Hannes, just curious, could you post your render settings for an animation like this?
For example, detail blending?
Or did you just hit the animation check button?
What were render times, if you rendered it yourself?
TG became quite a bit faster recent years and render services like PixelPlow cheaper, so I'm leaning towards trying some animations myself too, though not as fancy as yours I guess.
Cheers,
Martin