animators, so it's good to ask if he remember any of the old animators.
Hana No Yousei was another pioneer, around the time when Wantan was releasing his first demos. Looking back now, it looked very crude, but it started a trand and everyone and their mother wanted to make a swimsuit gal by the pool animation.
Most important of all was
Seismic (who was one of the early artists to do an official English translation). Him and Umemaro took off majorly.
Stargate 3D is another of the old school animators that was really popular back in the day and is dormant now.
The big players are now the Blender, MMD and Koikatsu communities. You rarely see anyone use Cinema4D anymore, except the user mentioned above.
Wantan is the last of the old OG animators of that era alongside Umemaro. Stanbro Ag had eye surgery and can't very long hour and Seismic is in semi-retirement.
Tamangoworks is the current flagbearer of the old 3D and Wantan has been more active throughout the years, but he streams a lot of games on the side, so it usually takes around a year or so before you see anything release. He is also the most litigious out of everyone (Jyubei was close second), so he is his worst enemy by shutting down free publicity and sales.