IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM

An image processing apparatus for displaying a 3D object as a moving image includes a designating unit for designating a position and an attitude of an animation object to which animation parameters are set in advance and the 3D object in a virtual 3D space; a first determining unit for determining whether or not the 3D object and the animation object cross each other; a second determining unit for determining whether or not the animation parameters set to the animation object are already set to the 3D object, if it is determined that the 3D object and the animation object cross each other; a setting unit for setting the animation parameters to the 3D object if it is determined that the animation parameters are not set to the 3D object; and a display control unit for controlling the 3D object to be displayed in accordance with the animation parameters.